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He believed Cashes Clay was a sort of a slave name.

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Muhammad Ali changed his name because his name was given to him by a slave.

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he did it because he wanted to show that he was not a non Muslim but a Muslim to the world,if you become a Muslim you don't have to change your name but he did.

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I did not change my name to Muhammad Ali, perhaps you are referring to Cassius Clay? If so he did this when he converted to Islam.

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in 1964 after he adopted a black Muslim religion

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Because he became Muslim

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