Word: islam
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...prosecution's case, should it ever reach trial, will inevitably conjure up the carnage that took place at New York City's Audubon Ballroom 30 years ago next month, as Malcolm X, former con man and thief who had joined the Nation of Islam (NOI) while in prison and become the foremost spokesman of its fiercely proud and racist party line, played out his final political incarnation. After revealing that his mentor, Elijah Muhammad, had fathered several illegitimate children, Malcolm had split with the Nation. He had founded a splinter group, traveled to Mecca, adopted a more tolerant political philosophy...
...daughter of Malcolm X pleaded not guilty to federal charges ofplotting to kill Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhanin court in St. Paul today. Qubilah Shabazz was accompanied by her attorney, William Kunstler. If convicted, she faces up to 90 years in prison and $2.25 million in fines. Shabazz's appearance came a day after Farrakhan, in a Chicago speech, publicly blasted the government for framing her and reviving "the old false filthy propaganda campaign" against...
...attorney for Qubilah Shabazz, the daughter of Malcolm X who was charged yesterday with plotting to kill Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan, says his client was lured into the scheme by a childhood friend. A source close to the family of Malcolm X told TIME senior correspondent Jack White that the friend is Michael Fitzpatrick, now reportedly living under the witness protection program in St. Paul after botching a bombing attempt in New York City in 1978. Fitzpatrick and Shabazz were high school pals who remained close over the years, the source told White. At a Chicago news conference...
...daughter of slain black leader Malcolm X was indicted in Minneapolis today in an alleged plot to kill her father's old rival, Nation of Islam head Louis Farrakhan. Qubilah Shabazz, 34, who was four years old when she saw her father gunned down nearly 30 years ago, was charged with trying to hire a hit man to kill Farrakhan, whom her family has long suspected of having played a role in Malcolm's death. Shabazz, who was released on a $10,000 bond, turned herself in after a seven-month FBI investigation. If convicted, she could be sentenced...
...motive is obvious. Last summer, Malcolm's widow, Betty Shabazz, said publicly what she has always believed: that Farrakhan, a high lieutenant in the group at the time, was directly responsible for her husband's assassination. (Farrakhan has denied this, but admitted that members of the Nation of Islam - who were convicted of the murder -- might have taken his inflammatory rhetoric against Malcolm literally.) "That wound is still very much open," Monroe says. "And it's not surprising that one of Malcolm's children would be involved...