Thomas Hagan and Mujahid Abdul Halim), maintained since his trial in 1966 that both Aziz and Islam are innocent. I mean, this is Malcolm X we’re talking about.”ADIn the year before his assassination, Malcolm X had split from the Nation of Islam and renounced its leader, Elijah Muhammad, as a “religious faker” pushing racist ideology. ADOn Feb. 21, 1965, multiple gunmen opened fire on Malcolm X, 39, as he gave a speech to an audience that included his wife and children, along with numerous police informants. They focused their attention on the Nation of Islam mosque in Harlem, where Malcolm X used to preach. This is the first time that the world has seen the face of the man who took the life of Malcolm X,” Muhammad said in the documentary.

Source: Washington Post February 10, 2020 12:25 UTC