More Ali, who lived in Overtown at the time, was drawn to the message of the Nation in the ‘60s and was a regular at services. He didn’t purchase the mosque, though Miami lore claims otherwise.

Walid, who was to lead prayers for Ali on Sunday at a Detroit mosque Ali visited, remembers when Ali came into his home — in the form of an action figure. As a child in the 1970s, Walid said he ...

Muhammad Ali prays in a mosque at his former training camp in Deer Lake, Pennsylvaina, in June 1991. By 2005, Ali had embraced Sufism, a strand of Islam that emphasizes a personal connection with ...

On June 25, 1967, anchorman Harold Keen and cameraman Carl Gilman were on assignment to interview Muhammad Ali. He was in San Diego as part of a nationwide tour to spread the word of Elijah ...

A select few invitees viewed the opening of Ken Burns' new documentary 'Muhammad Ali' at the boxing legend's Fighter's Heaven Deer Lake Training Camp near Orwigsburg which aired on PBS on Sept. 19.

Sports fans. African Americans. Pacifists. Muhammad Ali, who died Friday at 74, was a hero to many. But no group may have taken more pride in Ali’s accomplishments than American Muslims, who ...

Leigh Montville outlines Muhammad Ali’s allegiance to the Nation of Islam in the new book “Sting Like a Bee: Muhammad Ali vs. the United States of America.” (Charles Harrity/Associated Press) ...