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    The Associated Press NEW YORK The NBA found itself at the center of a controversy encompassing basketball, religion and freedom of speech yesterday as a Denver Nuggets player held firm in his refusal to stand for the national anthem. The NBA has suspended Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf indefinitely without pay a move that is costing the Nuggets' leading scorer $31,707 per game. Abdul-Rauf says he means no disrespect to the flag, but his religious principles are more important than his job. He feels "The Star-Spangled Banner" is a symbol of tyranny and oppression, and contends the Koran forbids nationalistic ritualism. The Koran doesn't address the topic specifically, which Islamic experts acknowledged has led to some disagreement among Muslims. "My intentions were not in any way to be disrespectful to those who regard the national anthem as a sacred ceremony," Abdul-Rauf said in a statement issued yesterday. "I am an African American, a citizen of this country, and one who respects freedom of speech and freedom of expression. "From this point on, it is my intention to try and live a peaceful life, play basketball, and perfect my humanity to the highest level possible."
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    NBA sits on Denver's Abdul-Rauf's rights
    I sure hope I never have to work for an employer like the NBA. Granted, my jump shot, or lack thereof, is not worthy of NBA consideration. But even if I had the athletic talent, you can be sure I'd have grave concerns working for an organization that so blatantly disregards the rights of its employees. It is old news by now that Denver Nuggets' point guard Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf refused to salute the flag during the playing of "The Star-Spangled Banner" for the first 60 games of the season. Sometimes he'd lurk back in the lockerroom. Sometimes he'd even stand, turning away from the American flag. But it wasn't until Wednesday, after Denver talk shows started to make Abdul-Rauf's conscientious objection one of the hottest media topics in the country, that the NBA decide to abuse his First Amendment rights. Abdul-Rauf changed his name from Chris Jackson five years ago, shortly after converting to Islam. He was suspended indefinitely without pay for not abiding to a league rule that says players, coaches and support staff "must stand in a dignified posture" during the national anthem. Forget for a moment that the NBA, more conscious of its image than any other professional sports league, disregarded every player who chews gum, whispers, or jostles with teammates.
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    Refusal to stand for anthem creates controversy Opinion When Salman Rushdie wrote the "Satanic Verses," offending almost the whole Islamic community, we as a nation lauded his efforts and defended him based on the principle of free speech. I remember thinking how lucky I was to live in the United States and not in a coercive and intolerant society like that of the Middle East. The land of liberty where the flag and "The Star-Spangled Banner" represent the principles that our country stands for: freedom of religion, speech and expression.
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    Star Columnist But now that someone has chosen to speak out against us it seems we have forgotten all about the principle of free speech which we were willing to defend Rushdie with. Instead, protest has been met with death threats by so-called patriots and defenders of the United States. Professional basketball player Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf decided he was going to protest against the United States by not standing during the national anthem, "The Star-Spangled Banner." He had two reasons for his protest. The first reason was grounded in religion. Abdul-Rauf claimed that his religion, Islam, forbids nationalistic practices. Some Muslims, such as fellow National Basketball Association player Hakeem Olajuwon, have publicly stated that this is a distortion of Islam. But that is not the point. The po int is that it is Abdul-Rauf's constitutional right under the First Amendment to protest. To say that no one can believe nationalistic practices are wrong is to infringe on their religious freedom and freedom of thought. What are we, the thought police?

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    It would be so easy for us to fall in with the howling pack of sports writers who are in the midst of their annual Final Four Feeding Frenzy, but we will not. It is our jobnay, our missionto comb the underbrush of the sporting world, rooting for the truffles of minutiae that add spice to the cycle of win, lose, hype and blame. Let our colleagues feedand let them floss when they are done. We have had our Senior Researcher, Dr. A.O.L. Cybernette, prowling the Webs and compiling the off-the-beaten-path stories that the other guys are too busy to cover and, with the end of March on the horizon, we thought this would be a good time to review the first three months of 1996. The good doctor did not have to look far; there have been a number of sports stories right on the front pages of the papers that boggle the mind and raise the eyebrow: Voters in Hamilton County approved an increase in their sales tax to build two new stadiums: one for a baseball team owner who lets her St. Bernard poop on the carpetindoor and outdoor; the other for a football team that is guaranteed to get almost $2 million a month from the city for losing. A lot. Art Modell got a standing ovation. In Baltimore.

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    In Muslim America: A Presence and a Challenge
    by Daniel Pipes
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    An odd controversy briefly dominated the sports pages in March 1996. A player in the National Basketball Association, Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf, refused to follow the league's rule requiring that players stand in a "dignified posture" during the national anthem. Instead, since the beginning of the 1995-96 season, Abdul-Rauf had remained seated during the playing of the Star Spangled Banner. A black, 27-year-old former Baptist from Mississippi who had converted to Islam in 1991, he declared that as a Muslim, he could not pay homage to the American flagwhich he called a "symbol of oppression, of tyranny." He argued further that the flag directly contradicted his Islamic faith: "This country has a long history of [oppression]. I don't think you can argue the facts. You can't be for God and for oppression. It's clear in the Koran. Islam is the only way."
    The NBA responded firmly, suspending Abdul-Rauf until he agreed to obey league rules. He missed one game, then capitulated. Two factors probably weighed most heavily on him: losing a cool $31,707 for each game missed, and facing wide opposition to his decision from other Muslims.

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    DENVER (AP) All season long, while his teammates lined up to face the flag during the national anthem, star basketball guard Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf has sat by himself in a silent show of allegiance to his faith. "I'm a Muslim first and a Muslim last," said Abdul-Rauf, who plays for the Denver Nuggets. "My duty is to my creator, not to nationalistic ideology." On Tuesday, the National Basketball Association suspended Abdul-Rauf indefinitely without pay, saying his refusal to stand violates a league rule requiring all players to "line up in a dignified posture" for the anthem. "My beliefs are more important than anything," said Abdul-Rauf, who earns $2.6 million this season. "If I have to give up basketball, I will. This article was published on Thursday, March 14, 1996
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    Hola, o loyal readers. We apologize to our faithful for the relatively paltry effort this week, but your humble scribes spent most of our time last week distributing free software over the Internet. We only hope that the G-men (no, not Alex Virgilio and Mike McGovern) are not hot on our trail. It is great to see Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf having such a great year out in Denver. Last season's Most Improved Player has overcome Tourettes Syndrome, a divorce, and a weight problem in posting 17.9 points and 4.5 assists in only 33 minutes per game. His most amazing accomplishment is at the charity stripe, where Abdul-Rauf hits at a Virgilio-esque clip of 96.1 percent (Virgilio hit 100 percent in the '91-'92 season for MIT). In fact, he has missed only eight free throws all season. By contrast, former Bayou Bengal teammate Shaquille O'Neal has missed eight from the line in one half several times. One of the perks of writing this column at MIT is the access to the world-class mathematicians, who inform us that the Diesel would be scoring 4.3 points per game more (33.2 versus 28.9) if he were to hit 96 percent from the line.
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