Don G. Dinsdale Loc: El Cajon, CA (San Diego County)

Muhammad Ali Will Never Be Forgotten

By Dr. Alveda C. King - Friday, 10 Jun 2016

One week ago today, on June 3, people around the world mourned the loss of Muhammad Ali.
Dead at the age of 74, Ali, perhaps the greatest boxer ever, died after a 32 year battle with Parkinson’s disease. May we pray for the peace of his family, his many admirers and his critics. We pray that Muhammad Ali be remembered not only as a man who won in a boxing ring, but who tirelessly waged war on the battlefield for justice.

Here I provide my thoughts on the boxing legend.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPyyHf3QzOE&sns=em

Ali was born with the name Cassius Marcellus Clay. That's who I met in the mid 1960s at a "Fair Housing Rally" led by my daddy, the Rev. A.D. King, pastor of Zion Baptist Church, in Louisville, Ky. Daddy and his brother, Martin Luther King Jr., were Baptist preachers and civil rights leaders. I was a youth organizer in the civil rights movement in those days.

Ali, a native of Louisville, was a headliner in the Kentucky "open housing movement." As a contemporary of such civil rights icons as my father and uncle, and yes, the prominent and dominant Malcolm X, Ali was making a lasting mark for himself inside and outside the boxing ring. Even though he was a contentious objector of the Vietnam War, he always loved America.

Perhaps even as Malcolm X recanted from his radical Islamic teachings of hatred of the Caucasian race, changing his name to Malik Shabazz after a visit to Mecca and adapting a message of universal peace and compassion, Ali also embraced that understanding as well as a love for “the beloved community" that my uncle and dad proclaimed during their lifetimes.

While Cassius Clay was raised in a Christian home, he later converted to Islam and changed his name to Muhammad Ali; in part, because he objected to the Western characterization of Jesus Christ. Yet, I believe in my heart that the Christian message that he learned from my uncle, and father impacted him, too.

Ali was not only a great boxer, but also a great man; a man of character, integrity and faith. He loved his God, his family, and the world. Yet he was a very complex personality; and like everyone, was subject to human failings.

Ali was dev**ed to his craft and was a fierce fighter who fought many battles, both in the ring and in his personal life. Although dealing with a debilitating disease in his latter years, he always carried himself with dignity.

The world has lost a great fighter and champion for justice.

May he rest in peace.

http://www.newsmax.com/DrAlvedaCKing/cassius-clay-ali-muhammad/2016/06/10/id/733254/#ixzz4BCbYXthF

slatten49 Loc: Lake Whitney, Texas

Nice post, Don.

Wolf counselor Loc: Heart of Texas

Look into the eyes of the greatest.

http://img.thesun.co.uk/aidemitlum/archive/02913/Ali_01_2913851a.jpg

guitarman Loc: University Park, Florida

Ali , Once said, "Give us ten States" . He was a loud mouth bragger and was hostile to w****s. I don't think he saw so great , he lost four matches and refused to serve his country.

boatbob2

ali was a great boxer,but,was also a DRAFT DODGER,,,,,

moldyoldy

He was not a draft dodger, he was a conscientious objector. The country said he was not qualified for military service because of his education. When he became champion, suddenly they changed the rules just for him. The people who got multiple deferments did not have to pay a price, cheney, trump, most other neocons of that era. This is one Muslim who was loved by Jews, he supported them when in need just like all others. His motto was " if you love god then you must love all of his people".

Don G. Dinsdale Loc: El Cajon, CA (San Diego County)

Finally we agree...

Billy Crystal Said At The Services, He Asked Ali To Come The Israel For a Fundraiser For Him, He Did... Don D.


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