[AmishDude]

I thought he was tied to Elijah Mohammed at one point. Was he with NoI at one time?

[soapboxsallie]

No. Ali is a Muslim, not a member of the Black Nation of Islam. (I consider him a coward for refusing to enter the Army when drafted.) The Black Nation of Islam, at least at one time, had strange teachings about the afterlife; rather, they believed that they should have their "heaven" here on earth. Clay supported them politically, but he does not believe like they do (or did).