s were totally changed after he took a trip to Mecca and went on Hajj. The first thing that enthralls Malcolm X, is the unity he sees in all the Muslims that are gathered at the airport. Everyone, from a king to a peasant, is dressed in the same clothes. There is none superior to the other because in the eyes of Allah (SWT) everyone is equal. When he boards his plane to Jedda, he sees people of all races together with the same goal as his, to honor Allah (SWT). He feels the total brotherhood and respect that he has simply because he is a Muslim. The second thing that amazes Malcolm X is the total respect that Dr. Abd ir-Rahman Azzam has for him. The thing that surprises him the most is that he is white and he gives him so much hospitality. Dr. Azzam treats him like he is his “brother” and Malcolm X is taken back by the generosity he is shown by this white man, that in America he could never dream of getting (335). Malcolm X is full of humility when he finds out that this man gave up his hotel room for him to use until he could go back to Mecca. Shortly after his completion of the Hajj he accepted the true Islam. The “color-blindness of the Muslim world’s religious society and the color-blindness of the Muslim world’s human society” greatly influenced Malcolm X’s decision to convert to the true Islam, and take back all his beliefs that the white man on the whole was the devil. Rather, the “specific attitudes and actions toward the black man, and toward all other non-white men” that was condescending, was what was wrong with the American society (333). This trip made a great impact on Malcolm X’s beliefs and changed his life.A year after he returned, Malcolm X was shot repeatedly in the chest while giving a speech in front of two hundred people, including his wife and four children. His life was characterized by a number of extreme changes that transformed his views an...
