Float Like A Butterfly...

Ali is also well known for taking it upon himself to hand out information about Islam to educate people about the Islamic faith. Ali and Thomas Hauser, a Jew, put together a booklet called "Healing" which they distribute freely. The booklet contains quotes on tolerance from various thinkers such as Voltaire, not to mention Ali himself, that the former boxer found moving. Ali also has a daily hobby of working on what he calls "contradictions." He finds a list of passages in the Bible that are conflicting with other passages and shares these contradictions in an effort to promote and teach Islam. Ali is a devout Muslim, who regularly performs prayers and attends his local mosque near his South Bend estate in Indiana.

At the 1996 Olympic Opening Games Ceremony in Atlanta, Ali was honored to carry the torch before a crowd of 800,000 cheering fans to light the Olympic Flame that would begin the Olympic Games. The moment was a very touching climax in the life of the great boxer Muhammad Ali. Ali is a man who aside from his notable explosive punches in the ring, overcame many personal obstacles in his own life, while standing firm in his religious beliefs, to become a man that fans and history books will never forget. The boxer may have slowed with age, but he still floats like a butterfly….

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