Islamic Games & NUI Coaches

Here's another ongoing effort providing a unique service to Muslims in the tri-state area - The Islamic Games. I just spotted a couple of students from Noor-Ul-Iman School on the pictures. Come to think of it, ICNA's annual Islamic quiz competition always had a dozen or so NUI students as winners. However, playing football against Ghazaly H.S. was different. They always had a much faster team (did you notice, I didn't say better!). But Coach Ahmed was always so much fun to work with. I remember whenever he stood outside jumua' to talk to his players, there was always a circle of ten to fifteen guys laughing and joking with the Coach. I dearly love and respect him for his contribution to Noor-Ul-Iman School. Same goes for Br. Robert Abdullah who recently opened a hospice in Philly (BTW, aside from competing in Olympics as a track star, Br. Robert is a third-degree black belt and one-time national karate champion). Yet, he is probably one of the most humble people you will ever meet at ISCJ.