Bonda Humaira: Malcolm and Me

"Mankind's history has proved from one era to another that the true criterion of leadership is spiritual. Men are attracted by spirit. By power, men are forced. Love is engendered by spirit. By power, anxieties are created" ~ Malcolm 'Malik Asshabbaz' X

Malcolm X was born Malcolm Little, to a homemaker mother and an activist father. A born leader, Malcolm was articulate and naturally gifted, capable of self learning, and excelling in any matter he put his mind into (except for boxing =P)

An excellent inspirational life story of a leader who went through a journey of his own self-discovery. From pimping in the neighbourhood, to becoming a convict, to being addicted to drugs, to be the minister for Nation of Islam, to finally discovering the True Islam when he performed his Hajj in 1964. It was the same year Malcolm severed ties with his mentor, Elijah Mohd.

"I had experienced, for the first time, the Muslim teaching, " If you will take one step towards Allah - Allah will take two steps toward you" ' ~Hajj Malik Assabbaz

"Awareness came surging up in me - how deeply the religion of Islam had reached down into the mud to lift me up, to save me from being what i inevitably would have been; a dead criminal in a grave, or, if still alive, a flint-hard, bitter, thirty-seven-year-old convict in some penitentiary, or insane asylum.

But Allah had blessed me to learn about the religion of Islam, which had enabled me to lift myself up from the muck and the mire of this rotting world" ~ Malcolm X

A Western man who questioned the Western lifestyle (Empowered by the Whites). Another great advice from Mr Malcolm:

"You see, Islam is the only religion that gives both husband and wife a true understanding of what love is. The Western "love" concept, you take it apart, it really is lust. But love is disposition, behaviour, attitude, thoughts, likes, dislikes - these things make a beautiful woman, a beautiful wife. This is the beauty that never fades. You find in your Western civilisation that when a man's wife's physical beauty fails, she loses her attraction. But Islam teaches us to look into the woman, and teaches her to look into us"

When you're soo busy with life and the responsibilities tasked on you, some