The Toronto Raptors took to Twitter to announce a hijab, co-branded by the basketball team and Nike.
The tweet, with a video showing women playing basketball, said:
Inspired by those brave enough to change the game.
The Toronto Raptors Nike Pro Hijab is available now.
Within three days, the tweet had more than 1.4 million views and about 10,000 comments, both for and against.
Negative comments reflected both anti-Islam views and the trolling of women in sports.
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