[Magdalen] RIP Ali, 74.

[Grace Cangialosi]

See my note, Jay. Ali explained his name in an interview back at the time of his conversion. They played it on NPR this morning...

> On Jun 4, 2016, at 1:01 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> He converted and chose his own name. Why would you not give him the dignity
> of his choice in death, Davud?
> 
> On Saturday, June 4, 2016, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
> magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
> 
>> 
>> 
>> In a message dated 6/4/2016 12:19:54 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
>> gracecan at gmail.com <javascript:;> writes:
>> 
>> Well, he  may or may not have been baptized, but he made a point of saying
>> that Cassius  Clay was a slave name, and he wasn't a  slave.>>>>>>>
>> 
>> He would more logically pick an African name then.
>> 
>> From reading I've done through the years, I get the impression that
>> the slave trade was primarily an operation of Moslem Arab slave  traders.
>> 
>> Therefore, as far as Black Africans are concerned, Moslem names are
>> the slave names.
>> 
>> See Wikipedia on Moslem Slave Trade.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> David Strang.
>>