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Wallace Deen Mohammed: From Black Muslim to Black and Muslim |
| Section: CURRENT ISSUES / PEOPLE IN THE NEWS |
| Author: Robert R. Selle |
| Publication: The world & I online |
| Issue Date: 9/1/2003 |
| Size: 1,783 Words, 10,635 Characters |
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It was foretold even while he was in his mother's womb that Wallace Deen Mohammed would succeed his father, Elijah Muhammad, as leader of the Nation of Islam, otherwise known as the Black Muslims.
His devotion to his father--even to the extent of accepting a three-year jail term as the price of obeying what he perceived to be his father's wish--cemented his hold on the succession to the group's leadership. But behind his reverence for his father was an independence of mind and heart that caused him to go on a quest for truth and ultimately reject the elder man's fiercely racist dogmas. And when the time came to actually step into his father's shoes, he led the tens of thousands of members of the group, patiently yet firmly and with warmth and love and wisdom, away from his father's teac...
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... get rid of the ugly problem of racism, but the religious people can indirectly bring about an end to this racism. I believe it is dying. ...
"Yes, I do believe that we are doing the bigger work, that we are making it possible for people who used to hate each other to be purged of that and to find a new life and a new happiness because the burden of racism has been taken from their hearts."
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