British kickboxer Ruqsana Begum doesn’t wear the hijab to perform, but she has much to say about the difficulties Muslim women athletes have with the hijab in sports. (Photo: Ruqsana Begum) British ...

VILLA PARK, Ill. (WLS) -- Olympic fencing bronze medalist Ibtihaj Muhammad inspired students with her story during a visit at the Islamic Foundation School in Villa Park. "Being a student-athlete here ...

Ibtihaj Muhammad won't stand for Islamophobia in France. Muhammad, who is a member of the U.S. fencing team and the first Muslim woman to wear a hijab while competing in the Olympics in the country's ...

This story appears in the Rio Olympics feature series. View the full series. U.S. Olympic team fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad poses for a portrait at the U.S. Olympic Committee media summit in Beverly Hills, ...

A moment she’ll never forget. Ibtihaj Muhammad won her first Olympic medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Saturday, August 13 — but that wasn’t her only first! The ...

"I want people to see Muslim women in a way that they're not used to seeing us," Ibtihaj Muhammad tells PEOPLE Olympic fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad will make history as the first U.S. woman to compete ...

The summer Olympics are fast approaching, and there are plenty of reasons to start getting excited. For example, 30-year-old fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad just qualified for the Olympics, which will make ...