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Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore is a largest cricket stadium in Pakistan with a capacity of 60,000 spectators.It was constructed in 1959 and renovated for the 1996 Cricket World Cup.Three hat-tricks have been taken at the stadium, by Peter Petherick of New Zealand, Wasim Akram & Mohammad Sami of Pakistan.
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This is a 7 expousre HDR of the Muhammed Ali Center downtown Louisville Kentucky. I took the bracketed shot and then a shot expoused for the stars and used photoshop to mask them in.
Muhammed Nur, a farmer and teacher at the Helmand Agriculture High School, has hope for the future: “We can rebuild this country. We want the students to learn how to grow legal crops here, not illegal ones”, he says. “Inshallah, God-willing, we can rebuild this country. May Allah guide our elders and show our children the right path”.
Afghanistan currently produces 90% of the world’s opium, the key ingredient in heroin. The UK-led Provincial Reconstruction Team in Helmand Province is helping Afghanistan to tackle the country’s illegal drugs trade which destroys lives around the world.
At this new training college in Lashkar Gah, young Afghan farmers are learning to grow legal crops that can give them an alternative income to opium. Established farmers are destroying poppy fields so they can use the land to grow wheat and other crops from subsidised seeds.
This work is seeing results - poppy cultivation in Helmand is falling as farmers start to grow new crops. To curtail the traffickers, Afghanistan’s counter narcotics police play a crucial role finding and destroying smuggled drugs before they leave the country.
To find out more about how UK aid is working in Afghanistan, please visit: www.dfid.gov.uk/afghanistan
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Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr. aka Muhammed Ali - three time World Heavyweight Champion
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Aka Humpnose Bigeye Bream. Scuba diving, Nikonos scanned negative.
Ras Muhammed National Park, Sharm El Sheik, Red Sea, Egypt.
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Rawalpindi, Pakistan: Afghan refugee children play in wooden carts on the roadside of a poor neighbourhood
Los Cometas (amarillo): Kunal Sharma, KYLE MASSEY, KEVIN JONAS, Andrea Guasch, SELENA GOMEZ, Chun-Yi Chou, Sabrina Bryan, Martin Barlan, Moises Arias.
El Rayo (AZUL): Williams Keiley, Alyson Stoner, COLE SPROUSE, Isabella Soric, DEMI LOVATO, Shin Koyamada, Roger González, Roshon Fegan, Farez Muhammad Bin Juraimi
Los Ciclones (VERDE): Maria Clara Alonso, JASON DOLLEY, DAVID HENRIE, JOE JONAS, Brad Kavanagh, Ambra Lo Faro, DYLAN SPROUSE, Chelsea Staub, Jennifer Stone
El Inferno (RED): Deniz Akdeniz, JAKE T AUSTIN, Adrienne Bailon, Rafael Baronesi, Jason Earles, NICK JONAS, MITCHEL MUSSO, Anna Maria Perez de Tagle, Jasmine Richards, BRENDA SONG
Especial corresponsales: Brian Stepanek, Jordan Pruitt, Meaghan Jette Martin, Cody Linley, Miley Ray Cyrus
En el transcurso de una semana en Walt Disney World en Orlando, Florida, comienza la producción en un evento de clase mundial que reúne a las más grandes estrellas para niños y preadolescentes en el mundo para competir en las carreras de relevos, obstáculos y desafíos cursos de Disney Channel Juegos 2008. Disney Channel Juegos se verá en cinco de media hora presentaciones especiales a partir de julio en los canales de Disney en todo el mundo.
Las estrellas, que llegan procedentes de 15 países, se dividen en cuatro equipos: los cometas, los ciclones, El Rayo y El Infierno. Un capitán de equipo es seleccionado y juntos, cada equipo se prepara para competir en los llenos de acción, comedia juegos. Aunque los juegos son a color, más grande que la vida y en todas direcciones muy divertido, la competencia es real y los competidores están decididos a ganar el premio, el Disney Channel Games Cup.
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Aseenkantaja Muhammed bin Juma istuu oven edessä yhden vaimoistaan ja lapsistaan kanssa.
Taiteilija Akseli Gallen-Kallelan perhe eli vuosina 1909-10 Brittiläisessä Itä-Afrikassa, nykyisessä Keniassa. Perheen viimeisen yhteisen safarin päätyttyä he palasivat Nairobiin heinäkuun 1910 lopussa. Koko perhe muisteli haikein mielin elämää luonnon keskuudessa ja paluu kaupunkiin tuntui Kirstin muistelmien mukaan ”mitäänsanomattomalta hiljaiselolta”. Kuva on lokakuun 1910 lopulta – seuraavassa kuussa Gallen-Kallela perheineen aloitti pitkän kotimatkan takaisin Suomeen.
kuvauspaikka: Nairobi, nykyinen Kenia
ajoitus: 24.10.1910
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mitat: 82x80 mm
tekniikka: stereokuva
merkintöjä: "Muhamed bin Juma hänen vaimonsa ja lapsensa ovella seisoo Kirsti" (183) ja ”Gunbearer Muhammed bin Juma ja hänen yksi vaimoistaan ja lapsi takana ovella Kirsti 1911 Nairobi” (184)
inventointinumero: Kot. 4/183 ja Kot.4/184
kokoelma: Akseli Gallen-Kallelan valokuvakokoelma
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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, flanked by U.S. Ambassador to Morocco Dwight Bush and State Department interpreter Thomas Ronkin, is greeted by King Muhammed VI of Morocco at the start of a bilateral meeting in Casablanca on April 4, 2014. [State Department photo/ Public Domain]
Aseenkantaja Muhammed bin Juma istuu oven edessä yhden vaimoistaan ja lapsistaan kanssa.
Taiteilija Akseli Gallen-Kallelan perhe eli vuosina 1909-10 Brittiläisessä Itä-Afrikassa, nykyisessä Keniassa. Perheen viimeisen yhteisen safarin päätyttyä he palasivat Nairobiin heinäkuun 1910 lopussa. Koko perhe muisteli haikein mielin elämää luonnon keskuudessa ja paluu kaupunkiin tuntui Kirstin muistelmien mukaan ”mitäänsanomattomalta hiljaiselolta”. Kuva on lokakuun 1910 lopulta – seuraavassa kuussa Gallen-Kallela perheineen aloitti pitkän kotimatkan takaisin Suomeen.
kuvauspaikka: Nairobi, nykyinen Kenia
ajoitus: 24.10.1910
kuvaaja:
mitat: 82x78 mm (vasen) ja 83x78 mm (oikea)
tekniikka: stereokuva
merkintöjä: "NRB 24.X 1910 vasen" (vasen puoli) ja ”NRB 24 X 1910 oikea” (oikea puoli)
inventointinumero: Kot. 4/185 ja Kot.4/186
kokoelma: Akseli Gallen-Kallelan valokuvakokoelma
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Fatumah Muhammed Abdi, 40, sits with a collection of nieces, nephews and an orphan child at the reception center at the Hagadera refugee camp in Dadaab Kenya, August 25, 2011. She fled the famine in Somalia. "When we had nothing else to live for there, we decided to come all the way from Somalia to Kenya." She cares for the children of her sister and her brother, and the orphan daughter of another woman from their village. They've been dealing with drought for three years. They left the family farm and moved to a nearby town for work, washing clothes and cleaning homes of wealthier residents. "The drought is so bad now that there is no economy in the town, and even those people are suffering. Now we have all fled from Somalia for assistance. I came here for daily life and security." She and the children traveled six days to the border, then were able to arrange transport to Dadaab. "I'm not so worried for the children, now that I'm here. I feel like I'm at home in my own country and there's no stress. I'm especially happy for them, a chance to grow up and have an education and have them a better future. I'm very happy with their life. They need to be taken care of. Older children can take care of themselves, but these ones stressed me."
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Este romántico rincón de la Alhambra ha aparecido cuatro veces en las propuestas de la selectividad andaluza, siendo una de ellas seleccionada para el examen de Junio de 2008. Las propuestas en las que apareció este parte de la Alhambra fueron las siguientes:
- Prueba de Selectividad de Historia del Arte nº 4 del curso 2006-2007.
- Prueba de Selectividad de Historia del Arte nº 5 del curso 2006-2007.
- Prueba de Selectividad de Historia del Arte nº 3 del curso 2007-2008 (Examen de Junio de 2008)
- Prueba de Selectividad de Historia del Arte nº 2 del curso 2011-2012.
La obra hay que clasificarla dentro del arte de al-Ándalus. En concreto, dentro del arte nazarí.
Otro sector de la Alhambra escogido para las Pruebas de Acceso a las Universidades Andaluzas es el Patio de los Leones. Ha aparecido otras cuatro veces en las propuestas de selectividad, bien que ninguno ha sido seleccionado para los exámenes.
Las propuestas en la que apareció esta otra parte de la Alhambra fueron las siguientes:
- Prueba de Selectividad de Historia del Arte nº 5 del curso 2002-2003.
- Prueba de Selectividad de Historia del Arte nº 4 del curso 2007-2008.
- Prueba de Selectividad de Historia del Arte nº 4 del curso 2008-2009.
- Prueba de Selectividad de Historia del Arte nº 5 del curso 2009-2010.
En las dos primeras ocasiones se ofrece una vista general (apaisada) del patio en cuestión; las dos últimas (acarteladas) ofrecen una perspectiva tomada desde uno de los pabellones.
Pero encaminamos nuestros pasos al Patio de los Arrayanes. Nuestra imagen reproduce la perspectiva aparecida en la propuesta 2 del curso del 2011-2012, bien que hemos eliminado las imperfecciones que echaban a perder esta plácida panorámica
La misma imagen ilustra el libro de Don Jesús Palomero Páramo. Esta hermosa instantánea se encontraba afeada por unas máculas que pasaron sin ningún retoque a la propuesta, por lo que no puede caber duda de su procedencia. Señalemos, además, que la filmina se encontraba no en el texto del tema, sino en las actividades, así que si creemos que este celebérrimo manual es el sursum corda de la PAU, habrá que escudriñar hasta el reverso de las guardas.
Concluimos con una reseña sobre esta parte de la Alhambra:
Este patio es conocido por varios nombres: «Patio de los Arrayanes» por los grandes macizos de esta planta, también llamada mirto, que bordean la alberca en sus lados mayores; «Patio de Comares» por el cuarto o palacio inmediato llamado así por sus vidrieras de colores, («qamriyya») y «Patio de la Alberca» por el enorme estanque que alberga.
La construcción del complejo del patio de los Arrayanes fue iniciada por el rey nazarí Ismail I de Granada que reinó desde 1314 a 1325. Continuó la obra Yusuf I de Granada (1333-1354) que murió asesinado antes de verla concluida. Finalmente Muhammad V pudo terminarla en 1370.
En su origen se accedía al patio y demás dependencias a través de otro gran patio que ya no existe más que en un pequeño recuerdo que es el patio de Machuca, mucho más reducido que lo fue aquel.
En el siglo XVI la perspectiva de este patio cambio totalmente al destruirse el pabellón que se encontraba al sur, para edificar el Palacio de Carlos V. En este centuria, igualmente, se arrancaron los naranjos amargos y otros árboles de escasa altura que lo adornaban sus setos y se amplió la anchura de los andenes.
El patio fue restaurado en el siglo XIX como tantos otros sitios de la Alhambra. El restaurador principal fue el académico arquitecto Rafael Contreras Muñoz (1826-1890). Uno de los cambios más espectaculares consistió en levantar el pavimento que estaba enlosado con lápidas procedentes de cementerios musulmanes, sustituyéndolas por un enlosado de mármol.
Psychiatrist Dr Muhazim Muhammed, at the Mental Health and Psychosocial Support department of the Hospital in Sinjar. The MHPSS department was set up by Cordaid at the start of 2019.
All patients of the MHPSS department are ISIS survivors, who have recently returned to Sinjar. Some of them have been kidnapped for months by ISIS, all of them have been displaced for years.
“This department is the only facility that provides mental health care and psychosocial support at hospital level in the whole of Sinjar”, explains Hala Saba Jameel, who coordinates Cordaid’s health program in Iraq. “We trained social workers and mobile teams, especially in recognizing and addressing gender based violence. We pay their salaries, provided the equipment and pay an incentive for the psychiatrist. Mobile staff goes out to the surrounding villages every day, talk to the families, try to find those who are most urgently in need of support and inform them of our psychosocial and mental health care activities. We make sure there’s always someone there for them, to listen to them and provide professional care. The department has been up and running for 5 months.”
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After the military defeat of ISIS in Northern Iraq, in 2017, traumas of the terror years came to the surface on a scale that far overstretched the existing health system. There were next to no mental health care or psychosocial support services for the many hundreds of thousands of traumatized displaced persons as well as the affected hosting communities.
All communities in Northern Iraq were indiscriminately traumatized by ISIS rule and the ensuing war, whether Arab, Kurdish, Christian or other groups. Nevertheless, the extent of targeted and organized brutalities against the Yazidi’s – especially against women and children – is unprecedented. Yazidi history knows many persecutions. This one stands out. It is reckoned that of the 550.000 Yazidi’s in Northern Iraq, 100.000 have fled abroad and 350.000 live a life in limbo in IDP camps. In the Yazidi capital of Sinjar alone, more than 70 mass graves have been unearthed so far.
In 2017 Cordaid started providing primary health care services to displaced Yezidi and Christian host communities in the village of Seje (in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq). By that time IDPs in and around Seje already far outnumbered the host population. As of yet, most Yezidi families still fear to go back home. The health center – which also has a mobile clinic – is the only medical facility in a 10 km radius.
Gradually, Cordaid started adding mental health services and psychosocial support (MHPSS) to the primary health care services in Seje. By then, the need to address mental health issues such as depression and anxiety – especially among Yezidi women and children many of whom had been kidnapped, enslaved and abused by ISIS for months if not years – had become acute. Cordaid trained and recruited new staff to provide psychosocial support as well as psychiatric medical services and medication. The District of Health psychiatrist that comes weekly is one of only 24 in the whole of Iraq. The Cordaid social worker is a young Yezidi woman who can closely relate to the survivors she supports.
Since the start of 2019 and parallel to our work in Seje, Cordaid finances and staffs a MHPSS department in the Clinic of Sinjar (Nineva province), right in the heart of former ISIS territory. It is one of the worst affected war zones. As displaced Yezidi families slowly begin to return to Sinjar, the need to provide psychosocial and psychiatric care is increasingly urgent. As prove the long waiting lines of patients as well as the overburdened psychosocial support and mobile teams.
In the town of Ba’ashiqa – known for its mixed Yazidi, Christian and Muslim population, also located in Nineva province, Cordaid has rehabilitated 4 health facilities that were previously plundered and dismantled by ISIS. Here as well staff basic health care services, as well as mental health and psychosocial support to ISIS survivors who have returned to their place of origin.
Lastly, in Tal Afar, another town on the former east-west ISIS axis toward Syria, mostly populated by Arab Turkmen, Cordaid is starting to provide MHPSS services as well as health care services for people with a disability. After years of warfare the need for these services has risen acutely.
By providing different types of care in different locations in and around former ISIS territory, Cordaid is strengthening a fragile health system in one of the most brutalized regions of the Middle East. In the longer run, by doing this and expanding our efforts, we aim to contribute to the social fabric and the feeling of trust, that is needed to return to a beginning of normalcy.
Heavyweight champion Joe Frazier (R) punches Muhammed Ali (L) in the 10th round of the title fight at Madison Square Garden. Frazier retained championship via an unanimous decision in the 15th round in 1971. March 8, 1971 Manhattan, New York, New York, USA
A local mobilisation of anti-fascists matched in number a national demonstration called by the EDL in Birmingham with around 350 supporters from trade unions, community groups, faith groups and councillors demonstrating their opposition to the EDL in Birmingham.
The 'We are Birmingham - Don't let the racists divide us' rally organised by Birmingham Unite Against Fascism was supported by Salma Yaqoob, Carl Chinn, Roger Godsiff MP, Jack Dromey MP, Rabbi Margaret Jacobi from the Birmingham Progressive Synagogue, Muhammed Sarfraz Madni, Executive Member and Imam from Birmingham Central Mosque and Robert Brenchley from Ladywood Methodist Church.
A statement released by them as well a number of trade union general secretaries said "We, the undersigned, condemn the decision by the English Defence League (EDL) to come to Birmingham on Saturday 11th. October. We believe it is a cynical attempt by the EDL to use the appalling crime of child sexual exploitation in Rotherham to further its own selfish ends. We support and seek justice for all victims of sexual exploitation regardless of their social or ethnic background. We condemn and seek prosecution of all those responsible for these crimes irrespective of their ethnicity or creed."
"The EDL is a racist and fascist group dedicated to attacking Asian people and Muslims. Many former members of the fascist BNP, the Nazi National Front and other fascist organisations are active in the EDL and its splinter groups. These fascists and racists should be condemned and opposed. We must not give a quarter to those who would judge an entire religion, race or nationality by the actions of a few. Islamophobia – bigotry against Muslims – is as unacceptable as any other form of racism. Today they threaten Muslims, tomorrow it could be Jewish people, Hindus, Sikhs, black people, LGBT people, Travellers or Eastern Europeans."
The rally was entertained bands including Thatchers Lovechild, poets an singers as well as speeches from black students, local councillors trade unions, LGBT and disabled activists. The demonstation was also supported and addressed by the local Palestine Solidarity Campaign and a messae of solidarity was read out from Greek ant fascists opposing the the Golden Dawn, a fascist party growing against the back drop of brutal austerity measures in Europe.
Citing the examples of Nick Griffin being expelled from his own party, the BNP and Tommy Robinson resigning from the EDL, UAF pledged to confront racist and fascist organisations wherever they seek to "divide communities" with their "message of hate."
The EDL demonstration was less than an eighth of the size of last year but questions still remain over the policing of the operation. Contraversy hit the press after Bar Risa on Broad Street claimed they were "forced" by the police to faciliate two hours of drinking by the EDL before the demonstration in a move which was widely condemned.
Birmingham Unite Against Fascism became aware of claims that staff at the venue were advised only white staff should work the shift. GMB union called on the bar, which is not normally open at those times, not to open in order to protect all of its staff. Other venues on Broad Street have refused to open for the EDL regardless of police requests.
UAF protesters also condemned what they called heavy policing tactics at the beginning of the day. Despite being in negotiations with the police for weeks and publically calling their demonstration in Victoria Square they arrived to a section 14 notice threatening arrest and a "steel cage" in Chamberlain Square which they sought to force protestors into. UAF negotiated with the police to remove the barriers, allow freedom of movement and march into the square only after they believed the majority of protestors arrived.
Organisers of the UAF demonstration said "The people of Birmingham should not be punished and forced into a cage for standing up to racists in the city. We are surprised the police see the citizens of their own city as more of a public order issue than the EDL."
"When policing the EDL they appear to have undertaken an identical operation as last year, rolling out the red carpet, actively forcing a bar to facilitate drinking for two hours and then allow the EDL to spout their messages of hate by a war memorial of all places."
Last year the EDL caused hundreds of thousands of pounds of damage to the city, racially abused by-standers and even injured police officers during two hours of disorder. The court cases are still ongoing.
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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, flanked by U.S. Ambassador to Morocco Dwight Bush, is greeted by King Muhammed VI of Morocco at the start of a bilateral meeting in Casablanca on April 4, 2014. [State Department photo/ Public Domain]
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Aynadaki Muhammed Ali – Michigan, 2002
Arşivsel pigment baskı
20 x 21 in. (50,8 x 53,3 cm)
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Muhammad Ali in Mirror – Michigan, 2002
Archival pigment print
20 x 21 in. (50,8 x 53,3 cm)
Courtesy of the artist, Incline Village, Nevada
Mayrit/Magerit -En el siglo IX Muhammad I levantó una torre-atalaya en el lugar aproximado del actual Palacio Real y mandó construir una muralla que defendiera el emplazamiento. Y lo llamo Mayrit, que significa lugar de agua o arroyo madre. Su transcripción cristiana seria Magerit
Canción Homenaje a Madrid-Yo me bajo en Atocha-J. Sabina
Este es el origen de mi ciudad de adopción que ya siento como mía. Madrid siempre me ha gustado pero vivir una tragedia como los atentados en los trenes el 11 de marzo de 2004 y ver una ciudad entera volcada en ayudar: voluntarios improvisados que bajaban de sus casas con todas las mantas que tenían a las vías para arropar a los heridos, colas de gente en los centros de transfusión de sangre para donar, taxistas y particulares que ofrecían sus vehículos para hacer traslados a los hospitales, psicólogos que atendían de forma desinteresada a heridos y familiares..., te hace sentirte más orgullosa de pertenecer a ella. Ya dicen que "A veces, es en los peores momentos donde conocemos a las mejores personas."
Después de esta introducción, paso a contaros mis andanzas con la práctica de esta semana...
Desde que Jackie nos pidió fotografias que dijeran algo de nuestra ciudad empecé a maquinar qué podría retratar que no fuera lo típico: Fuentes de Cibeles o Neptuno, Palacio Real...y recordé que no hace mucho paseando por la calle Huertas descubrí que había escritos de distintos autores en su suelo: Espronceda, Becquer, Cervantes...Me encantó, porque es como caminar sobre libros y en que mejor sitio que en el llamado Barrio de las Letras...
He escogido esta fotografia porque esta decisión me llevo a plantearme un proyecto "Madrid a ras de suelo" con todos los distintos tipos de suelo que hay por la ciudad y que de algún modo identifican el lugar, y espero que Jackie saque todos los defectos que encuentre. He dudado mucho en que recorte realizar, que ángulo usar: en mi caso queria que se leyeran las letras lo que no me dejaba agacharme mas, si mostrar más calle o no, si eliminar el cielo.... También me gustaria que Jackie me diera pautas para hacer protagonista al suelo en una fotografia, para poder aplicarlo a mi futuro proyecto.
The Nigerina Head of State, General Murtala Muhammed, was assassinated while riding in the vehicle on Friday, February 13, 1976 at Obalende on his way back from the Mosque , where he had gone to perform his Jummat prayer. The attache was conducted by soldiers led by Lieutenant Colonel Suka Dimka in an abortive military coup against the government.
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Washington Star photographer Randolph “Ranny” Routt captures heavyweight boxing champion Muhammed Ali’s facial expressions in a series of photographs at a March 24, 1976 press conference at the Capitol Centre where his upcoming bout with Jimmy Young would be fought.
Ali clowned with Young at the press conference, but also spoke on a serious note.
Ali said he was retiring after four more fights. When asked if he would run for President, he replied, “No, I’m bigger than any President or congressman. It would limit me.”
He went on to say, “I don’t want to be a leader when I retire, I’m going to be a follower—of Wallace D. Muhammed (head of the Nation of Islam).”
“Maybe he will want me to be a minister of a mosque or to travel around the world. I’m the most famous man in the world. The question is, how can I capitalize on that? I want to work in the black community, to solve problems.”
During the promotion for the April 30th fight, Ali said “You’re lucky to get me in this little town. Some don’t like me because I’m cocky and black, but I’m the best of all time whether you like it or not.”
Ali stayed at the Sheraton Motor Inn and did his road work in Greenbelt Park. His bout with Young was the first heavyweight title fight in the Washington, D.C. area since Joe Louis beat Buddy Baer in 1941.
Ali had his title stripped from him for three years (1967-70) and fought his way back to regain his heavyweight title and defend it through epic bouts with George Foreman, Ken Norton and Joe Frazier as well as lesser boxers.
Young was supposed to be a tune-up for a re-match with Norton later in the year.
However, Ali was not in prime shape and Young took him 15 rounds. Ali won a unanimous decision—attributed to his aggressiveness in the early rounds and in the 15th round.
Ali, already a powerful symbol of black pride, gained additional adulation of the black liberation and antiwar activists for his 1967 refusal to step forward at an Army induction center in opposition to the Vietnam War.
His refusal led to a lengthy court battle over his status with Ali, a member of the Nation of Islam, asserting that his religion forbade him from fighting in any wars except those blessed as holy wars.
Ali stated: "War is against the teachings of the Qur'an. I'm not trying to dodge the draft. We are not supposed to take part in no wars unless declared by Allah or The Messenger. We don't take part in Christian wars or wars of any unbelievers."
He further explained, "Man, I ain't got no quarrel with them Viet Cong." Ali elaborated: "Why should they ask me to put on a uniform and go ten thousand miles from home and drop bombs and bullets on brown people in Vietnam while so-called Negro people in Louisville are treated like dogs and denied simple human rights?"
His heavyweight title was stripped from him and all boxing associations barred him from fighting while he was out on bail until the U.S. Supreme Court vacated his conviction for violating draft laws in 1970.
After regaining his title and defending it successfully on a number of occasions, Leon Spinks beat Ali in 1978. In a re-match Ali beat Spinks, obtaining the heavyweight title for a record third time.
Ali retired from boxing following the second Spinks fight, but unsuccessfully attempted come-backs thereafter. He retired from boxing for good in 1981.
He had first gained international fame in the 1960 Olympics in Rome where he won a gold medal in the light heavyweight division.
He turned professional and surprised the boxing world when he defeated champion Sonny Liston when Liston didn’t answer the bell for the 7th round of their fight. He was undefeated until stripped of his title because of his stand on the draft.
In retirement, Ali would become a philanthropist and humanitarian, embracing a wide variety of causes.
He developed Parkinson’s disease that gradually forced him into less activity. He died of respiratory failure in 2016.
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Photo by Ranny Routt. The image is courtesy of the D.C. Public Library Washington Star Collection © Washington Post.
Aja Shakira Ali Muhammed a nine year old fourth grader at Hyde-Addison Elementary School in Georgetown, Washington, D.C. gave a striking rendition of the the narrative Sojourner Truth delivered at the 1851 Ohio Women Rights Convention, “Ain’t I A Woman” to a standing room only crowd at the United States Department of Agriculture Black History Month celebration “Black Women in American Culture and History” in Washington, D.C. on Thursday, February 16, 2012. USDA Photo by Bob Nichols.
I came across Muhammed's roadside stall at exactly the right time - I was hot and very hungry, ready for lunch. I bought a melon and hacked at it with my knife, watched by Muhammed and a couple of other guys. On first attempt at sharing it they all refused, gesturing politely that they were too full. I didn't believe a word of it - who is too full for delicious watermelon on a hot day? Third time round I succeeded with one of them and the rest followed and, half an hour later, I had shared it all. As I made to leave Muhammed tried to hand me half of the money back in return but, in my Russian I explained that so many people had been so kind to me that I wanted to share my food with them as a thank you.
As I pedalled away he shouted 'Manchester United!' at me again - he had reeled off lots of names of European footballers at me as I munched my fruit, smiling more broadly each time I nodded in recognition. Roadside encounters like that made my journey across this huge country super special indeed. I was never lonely out there - always befriended and taken in, chatted to and welcomed.
A local mobilisation of anti-fascists matched in number a national demonstration called by the EDL in Birmingham with around 350 supporters from trade unions, community groups, faith groups and councillors demonstrating their opposition to the EDL in Birmingham.
The 'We are Birmingham - Don't let the racists divide us' rally organised by Birmingham Unite Against Fascism was supported by Salma Yaqoob, Carl Chinn, Roger Godsiff MP, Jack Dromey MP, Rabbi Margaret Jacobi from the Birmingham Progressive Synagogue, Muhammed Sarfraz Madni, Executive Member and Imam from Birmingham Central Mosque and Robert Brenchley from Ladywood Methodist Church.
A statement released by them as well a number of trade union general secretaries said "We, the undersigned, condemn the decision by the English Defence League (EDL) to come to Birmingham on Saturday 11th. October. We believe it is a cynical attempt by the EDL to use the appalling crime of child sexual exploitation in Rotherham to further its own selfish ends. We support and seek justice for all victims of sexual exploitation regardless of their social or ethnic background. We condemn and seek prosecution of all those responsible for these crimes irrespective of their ethnicity or creed."
"The EDL is a racist and fascist group dedicated to attacking Asian people and Muslims. Many former members of the fascist BNP, the Nazi National Front and other fascist organisations are active in the EDL and its splinter groups. These fascists and racists should be condemned and opposed. We must not give a quarter to those who would judge an entire religion, race or nationality by the actions of a few. Islamophobia – bigotry against Muslims – is as unacceptable as any other form of racism. Today they threaten Muslims, tomorrow it could be Jewish people, Hindus, Sikhs, black people, LGBT people, Travellers or Eastern Europeans."
The rally was entertained bands including Thatchers Lovechild, poets an singers as well as speeches from black students, local councillors trade unions, LGBT and disabled activists. The demonstation was also supported and addressed by the local Palestine Solidarity Campaign and a messae of solidarity was read out from Greek ant fascists opposing the the Golden Dawn, a fascist party growing against the back drop of brutal austerity measures in Europe.
Citing the examples of Nick Griffin being expelled from his own party, the BNP and Tommy Robinson resigning from the EDL, UAF pledged to confront racist and fascist organisations wherever they seek to "divide communities" with their "message of hate."
The EDL demonstration was less than an eighth of the size of last year but questions still remain over the policing of the operation. Contraversy hit the press after Bar Risa on Broad Street claimed they were "forced" by the police to faciliate two hours of drinking by the EDL before the demonstration in a move which was widely condemned.
Birmingham Unite Against Fascism became aware of claims that staff at the venue were advised only white staff should work the shift. GMB union called on the bar, which is not normally open at those times, not to open in order to protect all of its staff. Other venues on Broad Street have refused to open for the EDL regardless of police requests.
UAF protesters also condemned what they called heavy policing tactics at the beginning of the day. Despite being in negotiations with the police for weeks and publically calling their demonstration in Victoria Square they arrived to a section 14 notice threatening arrest and a "steel cage" in Chamberlain Square which they sought to force protestors into. UAF negotiated with the police to remove the barriers, allow freedom of movement and march into the square only after they believed the majority of protestors arrived.
Organisers of the UAF demonstration said "The people of Birmingham should not be punished and forced into a cage for standing up to racists in the city. We are surprised the police see the citizens of their own city as more of a public order issue than the EDL."
"When policing the EDL they appear to have undertaken an identical operation as last year, rolling out the red carpet, actively forcing a bar to facilitate drinking for two hours and then allow the EDL to spout their messages of hate by a war memorial of all places."
Last year the EDL caused hundreds of thousands of pounds of damage to the city, racially abused by-standers and even injured police officers during two hours of disorder. The court cases are still ongoing.