Muslim community leaders say participation in youth sports like basketball is on the rise and that these girls are playing while celebrating their Muslim identity, not hiding it.

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For four decades, the Islamic Solidarity Sports Association (ISSA) – which was founded, and is headquartered, in Riyadh – has been using sport as a tool to ...

A group of sports federations from Muslim-majority countries said on Monday that France's move to bar its Olympic athletes from wearing the hijab would "send a message of exclusion".

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A group of sports federations from Muslim-majority countries said on Monday that France’s move to bar its Olympic athletes from wearing the hijab would “send a message of exclusion”.