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Muhammad Ali, who died last Friday, was laid to rest in a traditional Muslim prayer service on Thursday, June 9, in his hometown of Louisville, Kentucky. Thousands of people representing different creeds, races, religions, and cultures traveled from around the world to attend Ali’s jenazah, the Arabic word for funeral. …

A large poster of one of my personal heroes sits behind my desktop screen. The hero in question, the image’s focus—Muhammad Ali. He’s towering over Sonny Liston, who failed to escape the first round. You’ve seen the image, you’ve heard the story. 51 years after that image was captured, on June 3, …