“In 1955, Malcolm X represented the NOI in Bandung, Indonesia, at the Afro-Asian Conference of non-aligned countries, which rejected both US and Soviet dogma. He urged dignitaries that people of color represented a global majority, that their political solidarity would not only undermine racism and neocolonial rule but also liberate them from a colonized consciousness, an internalized inferiority complex.” -Zareena Grewals beautifully written, critically important book, Islam is a Foreign Country: American Muslims and the Global Crisis of Authority, p. 108.
Posted on: Sat, 08 Mar 2014 19:17:29 +0000
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