Islam in Popular Culture
"Malcolm X" is a 1992 American biographical drama film about the African-American activist Malcolm X. The film dramatizes key events in Malcolm X's life: his criminal career, his incarceration, his conversion to Islam, his ministry as a member of the Nation of Islam and his later falling out with the organization, his marriage to Betty X, his pilgrimage to Mecca and reevaluation of his views concerning whites, and his assassination on February 21, 1965. Defining childhood incidents, including his father's death, his mother's mental illness, and his experiences with racism are dramatized in flashbacks.
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Section A: Overview and Description
In these scenes from the "Malcolm X" movie, Here it shows Malcolm X, talking or yet proving his truth and facts to the prison pastor on what he learned from the leader of the Nation Of Islam, their messenger/ prophet Elijah Muhammad.
In the next clip you will see Malcolm X speaking to the group of Muslims who are members of the Nation of Islam, he is here seen to be preaching the good things that the honorable Elijah Muhammad has done for the people of the nation of Islam. And why their following in the nation seems to be better then traditional Islam. |
Section B: Comparative Analysis
For the Islam Religion their Prophet is named Muhammad he was from Mecca, unified Arabia into a single religious polity under Islam. Believed by Muslims and Bahá'ís to be a prophet and messenger of God, Muhammad is almost universally considered by Muslims as the last prophet sent by God to mankind. While non-Muslims generally regard Muhammad as the founder of Islam, Muslims consider him to have restored the unaltered original monotheistic faith of Adam, Abraham, Moses, Jesus, and other prophets in Islam.
But for the nation of Islam past followers such as Malcolm X, their prophet Muhammad is different. During his time as leader of The Nation of Islam, the honorable prophet Elijah Muhammad had developed the Nation of Islam from a small movement in Detroit to an empire consisting of banks, schools, restaurants and stores across 46 cities in America. The Nation also owned over 15,000 acres of farmland, their own truck- and air- transport systems, as well as a publishing company that printed the country's largest Black newspaper. As a leader, Muhammad served as mentor to many notable members, such as Malcolm X, Muhammad Ali, Louis Farrakhan and his son Warith Deen Mohammed. The Nation of Islam is estimated to have between 20,000 and 50,000 members, and 130 mosques offering numerous social programs. The Nation of Islam (NOI) is an Islamic religious movement founded in Detroit, Michigan, by Wallace D. Fard Muhammad on July 4, 1930.The Nation of Islam's stated goals are to improve the spiritual, mental, social, and economic condition of African Americans in the United States and all of humanity.
But for the nation of Islam past followers such as Malcolm X, their prophet Muhammad is different. During his time as leader of The Nation of Islam, the honorable prophet Elijah Muhammad had developed the Nation of Islam from a small movement in Detroit to an empire consisting of banks, schools, restaurants and stores across 46 cities in America. The Nation also owned over 15,000 acres of farmland, their own truck- and air- transport systems, as well as a publishing company that printed the country's largest Black newspaper. As a leader, Muhammad served as mentor to many notable members, such as Malcolm X, Muhammad Ali, Louis Farrakhan and his son Warith Deen Mohammed. The Nation of Islam is estimated to have between 20,000 and 50,000 members, and 130 mosques offering numerous social programs. The Nation of Islam (NOI) is an Islamic religious movement founded in Detroit, Michigan, by Wallace D. Fard Muhammad on July 4, 1930.The Nation of Islam's stated goals are to improve the spiritual, mental, social, and economic condition of African Americans in the United States and all of humanity.
The Three differences between the two (The nation of Islam and Traditional Islam)
Traditional Islam
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Nation of Islam
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Similarities between Traditional Islam and The Nation of Islam
Traditional Islam and the NOI share some common theological ground. The NOI's manifesto asserts that its followers ascribe to some of the fundamental tenets of Islam, namely, the Islamic creed that there is only one God, and his name is Allah; belief in the Prophet Muhammad and Allah's other prophets, such as Jesus, David, Moses and Abraham, among others, and belief in the Quran and other holy Scriptures, including the Old and New Testaments. Like mainstream Muslims, NOI followers fast during Ramadan, the month of fasting for Muslims, and avoid pork, tobacco, alcohol and illicit drugs.
Sources Derived:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malcolm_X_%281992_film%29#Plot
http://www.beliefnet.com/Faiths/2002/10/Chart-Nation-of-Islam-and-Traditional-Islam.aspx
http://people.opposingviews.com/comparison-between-islam-nation-islam-5034.html