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| | Malcolm did not fight in [[World War II]] because he was found to be mentally incompetent to serve. Malcolm began to sell and use [[drugs]], turned to [[burglary]] and, in 1946, was sentenced to a term of ten years of prison on charges of burglary. While in [[prison]] he was converted to the [[Nation of Islam]], as directed by [[Elijah Muhammad]], and quickly learned the [[Koran]]. | | Malcolm did not fight in [[World War II]] because he was found to be mentally incompetent to serve. Malcolm began to sell and use [[drugs]], turned to [[burglary]] and, in 1946, was sentenced to a term of ten years of prison on charges of burglary. While in [[prison]] he was converted to the [[Nation of Islam]], as directed by [[Elijah Muhammad]], and quickly learned the [[Koran]]. |
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| − | To continue his life in 1952, soon he became a frank protector of the Nation of Islam doctrines, accepting the foundational argument that malevolence was one characteristic inherent of the [[Christian]] world "of the white man." | + | To continue his life in 1952, soon he became a frank protector of the Nation of Islam doctrines, accepting their foundational argument that malevolence was one characteristic inherent of the [[Christian]] world "of the white man." |
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| − | In 1960 Malcolm visited with Castro. When, in 1963, he characterized the assassination of [[John F. Kennedy]] a case "of the chicken that came to the house to roost," he was suspended from the black Muslim movement. Disillusioned with the instructions of Elijah Muhammad as well as Muhammad's personal adulteries, Malcolm formed his own organization, the organization of Afro-Americans and the Muslim Mosque. In 1964 he has made a pilgrimage the holy city of [[Islam]], [[Mecca]] and adopted the name ''Shabazz de Malik de El-Hajj'' as he converted to regular Islam. | + | In 1960 Malcolm visited with Castro. When, in 1963, he characterized the assassination of [[John F. Kennedy]] as a case "of the chicken that came to the house to roost," he was suspended from the black Muslim movement. Disillusioned with the instructions of Elijah Muhammad, as well as Muhammad's personal adulteries, Malcolm formed his own organization, the organization of Afro-Americans and the Muslim Mosque. In 1964 he has made a pilgrimage the holy city of [[Islam]], [[Mecca]] and adopted the name ''Shabazz de Malik de El-Hajj'' as he converted to regular Islam. |
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| | Moreover he adopted views that were not popular with some black nationalists, comprised of the idea that all the white men were not diabolic and that the black ones could make their gains working through established avenues. | | Moreover he adopted views that were not popular with some black nationalists, comprised of the idea that all the white men were not diabolic and that the black ones could make their gains working through established avenues. |