Malcolm X's flawed philosophy
Elijah Muhammed, Leader of the Nation of Islam taught his followers that; the Caucasian race were the consequence of selective breeding by Jacub, a spiteful 'big-headed scientist'.
Yacub 'was born to create trouble, to break the peace, and to kill'. He allegedly preached in the streets of Mecca, accumulating an entourage of 59,999 followers. The authorities in Mecca became so concerned that he, and his following were exiled to the Island of Patmos.
Yacub, 'decided as a revenge to create upon the Earth a devil race - a bleached out, white race of people... Yacub, to upset the law of nature, conceived the idea of employing what we today know as the recessive gene structure, to separate from each other the two germs, black and brown, and then grafting the brown germ to progressively lighter, weaker stages. The humans resulting he knew, would be, as they became lighter and weaker, progressively susceptible to wickedness and evil. And in this way he would achieve the bleached out race of devils'.
A period of 1,400 years passed, in which the inhabitants of Patmos transitioned from black, to brown, to red, to yellow and finally to 'blond, pale skinned, cold-blue eyed Devils'. The 'original black people' then 'rounded them up, put them in chains' and marched them across the Arabian Desert, into the caves of Europe.
This ridiculous theology, is not upheld by mainstream Sunni or Shia Muslims, or even by rational Nation of Islam members, it caused many splits within the organisation. Despite its evident scientific untruth, Louis Farrakhan, the current Nation of Islam leader asserts the story is true, and even attempts to argue it is consistent with modern science.
In my opinion, Malcolm X's frustration at failing to convert 'negro intellectuals' to his movement is not due to 'indoctrination by the white man', but is the consequence of advocating philosophies such as this. The endorsement of inherently fraudulent and racist ideals greatly diminished his credibility, especially among academic circles.
All references come from 'The Autobiography of Malcolm X'
Yacub 'was born to create trouble, to break the peace, and to kill'. He allegedly preached in the streets of Mecca, accumulating an entourage of 59,999 followers. The authorities in Mecca became so concerned that he, and his following were exiled to the Island of Patmos.
Yacub, 'decided as a revenge to create upon the Earth a devil race - a bleached out, white race of people... Yacub, to upset the law of nature, conceived the idea of employing what we today know as the recessive gene structure, to separate from each other the two germs, black and brown, and then grafting the brown germ to progressively lighter, weaker stages. The humans resulting he knew, would be, as they became lighter and weaker, progressively susceptible to wickedness and evil. And in this way he would achieve the bleached out race of devils'.
A period of 1,400 years passed, in which the inhabitants of Patmos transitioned from black, to brown, to red, to yellow and finally to 'blond, pale skinned, cold-blue eyed Devils'. The 'original black people' then 'rounded them up, put them in chains' and marched them across the Arabian Desert, into the caves of Europe.
This ridiculous theology, is not upheld by mainstream Sunni or Shia Muslims, or even by rational Nation of Islam members, it caused many splits within the organisation. Despite its evident scientific untruth, Louis Farrakhan, the current Nation of Islam leader asserts the story is true, and even attempts to argue it is consistent with modern science.
In my opinion, Malcolm X's frustration at failing to convert 'negro intellectuals' to his movement is not due to 'indoctrination by the white man', but is the consequence of advocating philosophies such as this. The endorsement of inherently fraudulent and racist ideals greatly diminished his credibility, especially among academic circles.
All references come from 'The Autobiography of Malcolm X'
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