I was in the locker room last night

SherronShabazz · Post #21 » by **SherronShabazz** » Wed Dec 22, 2010 8:45 pm

anorexorcism wrote:Omer the first Muslim in Bulls history??? NICE.

Salaam u Alaikum Sherron and thanks. I can sympathize with what he's going through on the Friday prayers - with work it's incredibly difficult to make them esp. since the mosque I go to is so far away from here.

salaam! it's tough. this is america, we work at noon on fridays. it's hard to leave your job to go pray. i try to make it every friday but it's tough.

hzafary · Post #22 » by **hzafary** » Wed Dec 22, 2010 8:45 pm

i dont think Omer is the first Muslim to be a Bull. I thought Hakim Warrick and John Salmons were Muslim, maybe Shabazz can confirm

SherronShabazz · Post #23 » by **SherronShabazz** » Wed Dec 22, 2010 8:47 pm

DuckIII wrote:
Scalabrine informed me that he doesn't wear a coat.

hahaha it was an odd conversation. we were just talking about the weather and he goes, "yeah i don't wear a coat. i challenge the cold head on. if i'm going to the store or out somewhere, i don't wear a coat."

he's a brave man.

SherronShabazz · Post #24 » by **SherronShabazz** » Wed Dec 22, 2010 8:51 pm

hzafary wrote:I didn't know Omer was Muslim, I didn't know you were Muslim Shabbaz, Alhamdulilah.

i am! i ran into him at the masjid over a month ago. he's freakishly tall so he stands out. i had just interviewed him a few weeks before. he did not remember me. he was polite at the time. he was with a bunch of little guys. i know everyone is little next to him but they all looked like they were 5 feet tall. young guys.

i think turkey is predominantly a muslim country. turkoglu is muslim as well.

it is

Religions in Turkey
Religions Percent
Islam 97.2%
Atheists 2%
Christianity 0.6%
Others 0.1%

SherronShabazz · Post #25 » by **SherronShabazz** » Wed Dec 22, 2010 8:54 pm

hzafary wrote:i dont think Omer is the first Muslim to be a Bull. I thought Hakim Warrick and John Salmons were Muslim, maybe Shabazz can confirm

i know for a fact salmons is a christan. not sure about hakim. craig hodges and khalid el-amin are the only two that come to mind.

Akazmi · Post #26 » by **Akazmi** » Wed Dec 22, 2010 9:12 pm

WAit Omer Asik is Muslim?? SherronShabazz what mosque or masjid does he goto or did he goto?

SherronShabazz · Post #27 » by **SherronShabazz** » Wed Dec 22, 2010 9:19 pm

Akazmi wrote:WAit Omer Asik is Muslim?? SherronShabazz what mosque or masjid does he goto or did he goto?

haha i don't know if i want to disclose that info. you could be an axe murderer or something lol

Akazmi · Post #28 » by **Akazmi** » Wed Dec 22, 2010 9:22 pm

No worries brother, Im a fellow muslim lol. Please let me know though if u can as i really wanna meet him or maybe other bulls players. Email me thelazybum127@gmail.com.

TechMansoor · Post #29 » by **TechMansoor** » Wed Dec 22, 2010 9:34 pm

Thats one of the many reasons I love the league, its a universally sound organization. Omer could undoubtedly get the bulls to accomodate him on and between Friday workouts. He should never have to miss his friday prayers as I know Jumah is extremely important to Muslims indeed...

In any case..

Dude your footage is awesome!! One guy had the iphone directly in little brother's throat!!! lol..

Even still, i wonder what recording app that reporter was using. Iprorecorder for the iphone can record a seminar while its in your pocket!!!

MrSparkle · Post #30 » by **MrSparkle** » Wed Dec 22, 2010 9:58 pm

Sounds like JJ is on his way out sometime in next 2 months... when you don't play, all that's left is your enthusiasm and hope. When that's gone, it's time to move on.

SherronShabazz · Post #31 » by **SherronShabazz** » Wed Dec 22, 2010 10:11 pm

Akazmi wrote:No worries brother, Im a fellow muslim lol. Please let me know though if u can as i really wanna meet him or maybe other bulls players. Email me thelazybum127@gmail.com.

man, i can't do that. you don't want to bother the guy at jumah though. i said hello to him and he barely replied. he's not a talker.

SherronShabazz · Post #32 » by **SherronShabazz** » Wed Dec 22, 2010 10:12 pm

TechMansoor wrote:Thats one of the many reasons I love the league, its a universally sound organization. Omer could undoubtedly get the bulls to accomodate him on and between Friday workouts. He should never have to miss his friday prayers as I know Jumah is extremely important to Muslims indeed...

In any case..

Dude your footage is awesome!! One guy had the iphone directly in little brother's throat!!! lol..

Even still, i wonder what recording app that reporter was using. Iprorecorder for the iphone can record a seminar while its in your pocket!!!

that's my buddy. he has an android phone.

SherronShabazz · Post #33 » by **SherronShabazz** » Wed Dec 22, 2010 10:13 pm

MrSparkle wrote:Sounds like JJ is on his way out sometime in next 2 months... when you don't play, all that's left is your enthusiasm and hope. When that's gone, it's time to move on.

i think so too.

umfan83 · Post #34 » by **umfan83** » Wed Dec 22, 2010 10:18 pm

SherronShabazz wrote:
hzafary wrote:i dont think Omer is the first Muslim to be a Bull. I thought Hakim Warrick and John Salmons were Muslim, maybe Shabazz can confirm

i know for a fact salmons is a christan. not sure about hakim. craig hodges and khalid el-amin are the only two that come to mind.

Yeah I was gonna mention Khalid El-Amin. Cant get a more muslim sounding name than that. I don't know why but I didn't realize that Turkey is that much muslim. I thought it was a very diverse country. Are there are lot of different sects that reside in Turkey or is that dominated by one as well?

Mapelgleaf · Post #35 » by **Mapelgleaf** » Wed Dec 22, 2010 10:19 pm

Great Story as usual Sherron!

I think it would be really interesting to read a story on prayer habits, etc. of Muslim NBA players. Even though I am not myself, that sort of thing fascinates me.

League Circles · Post #36 » by **League Circles** » Wed Dec 22, 2010 10:21 pm

Wow I didn't know how many muslim brothers I have on here. Salaam to all!

Post #37 » by **Tommy Udo 6** » Wed Dec 22, 2010 10:21 pm

I assumed Omer was a Muslim since he was raised in Turkey. Being raised their does not guarantee one is a Muslim, but there is a good chance of it.

On the other hand, I have a girlfriend born & raised in Indonesia (Sumatra to be exact). She's not Muslim although Indonesian has more Muslims than any other country on Earth.

SherronShabazz · Post #38 » by **SherronShabazz** » Wed Dec 22, 2010 10:22 pm

umfan83 wrote:
SherronShabazz wrote:
hzafary wrote:i dont think Omer is the first Muslim to be a Bull. I thought Hakim Warrick and John Salmons were Muslim, maybe Shabazz can confirm

i know for a fact salmons is a christan. not sure about hakim. craig hodges and khalid el-amin are the only two that come to mind.

Yeah I was gonna mention Khalid El-Amin. Cant get a more muslim sounding name than that. I don't know why but I didn't realize that Turkey is that much muslim. I thought it was a very diverse country. Are there are lot of different sects that reside in Turkey or is that dominated by one as well?

not sure

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkey#Religion

Though there are no exact figures on religious sects, according to a 2006 survey, 82% were identified as Sunni Hanafi, 9.1% Sunni Shafi'i, and 5.7% were Alevi.

SherronShabazz · Post #39 » by **SherronShabazz** » Wed Dec 22, 2010 10:23 pm

Mapelgleaf wrote:Great Story as usual Sherron!

I think it would be really interesting to read a story on prayer habits, etc. of Muslim NBA players. Even though I am not myself, that sort of thing fascinates me.

thank you. that would be a different story.

SherronShabazz · Post #40 » by **SherronShabazz** » Wed Dec 22, 2010 10:24 pm

teamCHItown wrote:Wow I didn't know how many muslim brothers I have on here. Salaam to all!

salaam!