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Muhammad Ali on Donald Trump: ‘Muslims have to stand up’ to anti-Islamic speech
Donald Trump may call him a “friend,” but boxing champion Muhammad Ali is clearly unhappy with the businessman’s politics.
Ali, one of America’s best-known Muslims, defended his religion as one of peace and criticized those who mischaracterize Islam for personal gain, in a statement aimed at the Republican presidential front-runner.
“We as Muslims have to stand up to those who use Islam to advance their own personal agenda,” Ali said in a statement first released to NBC News. “They have alienated many from learning about Islam. True Muslims know or should know that it goes against our religion to try and force Islam on anybody.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/acts-of-faith/wp/2015/12/10/muhammad-ali-on-donald-trump-muslims-have-to-stand-up-to-anti-islamic-speech/
Ali, one of America’s best-known Muslims, defended his religion as one of peace and criticized those who mischaracterize Islam for personal gain, in a statement aimed at the Republican presidential front-runner.
“We as Muslims have to stand up to those who use Islam to advance their own personal agenda,” Ali said in a statement first released to NBC News. “They have alienated many from learning about Islam. True Muslims know or should know that it goes against our religion to try and force Islam on anybody.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/acts-of-faith/wp/2015/12/10/muhammad-ali-on-donald-trump-muslims-have-to-stand-up-to-anti-islamic-speech/
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