When Muhammad Ali revealed the reason behind his stance against women wearing mini skirts
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Muhammad Ali, for many fans, is the greatest boxer of all time and his legacy is extremely popular. Ali was much more than just a boxer and his actions outside the ring speak for themselves. Ali was a great speaker and never shy away from sharing his thoughts on some sensitive topics.
In one interview, Muhammad was asked about his disapproval of women wearing short skirts. While responding to the question, Ali explained that the whole thing is the influence of European culture. Ali then mentioned how in some countries such as Saudi Arabia, women aren’t allowed to wear skirts which is a great decision. Ali then revealed that he doesn’t like his wife wearing a skirt as other men will look at her with lustful eyes.
“Well, we see we, this is a European design thing. But righteous people, if you go to Saudi Arabia, and tell a woman to put on a mini skirt, they will be fined and locked up. I have a wife and she’s walking around with a skirt up to here and then what’s happening? Well, why do I want everybody to see her? I mean people looking and weaken and they Lusting for her and all kinds of freaks and no good people on the streets. Why do I want my wife, she can’t bend over because the panties show off the wind blow.”
Ali then compared humans with animals and savages who are allowed to walk half-naked. According to Ali, humans should not behave like them.
“Cows and animals and mules show their behind, human beings don’t walk around with it out, savages walk around with their behinds out and my wife’s behind is not for every man to look at,” said Ali.
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Muhammad Ali’s religious views were influenced by Malcolm X
The former Heavyweight fighter was heavily influenced by Malcolm X and choose Islam as his religion. The fighter didn’t like his slave name, Cassius Clay and after his association with the Nation of Islam in 1959 decided to opt for the name, Muhammad Ali.
Ali credited Malcolm X and Elijah Muhammad for their teachings and how they helped the fighter to be relentless and win their fights. Ali and Malcolm became great friends and fought together for the rights of black people. Their bond was also shown in a Netflix documentary named Blood Brothers which was released last year.
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Johnny Smith, co-author of the book Blood Brothers also revealed in the documentary that Ali was inspired a lot by Ali and it was visible in his behavior. “Malcolm gave him a voice to be more assertive, a voice to be more free with who he wanted to be in front of the public; that he didn’t have to hide his true feelings about politics, race, and religion,” said Smith.
Ali is respected a lot by people from all generations, he inspired millions of people all around the world to work hard and change their lives. For this, he goes down in the history as ‘Greatest’ ever to it.
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