20 scholarships for Malcolm's organization to Al-Azhar

A high point for Malcolm during his Egyptian stay was a reception in his honor in Alexandria, hosted by the Supreme Council on Islamic Affairs on August 2. More than eight hundred Muslim students representing ninety-three countries were present to hear the SCIA announce that it would award Malcolm's organization twenty tuition-free scholarships to attend Al-Azhar University. Malcolm was overwhelmed, writing to Betty that the event was "the biggest and warmest reception of my life." The fact that Elijah Muhammad had been able to send only one African American to study at Al-Azhar - his son Akbar - while the MMI [Muslim Mosque, Inc.] would soon be sending twenty students to enroll was certainly a "wonderful blessing." 

-Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention (2011) by Manning Marable, pg. 364.