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INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE RING MUHAMMAD ALI REMAINS THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME

ning,” Gunnell said in a statement. “The Ali family would like to thank everyone for their thoughts, prayers, and support and asks for privacy at this time.” Ali was more than just a boxer. He was a voice to a generation

get under the skin of fellow fighters, Ali stormed to a 19-0 boxing record. His ability to talk fans into boxing arenas and opponents into fits was influenced by one of professional wrestling’s all-time greats Gorgeous George, who Ali watched throughout the 1950s and ’60s. Copyright Creative Commons: Library of Congress

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On June 3, three-time World Heavyweight Champion Muhammad Ali passed away. The boxing icon died from septic shock ending his long battle with Parkinson’s disease. Ali family spokesman Bob Gunnell told the press that the boxer

By Drew Farmer

Boxing light-heavyweight podium 1960 Olympics.

Malcolm X photographs Muhammad Ali after his defeat of Sonny Liston.

President Jimmy Carter greets Muhammad Ali at a White House dinner celebrating the signing of the Panama Canal Treaty, Washington, D.C.

had been admitted to HonorHealth Scottsdale Osborn Medical Center in Scottsdale, Arizona. After being admitted, Ali’s condition deteriorated rapidly. “After a 32-year battle with Parkinson’s disease, Muhammad Ali has passed away at the age of 74. The three-time World Heavyweight Champion boxer died this eve-

crying out to be heard. In a time when American race relations were frayed, his words and actions meant just as much as those of the leaders of the Civil Rights Movement; and sometimes more. Ali made a living with his fists, but his mouth grabbed many of the headlines. Nicknamed the “Louisville Lip” for his ability to

In 1964, Ali faced off in his biggest fight yet, taking on the “Big Bear” Sonny Liston for the World Heavyweight Championship. Ali’s tactics in the build-up to the fight were pure WWE as he “baited the Bear,” antagonizing him constantly. In February of that year, Ali did the unthinkable, beating Liston in Miami after seven rounds. A re-

match a little over a year later saw Ali knock out Liston in the opening round. Although controversy still surrounds the fight’s ending, Ali had already sealed his name as one of the most electrifying men in sports. Weeks later, already an athlete seen as shaking the white establishment of America, Ali converted to Islam, throwing gasoline on a fire of change in the United States. Already the public face of the Nation of Islam, Ali – still going by his birth name Cassius Clay – had changed his name to Cassius X Clay, before being given the moniker he made famous by Elijah Muhammad. “Muhammad Ali, considered one of contemporary Islam’s most beloved figures, was always a hero who transcended faith, race and borders,” Jason Rezaian of the Washington Post recently wrote. In spite of the vitriolic attitude towards Ali, he continued to win fights and he continued to turn back the challenge of various fighters until he was stripped of the World Heavyweight title in April 1967. His crime? Ali refused to be drafted into the U.S. Armed Forces. Facing five years in prison, Ali stood up for his beliefs, continuing to fight the entire way. “I am America,” Ali once stated. “I am the part Continued on p. 2

In this issue NEWS

Phoenix-area Muslims celebrate Muhammad Ali’s ‘passion for humanity’........................ 02

NEWS

Trailblazing Navy veteran Nate Terani now fights Islamophobia....................... 03

OP-ED

Qur’an feels familiar, familial from the very first page.............................. 06

OP-ED

Make healthy marriage, families a priority during Ramadan.............................. 07

NEWS

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Continued from p. 1

you won’t recognize. But get used to me – black, confident, cocky; my name, not yours; my religion, not yours; my goals, my own. Get used to me.” Ali would go on to miss the prime years of his career and did not fight again until October 1970. However, he saved his best for last. Ali’s fights were epic and were given fantastic names like Fight of the Century, Rumble in the Jungle and Thrilla in Manila. After back-to-back losses Ali retired in 1981. However, he began his next fight just a few years later when the former champion was di-

agnosed with Parkinson’s disease. Following Ali’s death, President Barrack Obama released a statement on Ali’s life: “Muhammad Ali shook up the world. And the world is better for it. We are all better for it.” On June 9, a jenazah funeral for Ali was held in his hometown of Louisville, Kentucky. It was estimated 14,000 mourners came out to the time of remembrance. Speaking at the funeral, a University of Southern California Muslim scholar, Sherman Jackson, spoke about the importance of Ali to the Islamic community. “The passing of Muhammad Ali has made us all feel a little more

PHOENIX-AREA MUSLIMS CELEBRATE MUHAMMAD ALI’S ‘PASSION FOR HUMANITY’ Tempe mosque hosts remembrance of the champ for people of all faiths By Aneesah Nadir

When members of the local Phoenix Muslim community heard about the passing of Muhammad Ali, who many consider the world’s most famous Muslim, they expressed a variety of emotions. For example, Zarinah Nadir, a local attorney, reminisced about memories of Ali’s visit to Arizona for Eid prayers in 1992 at Jaharutul Islam Mosque in South Phoenix, the first mosque built in Arizona. “He warmed the hearts of young and old community members that day.”

Then, questions about his Janazah started circulating. Though his funeral and burial would be in Louisville, Kentucky, Phoenix Muslims were compelled to do something to honor their brother who lived in the area for the past 10 years. “We must do something to honor him, he was the People’s Champ and our Muslim brother,” said Mohamed Belgaid, owner of Phoenicia Cafe. A team of committed volunteers from the Islamic Community Center of Tempe (ICC) sprang into action to bring together Muslims, people of other faiths and those of nonfaith traditions to pray for and remember their brother, Muhammad

alone in the world,” Jackson explained. “Something solid, something big, beautiful and life-affirming has left this world.” A second funeral was held on June 10 in Louisville. Actor Will Smith, who played Ali in the film of the same name, and boxer Lennox Lewis acted as pallbearers. The funeral was attended by numerous world leaders, heads of state and celebrities including former U.S. President Bill Clinton, who gave a eulogy. Speaking about Ali’s appearance to light the Olympic torch in Atlanta in 1996, Clinton spoke about the emotion he felt. “I was weeping like a baby seeing his hands shake,” Clinton said. “No matter what it took, the flame would be lit. The fight would be won. I knew it would happen.” Ali is still considered the great-

est boxer of all time. His trash talking has been duplicated by many in sports including boxers, professional wrestlers and UFC fighters. Yet, it is merely athletes attempting to be Ali. The power, passion and emotion will never be equalled. Ali cut down racial and religious barriers in the United States at an intense social time. He did his talking outside the ring and had the ability to back it up. He was an icon, a legend and a role model. A generation of Americans have grown up after Ali’s retirement. To them, he was a name, a clip on YouTube and a man that helped the world as he suffered along with it. Yet, to a generation prior, he was a man that stood up for what he believed in and wasn’t afraid to fight with his words.

Ali. Ahmed Ewais, funeral chaplain at ICC, helped to wash and prepare Muhammad Ali for burial. “People of various faiths will be looking for a place to demonstrate their love and appreciation for Ali. If we open up the masjid doors this will be so beautiful inshaAllah (God willing),” said Nadir. Community members and guests from various faiths gathered June 5 in the mosque to hear tales of the renowned athlete and revered figure who seemed to transcend all boundaries of faith, race, culture, and creed. Numerous guest speakers were welcomed to the mic during the event to share how Ali personally impacted their lives. Their stories drew laughter and solemn reflection. For some, Ali’s boxing had little to do with their admiration for him. His character was what drew them to follow his career and what ultimately created lifelong bonds with a man many had never met. “When I was in Pakistan, I knew [about] Muhammad Ali very well. I was a kid. We were in a poor country. We hardly had any news media or television broadcasting but when Muhammad Ali was going to fight his fight…they made sure that they broadcast his fights and we were really lucky to see all his great fights. Everybody looked forward to him and they really admired his personality. He was an honest man. He was a strong man. He was a freedom fighter. We all respected him very [much]. He [spoke] whatever he had in his heart and I admire that and I always, from childhood ’til now,” said Syed Haroon, a longtime community member.

Some called for those in attendance to take Ali’s life as a guide for their own. “Yes, he made his living, his fame and glory in the ring but he stood for a lot more outside of it,” said Adel Belgaid, founder of One Humanity. “There’s a reason why he was so successful. He stood for passion, passion in the ring, passion outside of the ring…passion for humanity.” During the Phoenix community remembrance, Angelica LindseyAli, a community activist, reminded everyone that there was a time in America when Muhammad Ali was one of the most hated men in America. “He was unapologetically Black, and unashamedly Muslim,” she said. Muslim Americans continue to be proud that he stood up for Islam and was very publicly, Muslim. Even when he was offered to have his star and name placed on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame, he Continued on p. 5

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Trailblazing Navy veteran Nate Terani now fights Islamophobia By Megan Smith

Nate Terani, a Navy veteran, is used to facing challenging situations. Back home, he’s now turning his efforts to a different kind of fight. Terani works as a community organizer, fighting Islamophobia by spreading a message of peace and unity for Veterans for Peace, an organization that speaks out against the costliness of war and the toll taken on service members coming home. As a child Terani was faced with a life-changing event on a family visit to his motherland, Iran, in 1985. At the time, the region was plagued by war. During a ceasefire he went to visit his grandmother. Terani said, “While at an international school one day, Hezbollah soldiers raided our school and they took the flags of the different nations and set them on fire. They demanded that the kids chant death to America and trample on the flag. I refused to do it and the soldier saw me not complying and started to walk towards me. I grabbed pieces of the American flag and just ran from them around the school.” Upon returning to the United States he had this odd feeling that the reason he was kept from danger was because he was an American. This stuck with him and he felt he had a debt to pay. Ten years later he joined the military. Terani served in the U.S. Navy for nine and a half years. He enlisted after high school in 1997, had four years of active and duty and served in the Arizona National Guard until 2006. The first thing he did in the Navy was become a member of the Presidential Honor Guard – and he was the first Muslim American to do so. Later, he would come to work in the De-

fense Intelligence Agency. Over the course of his military career, and after, Terani learned of friends passing away or coming home with PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder). He knew it was time to stand for change for all those who served. Then, the Chapel Hill shooting in 2015 was another wake-up call. The present climate was seemingly creating a culture of hate and distrust that Terani felt he could not stand by and watch. For Terani this gruesome, execution-style killing of three Muslim students solidified his resolve to speak out against injustices. “Just for the sake of being Muslim, those students were assassinated,” he said. Within the last year he began to see that he could speak out to stop hate speech from turning into violent actions. He looked to Veterans for Peace for an avenue to voice his concerns about the widespread impact of violence. Alongside those who saw and dealt in violence for so many years as men and women in military service, Terani decided to speak up for non-violence. Veteran’s Challenges: Islamophobia is a committee within Veterans for Peace comprised of combat and post 9/11 veterans. Together they hope to challenge Islamophobia and bring to light the methods which the media uses to scare Americans. “Create this ambiguous enemy in the desert and blame it on a religion and out of that fear people will not question your methods of warfare. By challenging Islamophobia, we can address that,” he said. Terani believes that “stopping Islamophobia starts with words, because hate speech be-

in New Jersey in what he called a very typical childhood. “I was in a rural area. Our heroes growing up were the cops and firefighters in New Jersey. We listened to country music.” He never saw himself as particularly different. He saw himself as an all-American boy. Others didn’t always see him the same way. Despite his American roots, he recounted a time when his friend’s parents asked him who Allah was and if he was the moon god. These kinds of questions revealed something he hadn’t recognized before. “There was an ingrained sense that I was a little bit different. This helped make me stronger and let me see a different perspective because of my religion.” Terrain’s unique perspective as a Muslim American veteran continues to drive his conviction to stand up for what he believes in and to combat fear-mongering and Islamophobia by stopping hate at the root of what it is, ignorance and fear.

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comes bigotry and discrimination which leads to violence.” This issue seems particularly pressing in light of election season. “Trump utilizes hate speech to incite the masses,” he said of the presumptive Republican nominee for president. Recently, Terani attended a Donald Trump rally in protest and received a lot of attention for a simple sign. His sign read, “Vets to Trump: End Hate Speech Against Muslims.” Surrounding attendees were cordial until he unveiled his sign. “When I went there, I was wearing my United States Navy cap. And they were great and friendly up until I took the banner out. And they flipped the switch. They did become violent and did harass.” Although he has no future plans to protest, “I’ll continue if I have to. If someone needs to stand up to that, then I’ll do it,” he said. Terani did not always envision becoming an activist. He grew up

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NEW MOSQUE COMING TO TUCSON’S NORTHWEST SIDE By Helena Silva

A new mosque, the Muslim Community Center of Tempe, is being added to an existing community center in northwest Tucson. The mosque will add about 7,500 square feet to the already 12,650 square feet which currently houses a gym and classrooms. The addition will feature a dome and minaret. Construction is slated to be completed by the first quarter of 2017.

people could get together dates to 2003. Ahmed Gaber, a board member, told the Arizona Daily Star, “The whole idea is to service the Muslim community in all of its aspects, whether the religious needs or the social needs.” Parts of the community center are already open to the public. The center is providing health clinics for the community, Arabic classes and monthly events for families.

The whole idea is to service the Muslim community in all of its aspects, whether the religious needs or the social needs. Drawings of the new mosque should be submitted to the county next week by the Muslim Community Center of Tucson. The first phase of the community-funded mosque, the community center, cost nearly $800,000. This new phase, the mosque itself, will cost an estimated $750,000 – money that the community is still raising. The community center construction started in November 2014 although the idea to create a center where families and young

For Friday prayers, the gym is converted to a prayer space. As the Muslim community in Tucson continues to grow, the major mosque in the area, the Islamic Center of Tucson, has struggled to accommodate worshipers. Not only has lack of space been a concern, but parking and traffic also have been problems due to its location. The mosque’s board members hope the new space will alleviate some of the concerns over crowding as well as provide

additional features that could benefit the growing community. The Islamic Center of Tucson (ICT), located near the University of Arizona, will continue to serve the community in that area. Recently, the mosque has faced problems with residents of neighboring apartments tossing debris into the parking lot. In an interview with the Daily Star, however, outgoing ICT president Ahmed Meiloud said, “The ICT caters to primarily students, professors, people on campus and working in that area of town. It’s in a central location and has no plans to relocate anywhere.” The neighboring Northside Church of Christ offered the new mosque its parking lot to accommodate the growing Friday prayers at the new location. They were in the same position 30 years ago, and they just did what they hoped someone could have done for them at the time. “Our neighbors opened our hearts and our imagination,” said Maqsood Ahmad, a board member, talking about the relationship between the Muslim community and Northside Church of Christ to the Tucson newspaper.

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PHOENIX-AREA MUSLIMS CELEBRATE MUHAMMAD ALI’S ‘PASSION FOR HUMANITY’ Continued from p. 2

declined because he didn’t want people to walk on the name he took from the Prophet Muhammad. As a result, Muhammad Ali’s name is the only one up on a wall, shared another speaker, Azra Hussein of the Islamic Speakers Bureau of Arizona. The event closed with a prayer for Ali and his family. In his early days, Muhammad Ali became a student of Malcolm X. He joined the Nation of Islam as a young man in late 1963 but it wasn’t formally announced until he won the heavyweight championship title in February 1964. He changed his name from Cassius Clay, which he considered his slave name, to Muhammad Ali. He firmly reminded the media and others that his new name, his Muslim name was Muhammad Ali even though they continued to call him Cassius Clay. He modeled the strength and importance to show pride in one’s name. In 1975, in the largest mass conversion in America, Muhammad Ali converted to orthodox Islam under the leadership of Imam W.D. Muhammad. He lived his life standing up for the values of Islam through his consistent charitable service to humanity and his unwillingness to relent to threats of injustice. Muhammad Ali was proud to a Black man, to be Muslim, and to be American. He was strong. He was courageous. He gave people the courage to stand tall even if they didn’t have typical American names. For so many, he stood as a testament to the idea that anything could be accomplished if one put their heart into it. His unique and poetic rhetoric became a symbol for the power of arguing a beautiful argument. He was a formidable role model of the importance of caring for people and bringing people together, as the faith of Islam taught him. “His passing awakened me,” said local attorney Wasan Awad. “It reminded me of our ultimate destination and that before we get there, we have work to do, work for humanity, which ultimately is work we are doing for our own salvation.”

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Qur’an feels familiar, familial from the very

Deacon Ian Punnett

Despite what the title of this column might imply, I have never been guilty of “bibliolatry”; that is, the worship of a book, particularly a religious one. I love my oldest copy of the Holy Bible, but I almost never bring it with me anywhere anymore. There’s an app for that now, and I have a couple Bible apps in my phone. If you ever saw my old Bible, you’d know that it was my favorite, though, because I’ve scrawled all over it, marked it up, and dog-eared some of the pages for easy reference. Some people freak out when they see just how much I have written in the margins of my Bible, but to me, “use” is a sign of respect. I’ve been a little more skittish about marking up my Qur’an so far, however. As part of my ongoing experience of chronicling my experiences reading the Qur’an, I confess that it does not feel like “mine” yet. The best way I can describe it is to say that I never think twice about leaving my

shoes on when I enter my own house, but I always offer to take first page off my shoes when I enter somebody else’s. So far, I feel like am reading the Qur’an with my shoes off. Which is not to say that my edition of the Qur’an was not hospitable to me from the first pages of the introduction: “At the beginning of the seventh century of our era, Arabian paganism was showing signs of decay. The influence of Judaism and Christianity, if seldom deep, was not confined to the numerous clans which had embraced one or other of these religions. …” In the ensuing pages of the introductory chapter, the editor, R.A. Nicholson, goes to great lengths to make nonMuslim readers feel at home. Not surprisingly, from the opening passages of the Chapter of the Heifer, the phrasing, the plaintive pleas for piety, and even the characters of the stories had a familial ring. I understand why Muslims insist the Qur’an is uncorrupted and a more accurate prophetic telling of the story of the Divine, the birth of humanity, and God’s relationship with God’s creation, but to me, the earliest stories in al-Baqarah reminded me of when

my cousins would tell stories about our shared grandparents. We were of the same family, and they were clearly the same stories that I heard growing up about the same people, but the color and nature of their details were different and the order of the events in those stories was not always the same. For example, in one of the Bible’s stories of creation, God creates all the animals but Adam names them. In the Qur’an, Allah tells Adam the names and Adam proves his importance by being able to recite the names flawlessly even when angels could not. That’s a fascinating detail to me. The Bible does not say how Adam came up with the names—it just as easily could have been from God’s list. In fact, in just the al-Baqarah alone, there appear to be many variations on Bible stories I’ve always heard, but few that blatantly contradict the narratives I thought I knew. Just as often, I came across lines from the Qur’an that I could read to the average (and maybe even the above-average) Bible believer that they would swear they’d heard from their pulpit last Sunday. One, “O ye folk, serve your Lord who created you and those before you; happily may ye fear who made the earth for

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you a bed and the heaven a dome, and sent down from heaven water, and brought forth therewith fruits as a sustenance for you,” had me searching through my heavily marked up and dog-eared old Bible convinced that it was in there almost word-for-word. But it wasn’t. In fact, there is only one sentence that is nearly identical in the Qur’an, the Hebrew Bible and Christian Bible: Psalm 37:29 and Surah: 21:105. “The righteous shall inherit the land, and live in it forever.” Sounds like a plan. I like that line so much, I think I’ll underline Surah 21:105 in my Qur’an. I mean, when I get comfortable enough to start writing in it someday.

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practical keys for a healthy marriage? The struggle is so real that young educated Muslim American women mid-20s to late 30s are struggling to find suitable, compatible marriage prospects. The struggle is so real that the divorce rate among Muslims is at least 33% and children are experiencing shared custody living between their parents’ homes. The struggle is so real that Muslim children are growing up in homes where they have witnessed marital discord and domestic violence among their parents. Some in this next generation are not sure they even want to get married. Despite the reality of the struggle and the challenges couples continue to face, we happily look to the example of Prophet Muhammad pbuh. We know how he lovingly honored and respected Khadijah’s ra for business prowess and her loyalty at the most difficult times of the early days of Islam. We know that he patiently enjoyed running races and cultural events with Aisha ra. He relied on the wisdom and advice of Um Salamah who suggested to make the sacrifice at Huday-

a priority during Ramadan

Dr. Aneesah Nadir

As Muslims we know that marriage is half of our religion. It is a foundation of the Prophet’s pbuh tradition and the Muslim society. Ramadan is a time to renew our relationship with Allah and with each other. The Islamic Social Services Association-USA (ISSA-USA) calls on Muslims nationwide to refocus our efforts on building healthy marriages and families as part of its National Muslim Marriage Week Campaign. ISSAUSA asks Muslims throughout the country to consider the married life of Prophet pbuh and the example he set of a loving, patient husband and father. No matter where you are in the marriage continuum from single to married for many years to divorced or remarried we ask you to consider the struggle to maintain a healthy marriage and to recognize that despite the struggle it is possible to build a healthy, happy marriage and family. We ask how real is the struggle and what are

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biyyah when the Muslims were refused access to Mecca. He did not turn away from women who were strong, assertive, intelligent or full of character like Khadijah, Aishah, Hafsah or Um Salamah. He never raised his hands or his voice to his wives or children. He pbuh was and is our best example. Today we see our elders having been married 40, 50, 60 years. They let us know it is possible to live a healthy, happy, loving marriage as Muslims in these days and times. And happily we see young brothers and sisters of similar and diverse cultures in their late twenties to forties forging happy marriages and families in the era of the Millennials and Generation X despite the challenging times in which we live.

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Dr. Aneesah Nadir Dr. Aneesah Nadir is a social worker, published author, speaker, retired social work professor and entrepreneur. She serves as the president of the Islamic Social Services Association-USA headquartered in Arizona. She is an independent associate with LegalShield. For more information contact Dr. Nadir at 480233-6547 or pnadir@legalshieldassociate.com

ues do you bring to the marriage and what do you want from your marriage future or present. This Ramadan is a great time to engage

Ask yourself how ready are you to marry, what values do you bring to the marriage and what do you want from your marriage future or present. Keys for a healthy marriage include a meaningful relationship with Allah swt and His Messenger pbuh as well as conducting a serious self-assessment and introspection. Ask yourself how ready are you to marry, what val-

in personal self-reflection and put some new habits into practice. ISSA-USA wishes you and your family a blessed Ramadan and prays for happy, healthy, strong families community wide. Ramadan Mubarak!

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