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Reporter of THE BATTALION The increased interest in the controver sial Muslim leader Malcolm X by young African-Americans is mostly a fad and re flects poor leadership in today's African- American community, said several Texas A&M students and an African-American history professor. "Most people who concentrate on Mal colm X, Brother Shabazz as I like to call him, do it because everybody else does it," said Antar Salahuddin, a senior electrical engineering major. "They have no real idea about what the man is or what the man is about." Salahuddin said the biggest problem with the sudden interest in Malcolm X is that people equate orthodox Islam with the Nation of Islam, of which Malcolm was second-in-command between 1952 and 1964. "I have to spend a lot of time telling the difference between the two," Salahuddin said. "In 1975 when the honorable Elijah Muhammad passed away and his son W. Deen Mohammed took over, W.D. Mo hammed felt that we needed to be brought into a more orthodox form of Islam. For the most part, the Nation of Islam is not recog nized by the Islamic world." "We had to slowly introduce the truth about Islam," W.D. Mohammed said. "(Orthodox) Islam is not a black thing or a white thing. Its about Allah the one God," said Greg Denby, a senior civil engi neering major. Yet, Salahuddin said the interest is a good start and has created some positive results. "People are starting to question things more," Salahuddin said. "People have be come more mentally, spiritually and moral ly conscious about the things around them." But the questioning has still created con fusion and misunderstanding about Mal colm and his beliefs, Denby said. Many r ~ 1- colm's speeches, especially his speech "By Any Means Neces sary," he said. Malcolm said in the 1963 the rights of a human being in this society, on this earth, in this day, which we intend to bring into existence by any "'By any means necessary' doesn't mean just go kill the white man. It means whatever it takes — by education, by ballot or by bullet. It's going to be one or the other" - Greg Denby, a senior civil engineering major means whatever it takes education, by ballot or bj let. It's going to be oneo: other. Many young African-A; icans have taken an intere Malcolm X because of % speech, "We declare our right on this earth to be a man, to be a human being, to be respected as a human being, to be given means necessary. "'By any means necessary' doesn't mean just go kill the white man," Denby said. "It frustration in the lack of It: ^ ship and direction among; ers at the national and level, said Dr. AlbertBk sard, associate professoro: tory, "Young blacks are loi for someone to come ant stantly offer a solution out the 33 percent poverti in the black community drug epidemic, and thegi tos," Broussard said. See Students/Pc Sarviantha! SHUTTU people have misunderstood many of Mai All About Malcolm Malcolm X was born Malcolm Little in! aha, Nebraska in 1925. He was raised ini ter home and moved to Boston at the age to stay with his aunt. During the next five years Malcolm bet WASH rent exj Tuesday a drug user, drug seller and burglar. He: >f Gener caught at the age of 21 and sentence ire more prison for several years. During his pr dde eras stay, Malcolm learned about the Nationn lam from his brothers and sisters. Malcolm joined the Nation of Islanu m leaving prison around 1952. He bega: deal of ij preach for total segregation from whites was soon appointed minister of the sen temple in Chicago and became secont command in the Nation of Islam. The Nation of Islam was created by! Muhammad. In 1931, Elijah Muhammad Friend remembers leader's life By ANAS BEN-MUSA Reporter of THE BATTALION The current interest in the life and struggles of the con troversial Muslim leader Mal colm X has created some mis perceptions about the civil . rights leader, said his friend Imam W. Deen Mohammed. W.D. Mohammed is the son of the Elijah Muhammad, the late leader of the Nation of Islam. W.D. Mohammed knew Malcolm from 1952 un til his assassination. They be came good friends when Mal colm worked for the Nation of Islam. W.D. Mohammed said that most intellectuals interested in the life of Malcolm are try ing to make it a "black thing." "Malcolm was a person drawn more to Islam than anything else," Mohammad said. "He respected Islam more than anything else." Many educated Blacks are not focused on Malcolm, he said. Rather, they are focused on Africa and the idea of blacks having their own God and their own Islam, he said. "They are going into myths and creating their own stories of Islam," W.D. Mohammed said. "This discredits the Is lamic faith and discredits in terest in Africa. A real intel lect accepts the truth." Malcolm traveled to Mecca in 1964 with the help of two Egyptain friends to learn to understand more about Islam, W.D. Mohammed said. "He returned convinced that he should not be identi fied with that facet of Islam that was surrounded by mis information," W.D. Mo hammed said. "The pilgrimmage helped clarify his views," said Mal colm's widow, Betty Shabazz. W.D. Mohammed said Malcolm realized the meaning of being a Muslim and the di versity and history of the Muslim world. "Malcolm contributed to broadening American peo ple's minds to face the reality of the Muslim world," W.D. Mohammed said. "There is a great, big Muslim world out there of over 1 billion people. Malcolm helped bring that out." "He had a great impact on all people, not just a particu lar organization or religious affiliation," said Shabazz. W.D. Mohammed said many people try to follow Malcolm but fail because they are not truthful to themselves or what's going on around them. he was given God's message and divinej ance from Master W.D. Fard, God incan In this message, Elijah Muhammad sai was told the true history of mankind. The message said original man wast and among these people was a sdei named Dr. Yacub who created the"(ifi race" — the white man. This "devil-u soon took over the world and enslaved black man. Elijah Muhammad believed was chosen by God to help African-Affi cans. Malcolm X broke away from thel Islam in 1964. He doubted Elijah Muhaffi and his authenticity as a prophet. It was! to Elijah Muhammad's sexual relatiori with his secretaries, the jealousy among other ministers in the Nation of Islam oil colm's popularity in the media, and)! colm's careful study of Islam. Malcolm went on a pilgrimage to Me Saudi Arabia to learn more about hisrelii that same year. In this pilgrimage, Malcolm learned Is never considers one race better then any C0Ug6£ LAMPUS, K Age THE ank loca "The a a comj during tT here is n Sh Contin See Friend /Page 3 Malcolm X said in his autobiography, brotherhood! The people of all races, col from all over the world coming togethfl one! It has proved to me the power of thef God." Malcolm X said the "color-blindness’ experienced during the pilgrimage influeit and shaped his way of thinking. He caffi believe Islam had the-ability to breakdc racial barriers. On Feb. 21, 1965, before Malcolm could plement these changes in his beliefs v new organization, he was assassinated Thes Malcoli the sarr said.Bn positive pie. 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