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A 6 page essay in 2 parts. The first part concerns the impact of Malcolm X on African American experience and the American perception of Islam, and the second part concerns position of Muslim immigrants towards the European Union. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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discussing Muslims and Islam within the context of American culture, the significance of the 1960s is a crucial consideration. It was during this period that Islam first became a recognized
part of the American culture landscape, largely due to the influence of three African Americans: Malcolm X, Muhammad Ali and Louis Farrakan (Malik, 2004). It was Malcolm X, and also
Muhammad Ali, who awake the United States public, as well as the rest of the world, to the fact that there was a revival of Islam occurring in America that
coincided with the arrival of thousands of Muslim students and future professionals from the Asian-African world (Malik, 2004). This wave of immigration coincided with African Americans efforts for redefining
their identity along lines not drawn from European-American culture. This orientation specifically rejected the philosophy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., who preached a message of pacifism and integration (Malik,
2004). Rather than promote this position, Malcolm X and an activist group known as the "Black Panthers" spoke out in favor of an empowering black nationalism that they specifically associated
with Islam through the organization known as the National of Islam (Malik, 2004). The nation of Islam can trace its origins to black Southern oral traditions, as well as with
encounters with North African Muslim immigrants who had come to Detroit (Malik, 2004). A key figure in the Nation of Islam movement was the man known as Malcolm X.
Malcolm X was born in Nebraska in 1925. His father was a pastor and Malcolm was raised with his fathers surname, Little (Malik, 2004). However, on learning African American history
and how black slaves were forced to give up their African names and accept the last name of whoever was their white master, Malcolm asserted that there was no way
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