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Huffington Post "London 2012: Jews, Sikhs, Hindus root for fellow believers in Olympics"

2012. “London 2012: Jews, Sikhs, Hindus root for fellow believers in Olympics” Interviewed in Omar Sacirbay’s news article at Huffington News’ Religion section at Huffington Post, January 8

 https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/01/jews-sikhs-hindus-olympics_n_1730991.html
Sertac Sehlikoglu, who runs the Muslim Women In Sports blog, noted that Muslim women follow Muslim female athletes because sports can be a vehicle for female empowerment.
“Muslim women — especially those living in non-Muslim contexts — are very much interested in female Olympians coming from their home countries as much as they are interested in those coming from other Muslim countries,” said Sehlikoglu.



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