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GCSE Religious Studies · key term
An American religious and political movement in which Malcolm X became a minister and spokesman. During his membership, it promoted black nationalism and racial separation; its racial teachings should not be equated with mainstream Islam.
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Specification 4.6 · Paper 1, Paper 2, Paper 3
Revise: Racial DiscriminationMalcolm X was an African-American Muslim who campaigned against racial discrimination in the USA. He joined the Nation of Islam while in prison and became a minister and spokesman after his release in 1952.
Distinguish Malcolm X’s earlier Nation of Islam views from his later views after Hajj in 1964. Do not present racial superiority as a mainstream Islamic teaching.
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