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Muhammad Ali's meetings with Ku Klux Klan leaders revealed by documentary

Far from being embarrassed about sharing jaw-time with the Grand Chief Bigot or whatever the loon in the sheet called himself, Ali boasted about it.

The revelation of his cosy chats with white supremacists comes in a television documentary screened on More4. As Ali finds himself overtaken as the most celebrated black American in history, True Stories: Thrilla In Manila provides a timely re-assessment of his politics.

"I think Ali is being done a disservice by the way in which he's these days cast as benign," says John Dower, the film's director. "He was always a lot more complicated than that."

Before his third fight with Frazier, Ali was at his most elevated, symbolically as well as in the ring. Hard to imagine when these days he elicits universal reverence, back then he was a figure who divided America, as loathed as he was admired. At the time he was taking his lead from the Nation of Islam, which, in its espousal of a black separatism, found its politics dovetailing with the cross-burning lynch mob out on the political boondocks. Ali was by far the organisation's most prominent cipher.

The film reminds us why. Back then, black sporting prowess reinforced many a prejudiced theory about the black man being good for nothing beyond physical activity. But here was Ali, as quick with his mind as with his fists. When he held court the world listened. Intriguingly, the film reveals, many of his better lines were scripted for him by his Nation of Islam minders.

Ferdie Pacheco, the man who converted Ali to the bizarre cause which insisted that a spaceship would imminently arrive in the United States to take the black man to a better place, tells Dower's cameras that it was he who came up with the line, "No Viet Cong ever called me ******". There was never a more succinct summary of America's hypocrisy in forcing its beleaguered black citizenry to fight in Vietnam.

"Ali has been post-rationalised as a champion of the civil rights movement," says Dower. "But far from promoting the idea of black and white together, his was a much more tricky, divisive politics."...

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/ot...s-revealed-by-documentary-Boxing-and-MMA.html

 

In another video he called Bin Laden "Uncle":verysad

 

Yep extremist Muslim is bad man .That's the difference with Muhammed Ali

I believe in the religion of Islam. I believe in Allah and peace. Muhammad Ali

http://www.thespiritofislam.com/jihad-life/51-the-fighting-and-killing-in-islam.html
http://www.thespiritofislam.com/islam-christianity/5-muslim-paradise-and-christian-heaven.html

 

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Interesting video clip of Ali here. The ironic thing is that if he said the exact same thing but just so happened to be a European celeb super star he likely would have been completely black listed from history.

 

I watched the whole Anthony Small video.....

I have nothing to say on his beliefs, he is entitled to believe what he likes but am I the only one who gets the sense he feels he gave up world titles, fame and fortune for them?

No Chance

he was to world boxing what Carlton Palmer was to world football.

 

Deport him where mate?

 

back to Islamicastan where he comes from, that's what the idiot meant.

 

Never seen gambling in a boxing venue what a massive dumb **** he is, feel bad a won a bundle on the **** when he beat up bushead

Who fornicates whilst watching his fight ? A lot of feelings went through my body during his fights but i hard a hard on.

What a rambling pile of ****, did david haye find happyness inside the boxing ring well i reckon id fornicate over the pay packet he receieved id buy plenty of eternal happyness

lets see how dedicated he is during the olympics and he gets the call to fill is pockets full of semtex and pop down to stratford lets hope he blows himself up

 

I dont care what he says about Islam,Christianity,Britain,America,the War,racism, 9/11,7/7,but the moment he said those nasty things about Frank was the moment I went off this sick individual.

 

possibly a great alias..:smoke:good

 

You gotta watch the whole thing, the guys insane

 

You could just issue an order that he has to leave the country. To go where? Any place that will take him.

If no place wants him, then I suggest just dumping him in Antarctica or in international waters.

 

Deport a British born man who has lived his whole life in Britain? Where to? Are you suggesting that he somehow has no right to be here because he is not white or are you suggesting we deport any people who are ****s regardless of whether they are immigrants or British born and bred?

And which country should be forced to accept Brits that we don't want?