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Talk of Qur’an burning leads to spreading of sacred word

-Staff Writer- (FinalCall.com) - Pastor Rev. Terry Jones, of the Florida-based White Dove World Outreach Center, canceled his plans to burn copies of the Holy Qu'ran, the Islamic sacred text, while the Al-Furqaan Foundation plans to continue national distribution of copies to promote understanding and insight. “We are disturbed that this pastor has agitated, provoked and disparaged Muslims....

Table Talks Project ‘seeks to preserve our stories’

An extraordinary historical project called Table Talks of the Honorable Elijah Muhammad preserves the legacy of one of the most influential figures in Muslim history in America and around the world, the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad. The Honorable Elijah Muhammad Table Talks Project is an organized effort involving historians, researchers, and volunteers dedicated to documenting his life and Teachings....

Family and friends seek justice in Palestinian American man’s death

OAK LAWN, Ill.—Family and friends say Murod Kurdi had his whole life ahead of him. He had a steady job where he was well-liked and respected by his co-workers and was a dedicated employee. He was also a beloved son, brother, and uncle.  Mr. Kurdi was the provider for his mother since the death of his father seven months...

A Night of Cultural Unity

CHARLENEMPhotos by Kenneth Muhammad The evening was an international, cultural explosion and every seat in the house appeared to be taken. Several thousand members of the Nation of Islam, their families and friends gathered in the Rosemont Center’s Plenary Ballroom on February 27 to experience “Ta Ha: The Final Call Symphonic Suite,” a special composition by Mother Tynnetta Muhammad. The Honorable...

A Holy Day of Atonement message resonates with Detroit inmates

By Charlene Muhammad CHARLENEM DETROIT–Over 50 inmates at the Ryan Detroit Re-entry Center received a message on the fulfillment of prophecy and unity as part of their celebration of the 23rd Anniversary of the Million Man March and Holy Day of Atonement. Abdullah Muhammad, the Nation of Islam's Student National Prison Reform Minister, and Abdul Rahman Muhammad, volunteer for Mosque No....

Mayor Marcus Muhammad sworn in for third term in office

On December 18, Benton Harbor Mayor Marcus Muhammad was sworn in for a third term in office. Mayor Muhammad was first elected in 2015 and officially took office in 2016. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, as of 2022 Benton Harbor, Michigan had a population of a little under 9,000 with Blacks making up 84 percent of the population. Benton...

Remembering Black, Indigenous descendants of Thoroughfare, Va.

Virginia community activists are challenging the destruction of Black and Native American cemeteries in Throughfare, Va., by developers.  The cemeteries are the final resting place for over 100 freed slaves, freedmen/freedwomen and Native Americans. “One cemetery has already been bulldozed and its under investigation to find out how it happened,” Prince William County resident and community organizer Frank Washington of...

Ramadan 2021: Muslims welcome annual fast as a time for deeper devotion, self-improvement

CHICAGO—The Holy Month of Ramadan was transformed beginning in the year 2020 when the Covid-19 pandemic forced many Muslims into their homes. Many could not look forward to breaking their fasts with their families, going to a masjid, or mosque, for community prayer or making the mandatory Muslim pilgrimage of Hajj to Islamic holy places in Mecca and Madinah. Despite...

The Month of Ramadan: A Time for Self-Cultivation

Through mastery over the forces of our nature, if we are able to fast from the basic needs of life such as food, water and sexual desires during daylight hours, we will find it easier to deny the low desires of self, found in our inclinations toward learned bad habits and the call of satanic influences upon our thoughts...

Farrakhan tells Blacks: ‘Depend on God, warns America that time for deliverance is at hand’

ASKIAM and Ashahed M. Muhammad Final Call Staffers ROSEMONT, Ill. (FinalCall.com ) - The tumult the world is witnessing in Tunisia, in Egypt, in Libya, in Bahrain is headed to America, the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan warned thousands during his annual Saviours' Day address at the Allstate Arena here. “You'd better prepare because it will be coming to your door, America,” Minister...