Muslim athletes can convert Islamophobic stadium abuse into a platform for defiant public faith.

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“First of all, I want to say Alhamdul’llah, God give me everything!” Khabib proclaimed loudly and proudly, filling the raucous arena with the divine Arabic praise giving thanks to the Most High. The boos rained down on him, but Khabib grew more defiant in the face of opposition, like he always did. “Al-hamd-ul-llah,” he again stated, breaking the word into its conjoined syllables for greater effect. — Khaled A. Beydoun, The New Crusades_ Islamophobia and the…, 1089

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• ADDENDUM: Echoes the defiance-under-hostility themes from the grafting article’s metaphor of faith surviving pressure — though loosely.