Farrakhan’s Final Warning to America
By Richard Muhammad A Saviours' Day for the history books CHICAGO (FinalCall.com)--America’s impending war with Iraq will trigger conflict abroad and unrest at home that will doom the country, warned the leader of the Nation of Islam in a Feb. 23 address from the University of Illinois-Chicago Pavilion. The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan offered a final caution against war in a message...
FBI continues to target mosques
War on terror, or freedom Anti terror laws produce new crisis for Black leadershipFBI Exposed(COINTEL.org) WASHINGTON (FinalCall.com)--First,the FBI wanted a count of all the mosques in their regional field offices. Now,according to the Islamic Society of Frederick, Md., FBI agents who recentlyrequested a meeting with their leadership "mentioned casually" they would beasking for a list of the society’s members. This...
Early education helps autistic children
CHARLENEM TUSTIN, Calif.(FinalCall.com)–Michael and Regina Muhammad’s two-year-old daughter was vibrant, social and vocal before a doctor’s visit for immunizations. One shot and several days later, her speech, language, social communication and interaction stopped, and she started showing initial signs of children with autism: stiffening, behavior issues, tantrums, sensitivity to noises and faded attention. She is not alone. Researchers say autism, which...
Black network to air 24-hour cable news show
NEW YORK (FinalCall.com)–A Black-owned and operated cable network announced Feb. 11 the launching of the nation’s first 24-hour Black news channel. "This is a very exciting day," said attorney William E. Gray, CEO of Atlanta-based Major Broadcasting Cable network (MBC), "not only for MBC, but also for America." The show will be called "MBC News: The Urban Voice." Atty. Gray...
Farrakhan: ‘America at a crossroads’
More than 100 venues to host Saviours' Day anti-war messageAnticipation is high as the world prepares to receive the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan, live-via-satellite, during a Feb. 23 broadcast from Chicago’s UIC Pavilion. With hundreds of thousands around the globe poised to hear his message, "America at the Crossroads: War is not the Answer"–which culminates the Nation of...
Black clergy to America: War is not the answer, solve problems at home
FCN Editorial: Let the church say 'amen' TavisTalks.com (Tavis Smiley) DETROIT (FinalCall.com)–Prominent Black clergy from across the country convened to address "The State of the Black Union" told a national audience Feb. 8, in voices loud and strong, that President Bush is wrong and "war is not the answer." "This war is unjust," said Dr. James H. Cone, the Charles...
Conyers proposes health care solution to Congress
WASHINGTON (FinalCall.com)–Flanked by a number of the nation’s most prominent physicians and progressive leaders of Congress, Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.), the dean of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC), introduced a new bill Feb. 4 that he argued would provide an effective way to control skyrocketing U.S. health costs while extending coverage to all 42 million Americans now without...
West Coast works for Saviours’ Day success
CHARLENEM (FinalCall.com) - From Seattle to sunny Southern California, various mosques and study groups of the Nation of Islam’s Western Region are gearing up for what is anticipated to be the largest and best ever of its annual Saviours’ Day Celebrations. The "crowning event of Black History Month," L.A. participants will also include the upcoming 100,000 Man March for Peace,...
Sharpton: ‘We’ve forgotten how we got over’
FCNNEWSSOURCE Rev. Al Sharpton's National Action Network St. Sabina Catholic Church CHICAGO (FinalCall.com)–Democratic presidential candidate the Rev. Al Sharpton rode into town on controversy Feb. 9, and the debate continued long after he left. Invited to speak at St. Sabina Catholic Church by Father Michael Pfleger, Rev. Sharpton’s appearance was denounced by Francis Cardinal George. The head of the Chicago archdiocese...
Philadelphia’s dirty secret to be told
City to acknowledge slave quarters of George WashingtonPHILADELPHIA (FinalCall.com)–The names are shrouded by a history that was never told–Moll, Austin, Hercules, Richmond, Giles, Paris, Christopher Sheels and Oney Judge. All labored without pay as slave servants to the first family of this nation, in George and Martha Washington’s Philadelphia household. In all probability their unique story would never have...