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During World War II, Elijah Muhammad, leader of the Nation of Islam, opposed blacks registering for the draft or serving in the military and preached in favor of the Empire of Japan, saying that they were fighting against the white world order and would settle American blacks on an island somewhere (!).

He ended up being jailed for the duration of the war as a seditionist.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elijah_Muhammad
http://thestudyofracialism.org/about805.html
http://www.gale.cengage.com/free_resources/bhm/bio/muhammad_e.htm

What if he had been killed for his behavior (executed as a seditionist or, more likely, lynched by someone PO'd at what he said) or died in prison of some cause or another? What effects would this have on the Nation of Islam and black politics in general?
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