Imam Nadim Ali delivers the closing remarks during an interfaith memorial service for Muhammad Ali at the Atlanta Masjid of Al-Islam on Thursday, June 9, 2016, in Atlanta.

Funeral Of Muhammad Ali Unites Faith Communities In Turbulent Times

More than 14,000 people joined Muhammad Ali’s janazah, funeral in Arabic, where they read verses from the Quran and performed Islam’s funeral prayer.

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What An FBI Office Break-In & WikiLeaks Reveal About Gov’t Surveillance Of Muhammad Ali

President Obama praised the late athlete and activist as a ‘powerful force for peace and reconciliation around the world,’ but what he didn’t mention was the government’s pervasive surveillance of Ali’s life.

What An FBI Office Break-In & WikiLeaks Reveal About Gov’t Surveillance Of Muhammad Ali

MINNEAPOLIS --- Although the U.S. government praised the legacy of the late Muhammad Ali, it also placed him under surveillance for his outspoken resistance to U.S. imperialism and institutional racism. As the world mourns a man that many consider one of the

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In 1971, Ali Helped Expose the FBI’s Secret Murder Plots Of Activists And Antiwar Disinformation

As the world mourns the loss of this great man, it is important we don’t let the media whitewash his antiwar efforts.

In 1971, Ali Helped Expose the FBI’s Secret Murder Plots Of Activists And Antiwar Disinformation

As the mainstream media praises Muhammad Ali for his boxing career and Parkinson’s while only glossing over his antiwar bravery, there are untold stories of how this amazing man changed the world. One of these such contributions manifested through a terrible loss during Ali’s fight against the darling of the military industrial complex — Joe

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In Honor Of Muhammad Ali, Sen. Rand Paul To Introduce Bill Ending Selective Service

The bill titled ‘The Muhammad Ali Voluntary Service Act’ will be presented to Congress in honor of the famed boxer who refused to serve in the Vietnam War.

In Honor Of Muhammad Ali, Sen. Rand Paul To Introduce Bill Ending Selective Service

LOUISVILLE — U.S. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Kentucky, will soon be filing stand-alone legislation to end the practice of registering for the Selective Service. The bill titled ‘The Muhammad Ali Voluntary Service Act’ will be presented to Congress in honor of the famed boxer who refused to serve in the Vietnam War. On April, 28 1967

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Millions Mourn The Death Of Muhammad Ali As The Black-Palestinian Solidarity He Championed Continues

‘I declare support for the Palestinian struggle to liberate their homeland and oust the Zionist invaders,’ Muhammad Ali said during a 1974 visit to Palestinian refugee camps in southern Lebanon.

Millions Mourn The Death Of Muhammad Ali As The Black-Palestinian Solidarity He Championed Continues

NEW YORK --- Legendary boxer, Islamic missionary, outspoken social commentator and activist Muhammad Ali leaves behind a legacy of forging ties between black and Palestinian struggles that, both movements say, continues to grow. Aside from his athletic prowess as the world’s only three-time lineal heavyweight boxing champion, many today remember

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Joe Catron

Joe Catron is a MintPress News contributing journalist. He covers Palestine and Israel and other human rights issues. Catron has written frequently for Electronic Intifada and Middle East Eye, and co-edited The Prisoners' Diaries: Palestinian Voices from the Israeli Gulag, an anthology of accounts by detainees freed in the 2011 prisoner exchange.

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