Kwame Toure Religion and Revolution

…our people who have never seen “religion as the opium of the masses” - that of course coming directly out of the European culture. 1

It being a fact that Europe has never produced any universal religion all of them presented from outsideâ&#x20AC;Ś 2

“Religion is alien to the character and history of Europe,” Kwame Toure quotes Michel Aflaq. 3

Therefore, this struggle of Africans ensuring that religion and revolution go hand in hand is one we must thank our culture for it has asserted itself against the greatest onslaught in the world. 4

We hold high that if one is truly religious one must be revolutionary. Kwame Toure aka Stokely Carmichael Last Fireside Chat Howard University

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Kwame Toure Religion and Revolution

Published on Mar 7, 2015

Keddist Sellassie

34:00 … the very tradition of our people - our people who have never seen “religion as the opium of the masses” that of course coming directly out of the European culture. It being a fact that Europe has never produced any universal religion all of them presented from outside. And as Michel Aflaq, the Founder of Baath party properly points out, “Religion is alien to the character and history of Europe. Therefore, this struggle of Africans ensuring that religion and revolution go hand in hand is one we must thank our culture for it has asserted itself against the greatest onslaught in the world. We hold high that If one is truly religious one must be revolutionary. Kwame Ture's last fire side chat from the Meeca-Howard Univ part 1 Kwame Toure aka Stokely Carmichael Last Fireside Chat Howard University

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