conscientious objection .................................. Not an issue when it come to beating an opponents brains in?
I remember George Carlin commenting on that “I don’t mind beating them up but killing them, that’s where I draw the line”. But seriously, an Islamic pacifist? What an oxymoron.
[t]here was ample evidence tending to show that [Ali] would not object to fighting with real weapons in a defensive war on behalf of Muslims. It was, therefore, not unreasonable for the Selective Service System to conclude that his was not a general scruple against participation in war, but rather a refusal to fight in wars on the side of white persons.
or getting yours repeatedly beat out in the so called sport.