Muslim publisher assembles panel on domestic violence, sexual abuse and stalking
By Charlene Muhammad CHARLENEM HOUSTON, Texas (FinalCall.com) - Ebony Muhammad studies death, dying, bereavement, and psychological methods for coping with loss. She publishes Hurt2Healing Magazine online, which routinely features articles about domestic and sexual violence. She recently assembled a panel of survivors to help women and girls who are suffering those assaults in silence. The “Women of Transformation Summit: “Turning Wounds Into Wisdom”...
Were Obama death threats real?
CHARLENEM DENVER (FinalCall.com) - The same day Illinois Senator Barack Obama made history as the first Black man to accept a major party nomination for president, Tharin Gartrell, one of three men who recently made racist assassination threats against him, appeared in federal court to face felony charges related to the incident. Two days before Mr. Gartrell’s Aug. 28 hearing, U.S....
Nature’s Wrath or God’s Punishment? Calif. ablaze with record-setting destructive wildfires
By Charlene Muhammad CHARLENEM California Governor Edmund Brown, Jr. declared a state of emergency in Southern California's Orange and Riverside counties due to the effects of the “Holy Fire,” which has threatened critical infrastructure, thousands of homes and other structures and has caused the evacuation of 20,000 residents so far. Forest Clark was set to be arraigned on August 17...
Rochester reels as videotape of a police death is released
For almost six months, the Rochester Police Department and the authorities in Rochester, New York, chose not to release a videotape showing the circumstances surrounding the death of 41-year-old Daniel Prude while being detained and restrained by police. The encounter and its aftermath escaped public attention until Sept. 2 when Mr. Prude’s family and the family attorney released the videotape...
A Message and Warning to the President and America
Contributing Editor @jgm3000 DETROIT–A crowd of 14,000 people jumped to their feet with a rousing applause at the sight of the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan entering the stage at the TCF Center for his keynote address to culminate the four-day weekend of activities during the Nation of Islam's annual Saviours' Day 2020, Feb. 21-23. Dressed in an olive-green suit,...
Hurricane, horror strikes U.S. East Coast
Divine judgment plagues America, people need to pay attention in order to survive, warn Muslim ministers (FinalCall.com) - As if having record-setting storm patterns and deadly heat waves increasing across the country wasn't enough, now multiple states have been rocked by a recent earthquake and Hurricane Irene has left a trail of destruction on the East Coast–including deaths, widespread...
Military recruiters target Black youth
ASKIAMSenior Correspondent 58 percent drop in young Black enlistees Black military recruits on the decline (FCN, 07-19-2007)Military recruitment down: Blacks silently protest war (FCN, 04-06-2005)Army recruiters: No Latino left behind (FCN, 11-24-2004)FCN Editorial: Will you answer the call of the military? (FCN, 07-18-2004) WASHINGTON (FinalCall.com) - In the face of a huge drop in Black recruitment, the U.S. military is waging a...
No Hope For Justice? Rage Still Burns Over Minnesota Killing
By Charlene Muhammad CHARLENEM Boiling tension fueled by racial profiling and police abuse in Minnesota erupted into protests and demands for police reform with the fatal police shooting of Philando Castile, a Black motorist. Mr. Castile was shot to death by police during a traffic stop on July 6 in Falcon Heights, a predominantly White suburb of Minneapolis. He was Valerie...
GOP implosion, ‘the Big Lie’ and a dangerous road ahead
WASHINGTON—If 585,000 Covid-19 deaths, widespread fuel shortages, all on the eve of a new summer hurricane season aren’t enough bad news confronting leaders in this country, a dangerous political meltdown, fueled by the “big lie” that the 2020 presidential election was stolen from Donald J. Trump, is also on the horizon and its adherents are increasingly desperate and growing...
Uniting Africa and the U.S. Black diaspora to forge a new global economic destiny
ATLANTA— Bridging the gaps between the African continent and the coast-to-coast diaspora was a big discussion point at the National Black Business Conference, which recently took place. The conference, hosted by the National Business League, the National Black Chamber of Commerce and The World Conference of Mayors, welcomed African representatives from all over the continent. Present were the Minister of...