Black Nationalism Provides Foundation for African-American Islamist Movement

The American Thinker ^ | October 11, 2009 | Brendan Goldman

[Scanian]

"America needs to understand Islam, because this is the one religion that erases from its society the race problem," Malcolm X wrote in 1964 during his pilgrimage to Mecca. Though Malcolm's anti-white rhetoric was moderated after his conversion from the Nation of Islam (NOI) to orthodox Sunni Islam, his disdain for the West, rooted in extremist black nationalism, remained integral to his Muslim identity.

Malcolm's words now appear on countless Islamist websites dedicated to finding black, English-speaking converts. The assumption that all African-American Muslims broke their ties with the anti-Western, anti-white, and anti-Semitic worldview of the NOI is a naive one. Though Warith Deen Muhammed, who led the majority of the members of the NOI to Sunni Islam in the mid-1970s, was more interested in alleviating domestic problems like crime and poverty than in creating an Islamic political movement, many of his followers were loath to abandon their radical ideology.

[Venturer]

Malcolm X: Isnt that Obama’s real Daddy?

[DooDahhhh]

I think so........

[Tahoe3002]

IMHO,’race relations’ are at the worst point in the last 40 years due to bho and the accumulated deterioration of governmental policies and the poverty pimps.

I have turned my back on african Americans, whereas before I was sympathetic to the discrimination they had endured in this country. If they are so nationalistic, it costs about $2,000 to $3,000 to get a passport and a one way ticket to about any country in Africa....so go if this country is so damned bad to you and yours. I see plenty of Nigerians coming to this country and actually WORKING that I realize they understand America is NOT a racist country. So here it is, BE AN AMERICAN or leave.

Too short to post all of my arguments and feelings here. But reparations (their term) have been paid in full.

[Scanian]

You’ve probably noticed also that African and West Indian immigrants tend to have a strong distaste for “African-Americans” and their culture.

[Will88]

"America needs to understand Islam, because this is the one religion that erases from its society the race problem," Malcolm X wrote in 1964 during his pilgrimage to Mecca.

Malcolm X seriously needed to study how blacks were really treated by Muslims over the centuries.