MUHAMMAD ALI “SWINGS” BY CENTER

MUHAMMAD ALI “SWINGS” BY CENTER

The country’s most well-known American Muslim was a frequent visitor of the Islamic Center when he often stopped for prayers and connecting with the community from his nearby home in Hancock Park in the 1980s. “Muhammad Ali was not only the world’s most famous Muslim person but also a great ambassador of Islam. He was so adored for being an American and being a Muslim,” says longtime member Levent Akbarut, who was an assistant for Ali during public appearances promoting Islam and peace in the 1980s.