boxing
Illinois marks ‘Muhammad Ali Day’ as boxer’s legacy continues
By Joseph Hammond — January 14, 2022
(RNS) — The date chosen, Ali’s birthday, happens to fall this year on the observance of Martin Luther King Day.
Halimi and Oubaali: Boxing champions united by different faiths
By Joseph Hammond — June 22, 2021
(RNS) — Two French bantamweights, one Jewish, one Muslim, rode boxing from the edges of French society to international prominence.
New film profiles boxer Pardeep Singh Nagra and his fight for religious freedom
By Simran Jeet Singh — December 4, 2018
(RNS) — When the Canadian Amateur Boxing Association prohibited him from competing because of his beard, this Sikh athlete decided to fight to change the rules.
Boxing killed Muhammad Ali
By Jeffrey Salkin — June 5, 2016
Muhammad Ali died of injuries sustained in the ring. Can we at least talk about that?
Muhammad Ali: Boxing legend, Muslim pathbreaker, dead at 74
By David Gibson — June 4, 2016
(RNS) Cassius Clay's conversion in 1964 was a public sensation and also the start of a personal pilgrimage through Islam -- one that presaged the religious changes and tensions that continue today.
Fight Church: Who would Jesus punch?
By Laura Turner — April 17, 2014
"Fight Church" is a documentary about pastors who step into the boxing ring as a form of evangelism. Is this the new masculine Christianity?
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