
Muhammad Ali, the Boxer, was Deceived by Islam
In 1964, a young boxer named Cassius Clay (“the Louisville Lip”) won an upset victory over Sonny Liston. Later that year, Clay changed his name from Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr. to Cassius X, then to Muhammad Ali. Ali initially joined the nation of Islam (promoting “the Honorable” Elijah Muhammad and Malcolm X) and refusing to […]