mr. herman blake, one of teaching assistants in the course. we will discuss today some of the goals and some of the strategies of the nation of islam, and i wonder if mr. blake might start off by asking mr. shbaz a question. >> minister malcolm, i the think i thought might be good to starting it off talk about one of most pervasive beliefs in the general society about the nation of islam and that is that it is an organization dedicated to the use of violent means to attain its goals. the question i have is how true is this, and why do you think it persists in society? >> well, the muslims who have accepted the religion of islam and followed the religious guidance of the honorable elijah mohammed have never bombed any churches, have never murdered any little girls as one was done in birmingham, have never lynched anybody, have never at any time been guilty of initiating any aggressive acts of violence during the entire 33 years or more that the honorable elijah mohammed has been teaching us. the charge of violence against us actually stems from

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