One thing about Black people is we love a "feel good speech." If it sounds nice, we get amped. Let me say this....I give Elijah muhammad a pass for messing with them girls. Why? Because God gave King David a pass and he did way worse. You see, The NOI was filled with "humans" and not actual spiritual beings. And humans make human errors. This would include believing that killing Malcolm was ok and also why Elijah Muhammad got caught messing with them girls. But where I stand Elijah muhammad gets a pass because again, he was human. Think about it....You are a man in your mid50's and you look around and see what u created in America. A Black army on some positive shyt. You gonna naturally get gassed and start feeling yourself. Now add some beautiful young women who look at you like you are God. The temptation is too much. Elijah Muhammad messed up the hustle by thinking with his dikk. Because God is supposed to be superior over his dikk and well, Elijah Muhammad wasnt God, he was a human. And thats why I forgive him, even tho his actions fukked up the image of the hustle. Farrakhan learned from Elijahs mistakes and thats why he was never in any sexual scandles. Farrakhan picked up the torch of the hustle and said "OK I'm not going out like that."
I understand your point of view, BUT when you're in a leadership position that possesses that much power and authority, you should be held to a certain standard. Many men would have fallen into the temptation that Elijah did, but there's no excuse for it. I can still forgive him for that. What I find difficult to just "let go" is the murder of Malcolm. Their own brother. The reasoning or circumstances for his death are despicable. That's one of the reasons why I can't trust or take the NOI 100% serious. Seems like you would be joining a nation of snakes as opposed to a nation of brothers. It was decades ago, but still.