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12 THE COURIER-JOURNAL, SATURDAY, APRIL 26, 1986 Ali uses his old magnetism to spread message of Islam Louisville, Kentucky Knife Show April 25, 26, 27 Sponsored by tho Notional Knifo Collectors Association Free Appraisals and Identifications FREE ADMISSION TO MEMBERS NON-MEMBERS $2 (NON-MEMBERS ADMITTED FREE WITH THIS AD) ANTIQUE KNIVES SB OVER Ottf MHUON DOLLARS WORTH OF KNIVES ON far greater than any he knew as a boxer. "The joy is in doing the work, doing right," Mahdi said. "Isn't that so, Ali?" The champ nodded. "Oh my, it's wonderful," he said, spreading his arms. "It's more than you can imagine.

You do believe in God, don't you?" For the next few minutes, Ali turned the tables on the interviewer, quizzing him about religion and personal metaphysics. "Wait a minute, Ali," said Mahdi, "you're gonna convert this man." Then Ali stopped to do a bit of magic and joke with those around him. "See that man right there?" he said, pointing across the room to Mahdi. "His real name's Richard Pryor." By the time Ali left the newsroom, he had signed and handed out most of the two cartons of books he had brought. He and Mahdi were on their way out of the building when a group of schoolchildren, far too young to remember his heyday In the ring, spied the champ.

They crowded around, gazing at the pretty face and the famous hands and body. For a moment, things were just as they once were; he was in his element, surrounded by an adoring throng of children. They were children who, like lots of other people, will always think of Muhammad Ali as a champion. more books in Louisville than anywhere else in his current tour of the United States. The hardcover books cost $15 each, Mahdi said.

"I had 135,000 printed," Ali said, "and I got an order in for another half a million. My whole being is dedicated to propagating Islam." Every year that he lives, he said, brings his knowledge of death into sharper focus. "We're all going to die soon," he said, speaking so softly he could barely be heard. "I realize now how real death is, but now I can also see God. I see him in the faces of the people I meet, and I see him far more easily than I used to." His work makes him happy, Ali said; it fills him with a satisfaction By GLENN RUTHERFORD Staff Writer Muhammad Ali, a bit heavier but still pretty after all these years, dropped into the newspaper office yesterday to continue what has become his life's work spreading the message of Islam.

He passed out scores of auto- graphed prayer books, part of the thousands he has given away in the three days he has been back home, and entertained anyone who cared to watch by levitating, or at least appearing to rise a couple of inches off the floor while standing. Ali also talked of his mission, which he says has become an all-consuming passion. "I've dedicated the rest of my life FWAi, mAM am UTUBAY, MS UL-faM ml SUMY, 4 Mb HOUDAY WK-SOUTH UtevU, KY40311 (SOT) 94- 1 1 to this book, to spreading the word of Allah," he said. "The book is sooooo good; there are so many things in it that people need to know." After an interview, he spent more than four hours in the lobby of the Courier-Journal and Louisville Times Co. building, signing and giving away more than 900 prayer books.

Workers flocked downstairs and people who were in the building for business got into line to receive a free copy of "Prayer and Al-Is lam." Though he speaks haltingly and at times seems a bit unsteady on his feet, the charm of the man many have called the most famous person on Earth is still apparent. Journalists, who are used to see ing celebrities now and then, crowd- ed around the former heavyweight boxing champion in the newsroom to shake his band and take a copy of his prayer book. Ali, who suffers from Parkinson's syndrome, was accompanied by an associate named Mahdi, who said he A Super Savings Event Just In Time for Mother's Day! will be traveling with the champ "'when he leaves for India and Aus tralia next month. "A hundred million Muslims in In PORTMflD dia," Ali said, bis eyes flashing with the fire that is familiar to boxing fans and others who have followed TOSHIBA the Louisville native's life. "A hundred million black people and I'm going to see them.

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