[Magdalen] RIP Ali, 74.
Jim Handsfield
jhandsfield at att.net
Sat Jun 4 20:23:53 UTC 2016
Kareem Abdul Jabbar did not go through the Nation of Islam, but directly became a Sunni and also completed the Hajj.
Jim Handsfield
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> On Jun 4, 2016, at 3:38 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Ali later became a "regular" Muslim rather than a member of the Nation of
> Islam, IIRC--much as Malcolm X did. I think that, like Malcolm, he also
> made Hajj. I know that had a profound effect on Malcolm and I imagine that
> it would also have had a similar effect on Muhammad Ali. You cannot
> assume everything a young man says to be true for his entire life.
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