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A member of the Nation of Islam recalls the profound effect of Elijah Muhammad's teaching on the young boxer and wonders if Muhammad Ali would have refused to fight in Vietnam if it weren't for meeting the influential religious leader. He explains to Nuala McGovern on the day of the Islamic prayer service in Louisville, Kentucky, that marked the death of Muhammad Ali. Image: Elijah Muhammad in 1960 Credit: Lloyd Yearwood/Three Lions/Getty Images