Malcolm X Quotes
This religion (Islam) recognizes all men as brothers. It accepts all human beings as equals before God, and as equal members in the Human Family of Mankind.
X, Malcolm, and Alex Haley. The Autobiography of Malcolm X. Grove Press, 1965, p. 339.
See {618216} for a seemingly contradictory quotation by White.
This quotation demonstrates that even in the Iranian Islamic Fundamentalist Theocracy, not all the religious leaders are extremists and anti-human rights. However, Saanei is no longer in the top level of the Iranian government and more extreme fundamentalists have control of the government. But Iran is by no means monolithic.
This quotation many think is the greatest statement of political equality ever written. Interestingly is also lays an obligation on all people for all others. It was written by a privileged nobleman, a Baron, who was instrumental philosophically and politically in establishing the Batavia Republic in Holland.
Malcolm X was an African-American Muslim minister and human rights activist who was a popular figure during the civil rights movement. He is best known for his time spent as a vocal spokesman for the Nation of Islam.