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Mustafa Farooq is the Executive Director of the National Council of Canadian Muslims (NCCM). A lawyer by profession, Mustafa completed his Juris Doctor at the University of Alberta and Osgoode Hall (York University) and later earned his Master of Laws (LLM) at UC Berkeley in California. Mustafa Farooq has stated NCCM aspires to live by the message of truth and ...

Malcolm X was born Malcolm Little. In 1952, after his release from prison, where he served 6 of the 10 years he was sentenced to for burglary, he converted to Islam, adopting the name El-Hajj Malik El-Shabaz. The African American was an activist during the civil rights movement and a vocal spokesman for the Nation of Islam, and now also as a symbol ...