You're right. But within Islamic religion, we actually try to abstain from anything that may resemble idol worship. The prophet was actually the one who said that people had to go from worshiping idols -- including him -- to worshiping God.


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LAILA ALI
I never ran with my dad. He was old-school. He had a whole different idea of training. He ran in ste...
LAILA ALI
My dad lived by example. I lived by watching him. I watched all the great things he did and said. I ...
LAILA ALI
I never intended to box forever, and always planned to move on to do other things.
LAILA ALI
I'm Muhammad Ali's daughter, but my father and I are very different in that area. I don'...
LAILA ALI
I'm a professional world champion. Of course if you're a world champion, you're working ...
LAILA ALI
I do my best to work out 5 days a week. There are times when I can only get in 3 days a week because...
LAILA ALI
I love engaging in conversation with other moms because we can relate to one another, and we swap va...
LAILA ALI
Anyone who's seen me before knows that when it's fight time, I don't have much to say.
LAILA ALI
People who are fit are the same as anyone else. The only difference is their level of commitment. If...
LAILA ALI
I like to play by my own rules.
LAILA ALI
My father loves people. No matter what their race, no matter what their position in life, he treated...
LAILA ALI
You have to fight for your health and stay on top of it. Our bodies are meant to be healthy.
LAILA ALI
While I was boxing professionally, I never thought about my looks. The furthest thing from my mind w...
LAILA ALI
I think that if you do want to be a fighter, then you need to work harder than everybody else and ma...
LAILA ALI
I saw women's boxing on television for the first time when I was 18, and that's when I wante...
LAILA ALI
I think that the greatest lesson I learned from my father is just having compassion towards people.
LAILA ALI
There's this Method Man album called 'Tical.' It's his first album. I would just lis...
MAHERSHALA ALI
My friends in college, several of whom are still my closest companions, would tell you that I was al...
MAHERSHALA ALI
I think Don Cheadle has always done great work.
MAHERSHALA ALI
People do bad things, but that doesn't mean they don't have other colors or qualities.
MAHERSHALA ALI
In my humble opinion, the ages 22 to about 27 are the most critical years of your adult life. It'...
MAHERSHALA ALI
At that moment in time when we feel like the other, we were not the person embraced, not one of the ...
MAHERSHALA ALI
I started traveling by myself as early as 5 to see my dad. I'd go to Toronto or Los Angeles, dep...
MAHERSHALA ALI
Now, being one who lived in the era of Obama, there are so many markers of improvement made. It'...
MAHERSHALA ALI
In thinking about it, the villains often have a little bit more range because their morality is diff...
MAHERSHALA ALI
I have had that same experience where there are several people who have come up in my life at the ri...
MAHERSHALA ALI
You want entertainment in general, every aspect of it, to be more of a reflection of the diverse wor...
MAHERSHALA ALI
I don't really compare any of the characters I play; I try to go into them being very open to wh...
MAHERSHALA ALI
There was a sadness over me, a melancholy. That's always been a part of me - those are some of t...
MAHERSHALA ALI
'Moonlight' is a project that resonated with me more than anything else. I wouldn't have...
MAHERSHALA ALI
The people that I admire have a wonderful balance of self-belief and humility.
MAHERSHALA ALI
It's still amazing, but when I was growing up, Harlem was the Mecca of black culture. I was so i...
MAHERSHALA ALI
Understand that we are all co-creators of our respective destinies.
MAHERSHALA ALI
Your life, your circumstances change, and you have to continue to grow as a person, and once you hav...
MAHERSHALA ALI
To really be conscious of how long the journey is, be patient, push yourself, persevere, and always ...
MAHERSHALA ALI
Who is that person that comes around and says, 'You are OK, you are worthy, you are special?'...
MAHERSHALA ALI
Social media has colonized what was once a sacred space occupied by emptiness: the space reserved fo...
MAHERSHALA ALI
Family are the people that can hurt you the most.
MAHERSHALA ALI
I write my songs many times to chord progressions on a piano. Unfortunately, I can't keep playin...
NADIA ALI
I love music in general. It's like girls and their clothes and shoes; when you love shoes, you l...
NADIA ALI