malcolm X biography

In Chapters 17, 18, and 19 of The Autobiography of Malcolm X, the theme that marked a significant point for me is that Malcolm explains that every Muslim is expected to make a pilgrimage, to Hajj, to the holy city of Mecca, in Saudi Arabia.
When Malcolm applies for a Hajj visa, he studied that his status as a Muslim must be approved by Mahmoud Youssef Shawarbi, which is a Muslim professor. Shawarbi readily composes Malcolm a letter of authorization and passes on a book about Islam sent to Malcolm by an author in Saudi Arabia. Shawarbi as well gives Malcolm the telephone number of his son, who studies in Cairo, and the telephone number of Omar Azzam, the son of the book's author, who lives in Jedda, the town from which the pilgrimages begin.
Malcolm leaves the country silently, preventing publicity, and has a good flight to Frankfurt Germany, chatting all t...