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Muhammad at the time was most interested in the preachings of Malcol X, who strived for equality and the peaceful achievement of justice.
Donny - Malcom X's motto was "By any means Necessary" and he advocated the use of armed violencs and revolution to achieve his ends. That's why there was a schism in the Nation of Islam and a divide with the general civil rights leaders like Martin Luthor King.

The Nation of Islam originally belived that the world was populated by black people and that a mad scientist created white devils as an experiment that went wrong.

But, when we put it like that ...... Christians believe there is only one God, and that he made some unwilling dupe pregant with his son. He then planned that, by using some simple magic tricks he would give mankind the choice whether to believe he exists. This seems important that only those of his creations who believe in him and worship him will be allowed an afterlife (even though we are apparently all his progeny) He allowed his son to die an excrutiating death just so he could bring him back to life. Anyone who does not belive in him will spend eternity being tortured (unless you are catholic, then you just have to say you're sorry at the end and everything is OK)

Crazy, eh??
I believe Malcolm X didn't actually encouraged Violence, he attempted to achieve equality through negotiations and reason. However, he did openly state that should a member of the Nation be assaulted or an injustice done against them, the retaliation should be swift and more severe.
Malcolm was actually more political than he was religious in my eyes. Ali became a Muslim initially because he was in whole agreement with Malcolms views of how the black people were treated. However, he was not allowed to contribute from the outside, he was persuaded to become a member in order to participate in the "movement."

In modern times most people deem the behaviour of the Middle Eastern Muslims "crazy" or "in-human." (I'm speaking of their willingness to engage in "Jehad" and die for their religion.) However, we forget the ancestors of Christianity engaged in the Crusades and numerous other examples of religious warfare for their religion. Perhaps it is just the Muslim faith that has aged best over the ages and the attitudes of the past remain untouched in this well-preserved religion.