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~u ....... , '" ~ -~ , 'I\FRi~:Mnewservices REPF: ~!Cr-,n, >~\'" ~ .. ,.,.: 271 West 125 St., Ste. 31 Q' , ....... 1';:2.: y" __- ______"_". Village of Harlem, NY 10027 ~,PM .I ~_._ (212) 280-0996 uJ 0' ' ._-____ --, \f ,17 [lEe t;;;, \ :.______ - {/,)') \'''",0000 . (V,J) \ ,(/Jtvttr(z,~jJJLI /,11 J a c0h . ,"" ~,,)(\~ ~~ ~_. t, ~~~tWLJ. W) !u._~:_ _~ _ ~\{)O tMt{v41~"1-y ~IJ ~~ 1'. feb 0t/. Lf?£o6 -~i~ I f,I .. I"II.,. II" Il ..... 1/."",111 by DaUaBedaili' This article presents Malcolm X as a reli2ious figure in historx - as p;e really is. PW - 12/15/01 . ~i:e#t<have I witnessed such sin angry preacher of racist rhetoric: '. '.' Towards Islam: first Conve.rsion sense of debt to serve the Nation's objec P'dere hospitality and overwhelm Nevertheless, a mote holistiC'and'1ccutate tiveand. guide others to his path of new,.. i~gjpirit of true .brotherhood as view'ofMalcolm"X;can.beifound'through At';sixteen~~;Malcolm moved: to Harlem . found truth~ iSP1"acticed by people of all COI01'S alid ?'aces and engaged'ih'a life of transgression. :Malc:olr.ninstaitpme~us.1Y-'1:>et~e an h~re in this ancient'Rf1ty Land, the home of ~ent~t#~~dc~ctivist.;preadiing· t6 all his Abraham,jv~u~cmztnad and alt the other ":::feIfQ,~·~:·blac.k;ihmates. He b~came an P-rophets. ofthe ..FlolYS criptures;." Malcolm 's ~':ext~emblyi~nuential.preacher, and·discov· letter from Saudi Arabia, in 1964, dis ered th~t black inmates were among the played his religiollstransformation illus easiest converts because of the Nation of trated by his statement, "The whites as well Islam's message of black prid~ and racial , ,as the ?lon-whites who accept t17te Islam. become separation. In an attempt to attain sup a cha11ged p~{jple. I have eaten with people port for the Nation, Malcolm traveled to whose eyes w~l"e the blttest 0/ blue;wh()s~hair religious trans Asia. and Africa in 1959. Driven by a was the blondest of blond,' and whoje skin was formation. realized the pblidcalobjective, Malcolm did not real-. the whitest of white ... arid Ifilt !he same sin Many key inci~ fact that he itethathis continual attempts to recon- " cerity in the words and deeds of these 'white' dents, people, had allowed' cile the ideology of the Nation of Islam Muslims that'ifohamongthe African . and appeals to his intellect aI'ld~the "Islam of Makkah"- or authentic MttJIims of Nigei-u) Sudan and Ghana. True logical argu Y"- and soul to Islam- would spark a series of questions Islam removeS'racis7fl, be,·attse people of all col ments framed plummet· to about what he as a Muslim believed. ors and 1'aces who atcept its 'reiigiol£s principles Malcolm's con a dark abyss. Malcolm would now undertake one of the and bow to the.One God, Allah, also automat- version, Even ,As a salva- most influential periods of his quest for truth. His transition from the first to the second conversion had now commenced. Transitional Period ofTransf~rmation: Between F~rst and Second Conversion maturation. The media has often equated authentic Islam yi,~~:;:i~~~*~t¢~:;ind reading led··~~;~,:,~~,:,·~~~~;i~.~}lt , believed and what he preached. Another . , . , . , . 'Islam on ~. p'ers~nal ievd. butrt contin~ea . ;beh)ngirtg.r-he Nation ofi~lam served as;deVii~:i~:~p~tf~p.icted the basic tea.Ching$gf : ~~~_M~ .. ~~ ".... 14, November 2001 AFRAMnewservicesREPRINTS I . 27i West 125 St. 1 Gte. 310 ' Village of Harlem, NY "10027 (212) 280~0996 / , Preston271 Dr. M.L.K.Wilcox' Jr Blvd. # 310. , "'\;' New York NY 10027 ;. ,,' 'eftllnlded his audieQ:<;ethroughhi~:eJo~ that he was lv[us,lim and it was ' "'1" <. NQv~1?i,ber2doJ for malcolm sbaba?? fA CD Q '0 Whereas', prosecutor.s representing the State of New York have declared an intention to prosecute MALCOLM SHABAZZ, the 12-year-old grandson of MALCOLM X, "to the fullest" eXtent:of the law, and 'Whereas,~ev&dence has shown that MALCOLM SHABAZZ was in such a fragile state of mind that he did not and could not have foreseen that a fire he allegedly started would c~use injury to his grandmother, the Honorable DR. BETTY SH-.WAZZ, (the ,widow of MALCOLM X-whom MALCOLM SHABAZZ loves dearly), and ~ereas, prosecutors are aware that MALCOLM SHABAZZ 'need$ psychological att ent' Ion IDS. t eac1" otl~rrr!."nna . 1 procecu' t' lon, 'We,the undersigned, are hereby requesting that any and all pending or " contemplated criminal charges against MALCOLM SHABAZZ be dropped, and that 'such prosecution be cancelled on the condition that MALCOLM SHABAZZ gets the emotional and psycholigical counseling he so cUrely needs. 271 W. 125th Street, Harlem, N.Y. 10027 - 4424 280 - 0996 Hi Parents frnm ow :2 ~. ':E ;0-< .""'t ;:0;- "'0 .0 ,til U'l s:,\! ....e ""'t 0- ~ C ('1) (") ('1) 3 c:r (j) \ " ! F1- N '.0 0 AFRAM suspects that - blud brother's, , '<:::s MLK, Jr. and MX, were ':0o ,r-(fJ ' both perceived as .(") .0 being "TRAITORS", while 3 ni¢Iit.said he.is still.classi they lived because they fied ,as a' "b'atth;;field' de were not perceive PEACE tainee." can tr2lit()It:"vifl1~(f<:)tig:li.t(9r Aif'Potce Gen. Richard As merely being QUIET. the ¥yers/chairman of the nl6v-ed t'}:OlJl<hts):at,PO}{'lt1: Toinr,e;:ID.efs .of Staff, said PW - 12/15/01 :the d.e!)erl>;'t~~.(,i .. l"t·~, last we~l~ Walker has been . ship; VJ.lJ.\.:..~,a~", providirig<information to eClay';> ..... .' t, U.S. interrogators. - ~·1J:9· 8ffi·G,i~1~~~iaijewa~ "Be's been pretty dos~ p~i]1g.:~~;~,1lH:':f~reci,tor .9n to the action, and he has, ~he . u,S~,;:!-IJeleliu,·jn' .the provtded; frOm the Afghan Arapia,~'~~'a. ""'>'( i',' . ..' '. '.' persp~ctiyei .some' useful ·W~lker:'.~Q'/b..a,~:.>R~~n infor~ation," Myers sa,id. held '·ill' 'a s~ip.pi~~:'i'~Pi;l- Walkeri,yas "being 'ilit¢.r. taiIl~ratar.~m(?t'~·:'Ma,~·~i}~ rogat¢d' by-FIU tl1is. week base' in Afghanl$ta~~)1ile' aftercl:iitping .. Osama,bin the Justice.' Dep£irtm¢nt Laden· wa~ plotting a bio contemplated wlia,t. tQ,clo logical:§~f;ick against .. the with him. " Unit~qSta.tes this week Gen. TommY,Fraril<$r.the JOHN WA.LKER en4.:~~th~:end of the Mus U.S. war command~ri.to.lp Captive on U.S. ship. lim 'celebration of Rama a news conference that dantQiliqii~bw. Walker had been floWn to 'The turncoat 'Califor Butbi$C1aJn1s were. dis the USS Peleliu, wher~<lle ni:lIlfl.a,d been a l?ue pris miss~q .by' TJ.~S: 'offici~l? £is was "safe and being . W~ll' oner in the makeshift· de... Talipa,l1Tumors.' , . cared for!" , te:rttion center -a metal vv?lk@;qiiglnally, from He ·..will r.emain there box 10 feet high, 10 Jeet the Sa.l.1 'ftanciscoBay until.the Bush'administra 'o/igec (L'1d 25 feet long -,- at ~rea:, GOIlVerted to Islam ",hen . was and tion 'decides·' whether to Camp Rhino southwest of he " 16.,' c;hanged name to process him in themili Kaildahar after surrender, rus big at' M£izar~e-Sharifori ,Abdul Hamid after read taryar civilian judicial ing th,ef1J!obiography ot, system, Franks said. Nov. 24. He has .been recovering Malcom 7~' ........ " '~w e are hopeful that he, " "'fie evem"ually ended up.' is. on his way home to the from a gunshot wound in his leg; suffered in the in Afghanistan, and first United States," Walker's fought foi"the Taliban. this family said in a statement 'prisonuptising that cost CIA, agent· Johnny "Mike" past summer in Kashmir - released through th~ir against the Pakistanis. ' ,1a~vYer, James Brosnahcill. Sparinl1is life. After .Sept. n and the "We are still anxibus to It was still not clear U.S. retaliatory airstrikes see, him as soon as possi what the Bush administra began, he joined the fight ble .and· want verv~much tion intended to do with against the Northern Alli ,fb:rJohnto have an oppor'" W'alker; who could still ance in Konduz before fi- .1 tunity~,o . speak to his at face treason charges. naliy ending up in Mazar- "'1': torney. The Defense Depart- e-Sharif. ,Ii Ai~jlll\~r~ The 'C~mmunity 21 health of ourpreveilt:~d;treat the most than does the POl?Jll.$.t!0n:', .Hl3.A . Center. :prbvides call .of Surgeon. General to flealthc3re :Network patients.. commioiidentaldiseases. as a whole." He w~rt~!b~;tO', ;w:u;c~ needed oral .healfh_ provide '~f. ;eoord~nated begitJflpr~viding den Part of staying healthy' O~1i.'>dentalprofessionals say, "there are prof6:tind·,:se$.'ices to the people of .effort to overcoine the edu tals.ervicesto the:res is, getting regular dental :,-.ea~~:;:ab9u:t; o:urpatients . and consequential oral Cei:ltral Harlem, one ser:' cational~ environmental, tidents . of. Central check ups before you have ·'~an'd:'~,proVide·;cufiJ:ll~;I;allge·of. health disparities withthe vic~,\that too many people social, health ,'Systems ·and aproblem. 'Because.offear,nigh qualityotal 'lieaJth. American population." fre,queritly' overlook. In financial barriers that 5Harlem'andEastNew people may avoid :.br:post... :services. Thamajormessage of the faqt;oral health. is ;an have' creat~d .vulnerable "York in October 2001. pone needed care,' thus . Dental Services we .offer. .report is that oral: healtl,l iroportantway to keep the pop~ations whose oral !~:Thlsprogrru:n-is'befug making ora.Lproblems.even include the f611owing:'.,Oral.; means 'much more than, whole bo~y ;healthy, and health is at risk.