Malcolm X

مالكولم إكس (الحاج مالك الشباز)

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† Hijri date derived by computation from the Gregorian/Julian date; it may differ from the transmitted date by a day or two.

Malcolm X.

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Roles
activist
Region
Americas & Oceania · Arabia
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The Colonial Era · The Contemporary Era · The Modern Era Contemporaries: Abd al-Aziz al-Ghumari · Abd al-Fattah Abu Ghudda · Abd al-Halim Mahmud · Abd al-Jabbar al-Jumurd · Abd al-Rahman Badawi

Converts and those who leaveMuslim minorities under non-Muslim ruleRace, colour and ethnicity

On screen

  • Malcolm X· Film, 1992 · About · drama of Muslim life

Overview

An American preacher of African descent who moved from the Nation of Islam to Sunni Islam after his hajj in 1964. He was assassinated in New York and became a symbol of civil rights. 1

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Malcolm X

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Malcolm X· Hajj (the pilgrimage to Mecca)· Ali· My Name Is Khan· Babri Masjid· Integration and identity (al-indimaj wa-l-huwiyya)· The contemporary Islamic discourse — maturity versus reactivity· General kinship among peoples

Sources

  1. Wikidata
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Malcolm X

Spike Lee's epic biopic starring Denzel Washington — Malcolm X's journey from crime to the Nation of Islam to Sunni Islam after the hajj.