FLAGSTAFF, AZ — Arizona Cardinals safety Hamza Abdullah and his brother, Husain, safety for the Minnesota Vikings, were invited to the White House for dinner with President Barack Obama.

The two attended the annual Iftar Dinner on Wednesday night celebrating the Islamic holy month of Ramadan.

Arizona’s Abdullah says he was stunned and initially thought the invitation was a fake. He called it a “humbling experience’’ and looked forward to shaking the president’s hand. He called Pres.Obama “a stand-up guy’’ who is “for equality, regardless of ethnicity, religious background or class.’’

Abdullah was in Oakland in time for Arizona’s preseason opener Thursday night against the Raiders.