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...Farrakhan? Two months before Malcolm's assassination, Farrakhan, now NOI's head and the most influential extremist voice in black politics, wrote in the Nation's newspaper that "the die is set and Malcolm shall not escape. Such a man is worthy of death." (Three men were jailed after the murder, but no coherent explanation of their culpability ever emerged, and most scholars now think two of them were innocent.) Farrakhan has always maintained his + innocence of the deed and in fact has been apologetic for creating what he calls an atmosphere of hatred. Still, he has been recorded condoning...
Betty Shabazz thought it was her business. A family friend explains that she has always believed the Nation killed Malcolm, while the FBI declined to interfere. Asked on a WNBC television program whether Farrakhan was involved, she answered, "Yes. Nobody kept it a secret. It was a badge of honor. Everybody talked about it." In June, Farrakhan and Shabazz appeared on the same stage at a leadership summit in Baltimore; but they did not exchange words, and Shabazz's remarks were noticeably cold. Asked recently whether she stood by her WNBC statement, she replied that she had not changed...
...help celebrate Martin ! Luther King Day, said, "It is unfortunate that anyone would do that to a young woman, and it says how quick they are and how they will do anything to get their political ends." James Turner, a Shabazz family friend and national chairman of the Malcolm X Commemoration Commission, confides that Shabazz is "outraged" at the charges against her daughter. Another friend adds that she is concerned about possible retaliation by Farrakhan. But Farrakhan seems otherwise inclined. A spokesperson for the Minister said on Thursday that "his heart goes out to the Shabazz family"; another added that...
Capping a seven-month FBI investigation, federal prosecutors in Minnesota indicted Qubilah Shabazz, one of Malcolm X's daughters, charging her with attempting to hire a hit man to kill Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan. Although prosecutors would not publicly speculate on a motive, Shabazz's family is known to suspect Farrakhan of having been involved in Malcolm X's assassination 30 years ago when the two men were rivals. Shabazz's lawyer said his client had been lured and set up by the would-be hit man, whom he described as a childhood friend of Shabazz...
...Malcolm X's daughter is indicted in a plot to kill Farrakhan...