To counter the efforts of al Shabaab to sway more disaffected youth, in the wake of the group's 2010 attack on World Cup viewers in Uganda, he organized a Ramadan basketball tournament in Minneapolis in response.
Han vil undgå, at Al-Shabaab rekrutterede flere unge, i efterdønningerne på gruppen angreb på folk, der så World Cup i Uganda i 2010. Derfor arrangerede han en Basketballturnering i Ramadanen i Minneapolis som et modsvar.