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  "ar": "ناجي مارشال",
  "en": "Naji Marshall",
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  "ar": "لاعب كرة سلة أمريكي ⁦(وُلد سنة 1998)⁩ من أتلانتيك سيتي في نيوجيرسي، نجم جامعة زافيير الذي دخل NBA دون أن يُختار في درافت 2020، وبنى مسيرته مع نيو أورلينز (2020–2024) ثم دالاس؛ قال عن دينه بكلماته: «أنا مسيحي».",
  "en": "American basketball forward (born 1998) from Atlantic City, New Jersey, who starred at Xavier, went undrafted in 2020, and built an NBA career with New Orleans (2020–2024) and Dallas; of his faith he states in his own words: 'I'm a Christian.'",
  "ur": "امریکی باسکٹ بال کھلاڑی ⁦(پیدائش 1998)⁩ جن کا تعلق اٹلانٹک سٹی، نیو جرسی سے ہے؛ زاویر یونیورسٹی کے ممتاز کھلاڑی، 2020ء میں بغیر ڈرافٹ منتخب ہوئے NBA میں آئے اور نیو اورلینز و ڈیلاس کے لیے کھیلے؛ اپنے عقیدے کے بارے میں ان کے اپنے الفاظ ہیں: «میں مسیحی ہوں»۔"
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   "note": "Born on 24 January 1998 at Atlantic City, New Jersey: the English article and Wikidata agree on the day; a PlayersBio body passage giving 3 November contradicts its own quick-facts box and both authorities and is not followed. Atlantic City has no place entity, so the fact is carried here and no born_in edge is written. The Hijri year 1418 is a tabular conversion of the followed date, marked derived.",
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    "value": "Naji Maurice Marshall",
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   "edtf": "1998-01-24",
   "hijri": "1418",
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   "note": "Born on 24 January 1998 at Atlantic City, New Jersey: the English article and Wikidata agree on the day; a PlayersBio body passage giving 3 November contradicts its own quick-facts box and both authorities and is not followed. Atlantic City has no place entity, so the fact is carried here and no born_in edge is written. The Hijri year 1418 is a tabular conversion of the followed date, marked derived.",
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    "value": "christian",
    "basis": "self-identified",
    "note": "Settled on Marshall's own words, quoted by EssentiallySports (16 November 2024): 'I'm a Christian' — said while explaining his name: 'It means strong warrior or survivor. My dad's real name is Maurice, but his Muslim nickname is Naji.' The PlayersBio biography, published independently in March 2023, likewise lists his religion as Christianity and states that he follows Christianity while his father follows Islam. His father's Islam and the Arabic name — his father's nickname — are family background and are expressly not the basis of this settlement; Marshall's own statement is. No denomination is named in any source, and none is recorded.",
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