Malcolm X
The man who was martyred while standing
An American character I love very much

This important figure had a great credit - after God - in spreading the Islamic religion among black Americans, at a time when blacks in America were severely suffering from racial discrimination between them and whites, and were subjected to humiliation and humiliation, and suffered the torments of torture and hatred from them.

In this turbulent climate of oppression and humiliation, Malcolm X was born to a father who was a pastor in a church and a mother from the West Indies. When he was six years old, his father was killed by the whites after they smashed his head and put him in the path of an electric bus that ran over him until he died. Malcolm X's family began to deteriorate rapidly. financially and emotionally. They lived on handouts and social assistance from whites, which they were reluctant to give. With these harsh conditions, Malcolm X's mother suffered a psychological trauma that developed until she was admitted to a mental hospital where she spent the rest of her life, and Malcolm X and his eight sisters suffered the bitterness of losing both father and mother, and they became children under the care of the state, which distributed them to different homes...

In the meantime, Malcolm X attended a nearby school where he was the only black student. He was smart and bright and outperformed all his peers, so his teachers were afraid of him, which led them to destroy him psychologically and morally, and ridicule him, especially when he wanted to continue his studies in the field of law... This was the turning point in his life. He dropped out of school and moved between different degrading jobs befitting a Negro. From a waiter in a restaurant a railway labourer to a shoe shiner in a discotheque. Until he became a well-known dancer, then he was tempted by a life of frivolity and loss and began to drink alcohol and smoke cigarettes, and found gambling to be his main source of saving money. Until he ended up using drugs and even trafficking in them, and then stealing houses and cars. All this when he was not yet twenty-one years old. Until he and his mates were caught by the police. They sentenced him to an exaggerated sentence of ten years' imprisonment, while for whites the prison term did not exceed five years.

In prison, Malcolm X refrained from smoking or eating pork, and he devoured thousands of books in various fields of knowledge, establishing a high culture that enabled him to complete the deficiencies in his personality.

During that time, all of Malcolm X's brothers were converted to Islam by a man called Mr Mohammed Elijah. All of Malcolm X's brothers were converted to Islam by a man called Mr Mohammed Elijah, who claimed to be a prophet of God sent only to blacks. They endeavoured to persuade Malcolm X to convert to Islam by various means until he became a Muslim. His morals and character improved, and he began to participate in speeches and debates inside the prison to preach Islam. He was pardoned and released so that he would not continue to preach Islam in prison.

Malcolm X was affiliated with the Nation of Islam movement, which had misconceptions and racist foundations that were incompatible with Islam, despite its use of Islam as a shiny slogan. They were intolerant of the black race and made Islam exclusive to them and not to other races, while they had the virtuous morals and high values of Islam... In other words, they took from Islam its appearance and left its essence and experience.

Malcolm X continued in the ranks of the Nation of Islam, inviting people to join it with his eloquent speeches and strong personality. He was an indefatigable helper and a tireless arm of strength, vigour and aggression ... until he was able to attract many people to join this movement.

Malcolm X wished to perform the Hajj, and when he travelled, he saw the true Islam up close and personal, and realised the error of the racist doctrine he was espousing and advocating. He embraced the true religion of Islam and called himself (Hajj Malik Shabazz).

When he returned, he devoted himself to preaching true Islam and tried to correct the misguided concepts of the Nation of Islam. However, he was met with hostility and hatred from them, and they began to harass and threaten him, but he did not care, and he continued to walk in a clear and firm footsteps calling for true Islam that eliminates all forms of racism.

In one of his eloquent sermons to preach the call to God, the tyrants refused to silence the voice of truth. They assassinated him while he was standing on the podium preaching to the people when sixteen treacherous bullets were fired at his long, slender body. And that was the end. We pray to Allah to accept him in his eternal rest. We ask God to accept him among the martyrs on the Day of Judgement.

Malcolm X's greatest quote for me personally
I am for the truth, no matter who says it, and I am for justice, no matter who is for or against it.