Why Was Muhammad Ali Get Drafted In The Vietnam War?

The article I chose to write about is Muhammad Ali refusing to get drafted in the Vietnam war. This of course affected his career tremendously in a very negative way but also had a few positives to it also. In March of 1966 Ali was drafted to go serve the United States in Vietnam but he said that since he was a black Muslim he was a conscientious objector. He spoke us how the people of Vietnam have done nothing wrong to him like racial slurs, the never shot at him, nor did they do anything bad to his family so why should he go over there and shoot them? He brought up about how he has peace with the people who have done nothing to him and have no reason to hurt them. Though it is strange that he is in a very aggressive sport and yet preaches
They repeatedly threatened him when he refused to step forward when his name was being called. They threatened Ali with 5 years in jail and a ten thousand dollar fine, which was the normal penalty for avoiding the draft at the time. Although he was a successful celebrity this would affect more than is finances, it would also affect the way the people of the United States would look upon their great boxer. Eventually Ali was persecuted but he never went to jail for it. They also cancelled all of his next boxes that were coming up for the next three years and the committee stripped of all his boxing titles that he ever
Religion played such a major part in his life that it allowed to him to have completely separate views from the rest of the general American population, whether you can agree or not in more of a personal opinion. He was so devoted toward his beliefs that he was willing to risk his career and reputation to stand up to what he thought was right. Though the government did not agree with his reason for not going into the draft, it ended everything that he worked for in his boxing career but also, he gained respect and popularity from many people that might not have ever watched a boxing match in their