Thread: Malcom X
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Old 05-14-2003, 05:14 AM   #6
johnny
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Originally posted by Bardan the Slayer:
There is absolutely no doubt that whatever his politics (and his politics were nbuts - just look up the Nation of Islam's theories on the creation of the white race), that Malcolm X was a gifted orator and an exceptionally charismatic man. That's why Elijah Muhammad had him killed - Malcolm X was becoming the most powerful figure in the religion, and this couldn't be tolerated.
Not exactly, when he came back from a pilgrimage to Mecca, he really opened his eyes. There he saw muslims of all colours, black, brown, yellow AND white. I think he came to realise that the nation of Islam ran it's own program, and were basically full of shit.
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