how did the pilgrimage to Mecca change Malcolm X's life?

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Answer 1

In March 1964, Malcolm left the Nation of Islam and founded the Muslim Mosque, Inc. A month later, he took a pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia. It was there that his view of separatism changed. He discovered that white and black Muslims could coexist together. While he still advocated Black Nationalism, he also accepted a more orthodox Islam view of the "true brotherhood" of man and believed that there was a potential for cross-racial alliance.

When he returned to the United States, he stopped advocating separatism, and instead relayed the message of integration and world brotherhood. However, he discovered that the Nation of Islam wanted to assassinate him. On February 14, 1965, his home was firebombed, but no one was hurt.

A few days later on February 21, 1965, while Malcolm was on stage at the Manhattan Audubon Ballroom, three gunmen shot him to death. The gunmen were arrested and convicted. It was later discovered that they were members of the Nation of Islam. Malcolm was buried on February 27, 1965 in Hartsdale, New York.

Since his death his popularity has continued, and is partly due to the publication of The Autobiography of Malcolm X and Spike Lee’s 1992 movie, Malcolm X.

Answer 2

Malcolm X Mecca

Answer 3

Malcolm X rubbed shoulders with Muslims from all over the world during that pilgrimage and saw how they lived. He probably endured some hardships himself.

When he came back, his rhetoric had changed. He valued his American citizenship and was proud to be a black American. He was no longer interested in tearing down our government. Got killed for it.

Answer 4

As a result of a pilgrimage he took to Mecca in April 1964, he modified his views of black separatism, declaring that he no longer believed whites to be innately evil and acknowledging his vision of the possibility of world brotherhood.

Answer 5

For one thing, he changed his name to El-Hajj Malik al-Shabazz.

The website below has good info.

http://www.colostate.edu/Orgs/MSA/find_more/m_x.html

Answer 6

He essentially reversed his views on race.

Answer 7

While what everyone said was quite true- which is that El-Hajj Malik al-Shabazz, as he referred to himself before he passed away- abandoned the racist views he had after performing Hajj and considered world brotherhood a possibility, it is far from a complete answer and is seriously lacking in depth, if it has any whatsoever.

When people talk about Malik al-Shabazz, write about him, and make films about him (including Spike Lee), they tend to leave the matter of his faith in the background while it is this that should actually be in the forefront because it is the very cornerstone of Islam-- which is Tawheed-- which builds the character of a true Muslim and which is what resulted in his (Malik) rejection of racism. And it is this cornerstone of the Islamic belief system concerning which Allah (SWT) says, "And I created not the Jinns and men except that they should worship Me (alone)." [51:56]

For the non-Muslim reader, Tawheed (which is the creed of the Muslim) linguistically means, "To make something one, or to assert the oneness of something". However, in its technical form, (i.e. in the Islamic sense; as a creed) it means, "To single out Almighty God (translated in Arabic to 'Allah') alone for worship" and worship compromises many things. This definition implies that everything in existence originates from the one and only Creator, who is also the Sustainer and the sole Source of Guidance. This belief is expected to govern all aspects of human life. Recognition of this fundamental truth results in a unified view of existence which rejects any divisions of life into religious and secular. Allah, therefore, is sole source of Power and Authority, and therefore entitled to ALL worship and obedience from mankind. There is no scope for any partnership with the Creator. Tawhid tells man that Allah is not born, nor is anyone born of Him. He has no son or daughter. Human beings are His subjects.

Do not forget the words of Malik (however concise they may be and however few times such comments recieved public media attention, they will always be the first and the most important of his beliefs upon which his character was built; I have capitalized the relevant parts in which I intended to mean 'most important') who said,

"Never have I witnessed such sincere hospitality and the overwhelming spirit of true brotherhood as is practiced by people of all colors and races here in this ancient Holy Land, the House of Abraham, Muhammad, and all the other Prophets of the Holy Scriptures. For the past week, I have been utterly speechless and spellbound by the graciousness I see displayed all around me by people of all colors. . . .
You may be shocked by these words coming from me. But on this pilgrimage, what I have seen, and experienced, has forced me to rearrange much of my thought-patterns previously held, and to toss aside some of my previous conclusions. This was not too difficult for me. Despite my firm convictions, I have always been a man who tries to face facts, and to accept the reality of life as new experience and new knowledge unfolds it. I have always kept an open mind, which necessary to the flexibility that must go hand in hand with every form of intelligent search for truth.
During the past eleven days here in the Muslim world, I have eaten from the same plate, drunk from the same glass, and slept in the same bed (or on the same rug) -- while praying to THE SAME GOD -- with fellow Muslims, whose eyes were the bluest of blue, whose hair was the blondest of blond, and whose skin was the whitest of white. And in the words and in the actions and in the deeds of the "white" Muslims, I felt the same sincerity that I felt among the black African Muslims of Nigeria, Sudan, and Ghana.
We were truly all the same (brothers) -- BECAUSE THEIR BELIEF IN ONE GOD had removed the "white" from their minds, the 'white' from their behavior, and the 'white' from their attitude.
I could see from this, that perhaps if white Americans could accept the ONENESS OF GOD, then perhaps, too, they could accept in reality the Oneness of Man -- and cease to measure, and hinder, and harm others in terms of their "differences" in color.
With racism plaguing America like an incurable cancer, the so-called "Christian" white American heart should be more receptive to a proven solution to such a destructive problem. Perhaps it could be in time to save America from imminent disaster -- the same destruction brought upon Germany by racism that eventually destroyed the Germans themselves.
They asked me what about the Hajj had impressed me the most. . . . I said, "The brotherhood! The people of all races, color, from all over the world coming to gether as one! It has proved to me the power of the ONE GOD. . . . All ate as one, and slept as one. Everything about the pilgrimage atmosphere accented the Oneness of Man under ONE GOD."

So when Malcolm came back from Hajj, it is this creed of Islam, and not his views on black seperatism, which was the most despised belief (obviously from the perspective of his enemies) that Shabbaz learned during his pilgrimage (which was previously foreign to him) which encouraged violence and onslaught from the Nation of Islam and patience from Shabbaaz. It is uncommon to hear this because many people are unfamiliar with the deviant beliefs of the NOI which happen to put them outside the fold of Islam and how Tawheed could possibly be foreign to NIO and Malik if it is the very purpose of life. This is because the beliefs of NIO included: they believe God was in the form of a Black Man (contradictory to the creed of Tawheed which implies that God is neither female nor male, neither black nor white, and nothing in this world is comparable to Him) and that Elijah was his messenger (also contradictory to the correct Islamic Creed which obligates the Muslim to believe that Muhammad [saw] was the last in the line of Messengers). These views were used by the NIO's leaders during it's infancy so they could gain the blind-following support of those who did not know better and so such corrupt leaders could gain worldly power to satisfy their own desires. So When Malcolm came back, he fought against the blind-following of the deviants like Elijah and his corrupt beliefs and sought to become broad-minded. And the result of this creed is also submitting to whatever Allah commands and avoiding whatever he prohibits and obeying his Messenger (i.e. Muhammad saw). So then, one of those things that is forbidden is the inequality of human beings because Allah states that Every believing man and woman are equal except by their actions (how much righteous deeds they do). The topic of Tawheed is much more comprehensive and contains many more enlightening and broad-minded principles. So this is what changed about Malcolm is the bases for the many of the rest of the changes which occured.

In fact, JUST TODAY, I was at a lecture (congregation of Muslims and nonMuslims) held at Rutgers Newark by the MSA and the invited speaker was Mu'tah Shabbaz formerly known as Napoleon, the internationally acclaimed rap-star who was part of TUPAC'S Outlawz. The lecture was based around Napoleons' life story, and his experiences with Islam, which ultimately led him to leave the life of rap, drugs, and music altogether. However, he always kept the focus on Tawheed. He even talked about the NIO and mentioned about how he had initially seen Islam and NOI as one and the same- wierdos (ha)! Until later on when he went and PERFORMED HAJJ after watching Spike Lee's Malcolm X (obviously a lot more occured before this)!!! Here, he met some friends he had previously known and who encouraged him and taught him the correct Tawheed!

There is a lot more, but I have already written too much. I'm not sure if you'll even reach this sentence! You can let me know if you'd like to know more or if you need some references.