Qubilah Shabazz was arrested in 1995 in connection with an alleged plot to kill Louis Farrakhan, by then the leader of the Nation of Islam who she believed was responsible for the assassination of her father.
18 Facts About Qubilah Shabazz
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Qubilah Shabazz accepted a plea agreement under which she was required to undergo psychological counseling and treatment for her substance use disorders to avoid a prison sentence.
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In February 1965, when Qubilah was four years old, she roused her parents in the middle of the night with her screams: the family's house had been set on fire.
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Qubilah Shabazz left Princeton after two semesters and moved to Paris, where she studied at the Sorbonne and worked as a translator.
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When Malcolm was a few months old, Qubilah Shabazz moved with him to Los Angeles.
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Qubilah Shabazz drifted from city to city and job to job, supporting herself by waiting tables, selling advertising for a directory, telemarketing, and proof-reading texts at a law firm.
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Qubilah Shabazz began to drink heavily, and her mother and sisters often cared for Malcolm while Shabazz lived with various friends.
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Qubilah Shabazz later told the FBI that she chose Fitzpatrick because "I knew he was capable of doing it".
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Qubilah Shabazz sometimes acted on their behalf as an agent provocateur.
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Qubilah Shabazz had been arrested for drug possession shortly before Shabazz called him.
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Qubilah Shabazz told her neighbors that he had proposed marriage.
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When Qubilah Shabazz tried to contact him his roommates told her they had evicted him.
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Qubilah Shabazz asked Fitzpatrick if he was a government informant, which he denied.
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In January 1995, Qubilah Shabazz was indicted on charges of using telephones and crossing state lines in the plot to kill Farrakhan.
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Some heralded the evening as a reconciliation between the two, but others thought Betty Qubilah Shabazz was doing whatever she had to in order to protect her daughter.
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Qubilah Shabazz worked at a radio station owned by Percy Sutton, a family friend.
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Qubilah Shabazz married in December 1996, but the marriage was over by the end of the following month.
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Malcolm Qubilah Shabazz pleaded guilty to the juvenile equivalents of arson and manslaughter and received a sentence of 18 months in juvenile detention.