UN chief calls for West’s reparations for Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade
UN chief Antonio Guterres has called for reparations over the Trans-Atlantic trafficking of enslaved people as a way to tackle its legacy in today’s society, including systemic racism. In a statement marking the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade, Guterres said slavery has “laid the foundations for a violent discrimination system based...
Memorial marks 210th anniversary of crucial battle between Native Americans and United States
ALEXANDER CITY, Ala.—Prayers and songs of remembrance carried across the grassy field where more than 800 Muscogee warriors, women and children perished in 1814 while defending their homeland from United States forces. Members of the Muscogee Creek Nation returned to Alabama recently for a memorial service on the 210th anniversary of Horseshoe Bend. The battle was the single bloodiest day of...
Street naming ceremony honors life, work of Munir Muhammad
CHICAGO—On a brisk Sunday afternoon, a modest-sized crowd gathered at the Coalition for the Remembrance of Elijah Muhammad (C.R.O.E.) in Chicago to honor the late Munir Muhammad, one of the organization’s co-founders. Located at 2435 W. 71st Street, now C.R.O.E. members, supporters, and the community can proudly state that the organization is located on 71st Street and Munir Muhammad Way. “I...
The Law of Use and The Law of Abuse, and How Foods Affect Thoughts, Part. 2
In the 3rd Chapter, the 26th verse of the Holy Qur’an, Allah is telling Muhammad to say: “O Allah, Owner of the Kingdom, Thou givest the kingdom to whom Thou pleasest, and takest away the kingdom from whom Thou pleasest, and Thou exaltest whom Thou pleasest and abasest whom Thou pleasest. In Thine hand is the good. Surely, Thou...
‘We’re going to continue to fight for Kendrick’ A family’s decade-long battle for transparency, accountability
For parents Kenneth and Jackie Johnson, the disappearance of their 17-year-old son, Kendrick Johnson, a devoted student-athlete at his Valdosta, Georgia, high school remains a traumatic memory after the January 11, 2013, discovery of his body in a rolled-up wrestling mat in his school’s gymnasium one day after he went missing during school hours. Continuing their 11-year demand for transparency...
Believe and do good
“I am asking us to think of those who have nothing. Don’t have a Ramadan where you eat, but you’re not checking to see who is eating—just where you live; next door, around the corner. This Ramadan will be the best Ramadan if The Fast makes us concerned about others who have nothing to eat and no water to...
Teen scholar and saxophonist set to perform in Talent Hunt
Very often, our youth surpass our expectations and set new standards for excellence. This is the case for Brother Najm Khalik, 18, an academic cum laude scholar and accomplished saxophonist. From the time he was born, his parents, Brother Kaleb and Sister Crystal Muhammad, said that Brother Najm had a musical inclination that needed nurturing. “Najm is a third-generation, Nation-baby,” Brother...
New York youth basketball clinic offers training and empowerment
NEW YORK—The Fedayeen Youth Team of Muhammad Mosque No. 7 in New York City collaborated with Youth 1st Foundation, Inc., and Triple Double Leadership to host a dynamic three-hour basketball clinic at the Yes We Can Community Center in Westbury, Long Island on March 9. Hosted by Brother Kazeem Oladimeji-Muhammad, an F.O.I. from Mosque No. 7, and NBA coach and...
Serving and giving back during Ramadan
“I am asking us to think of those who have nothing. Don’t have a Ramadan where you eat, but you’re not checking to see who is eating—just where you live; next door, around the corner. This Ramadan will be the best Ramadan if The Fast makes us concerned about others who have nothing to eat and no water to drink. I am asking us,...
Let her come home! Charges in case of 11-year-old Black girl in connection with killing a White man in Louisiana do not add up
An 11-year-old Black girl in New Iberia, Louisiana, no longer faces first-degree murder and accessory to murder charges after the fact in the shooting of 36-year-old Kameran Bedsole but has been charged with obstruction of justice and faces seven years in jail after she pleaded guilty in open court on March 14. She has agreed to testify against her 15-year-old...