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Words Matter: How the Wicked Tamper With the Meaning of Words to Hide Vaccine Genocide

Warning to parents: Read this article and take appropriate steps “As you know, the Revelation of the Bible under the title of John, teaches us that the old dragon beast (referring to the white civilization) deceived the whole world, and they have done just that. Allah has taught me they deceived 90 per cent of the total population of the...

Majority Black city of Benton Harbor still battling for clean, safe water

Benton Harbor, a modest city in Michigan of nearly 10,000 residents—85 percent of whom are Black—is still in a state of emergency due to dangerous levels of lead in the water that has residents using bottled water. The residents of Benton Harbor have been dealing with high levels of lead in their water since 2018. The Environmental Protection Agency reported...

Black women and the ugly reality of domestic violence

By Charlene Muhammad CHARLENEM Last Thanksgiving was a particularly bad holiday for the families of six Black females who died at a time often used to focus on reasons to be grateful. But advocates say domestic violence and assaults against Black women still draw too little attention, outrage and protest. The five women and one teenager who died in a deadly...

The World Conference Against Racism: How and why global forum was hijacked

Twenty years ago leaders from across the globe convened in Durban, South Africa, to address the insidious effects of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia, and related intolerance. The World Conference against Racism, as it was known, led to the adoption of the Durban Declaration and Program of Action—a comprehensive and visionary document that laid out a global commitment against racism in...

Alleged sexual assault creates victims on all sides

CHARLENEM RICHMOND, Calif. (FinalCall.com) - The family, friends, and community of a 15-year-old White girl who was allegedly gang-raped outside her homecoming dance at Richmond High School, were still grappling with how such a heinous act could occur and how to ensure that it doesn't happen again. They convened a town hall meeting in the school's auditorium on October 31 and...

Activists call for hip hop reparations

FCNNEWSSOURCE Should Eminem Apologize? Should We All Apologize? (DaveyD.com) NEW YORK (FinalCall.com) - Community activists say they are angered by the lyrics in hip hop music that continue to denigrate Black women. Community leaders, activists and political representatives joined Brooklyn Councilwoman Yvette Clarke (D), Nov. 26 on the steps of City Hall to condemn specifically the lyrics of an Eminem...

Students from Japan, Harlem learn from each other during international youth dialogue

by Daleel Jabir Muhammad NEW YORK—Japanese high school students met with their peers in Harlem to discuss combating racism, learn about rich African history, and dispel myths about what Black life is really like in America. The International Youth Leadership Institute, led by Executive Director Jadayah Muhammad, the United Nations Department of Global Communication, and The Schomburg Center for Research...

A message to reach the masses

CHICAGO—The sanctuary of Mosque Maryam in Chicago was filled to capacity on October 15 with members of the Nation of Islam, visitors and guests to commemorate the 28th anniversary of the historic Million Man March. In 1995, nearly two million Black men from various backgrounds gathered in Washington, D.C. responding to the call of the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan...

U.S. Neocon Hawks take flight over Syria

JIM.LOBE WASHINGTON, D.C. (IPS) - In an echo of the tactics they used to promote U.S. intervention in the Balkans, Iraq and Libya, a familiar clutch of neoconservatives published a letter urging President Barack Obama to go far beyond limited military strikes against Syria in retaliation for its government's alleged use of chemical weapons that reportedly killed hundreds of...

Mosque No. 4 feeds hundreds of needy families during Covid-19

WASHINGTON—The word of Muhammad Mosque No. 4 hosting a fresh Free Food Giveaway during Covid-19 spread like wildfire throughout the District of Maryland and Virginia. “Someone told me in passing that the Mosque was giving away free food,” said 84-year-old great-grandmother Juanita White. “So, I decided that I would be first in line,” she added. Residents were asked to...