LSU will retire Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf's jersey during halftime of A&M game

I’ll wait for Ree’s post on this. Thanks.

If he sits will that make him NOT a great LSU athlete, worthy of recognition?
Put differently, to be recognized for his contributions to LSU basketball, do his politics have to be acceptable to you?

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Boys momma named him Jackson, I’m gonna call him Jackson

Not irrelevant but in this case it shouldn't matter. Whether most of us agree or not, the first amendment guarantees his right to not stand.
He does it on religious grounds and there is such thing as freedom of religion. If we choose not to honor his achievements here(2nd best player we've ever had based on college) because of his religious beliefs does that not open a can of worms we don't want?
Example, say our leaders are Baptist does that entitle them to not honor a Catholic because they don't believe in the same fundamentals religiously? How about Jews? It would set a horrible precedent. As far as I know Abdul-Rauf isn't a terrorist or criminal so why should his belief system matter?
If you go the political route, would a Republican leader be ok not honoring a known Democrat or vice versa?

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Boys momma named him Jackson, I’m gonna call him Jackson

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This above.

Mahmoud Abdul Rauf never played at LSU, Chris Jackson did.

yeah, but none of y'all are his Momma, so, you don't have the right to call him Chris Jackson. You call him by the name he goes by which he has used for some time now. Listen, just because you don't like someone's religion is no reason to disrespect them like that. But I think they retire the jersey name that he used while at LSU when he played which was C Jackson.

Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf, a swift and streaky Denver Nuggets guard, was in his sixth and steadiest season in 1996 when fans and news media members realized that, during the pregame national anthem, he would either stay in the locker room or stretch on the sideline.

Asked to explain, Abdul-Rauf called the American flag a “symbol of oppression, of tyranny.”

“I’m a Muslim first and a Muslim last,” said Abdul-Rauf, who entered the league as Chris Jackson but changed his name after converting to Islam in 1991. “My duty is to my creator, not to nationalistic ideology.”

What is it specifically about “how he conducts his life” you find objectionable?
Until recently, one could hold their own religious beliefs without adverse consequences in this country.
Anti- Muslim bigotry has become fashionable nowadays in some corners.
Should we retire jerseys only for good Christian, Republican, white basketball players?
There will not be many....