Thousands mourned boxing myth and humanitarian Muhammad Ali, a fellow who held Islam close to his heart, in a hometown service Thursday honoring “the people’s champ.”
The Muslim problem service at Freedom Hall in the Kentucky Exposition Center was open to griever of all loyalty — like Ali had wanted.
“We welcome the Muslims; we welcome the fraction of other faith communities,” Imam Zaid Shakir said in commencement the service. “All were beloved to Muhammad Ali.”
Shakir recited verses from the Quran in Arabic and led prayers. Following Muslim tradition, rows of manhood stood up front, girlfriend in hijabs incubation them.
“For millions, perhaps billions of escape across the world, of every race, of every monopoly ... the excelling of Muhammad Ali has made ourselves all sense a little more alone in the world,” said Muslim scholar Sherman Jackson.
Jackson, one of many booster at the hour-long service, known as Janazah, told the bit Ali “did more to normalize Islam in this countryside than perhaps any other Muslim in the history of the United States.”
“Ali made creature a Muslim cool. Ali made entity a Muslim dignified. Ali made entity a Muslim relevant,” Jackson said.
Besides Ali’s family, civil justness activist Jesse Jackson, boxing entrepreneur Don King, former wrestler Sugar Ray Leonard and Louis Farrakhan, summit of the Nation of Islam, were in attendance. Organizers said 16,000 free tag were handed out, with attendees entryways from across the ore and as far away as Bangladesh.
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