Muhammad Speaks, October 3, 1969 ( enlarge ) Years after Malcolm X left Inkster, the Nation of Islam and this mortal plane his former sect attacked him mercilessly with excoriating harangues. Foolishly so. From an outsider's vantage point it makes one suspect that Malcolm was not only right in his estimation of Elijah Muhammad and the accusations against him but dead-on. In the October 3, 1969 issue of Muhammad Speaks John Ali, then National Secretary for the Nation of Islam, exclaimed that both the Whiteman and hypocrites love Malcolm. Which, I believe even in the loosest terms was and is a complete falsehood. I would say that both entities, the group and the man, were maligned though I would guess that Malcolm X became the more sympathetic figure after his execution. Personally, I have issues with each side in terms of general philosophy, being that I am not a Marxist or a sectarian, but I also agree with both sides on certain aspects. One being that forced integration was...