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RE: Muhammad Ali dead
June 10, 2016 at 11:26 pm
(This post was last modified: June 10, 2016 at 11:26 pm by Seraphina.)
I saw Muhammed Ali's casket driven around his hometown today on TV and Al Jazeera has a story about his "traditional Muslim funeral". But I've heard that Muslims believe in burying their dead within 24 hours of death and he died a week ago. So either he didn't follow this Muslim tradition or it was a mock casket being driven around today. I thought it was strange.
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RE: Muhammad Ali dead
June 14, 2016 at 9:57 pm
I also think it's super ironic the Muslim pride in Muhammad Ali. Mainstream Muslims consider both Ali's original belief in the nation of Islam to be heretical and the same goes for his later embracing of Universal Sufism. It's only heresy if it's someone you don't like already I guess.