Malcolm X Daughter Accused of Theft

New York Times ^ | February 21, 2011 | Staff

[lbryce]

One of Malcolm X’s daughters is being held in North Carolina on an arrest warrant from Queens, stemming from an accusation that she stole from the widow of one of her father’s bodyguards, the authorities said Monday.

The daughter, Malikah Shabazz, was arrested Friday night in Mars Hill, N.C., and faces an extradition hearing on Tuesday.

Sheriff’s deputies in North Carolina were investigating a call that a child at her home was not attending school, Ms. Shabazz’s lawyer, Sean Devereux, told The Associated Press. Mr. Devereux said that Ms. Shabazz’s daughter was being home-schooled, The A.P. reported. But when deputies discovered Ms. Shabazz’s warrant, which was from 2009, they arrested her.

The warrant included charges of grand larceny and identity theft. A law enforcement official said Ms. Shabazz was accused of stealing the identity of a family friend, the widow of one of Malcolm X’s bodyguards, and taking about $30,000 to pay bills and other personal expenses.

Ms. Shabazz, 45, was born a few months after her father was assassinated in Harlem on Feb. 21, 1965, by other members of the Nation of Islam. She is involved in a dispute with her sisters over the estate left by their mother, Betty Shabazz, who died in 1997 in a fire set by one of her grandsons.

[lbryce]

Charges include identity theft. So, when was the last time any news story about Islam, its adherents, was not related to criminal activity, acts of violence, murder, genocide, terrorism, beheadings, stonings, rage against non-believers, rage against Jews, Israel, western civilization, the world?

[thethirddegree]

Islam needs to be wiped from the face of the earth, starting in America.

[spokeshave]

you missed: She is involved in a dispute with her sisters over the estate left by their mother, Betty Shabazz, who died in 1997 in a fire set by one of her grandsons.

[AppyPappy]

She was going back to school to get her degree, got in with a bad crowd, hard childhood, it’s a misunderstanding, etc

[lbryce]

See criminal activity.

[gunnyg]

Hmmm....

her pic looks a bit familiar...can’t quite place her...?????

[jcsjcm]

Hmmmm...... Interesting!

I wonder if OB’s youngest daughter was named after Malcolm X’s daughter Malikah - Malia, soooo close!

:)

[chopperman]

Leave it to a Muzzie to give home schooling a black eye.

[lbryce]

Your observation about Bammy naming his daughter after Ms. Shabbaz is very intriguing but is speculative. The meaning of Malikah as "ruler" not providing any clue one way or another.

Meaning of Malikah:Ruler

[Buckeye McFrog]

according to Shariah shouldn’t she now have a hand lopped off?

[lbryce]

For sure. Now they have to figure out what to lop off for the crime of identity theft.

[Libloather]

[kalee]

IN NC one must submit a notice of intent to homeschool to the dept of non-public education.
Those records used to be accessible online, so it may be easy to see if she was homeschooling legally.

[jcsjcm]

Absolutely speculative on the order of just having some fun!

To add to the intrigue we could also say that the meaning of Malikah as ruler

Where as the name Malia may also be African in origin, coming from a Swahili word that means “Queen.”

hahaha - ruler/queen same thing!

I guess you can make just about something out of nothing! Again all speculation and just a coincidence! But, pretty funny to say the least! ;)

[lbryce]

Well, in the Ket language considered the world's most obscure language, Obammah means,
he who lacks a scrotum, decidedly not speculative.

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_the_most_obscure_language

[jcsjcm]

hahaha

That is very funny! ;)