There are Muslim doctors, lawyers and businessmen – like Park51 developer Sharif El-Gamal, who went from waiting tables just a few years ago to being a multimillionaire. In one section, Muhammad wrote, “Muslims are everywhere in this country, doing practically everything. Muhammad wrote in a 2010 op-ed for the New York Daily News that because of the rhetoric of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, many Muslims in American had adopted a sense of victimization. Witnessing Malcolm X's assassination Gene Simpson, Ilyasah Shabazz and Peter Bailey describe the moment Malcolm X was shot and killed T23:03:46.000Z Muhammad Has Been Accused in the Past of Deliberately Targeting Powerful Muslims Bradley must now face the historical music in the land of the living.” The blog mentions that Shabazz had appeared in a commercial with then-Newark Mayor Cory Booker.ģ. Muhammad continued, “Time has caught up with him, and he can no longer lurk in the shadows waiting for his eventual end without having his dastardly deed made known. Muhammad wrote on his blog in 2010 Shabazz had used a sawed-off shotgun to shoot Malcolm X.
In one section of “Who Killed Malcolm X?, former Democratic presidential hopeful Senator Cory Booker said that he knew Shabazz well but was unaware of any connection to the Malcolm X assassination. Muhammad says on his official website that he began working with Marable in 2005. WHO KILLED MALCOLM X – THE CASE AGAINST WILLIAM BRADLEY T02:09:10.000ZĪt that time, Muhammad was working with author Manning Marable, who wrote the award-winning book, “Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention.” While the author of “The Judas Factor: The Plot to Kill Malcolm X,” Karl Evanzz, has said that he feels Muhammad’s work is “unreliable,” according to The New York Times. Muhammad Said He Was Not Paid to Do ‘Who Killed Malcolm X?’ Muhammad said that he accepted Islam in 1986 and became an imam.ġ. The group that Muhammad said that he became most involved with was the Black Islam Movement. Muhammad studied philosophy at Howard and describes himself as being exposed to “many social, political, and cultural movements for black empowerment. Muhammad was born in Providence, Rhode Island, as Kenneth W. Hagen did implicate the Nation of Islam as being involved in the plot to kill Malcolm X.Īccording to his official website, Muhammad is a graduate of Howard University and has written for publications such as the Woodson Review and the Association of African American Life and History in the past. Only Hayer has ever admitted to involvement in the shooting and has said that Butler and Johnson were not his accomplices. Three men, Talmadge Hayer, Norman 3X Butler and Thomas 15X Johnson were all convicted of murder in the case.
Booker adds that he was unaware that Shabazz, who died in 2018, was named as an accomplice in an affidavit by Talmadge Hayer, later Mujahid Abdul Halim, who admitted to his part in the killing.Abdur-Rahman Muhammad pictured on his Twitter page.Ībdur-Rahman Muhammad is the creator of the Netflix documentary, “Who Killed Malcolm X?” Malcolm X was shot dead inside of the Audubon Ballroom in New York City, on February 21, 1965. "I knew him well," Booker says in the documentary of William Bradley, who has since changed his name to Almustafa Shabazz. Cory Booker Cory Booker Maternal and child health legislation must be prioritized now Poll: Harris, Michelle Obama lead for 2024 if Biden doesn't run Five reasons for Biden, GOP to be thankful this season MORE ’s (D-N.J.) mayoral campaign, The New York Times reported. It points instead to four Nation of Islam members from Newark, N.J., one of whom appeared in an ad for now-Sen. The documentary “Who Killed Malcolm X?” argues that two of the men convicted in the killing could not have been present. Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance’s (D) office said that it will review whether to reinvestigate the 1965 assassination of Malcolm X amid questions a new Netflix documentary raises about the killing.