Editing Mike Tyson (section)

=== Religious beliefs ===
Raised as a [[Catholic]],<ref name="McNeil-2014" /> Tyson has stated that he converted to [[Islam]] before entering prison and that he made no efforts to correct what was reported in the media,<ref>{{cite web |title="I Wanted Revenge...i Didn't Violate That Woman" - Mike Tyson Candid on Life After Prison for Rape |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaGcDLGjkc8&t=159 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201208044013/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaGcDLGjkc8&t=159 |archive-date=December 8, 2020 |access-date=November 26, 2020 |website=[[YouTube]]| date=June 20, 2020 }}</ref> although it was falsely reported that he [[conversion to Islam in U.S. prisons|converted to Islam]] during his time in prison and adopted the [[Arabic name|Muslim name]] Malik Abdul Aziz;<ref>{{cite news |last=Anderson |first=Dave |date=November 13, 1994 |title=The Tyson, Olajuwon Connection |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/11/13/sports/sports-of-the-times-the-tyson-olajuwon-connection.html |url-status=live |access-date=March 14, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110127135938/http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C06E3D81731F930A25752C1A962958260 |archive-date=January 27, 2011}}</ref> some sources report it as Malik Shabazz.<ref>Usborne, David (March 27, 1995). [https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/tyson-gets-a-heros-welcome-1612982.html "Tyson gets a hero's welcome"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180825215553/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/tyson-gets-a-heros-welcome-1612982.html|date=August 25, 2018}}. ''[[The Independent]]''. Independent Print Ltd. Retrieved August 25, 2018.</ref> Tyson never changed his given name to an Islamic one, despite the rumors.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Baker |first1=William J. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Brpa5FYhK7MC&pg=PA234 |title=Playing with God: Religion and Modern Sport |date=2009 |publisher=Harvard University Press |isbn=978-0-674-02044-3 |page=234 |language=en |access-date=March 19, 2023 |archive-date=April 8, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230408094140/https://books.google.com/books?id=Brpa5FYhK7MC&pg=PA234 |url-status=live }}</ref>

In November 2013, Tyson stated "the more I look into the churches and mosques for god, the more I start seeing the devil".<ref>{{cite web |title=Mike Tyson: "More I Look into Churches & Mosques for God, the More I See the Devil" &#124; SiriusXM |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVuWa7mvWBA |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200502091110/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVuWa7mvWBA |archive-date=May 2, 2020 |access-date=March 4, 2020 |website=[[YouTube]]| date=November 22, 2013 }}</ref> But, just a month later, in a December 2013 interview with Fox News, Tyson said that he is very grateful to be a Muslim and that he needs Allah in his life. In the same interview Tyson talked about his progress with sobriety and how being in the company of good people has made him want to be a better and more humble person.<ref name="foxtyson">{{cite news |last=Gostin |first=Nicki |date=December 6, 2013 |title=Mike Tyson talks religion: 'I need Allah' |url=https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/mike-tyson-talks-religon-i-need-allah |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140420003848/http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2013/12/06/mike-tyson-talks-religon-need-allah/ |archive-date=April 20, 2014 |access-date=April 19, 2014 |work=Fox News}}</ref>

He first completed the Islamic pilgrimage [[Umrah]] in July 2010<ref>{{Cite web |last=Tyson |first=Mike |date=2010 |title=I just left the Holy City of Mecca where I was blessed to have been able to make Umrah. |url=https://twitter.com/MikeTyson/status/17873474882}}</ref> and more recently in December 2022 accompanied by [[DJ Khaled]], a [[Palestinian Americans|Palestinian American]] Muslim.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Arab News |date=2022 |title=DJ Khaled, Mike Tyson perform Umrah in Saudi Arabia's Makkah |url=https://www.arabnews.com/node/2213906/offbeat}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Sukheja |first=Bhavya |date=2022 |title=Video: DJ Khaled Gets Emotional While Performing Umrah In Mecca With Mike Tyson |url=https://www.ndtv.com/feature/video-dj-khaled-gets-emotional-while-performing-umrah-in-mecca-with-mike-tyson-3597915}}</ref>