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The recent death of a World Heavyweight Icon has brought about an endless flood of tweets and Facebook posts in memory of Muhammad Ali. It is truly very rare that a pugilist can attain such sports achievement with 56 wins, 37 of which were knockouts.
Born as Cassius Clay to a Baptist mother and Methodist father, Muhammad Ali converted to Islam at the age of 22 and became very outspoken about his monotheistic political alignment with the Nation of Islam. Ali thrived on controversy as it seemed to fuel his popularity, but over the years he seemed to mellow into a quieter version of Sufi Islam that emphasized the virtue of charity. Up to his last days, he was a missionary for Islam with boxing as his mission field. And although several evangelical preachers shared the exclusive Christian Gospel with the fighter, he was adamant about his rejection of Jesus as the only Savior... READ MORE AT CHRISTIANINDEX.ORG
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