He gave the people hope and as he says to the reporter 's live on T.V., “ I might not be the champion that you want me to be but I will be the people 's Champion.” He also said on live T.V. that he will no longer be called Cassius Clay because he didn 't want to be called by his ancestors slave name so he changed his name to Cassius X. After Cassius X’s statement of changing his name the Islamic Leaders wanted to speak to him and they wanted to make him a true Muslim. When you are rebirthed into Muslim they grant you a new name and they granted him the name Muhammad Ali and that was the last time that he hanged his name. Muhammad’s father was furious about him changing his name to an islamic name because he didn 't think there was anything wrong with having the same name as his
He gave the people hope and as he says to the reporter 's live on T.V., “ I might not be the champion that you want me to be but I will be the people 's Champion.” He also said on live T.V. that he will no longer be called Cassius Clay because he didn 't want to be called by his ancestors slave name so he changed his name to Cassius X. After Cassius X’s statement of changing his name the Islamic Leaders wanted to speak to him and they wanted to make him a true Muslim. When you are rebirthed into Muslim they grant you a new name and they granted him the name Muhammad Ali and that was the last time that he hanged his name. Muhammad’s father was furious about him changing his name to an islamic name because he didn 't think there was anything wrong with having the same name as his