Witnessing Muslims of all races praying together led him to reject the racial theology of the Nation of Islam (which posited that the white man was the devil). He converted to Sunni Islam and adopted the name El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz. However, this spiritual transformation did not dull his political critique. While he became open to the possibility that white people could be moral allies in the struggle, he maintained that systemic racism in America required a radical solution. His ability to hold a universal spiritual worldview while maintaining a specific political radicalism demonstrated a level of intellectual flexibility rare in revolutionary leaders.
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