4 Chapter 3 King of the World!

Chapter 3 King of the World! For the next several years, Cassius trained full time in Miami with Dundee. He also kept winning. Cassius won eight fights in 1961 and six in 1962. He didn't lose one fight. All the while, his trainer was impressed by how hard Cassius worked, just as Joe Martin had been. During some of his rare time away from the training gym, Cassius became friends with Sam Saxon, who was part of the Nation of Islam. "I was training for a fight," Ali said, "and met a follower of Elijah Muhammad named Captain Sam. He invited me to a meeting and after that, my life changed."

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Elijah Muhammad was the leader of the Nation of Islam. This religious movement was for black Americans only. It believed that black and white people should be separate. Its members also followed some of the beliefs of Islam, an ancient religion that started in the Middle East. People who follow Islam are called Muslims. NATION OF ISLAM

ISLAM IS A RELIGION THAT WAS REVEALED TO THE PROPHET MUHAMMAD IN THE SEVENTH CENTURY IN WHAT IS NOW SAUDI ARABIA. PEOPLE WHO BELIEVE IN ISLAM ARE CALLED MUSLIMS. THE FAITH SPREAD RAPIDLY IN THE MIDDLE EAST, AFRICA, AND ASIA. TODAY MORE THAN 1.5 BILLION PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD FOLLOW ISLAM. THE NATION OF ISLAM (NOI) IS DIFFERENT. IT WAS FOUNDED BY WALLACE D. FARD IN DETROIT IN 1930. FARD DISAPPEARED IN 1934 AND A MAN WHO CALLED HIMSELF ELIJAH MUHAMMAD TOOK OVER LEADERSHIP OF THE GROUP. MANY OF THE BELIEFS OF THE NATION OF ISLAM MIRROR THOSE OF OTHER MUSLIMS, SUCH AS CALLING GOD "ALLAH," PRAYING FIVE TIMES A DAY, AND NOT EATING PORK OR DRINKING ALCOHOL.

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FARD AND MUHAMMAD ADDED OTHER IDEAS. THEY TAUGHT THAT BLACK PEOPLE ARE ALL DESCENDED FROM ANOTHER, EARLIER RACE THAT HAD BEEN SPLIT APART BY WHITE PEOPLE. ELIJAH MUHAMMAD TOLD HIS FOLLOWERS THAT WHITE PEOPLE WERE THE ENEMY. THIS MADE HIM UNPOPULAR NOT ONLY WITH WHITES, BUT WITH BLACKS WHO WERE WORKING FOR EQUALITY. ELIJAH MUHAMMAD DIED IN 1975. HIS SON WARITH DEEN TOOK HIS PLACE AS THE LEADER OF THE NATION OF ISLAM AND SOFTENED MANY OF ITS VIEWS. HE CHANGED THE GROUP'S NAME TO THE ALISLAM IN THE WEST. TODAY, A DIFFERENT GROUP, NOT CONNECTED TO WARITH DEEN MOHAMMED, USES THE NAME NATION OF ISLAM. Cassius talked with Sam Saxon and visited a mosque, which is an Islamic temple. Cassius had