wearing the echram garb i made my seven
circuits around the kaaba
i drank from the well of zamzam i prayed
to allah from mount arafat
it was the only time in my life that i
stood before the creator of all
and felt like a complete human being
now you may be shocked by these words
but i have eaten from the same plate
drunk from the same glass and pray to
the same god with fellow muslims whose
eyes were blue
whose hair was blonde and whose skin was
the whitest of white
and we are all brothers truly
people of all colors and races believing
in one god in one humanity
each hour here in this sacred land
enables me to have a greater spiritual
insight into what is happening in
america
the american negro can never be blamed
for his racial animosity
he's only reacting to 400 years of
oppression and discrimination
but as racism leads america up the
suicidal time
i do believe that the younger generation
will see the handwriting on the wall
and many of them will want to turn to
the spiritual path of the truth
the only way left in this world to ward
off the disaster that racism must surely
lead to
once before in prison the truth came and
blinded me
well it has happened again in the past
i've made sweeping indictments of all
white people
and these generalizations have caused
injuries to some white folks who did not
deserve
because of the spiritual rebirth which i
was blessed to undergo as a result
of my pilgrimage to the holy city of
mecca
i no longer subscribe to sweeping
indictments of one race
i intend to be very careful
not to sentence and be careful not to
sentence anyone who has not been proven
guilty
i am not a racist i am not a racist
and i do not subscribe to any of the
tenants of racism in all honesty and
sincerity
it can be stated that i wish nothing but
freedom
justice and equality
you