... accepted by orthodox Muslims because it rejected the idea that Mohammad was the last messenger of God, one of the five main tenants of Islam. The Ahmadiyyan sect of Islam was formed as a response to Christian colonization of Muslim countries such as India. This was one of many subtle similarities the Ahmadis shared with blacks in America. Although Turner spends too much time ... setting up a multi-racial Islamic community. However, the 1950s saw the Ahmadis influence in the black community decline. During this time period, many blacks joined Sunni Muslim groups while others joined the N...

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... of The Prophet, they all still share the same main belief. Orthodox Muslims say that Black Muslims are misusing the name of Allah and Islam. They believe it is more of a political movement hoping to find a solution the plight of African-Americans. Black Muslims believe the ... wear make-up or tight revealing clothes, nor can they be alone with any man other than their husbands. The Original Nation of Islam was founded in 1930 by Wallace Dodd Fard (Wali Farad0, a silk salesman, in Detroit, Michigan. He formed an organization that accepted only ... conflicts with his father. While in pris...

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... accepted by orthodox Muslims because it rejected the idea that Mohammad was the last messenger of God, one of the five main tenants of Islam. The Ahmadiyyan sect of Islam was formed as a response to Christian colonization of Muslim countries such as India. This was one of many subtle similarities the Ahmadis shared with blacks in America. Although Turner spends too much time ... setting up a multi-racial Islamic community. However, the 1950s saw the Ahmadis influence in the black community decline. During this time period, many blacks joined Sunni Muslim groups while others joined the N...

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... glorious legacy of Dr. King. I went to the library to find out who Malcom X was. Encyclopedias told me he was an American Muslim who helped build the Nation of Islam in this country who was assassinated. I formed an opinion of Malcom X based mostly on what my band director had told me that day. ... explained to Alex Haley during the creation of Malcom's autobiography. Upon entering the religion of Islam Malcom perceived all white skinned peoples to be "the devil." It was on his first pilgrimage to Mecca when a white skinned Muslim helped make his trip to Mecca possible that Malcom X bega...

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... Although his life was short, he went through many transformations. He evolved from a streetwise teenager, to a Muslim minister, and finally, a militant leader of thousands of people in the Nation of Islam. Certain events and people in his life effected those transformations. His life displays how he became one of the ... Connecticut; and in Atlanta, Georgia. Malcolm was so busy traveling all over the place he had very little personal time. On one of the Muslim activities" nights in 1958, Malcolm met a woman named Betty X. On one of his visits with Muhammad, Malcolm said that he wanted t...

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... Malcolm in the Charleston prison for 10 years. After one year at Charleston, Malcolm was transferred out to Concord Reformatory prison where he converted to the Black Muslim faith, known as the Nation of Islam. In prison Malcolm began to educate himself and teach himself how to improve his reading and writing skills. Being able to read opened a whole new world, as ... the black race. At the end of 1953, Malcolm began his training by the leader of the Nation of Islam on how to speak and organize mosques all over the United States. Within a few years Malcolm was able to transform the Blac...

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... reached nearly 30,000 in 1963, and Malcolm X's vision was spoken all over. In addition, he helped his friend Minister Baines to create the Black Muslim newspaper, "Muhammad Speaks". Minister Malcolm X was said to be the only Negro who could stop a race riot or start one. In 1957, he ... beaten by the police. In January 1958, Malcolm X married Betty Shazzam, who was also a member of the Nation of Islam. Betty was a nurse for the Nation and she also taught classes at Muslim temples. Betty also ministered to women, therefore Betty and Malcolm had a lot in common. Malcolm X was announced th...

• Word Count: 1961
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... reached nearly 30,000 in 1963, and Malcolm X's vision was spoken all over. In addition, he helped his friend Minister Baines to create the Black Muslim newspaper, "Muhammad Speaks". Minister Malcolm X was said to be the only Negro who could stop a race riot or start one. In 1957, he ... beaten by the police. In January 1958, Malcolm X married Betty Shazzam, who was also a member of the Nation of Islam. Betty was a nurse for the Nation and she also taught classes at Muslim temples. Betty also ministered to women, therefore Betty and Malcolm had a lot in common. Malcolm X was announced th...

• Word Count: 1961
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... , being suspended from the Nation for 90 days. In 1964 he terminated his relationship with the Nation of Islam and founded the Muslim Mosque, Inc. Now that Malcolm had left the Nation of Islam, he wanted now to find the truth and began to learn Orthodox Islam. He went on the holy pilgrimage, known as "Hajj", it was hear that he had this life ... altering experience. He now realized the true Islam and that a man's colour has no bearing on the man himself. "The colour-blindness of the Muslim world's religious society and the colour-blindness of the ... Muslim world's human society: these ...

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... in his life, Malcolm Little began to feel he could be a part of something. He thought he could actually be accepted and become a Muslim. While Malcolm Little was raised a Baptist, he never paid much attention in church and did not understand how singing and praying would make anything ... name like many other African American Muslims did. Malcolm X quickly rose his membership status by proving he was a loyal and passionate Muslim to the Nation of Islam. The NOI discovered Malcolm X had a powerful voice and did not hesitate to share his opinions. He was appointed as a speaker for ... came...

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... American youth was Malcolm X. King was shot by a sniper on April 4th 1968. go to top Malcolm X His original name was Malcolm Little his Muslim name was El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz. He was born Ma 19th, 1925 in Omaha, Nebraska. He became a black militant leader who articulated concepts ... was sentenced to ten years in prison. go to top Minister Malcolm X In 1946, while in prison, he was converted to the Black Muslim faith (Nation of Islam). This organisation professed the superiority of black people and the inherent evil of Whites. He stopped eating pork, smoking cigarettes and taking drugs....

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... the black Muslims, who advocated racial separation. When Malcolm was released in 1952, he joined a Black Muslim temple in Detroit and became the most prominent spokesperson for the Nation of Islam by the early 1960's. It was then that he took the name of Malcolm X. Elijah Muhammad spoke ... that he could practice his own newfound philosophy. 8 Mr. El-Shabazz created his own organization called Muslim Mosque Inc., which was a group that was totally free of the old Nation of Islam's ideas. This group was trying to find black unity in America. Unlike before, Malik wanted whites to ... jo...

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... sent to prison 1949 - 1951 - Studies the Nation of Islam 1952 - Leaves prison, dedicates himself to Nation of Islam, changes name to Malcolm X Jan. 14, 1958 - Marries Betty X Dec. 4, 1963 - Suspended from the Nation of Islam March 1964 - Leaves Nation of Islam, starts the Muslim Mosque, Inc. Apr. 22, 1964 - Makes his Hajj ... had gotten out of prison, he had undergone a transformation from a drug-dealing thief to a religious priest for his newfound faith, the Nation of Islam. Malcolm had taken on in full Mr. Mohammed's racist teachings. It was through these teachings that Malcolm X develo...

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... further his education. It was during this time that his brother Reginald came to visit and told Malcolm about his recent conversion to the Muslim religion. Intrigued, Malcolm began to study the teachings of the Nation of Islam (NOI) leader Elijah Muhammad. By the time Malcolm was paroled he was a devoted follower of the NOI, changing his name to Malcolm X. He decided ... that Little was a slave name and denoted "X" to signify his lost tribal name. The NOI taught Muslim beliefs along with the idea that white society actively worked ... Unity Rally in Harlem. It was one of the nations la...

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... Muhammad Ali announced his refusal to be inducted into the U.S. Army to fight in the Vietnam War because it was a violation of his belief as a Black Muslim. Muhammad Ali was born on January 17, 1942 in Louisville, Kentucky. Known as Cassius Clay up until the beginning of his boxing career when he was ... called out to by the U.S. government to go fight in the Vietnam War. Now to Ali, fighting in a war was against his beliefs as a Muslim. As a Muslim, Islam taught not to kill when not needed and Ali stayed true to these teachings. By Ali fighting with the government about not going to war...

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... his actions for civil rights in his protestant Christianity, Malcolm X's life and message informed by two Islamic contexts, the Nation of Islam and Traditional Arab Islam. The Indian activist Vinoba Bhave was a disciple, friend, confident, and spiritual successor to Mahatma Gandhi. He and the group ... his life to Elijah Muhammad, a man who had saved his life-both literally and spiritually. (pp.122) After joining the Nation of Islam, his whole life was transformed. He stopped smoking, drinking, stealing and all other bad things he used to do. In his speeches, Malcolm ... 124) After a wh...

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... . "If you're not ready to die for it, put the word 'freedom' out of your vocabulary." (Malcolm X). He was a Muslim minister who fought for the freedom and the rights of the blacks. The racial segregation in the US turned Malcolm from a criminal to a revolutionary leader. ... freedom, justice and equality by having their own state separated from white Americans inspired him. In prison he converted himself to the Nation of Islam. After hearing the teachings of Elijah Muhammad he changed his surname from Little to X. He considered Little as being his slave name and choose ... but the silence...

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... about the black Muslims, who advocated racial separation. When Malcolm was released in 1952, he joined a Black Muslim temple in Detroit and became the most prominent spokesperson for the Nation of Islam by the early 1960's. It was then that he took the name of Malcolm X. Ultimately he became a ... in society. ("Malcolm X" Encarta) Later in 1964, Malcolm X took off on a journey to Arabia to try to find the true religion of Islam. When returning home he began preaching about his newly formed philosophies. He created new ideas about race in America and about unity. His greatest change in ....

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... Fellow inmates called him, "Satan' for Malcolm was an atheist. Malcolm became interested though in a black nationalist group called "The Lost-Found Nation of Islam in the Wilderness of North-America", or "The Black Muslims". Their ideals closely resembled those of Marcus Garvey. The thought of being free from oppression, ... black nationalism meant control over the politics and the politicians of their community. Orders would no longer be taken from outside forces. The Nation of Islam was passive even though it encouraged self-defence. They refused to bear arms. Malcolm spoke from the s...

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... Negro. He taught that the American Negro was Islamic in origin and that he should return to his ancestral faith. Fard founded in Detroit Muslim Temple Number One. He taught his followers that they should refrain from eating pork, pray facing the East, and should practice a daily ... drink alcohol or smoke cigarettes. Relationships between men and women were purely puritanical. Each temple had special groups such as the Fruit of Islam (boys) and The Muslim Girls' Training Classes to prepare their young for adulthood. (Black Nationalism, 1) Fard disappeared sometime in 1933 or 1934. He was ...

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... and gambling rings. In 1946 he was arrested and convicted on burglary charges. During his seven-year prison sentence Malcolm studied the teachings of Nation of Islam leader Elijah Muhammad and was converted to the Black Muslim faith. Muhammad taught that white society actively worked to keep African-Americans from empowering themselves and achieving political, economic, and social success. After being released ... his last name to "X," which was a custom among Nation of Islam followers who considered their family names to have originated with white slaveholders. By this time Malcolms' s...

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... and gambling rings. In 1946 he was arrested and convicted on burglary charges. During his seven-year prison sentence Malcolm studied the teachings of Nation of Islam leader Elijah Muhammad and was converted to the Black Muslim faith. Muhammad taught that white society actively worked to keep African-Americans from empowering themselves and achieving political, economic, and social success. After being released ... his last name to "X," which was a custom among Nation of Islam followers who considered their family names to have originated with white slaveholders. By this time Malcolms' s...

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... him to be sentenced to prison for ten years, in which he only served seven. While in prison, Malcolm became involved in The Nation of Islam, which was headed by Elijah Muhammad. Malcolm had written Elijah Muhammad a letter, and Mr. Muhammad had written back welcoming him into "the true knowledge." Elijah ... last name, because it was a "slave name", and he was now Minister Malcolm X. After the assassination of John F. Kennedy, Mr. Muhammad issued orders that no Muslim minister was to make a public comment on that event. Malcolm did make a comment to a reporter, which led whites to believ...

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... crowd shouted "FAKE!" It has never been proven that Liston actually threw the fight. Muhammad was baptized Catholic, but got very interested with The Nation of Islam. In the beginning of his career he had to hide his interests in "The Nation", because he felt that the public was not ready for his ... conversion. In an interview he was once asked if he was a Muslim, and he replied "I am not Muslim, but they are the cleanest people I have ever met." When Cassius Clay converted to Muslim he changed his name to Muhammad Alli. He became very close with Elijah Muhammad and Malcom X. ... Malco...

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... Olympics Cassius had started reading Muhammad Speaks, a magazine from Elijah Muhammad. Soon Cassius became a strong follower of Elijah. One day Malcolm X, a strong Muslim leader, visited Cassius at Fifth Street Gym. Cassius said he wanted to change his name to Muhammad Ali, which means "someone who is worthy of ... Some people, saw him as a role model, because of his devotion to his religion, Muslim. After becoming a Muslim, he changed his name. He was baptized a Catholic, but got very interested in The Nation of Islam. In the beginning he hide his interests in "The Nation," because he ...

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