Posted on 06/06/2016 10:14:52 PM PDT by Olog-hai
As fans around the world remembered Muhammad Ali at the weekend, a member of Tehrans city council suggested that a street in the Iranian capital be named after the American boxing legend, a convert to Islam who during a 1993 trip to Iran was quoted as calling the Islamic republic the greatest.
Addressing a meeting of the city council, Eqbal Shakeri described Ali as a symbol of resistance to racism and U.S. imperialistic policies in the Vietnam War, the IRNA state news agency reported a reference to Alis refusal to be conscripted into the military in the 1960s in opposition to the war.
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We should just chuck his body over there then.
yeah, a symbol of resistance, and if someone tries anything similar in Iran against the Mullahs and their expansionist policies the person ends up dead....
In that region, the name Muhammad Ali is the equivalent of John Smith.
Up until the Shah was deposed, Iran wasn’t a shithole.
Then the Ayatollah Assahola came around and the whole place turned into House Harkonnen over night.
... I kid, I kid. I actually have a shred of respect for the Harkonnens.
Well, given the Islamic terminology of “Dune”, it’s not inappropriate.
also, the original Muhammed Ali was a Muslim warlord https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammad_Ali_(disambiguation)#Politics or well, many Islam warlords
Not sure why so many call this man great. He was a very good boxer, a draft dodger, and moslem. To me that means he was on the wrong side, nothing to celebrate.
Wasn’t Mo a Sunni?
Is it just me, or have their been more hagiographic posts referencing Cassius Clay than Mother Theresa...?
It’s not just you. I’m sick of hearing about this guy. For the love of Pete, he was just a stupid boxer. Big whoop.
Some guy on a city council makes a statement that creates world wide news?
This crap is just noise.
Coming to a Sanctuary City near you too!
“The spice had glowed radiant blue in the dim silver light. And the smell - bitter cinnamon, unmistakable...”
Ali Alley?
There was no Sunni-Shi’a divide in his day, because there was just him; the sects came about over the “controversy” of who should succeed Mahomet in leading Islam, the Sunnis favoring the people choosing this leader whereas the Shi’ites believed it had to be a member of Mahomet’s family. (Of course, none of the Ayatollahs are descended from Mahomet, but they await their fictitious Mahdi.)
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