meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Log in
Omar Suleiman

The Steph Curry of the 90s - Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf

Omar Suleiman

Muslim Central

Society & Culture, Islam, Religion & Spirituality

4.82K Ratings

🗓️ 16 July 2025

⏱️ 7 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0

This audio is brought to you by Muslimcentral.com.

0:04.2

Some of you might have heard about this basketball player, Mahmoud Abduroof.

0:08.4

Go back and look up Mahmoud Abduroof in the 1990s.

0:12.8

He was an NBA star.

0:13.8

How many of you've heard of Steph Curry?

0:15.9

They called him the Steph Curry before the Steph Curry.

0:18.8

They actually mirror Steph's game against his and stuff,

0:22.1

you know, actually he says, like, took a lot of his stuff from him. Mahmoud was a star in the NBA

0:29.8

and he lost everything from a worldly perspective for taking a stance.

0:38.3

And before social media and before Colin Kaepernick and before Black Lives Matter

0:44.3

and before the protest movement in the United States, he was this lone Muslim

0:49.3

that refused to stand for the national anthem because his faith had made him too principled

0:57.9

and he had become aware of the crimes that were committed under that flag.

1:04.8

Lost everything.

1:06.8

I mean, it started, he even says it, subhannallah, he schooled Michael Jordan in a game.

1:11.9

The Bulls were like on the 18-game winning streak,

1:15.3

the longest in their franchise history.

1:17.6

And Mahmoud just took Michael Jordan to the hoop,

1:20.0

schooled him, and then everything went downhill.

1:22.2

Someone noticed that he wasn't standing for the national anthem.

1:26.4

Lost it all.

1:28.2

Lost his NBA career.

...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Muslim Central, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Muslim Central and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2025.