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Muhammad Ali said that he first heard of the Nation of Islam when he was fighting in the Golden Gloves tournament in Chicago in 1959, and attended his first Nation of Islam meeting in 1961. He continued to attend meetings, although keeping his involvement hidden from the public.
Learn how Muhammad Ali's religion and spirituality shaped his character and impacted the world. Explore his conversion to Islam, his opposition to the Vietnam War, his advocacy for peace and his pilgrimages to Mecca.
Oct 26, 2017 · The real reason Muhammad Ali converted to Islam. Jonathan Eig, the author of the biography “Ali,” about boxer Muhammad Ali, holds a letter that Ali wrote to his wife, Khalilah...
Jun 2, 2017 · In the letter, which Camacho-Ali says her ex-husband wrote some time in the late 1960s, Ali describes seeing a cartoon in the Nation of Islam newspaper, Muhammad Speaks, outside a skating rink in...
In Hauser's biography Muhammad Ali: His Life and Times, Ali stated that he was not a Christian as he thought the idea of God having a son sounded wrong and did not make sense to him, stating, "God don't beget; man begets". However, he still believed that even good Christians or good Jews could receive God's blessing and enter heaven as he ...
Jun 6, 2016 · Muhammad Ali pioneered a new path in this country’s religious life, Muslims said, marrying an all-American bravado with an unapologetic embrace of Islam.
Jun 7, 2016 · Muslims reach out to shake hands with Muhammad Ali during his visit to a mosque in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in June 1975. After leaving the Nation of Islam, Ali followed Sunni Islam.
