Actually, I believe Clay was attracted by the Black Muslim founder ex-con Elijah Muhammed and then pretty much handled by Malcolm X's folks until Elijah and Fruit Loop Louie had Malcolm killed. There is really very little about religion involved with American Black Muslims ...... what is involved is raw power and fear and thuggery with a very thin veneer of phony devotion.
Clay was a coward and it is a pity but not surprising to see him now used by the likes of Jack Valenti and the liberal Hollywood powers.