5 Things You Didn't Know About Mustafa Ali 

#1. Ali Doesn't Want To Be Known For His Background

WWE 205 Live Superstar: Mustafa Ali

Mustafa Ali is the first ever Pakistani WWE Superstar; but, readers would be hard pressed to hear that fact from him. Ali doesn't want to be known as Pakistani, American, or Muslim. Instead of being known for a flag or what god he prays to, he just wants to be known as Mustafa Ali.

The 205 Live Superstar eloquently described his feelings to Chasing Glory host Lilian Garcia,

I found that throughout history that division is what hurts us the most. When you go, ‘I’m gonna cheer that guy because he’s from where I’m from country-wise. I’m gonna cheer this guy because he’s from this religion.’ What if he’s a piece of crap? Are you still gonna cheer him? I always found that division does no justice. What is true peace? Is peace just us co-existing? Peace is when I look at you and see nothing else but another human being and I would never let anything happen to you. I don’t see him or her. I don’t see us or them. I don’t see any of that. I see you and I. That’s what I see, so what I felt when they were trying to position me as the first Pakistani, ‘Why are you sticking a label on me?’ People hear my name that I’m some sort of Muslim or Islamic background, but why can’t I just be Mustafa Ali? I’m so much more than just the first Pakistani. Obviously, there’s some backlash, ‘Oh, you don’t take pride in where you’re from?’ Listen to what I’m saying. I’m saying, ‘Why limit yourself to being just a flag when I feel like I’m more than that?’"