Lately, I've been reading about Islam/Malcolm X, and I've learned a lot about The Black Man's history. The Muslim religion ( I've been raised Christian) teaches about a man named Malik Yacub. I would have to go on forever if I wanted to tell you completely about his story, but to sum it up briefly, Yacub was the prophet claimed to have "created" the white race. His existence was predestined, as Muslims believe that history is always predicted something like 25, 000 years in advance, as written in the Koran. ALSO predicted was that the white race would "rule" for 4000 years, and that their "time" would be up in 1914 (roughly).
So my question is, in this song, where Bob says:
"How long shall they kill our prophets/While we stand aside and look?/ Some say that it's part of it,/ We've got to fulfill the book."
What Book? Was he talking about the Muslim theory? What are your interpretations of this passage? It makes great sense to me why he'd say "some", since he wasn't Muslim.
2007-03-02 10:24:40 · 5 answers · asked by ebonii_cuteee 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Thanks for the answers so far. To The Colonel; don't shoot the messenger, I was simply explaining a concept that has been written for years. I asked a question which you didn't/couldn't answer, which is why, in the question line, I targeted it to a certain audience.
Quid_Pro, What led me to tie Bob+Yacub was simply the fact that I had been reading several Malcolm X documents lately, then, one day, I had Redemption song playing, and you know...it kinda just hit me i guess...
I myself don't know all that much either about Rastafarianism, but obviously I know that's what Bob was. However, it's exactly that fact that lead me to believe he is talking about 'another religion'. Why would he say "some say", and not something more confident, like "We know"? Understand what I mean? Anyhow, I asked this in another category and got some history about the song.
By know means do I think my "theory" is right. I was just curious. Thanks again for the feedback....
2007-03-02 11:01:21 · update #1
I think that the passage is perhaps as easily explained by Marley's connections to Rastafarianism, which holds that the bible was changed to support the white power structure and which clashed with more traditional elements in Jamaica. In particular, the police constantly cracked down on Rastafarians resulting in more than enough deaths to fuel Marley's complaint. Anyway, your idea is interesting and I don't know enough about Rastafarianism to know if perhaps the movement could have been influenced by Muslim texts or ideas as you suggest.
2007-03-02 10:34:19 · answer #1 · answered by z 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I think the prophets Bob Marley were referring to were black leaders like Martin Luther King and Malcolm X. Definitely not Muslim Fanatics.
2007-03-02 10:34:23 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Im confused ... what lead you to tie the story of Yacub to Bob Marley in the first place?
2007-03-02 10:29:25 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
To get a totally accurate answer, you will need to go to the source. The guy who wrote it. It could be about Muslims or Christianity as prophets from both have been killed etc.
2007-03-02 10:30:34 · answer #4 · answered by Poohcat1 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Wasn't Marley Rastafarian? that's biblically based.
2007-03-02 10:31:50 · answer #5 · answered by answer faerie, V.T., A. M. 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋