Posted on 05/22/2004 3:13:50 PM PDT by Joel C
In celebration of Black History Month, Amir Abdel Malik Ali presented a lecture entitled "The Legacy Of Malcolm X" to a diverse crowd of 100 people in the Smith Hall Cafeteria on Wed., February 23, at an event sponsored by nine clubs.
Sponsored by the Muslim Students Association, the African American Achievers Club, the Cultural Affairs Club, La Raza Unida, the Polynesian Club, the Native American Study Organiz-ation, Filipinos for Education, Art, Culture and Empowerment, and the Psychology Club, the event marked the 34th anniversary of the assassination of civil rights activist Malcolm X.
It opened with a traditional Muslim prayer session in which all audience members were encouraged to participate. Toni Hines, President of the Psychology Club, opened the lecture with a small introduction to Black History Month.
"Black History Month was started by Carter G. Woodson as a week-long celebration about 70 years ago to instill values. The purpose of Black History Month is to acknowledge the important contributions and achievements African Americans have made." Hines went on to explain the importance of this particular event. "Malcolm X was assassinated 34 years ago this week. According to Muslim tradition a martyr should be recognized on the day he died, so in remembrance of Malcolm X, let us honor him today."
Amir Abdel Malik Ali took the floor, dressed entirely in black, and was flanked on both sides by two similarly dressed men. Though a small man, Ali is a powerful speaker. He used his booming voice and sense of humor to bring his message to the audience. He informed the audience he wanted the focus of his lecture to be the last 11 months and 13 days of the life of Malcolm X, (whose Muslim name was Al-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz), the period after he had been "kicked out" of the Nation of Islam.
Ali wanted the audience to recognize that Malcolm X had gone through three different stages in his life: the period before he joined the Muslim faith, the era of his involvement with the Nation of Islam, and the final period, after his involvement with the Muslim faith had ended.
"When he made a particular statement you have to know where he was in his lifetime," Ali said. Ali wanted the audience to realize that it was after Malcolm X had left the Nation of Islam in America that he traveled the Hajj to Mecca. Ali describes the Hajj as "a spiritual journey for purification that has a major effect on your being."
Malcom X’s journey to Mecca changed his inner beliefs, according to Ali. Malcolm X abandoned what he had previously thought and taught and admitted it was wrong. He is quoted as saying, "I can no longer say that any people[race] is inherently evil. You must decide on an individual basis."
Ali also noted, "One of his legacies is he was a spiritual warrior, he could not be bought off, he was not worried about material things." Ali continued," a spiritual warrior thinks beyond the material. A materialist cannot win against a spiritual warrior because he is not afraid."
In addition to speaking about Malcolm X’s life, Ali informed the audience about the Muslim faith. "Everyone one of us have an Ilah, something we put first in our life, every human being has an object of worship. Shirk means you worship a false god, for example your car."
Another important idea defined by Ali was that of Assabia, or supporting a person not because they are right, but just because they are the same ethnicity as you. "Do not stand with a person if they are wrong just because they are the same race as you. Stand with them because they are right. We cannot let ourselves get to the point where we let the racism of this country get to us, where we can’t stand with brothers and sisters of our own mind," he said.
Ali took questions from the audience after the speech, some of which were difficult to answer. "How does the Muslim faith see same-sex relationships?" asked City College student Kris Gleason. "We are told same-sex marriages are not good because Allah tells us so," Ali answered. "We are taught anything that jeopardizes the family unit is wrong, we define the family unit as male, female, child."
"How do you explain the thousands of animals and insects that are homosexual, and doesn’t your stand go against the acceptance of diversity in your religion?" Gleason asked as a follow-up. "We look at homosexuality as being wrong," Ali said.
"We cannot compromise our position, we are taught the nature of things in a human do not go towards homosexuality and that the homosexual person needs to be rehabilitated."
"Are women considered to be people [by the Muslim faith]," asked student Peter Waymire. "Women are considered to be equal." Ali answered. "We play complementary roles in our society. In order for a woman to be dehumanized, you deal with her on a physical level, but we deal with our sisters on an intellectual level."
Students enjoyed refreshments after Ali’s speech and continued to discuss his points. Hasani Gomez, President of the African American Achievers club, was impressed with Ali. "What I receive from the message is a sense of motivation and inspiration to take what has gone on in the past and applying it to people today."
I did a quick google (in a rage) and came across this site, "how to boycott berkeley" http://www.berkeleyboycott.com/howto.htm
We're in deep doodoo. What happened to separation of church and state? Can you just see a Baptist or Catholic prayer service being held? I'm referring to the last part of the article you posted.
Btw, if you're new around here, welcome to Free Republic.
I like the idea, but I live in the Los Angeles area, soon to move to one of the last bastions of sanity...the desert.
These people are lunatics.
Only in the America of the liberals will this make perfect sense.
Will read the rest later HOWEVER:
ONE How can any mother or father send their child to the ceaspool that is Berkly
TWO How can any employer hire any graduate from berkley. The Berkley name SCREAMS legal liability. A berkley grad would sue you for any number of potential stupidities.
THREE Why would any college student want to be saddled with the unmarketable Berkley degree in job market competition. All things being equal, a berkly degree is not an asset when there are other university options.
The religion of peace. Christians and others need to wake up. It's not just Jews they hate. It's all of us.
And I ain't leaving, and I ain't accepting no sharia law BS. My guns trump that.
For the same reason I can't tolerate the Oliver Cromwells of the world. Or the Klan. Or Communists. Or Hamas, Islamic Jihad, Al Quieda, Orange Order, IRA, Tim McVeigh, etc.
As a graduate student who got my doctoral degree at Berkeley in the Seventies, I can see nothing has really changed from when I was there. Back then it was pro-V.C., pro-Third World communist movements, anti-America and anti-white oppressors, but the tactics and level of discourse were the same. Mindless leftwing vitriol.
The benefit is that it very quickly made the scales fall from my eyes, and opened my mind to the utter hypocrisy of the Left and liberalism. It gave me the ability instantly to discern left-wing nonsense that has stayed with me to this day.
I still remember one of my professor's comments: "When I first came to Berkeley, I considered myself a very liberal person. Ever since then, people have been kicking me to the right, kicking me to the right . . . ."
I was a minority admit who didn't know I was a minority admit until after I got to Berkeley. (Back then, admissions were entirely by quota if you picked an ethnic box.) In my second year there I was solemnly informed by a student member of the minority admissions committee that they should not have admitted me, because I did not properly support the position of people of color at Berkeley and didn't have the proper attitudes. In another great episode, a black African friend of mine was in tears after she was admonished by members of the black students union that she should not hang out with white people (she was born in Guinea, but had grown up in France).
This is the major reason I have never given a penny to Berkeley, and will spit on it till the day I die.
That was one of the most frightening and moving articles I've EVER read.
It took just one part of this increasingly national and global ideological war and illustrated how desperate is the situation we face.
This is NOT just Berkeley, it's many universities. And even if the actual percentage of students is small, these are potential 'white jihadis.' People who have no great connection to Islam but identify so much with their mascot that they would be willing to kill for them. I mean, come on, fake sobbing? Who the hell does that? Does ANYONE on the right do that kind of crap?
Truly, this is a world in which evil is good and good evil. Where are the "Free Sudan" groups? Where is the "Peace in the Congo" Association? What about the anti-jihad organization? What about a "Committee to end slavery in Mauritania?" No, instead we get one of the most easily delineated(in terms of morality) conflicts in the world and the side that perpetrates great acts of murder against children and women is taken up as a cause and the side that defends itself, the people who were once targetted for extermination--they are grafted onto the sick psychology of these nitwits as the "new Nazis."
I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just.
"And I ain't leaving, and I ain't accepting no sharia law BS. My guns trump that."
Good attitude Dan!
To echo another poster on this thread: THESE PEOPLE ARE INSANE!
1. The cell phone was developed in Israel by Israelis working in the Israeli branch of Motorola, which has its largest development center in Israel.
2. Most of the Windows NT and XP operating systems were developed by Microsoft-Israel.
3. The Pentium MMX Chip technology was designed in Israel at Intel.
4. Both the Pentium-4 microprocessor and the Centrino processor were entirely designed, developed and produced in Israel.
5. The Pentium microprocessor in your computer was most likely made in Israel.
6. Voice mail technology was developed in Israel.
7. Both Microsoft and Cisco built their only R&D facilities outside the US in Israel.
8. The technology for the AOL Instant Messenger ICQ was developed in 1996 by four young Israelis.
With more than 3,000 high-tech companies and startups, Israel has the highest concentration of hi-tech companies in the world -- apart from the Silicon Valley, US.
15. Israel is ranked #2 in the world for venture capital funds right behind the US.
16. Outside the United States and Canada, Israel has the largest number of NASDAQ listed companies.
Hopeless though if you point this out to them..they will only respond,
"See...Jooooz are taking over the world".
The email addresses there seem terribly dated. I fired off three and felt much better but all three returned undeliverable. I can't imagine how friends of mine send kids to that thing...
You reap what you sow.
Thanks, but I'll stick to my rifle.
I have never understood the predominance of liberalism among the Jewish people. This kid is finally hit in the face with reality. Will it change anything? Probably not. I'd bet my next paycheck he will still vote for Kerry in November.
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