Jun 05, 2016 10:35
Western society has spent the day fondly reminiscing about the one person called Muhammad and/or Ali that they rather liked.
John Smith, a stock-broker from Dudley, said "How can I be Islamophobic, if that even is a real collection of sounds with a widely agreed on meaning, or 'word'? I've loved watching Ali fights ever since six years before I was born, when the last one happened."
He went on, "It's true that I've criticised Muslims in the past, but to me Ali was different. Islam is an inciteful, violent creed that leads to much strife, whereas Ali made a living repeatedly punching people in the face until they couldn't stand up any more... he was an athlete, is what I'm saying," he added after an awkward pause.
Boris H Clarkson agreed. "His struggle for equal rights for black and white folk was legendary. Male ones, I mean. Obviously he thought women should still be subservient. No one's going to argue with him about that."
When asked whether Ali's conversion ever made him rethink his attitude towards Muslims, Clarkson answered, "Not really. Half of them can't even spell 'Muhammad' properly."