Word: islam
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...prosecutionwitness against Malcolm X's daughter, who is charged with plotting to kill Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan, today testified that the government promised him $45,000 to act as an informant in the case. Michael Fitzpatrick's testimony provided fresh ammunition for defense attorney William Kunstler, who contends defendant Qubilah Shabazz was entrapped by the informant. Fitzpatrick, who allegedly was hired by Shabazz to kill Farrakhan, said during a pretrial hearing that he has received $34,000 for secretly recording telephone conversations with Shabazz and expects to get $11,000 more. Shabazz said during the taped conversations that...
Malcom X's daughter told a childhood friend to proceed with plans to assassinate Louis Farrakhan because she was afraid the Nation of Islam leader was going to have her mother killed, according to government transcripts of a wiretapped phone conversation. Qubilah Shabazz, charged with trying to hire a hitman to kill Farrakhan, believed her mother was at risk because she had claimed Farrakhan was involved in Malcolm X's 1965 assasination, prosecutors charged in court papers. "I lost my father and I'm risking losing my mother," Shabazz told government informant Michael Fitzpatrick, according to the prosecution...
...President of the Islamic Society of Boston Saoud Ahafi says these negative stereotypes are promulgated in the media because of a lack of understanding of the basic tenets of Islam...
...help the Boston Globe, the New York Times understand more about Islam," said Ahafi, who is originally from Libya. "They misunderstand Islam, because they do not know anything about Islam...
Ahmed, who is originally from Cairo, Egypt, adds, "This area is one of the most receptive places to Islam in the United States...