Myron,
Thank you for your suggestion about Hebrews 11. That is one of my favorite scripture passages. I am one of the students who helped to pan the DASS chapel, so maybe I can clarify some things.
1) We never claimed Malcolm X was someone to “be emulating as an example of biblical virtue”. We did set him up, though, as someone who was “publicly exposed to reproach and affliction” (Heb. 10:33), and as someone whose story Christians can reflect on and learn from today.
2) We used the scriptures we did because they were the ones in the devotional on which we based our chapel. Furthermore, while Hebrews 11 displays biblical faith quite well, I think biblical faith is described in Hebrews 10 in a way that was better suited for the chapel.
3) I think it is more accurate to say that Malcolm X hated what Christianity had done than to say he hated Christians. X perceived (understandably) that Christianity had been used as a means to enslave, subdue, and oppress his people. I think what he really hated was injustice and oppression, something people in DASS are also against.
I hope this helps explain why we were talking about Malcolm X in our chapel last month.