Word: muslim
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Baha'i Faith began 128 years ago in Iran when a young Persian, called the Bab proclaimed that his mission was to herald the coming of one whose advent would fulfill the prophecies of all the great religions and usher in a new age. The Muslim clergy looked upon the Bab and his growing body of followers as heretics and began to persecute them; within six years, thousands of the Bab's followers had been killed and the Bab himself was martyred in public...
Initially, Oswald intended to discuss the men's grievances only after the hostages were released?a cardinal rule of most prison officials. He did demand their release, but he also listened to the inmate ultimatum and found it unalarming. The prisoners wanted "religious freedom" (for Black Muslim worship), permission for political meetings "without intimidation," the end of mail censorship, the right to communicate with anyone they wished and regular grievance procedures. Only one demand, added to the list later, sounded bizarre: "Speedy and safe transportation out of confinement to a nonimperialist country...
HERBERT X. BLYDEN. He is a big man, broad-shouldered, hard features, ugly scars on his cheek and neck from a prison slashing two years ago. He is also a voracious reader of history, politics and Black Muslim philosophy, a fan of football, boxing and modern jazz. Warm and articulate to close friends, he is known as a prisoner who will "go all the way" if crossed. His hatred of prison racism runs deep...
RICHARD CLARK. There seem to be two Richard Clarks. One of them is known to Attica as "Brother Richard," the Black Muslim who spoke passionately about revolution when he addressed his fellow inmates in cell block D and with cold, unswerving conviction when he faced prison officials over the negotiating table. The other Richard Clark, to the best of his family's knowledge, is no revolutionary but a quiet, amiable "homebody" who liked to halt neighbors on the sidewalk so they could admire his twin sons...
...refused to give her name went even further. "Now when I see a Negro I feel different," she said, "now I feel uncomfortable." But there is also an understanding of the prisoners' lot. "I felt they had legitimate gripes," said Paul Krotz, one of the hostages. Others praised the Muslim prisoners, who protected several hostages from harm and even death. Said Bill Harder, whose brother and son work at the prison: "We're not blaming all the prisoners. Some should get time off for all the help they gave during the riot...