Muhammad Ali that year, before converting to Islam after 1961. At age 22, in 1964, he won the world heavyweight championship from Sonny Liston in a major upset. He then changed his name from Cassius Clay, which he called his "slave name", to Muhammad Ali. He set an example of racial pride for African Americans and resistance to white domination during the Civil Rights Movement. In 1966, two years after winning the heavyweight title, Ali further antagonized the white establishment by refusing to be drafted into the U.S. military, citing his religious beliefs, and opposition to American involvement in the Vietnam War.
A. M. Muhammed A. M. Muhammed A M Muhammed (born 1958), is a writer in Malayalam based in Abu Dhabi. A. M. Muhammed, born in Madathikaranma, Oachira, Kerala. He is a well-noted writer in Malayalam; he has published more than one dozen books as novels, short stories, essays and dramas. "Sahara" is his well-known novel written in the theme of Arab’s life and culture published by India’s leading publishers, D. C. Books. It is noted as the first Indo Arab novel. Its English translation will come out very shortly. Muhammed has been living in United Arab Emirates since the 1980s. He is also