Malcolm : The Turning Point Of Satan

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Malcolm was a hustle in New York when he was only 15 years old. He did a lot of occupations even marijuana trafficking. In February 1946, Malcolm was sent to prison for 10 years for burglary and being called Satan in that period because of his antireligious attitude. After meeting "Bimbi" in 1947 in Charlestown prison, Satan started educating himself and changed his outlook around. While he was in prison, his siblings became Muslims under the Nation of Islam’s spiritual leader, Elijah Muhammad, whose speaking claims that all white men are devils. 1948 could be seen as the turning point of Satan. The time in Massachusetts’s state prison represented the transition between his early years of suffering and deceit and his later years of faith and activism. He quit smoking, and gave up pork. Addition, the prison 's debate program helped Satan had the opportunity to practice public speaking that he did every day for the rest of his life later. Besides, Malcolm accepted the Nation of Islam’s principles. He wrote to Elijah Muhammad every day and began to pray. In August 1952, after being released from prison, Satan came to Detroit and became a member of a temple of practicing Muslims. Life of Satan has entered a new phase.
The solidarity and austerity of his first Nation of Islam temple meeting excited Satan. Besides getting familiar with the Muslim home routine, he tried to attract new members in Detroit. In the beginning, the Temple Number One in Detroit still had some empty seats. After the time that Satan actively campaigned everyone, the storefront Temple One tripled its membership. It was the initial success of Satan on the way gathers all black people into a strong united community. At that time, Satan “would be known as Malcolm X ...

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...ession altogether. "True Islam taught me that it takes all of the religious, political, economic, psychological, and racial ingredients, or characteristics, to make the Human Family and the Human Society complete." (Haley, 382) His constant growth as a person shows that he was not a mere angry revolutionary who wanted vengeance against whites, but a leader sincerely interested in achieving racial harmony. Because of “disagreement had been in terms of political direction and involvement in the extra-religious struggle for human rights” (Haley, 360) with the Nation of Islam and Elijah Muhammad, he was assassinated. Although he passed away while his struggle for the rights of black people in America was still unfinished, he showed to everyone that the inner willpower is the most important thing. Blacks in America need to overcome self-doubt to self fight for themselves.

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