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FIRST: My apologies to JoeProBono for disrupting the thread with this side-topic.

[Pinging Jeff Head on this post because of his research on Black Liberation Theology as well... I briefly mentioned that I had a theory of how to “prove” Islam itself as a false religion that has been corrupted — especially in the Hadiths that Radical Islamics use as justification for Jihad, I’m just trying to get a better handle on all the “players” here... Apologies also as I’m totally off a normal sleep schedule and a bit tired...]

So ETL, basically what you’re saying is that Farrakhan’s(hereafter referred to as LF) NOI has got a lot more to do with Black Liberation Theology, and the advocating of Communist political efforts, than it has to do with Islam itself?

Now, that would lend a LOT more credibility as to why Malcolm X quit Farrakhan’s group shortly before his assassination, and why members of the NOI were thought to be behind it as Malcolm, if he continued to speak out, was directly confronting LF on the lies within black liberation theology, especially as LF tried to morph it to fit with some kind of Islamic dogma/doctrines?

I’ve got that right, correct? IIRC, there are allegations that Malcolm was killed by the NOI, and that he was starting to speak out against the black-on-white racism that was so much a part of the NOI movement. I’m remembering this from something Malcolm said when he got back from a pilgrimage to Mecca - I’m remembering a black & white TV News Clip in which Malcolm said that he saw that Farrakhan could NOT be correct because he met WHITE Muslims praying at Mecca (It seems that the still B&W shot of Malcolm you had in your post ETL is from that same interview - asking why he’s been laying “low”). IOW - What I got from Malcolm’s interview was that he figured out that God nor Allah could be against all whites as LF (and others following the NOI and BLT) believed. I think there was something in the interview where Malcolm X alleged that LF said whites would never “get it”, and could never understand Islam itself, and would never be accepted by Allah, but seeing with his own eyes in Mecca changed his acceptance of LF’s premise...

I’m trying to figure this all out, and as all lies of deception - there are so many tangled webs to sort out... When one thinks they’ve got a handle on one thing, something else pops up and basically shreds parts of the theory! LOL There’s just something about this topic that keeps nagging at me, like some kind of purloined letter staring me in the face that I just can’t see — this goes into more of a religious bent at this point as I feel like God is prompting me to look into this... I don’t think I have any special wisdom - after all I know many here who know way more about these issues than I - but perhaps it’s my naivete God is planning to use, or maybe I’m just stuck on this for whatever reason! LOL

Anyway, if you could help me out here FRiends, how do you view Farrakhan’s statement (and this is a pretty direct quote, and only a part of LF’s “Sermon” at that yearly meeting for the NOI you mentioned in your link ETL). “When you hear Barack speaking, that is THE MESSIAH speaking”.

Was Farrakhan, in your opinion(s), playing on words comparing him to Christ (as in he’s the political messiah that will “free” the black people and bring judgement to all “whites”), or was Farrakhan saying that he believes Barack is the messiah (in reference to Islam’s religious messiah), or just that Farrakhan believes Obama is divinely inspired? Another possibility — that LF was making this kind of comparison because Communism believes in no God except human gods of their own creation (i.e. their revolutionary leaders)?

Just curious, and thanks for any pointers...