Where would you chart him in the tradition of W.D. Fard, Malcolm X, and Elijah Muhammad?
Well, during his lifetime he pretty much was just the guy on the corner in Harlem. He became significant in local politics towards the end of his career, when Mayor Lindsey began engaging with actual community leaders and not just elected officials. He didn’t really reach a national level because he was taken out before he could go that far. His real influence came after his death, when he really did become a kind of mythic figure. The young gods (these were the young men who learned from ALLAH/Clarence before he was killed) held him in such awe that when they carried on the teachings, the way they communicated the teachings to the next generation made ALLAH larger than life. So I’d say that he’s much more relevant now than he ever was when he was alive – which is true for a lot of historical figures. I see in your work (probably more so in Blue-eyed Devilthan The Five Percenters) an exploration of Sufism. I am curious to know, in your own words, how does Sufism fit into all this, and
