Here are some of the greatest Muslim-American athletes

Ali is arguably the greatest boxer of all time, and certainly the most revered. He fought from 1960 to 1981. A three-time heavyweight champion, Ali also converted to Islam.

A two-time NBA champion, Olajuwon, a center, enjoyed an 18-year NBA career with the Houston Rockets and Toronto Raptors. He joined the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2008.

Olajuwon, who was born in Nigeria, said his Muslim faith was instrumental to his successful basketball career.

Like Abdul-Jabbar and Ali, Hopkins, whose career record in the ring is 55-7-2, converted to Islam. His career spanned 1988 to 2014.

At a press conference shortly after September 11th, Hopkins said "We are not all the same type of Muslims," per The Guardian.

Wilkerson, a defensive end, has been with the New York Jets since the team drafted him in the first round of the 2011 NFL Draft. His mother, Janice, wears a hijab.

"People look at my mom funny, and make faces," he told Newsday. "They don't act normally when they see her."

Talib is a cornerback for the Denver Broncos who has also been with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and New England Patriots during his eight-year NFL career. Talib's mother converted to Islam and gave her four children Muslim names. The youngest of four siblings, Aqib means "the last one" in Arabic, while Talib means "student."

Abdullah, a free safety, has enjoyed a seven-year career with the Minnesota Vikings and Kansas City Chiefs. He sat out the 2012 season to make the Hajj — the Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca — with his brother Hamza, who also played in the NFL.

A rookie running back who is also a devout Muslim, Abdullah was drafted by the Detroit Lions out of the University of Nebraska in the second round of the 2015 NFL Draft.

Faried, a power forward, was taken in the first round of the 2011 NBA Draft by the Denver Nuggets, the team he has played for since. He's considered one of the best rebounders in the league.

"You think you have a plan, but God — well, I'm Muslim — Allah has a different plan," he told the New York Times in 2011 as he climbed from a solid player at Morehead State University in Kentucky to a potential first-round NBA draft pick.