Muslim Athletes Get All the Attention

Ramadan, the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, began Thursday evening and lasts for a month. During the month, participating Muslims refrain from eating or drinking during daylight hours. Muslims believe Ramadan was the month during which the first verses of the Koran were revealed to the Islamic prophet Mohammed. The month is based on the Islamic lunar calendar and moves back about 11 days each year.

I don’t imagine that most Muslims are athletes, but whenever Ramadan comes around, it seems that Muslim athletes get all the attention. That’s true in most years. See, for example, this 2010 coverage of Muslim football players during Ramadan. Or this 2009 look at Ramadan coverage focused on Muslim football players. Or this 2008 look at Muslim football players during Ramadan. Or another 2010 story about Ramadan and football.