Al-Mustafa Shabazz, above in this 2004 file photo, is named as the chief assassin of Malcolm X in the book "Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention" by Columbia University professor Manning Marable.
Courtesy of Abdur-Rahman Muhammad
East Orange police mug shot of William Bradley, a.k.a. Al-Mustafa Shabazz
"Al-Mustafa Shabazz is a 72-year-old, white-haired Muslim who briefly appeared in a 2010 re-election video ad for Mayor Cory Booker and is married to a community leader who owns a boxing gym in Newark.
"As God, Allah, is my witness, there’s no way my husband could have had a negative thought in his head about Malcolm X," said Carolyn Shabazz. "My husband is no more guilty about what happened with Malcolm than you or I."
Al-Mustafa Shabazz and his wife live in a brick house on quiet Vassar Avenue in Newark’s South Ward. The elderly man was not at home Saturday. But when his wife was asked if his name was formerly William Bradley, she said, "Legally, his name is Al-Mustafa Shabazz."
West Ward Councilman Ron Rice:
"There has been a long belief in the underbrush, argued by some, disputed by others, that a number of Malcolm X’s alleged murderers came out of Number 25 — the Newark mosque," Rice said. "But I’ve never heard the rumor of Carolyn’s husband being associated."
Rice said the group had once fostered a reputation for militancy and had called for the death of Malcolm X. "The Newark mosque was seen as a radical mosque or extremist mosque. That’s always been alleged," he said. "
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