allblacks should move to Africa, and establish some sort of society there. Sometime afterMalcolm X had taken on his new religion, he began to question the validity of the Nationof Islam and some of its leaders. It was found out that Elijah Mohammed had beenpartaking in sexual misconduct and that he had several illegitimate children. WhenMalcolm confronted Elijah about these things, Elijah admitted to them. This madeMalcolm question the beliefs of Elijah, which were basically the foundations of the Nationof Islam. During this time, many of the leaders of the Nation of Islam became jealous ofMalcolms success. All of these things contributed to Malcolm eventually leaving theNation of Islam in 1964. Later in 1964, Malcolm X took off on a journey to Arabia to tryand find the true religion of Islam. While in Arabia, he underwent his holy pilgrimage. Thisexperience had a very positive impact on Malcolm X. While racial hatred in America hadforced black people to the lowest levels of society, Malcolm had come into a society werethe color of the skin played no factor in life. While in Arabia, a white leader let Malcolmstayed with him in his room, which would have been unheard of during the civil rightsmovements in the States. It was during this trip to Arabia that Malcolm made a big changein his way of life. He had finally learned to trust people. He found out that the color ofones skin doesnt reflect what kind of person you are, but its ones actions that reflect thequality of a person. From his trip, Malcolm threw out all of his racist and segregationalviews about the American society, and he took on a more Orthodox Islamic approach ofracial equality. Once he returned home from his trip, he began preaching about his newlyformed philosophies. He created new ideas about race in America and about unity. Hisgreatest change in beliefs were his thoughts about black and white relationships. Hisconversion to orthodox Islam changed his views upon white...
