Malcolm X
...Malcolm X emphasized only violence to the white and separation of the black from the white. However, is this assumption about Malcolm X really true? Not, at all. The image of Malcolm X as an icon of ¡°black power¡± is not a truth but a myth made by media. Although I grant that Malcolm X had been a radical activist who had tried to improve life of the black and to separate the black from the white before quitting the Nation of Islam, I still argue that Malcolm X eventually realized that the white and the black could exist together with harmony under GOD, Allah, after Hajj.
While orthodox Islam is completely a religion, the Nation of Islam is a religious socio-political organization not merely a religion. As a socio-political organization, the Nation of Islam aims at improving life of the black rather than worshiping GOD. Although the believers in the Nation of Islam would probably insist that the Nation of Islam is a religion which worships Allah and emphasizes Allah¡¯s saying, Qur¡¯an, I still believe that the Nation of Islam uses Islam as a tool to progress the black society rather than it merely believes it. For example, Malcolm X states, ¡°Imagine, being a Muslim minister, a leader in Elijah Muhammad¡¯s Nation of Islam, and not knowing the prayer ritual¡± (p. 326). In addition, in the later part, he writes, ¡°I couldn¡¯t understand what was being said¡± (p. 325). The fact that even Malcolm X who was one of the most important ministers of the Nation of Islam, did not know how to pray properly and read Arabic in which Qur¡¯an was written definitely shows that its main interest is the life of the black rather than Islam. As a solution to improve life of the black, the Nation of Islam suggests that the separation of the black and the white is the best way to solve racial discrimination and eventually improve the black¡¯s life. For...
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