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a i . . i . C ~ O A 18 # CG 100-35635 VOICE; - ‘Doesn't ELIJAH MUHAMMAD preach =~ - | non-violence and the non-use of _ - guns and weapons and so forth? MALCOLM: When I was in the Black Muslin movement we never carried weapons. We were taught against that. And we were never taught that. We never actually fought at any time. We were told that God was going to come, you know, and do all these things. When the Muslim brothers were beaten in Louisiana, we weren't allowed to fight back. Nothing was done to equalize the situation. ELIJAH told us that God would come and do it. But to show you that there is lack of consistency. Now he orders his followers to go out and attack each other, to mutilate each other. If the ability, the talent, the skill, the know-how, the Black Muslim brothers have been trained into were used against organizations like the Klu Klux Klan or the White Citizens Council or the racist elements in this ~~ country, then [I could somewhat go along with the present trend of’ ° their fighting each other, too. But when all of their physical — energy is expended fighting only, fighting each other then I say something is. wrong. KUP:; Are you trying to tell us that there's been an attack on your life because of your withdrawal or dismissal from the » Muslim. organization? ee pT ET EE I SEC RE I I A RS SRE