Muhammad Speaks, a trailblazer in the newspaper industry
- WASHINGTON (FinalCall.com) - Even though it is mistakenly said that Minister Malcolm X founded the Nation of Islam's newspaper Muhammad Speaks, the firebrand Muslim minister did help to make it the largest circulating Black newspaper of the day. In 1960, before Muhammad Speaks began circulating a year later, Minister Malcolm, head of Muhammad Temple No. 7, did edit...
Muhammad Speaks; A Trailblazer in the newspaper industry
ASKIAM Senior Correspondent WASHINGTON (FinalCall.com) - Even though it is mistakenly said that Minister Malcolm X founded the Nation of Islam's newspaper Muhammad Speaks, the firebrand Muslim minister did help to make it the largest circulating Black newspaper of the day. In 1960, before Muhammad Speaks began circulating a year later, Minister Malcolm, head of Muhammad Temple No. 7, did edit...
Outrage in Oakland
CHARLENEM Transit cop who killed unarmed man gets a change of venue (FinalCall.com) - The family of Oscar Grant, III, residents, community activists, religious and civic leaders have expressed disappointment that an Alameda County, Calif., judge granted a change of venue in the trial of a former transit officer who shot and killed the 22-year-old unarmed passenger in Oakland. The new location...
Racial, religious profiling root of terror cases?
- WASHINGTON (FinalCall.com) - Even as federal officials insist that each newly exposed “terror” plot is worse than the last, many observers fear that the rash of prosecutions, almost exclusively involving Muslims and Blacks, are part of a backlash that is building throughout the country. Attorney General Eric Holder called the latest arrest, the alleged hydrogen peroxide bomb plot that led...
Unexplained disappearance of 24-year old has family puzzled
CHARLENEM MALIBU/LOST HILLS, Calif. (FinalCall.com) - The family of a 24-year-old missing Black woman has made an appeal to federal law enforcement officials for help to bring her home safely and soon. Mitrice Richardson went missing after deputies at the Lost Hills Sheriff's Station released her into a remote canyon area in the middle of the night, without her car,...
Farrakhan issues pointed warning, guidance in perilous times
- Minister Farrakhan calls Black America to action, warns of God's Chastisement MEMPHIS (FinalCall.com) - The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan issued blunt warnings Oct. 18–commemorating the 14th anniversary of the Million Man March–to the United States government, to the Black community at large, and to Black clergy and other leaders, that conditions today in this country are as bad as...
A warm welcome for Nation of Islam leader
-Staff Writer- MEMPHIS (FinalCall.com) - The City Council and Shelby County Board of Commissioners welcomed the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan during a leadership meeting, before a standing room only audience at the city's Convention Center. “Thank you for bringing the 14th anniversary of the Million Man March to Memphis,” said Councilman Joe Brown. “We know this is one...
Foreign policy hawks launch new campaign against Obama
JIM.LOBE WASHINGTON (FinalCall.com) - Just days after the Nobel Committee in Oslo awarded Barack Obama its coveted peace prize, two of Washington's most prominent foreign policy hawks launched a new group and ad campaign designed to depict the president as weak and defend the more aggressive policies of his predecessor, George W. Bush. The new group, Keep America Safe, was...
Farrakhan speaks live via webcast commemorating Million Man March
FCNNEWSSOURCE MEMPHIS, TN (FinalCall.com) - Culminating a weekend of events, The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan will deliver the keynote address commemorating the 14th anniversary of the Million Man March on Sunday, October 18th at 2pm Central Time. The address is to be webcast live @ http://www.noi.org/webcast/. “Minister Farrakhan's visit to Memphis and his message of responsibility comes at a critical time in...
Commemorating the Million Man March 14th Anniversary
Accepting Responsibility to Build Our CommunityThemes of Atonement, Reconciliation and Responsibility are needed now more than everr Official Website of the 2009 Holy Day of Atonement “...If My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their...