Adopted and abused?
WASHINGTON (FinalCall.com) - Frank Lombard, a White Duke University official, arrested and charged with attempting to persuade an undercover officer to travel to North Carolina to have sex with his five-year-old Black adopted son has been arraigned and is awaiting trial here. His case is being tried in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia and if convicted...
Police did not give Black Alabama homeowner time to respond before killing him, attorney says
DECATUR, Ala.—An attorney representing the family of a Black man who was fatally shot at his home by police said on Oct. 6 that officers did not give the man time to respond before they opened fire. Steve Perkins, 39, was killed by police Sept. 29 in Decatur in a confrontation that began with a tow truck driver trying to...
Anti-Muslim discrimination rages
-Staff Writer- (FinalCall.com) - Over the summer, Cook County Correctional Officer Abraham Yasin won $200,000 in damages for harassment found to be pervasive or severe enough to create a hostile and abusive work environment. The harassment started in 2004 when Cook County, Ill., officers continuously and anonymously targeted Mr. Yasin with racist slurs such as “terrorist,””Hussein,” “sand ni**er,” “bin...
The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan Issues a Statement on the Lawsuit against the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) and the Simon Wiesenthal Center
In The Name of Allah, The Beneficent, The Merciful. I Bear Witness That There Is No God But Allah. And I Bear Witness That Muhammad Is His Messenger. As-Salaam Alaikum. This is Minister Louis Farrakhan, the National Representative of the Honorable Elijah Muhammad, the Eternal Leader of the Nation of Islam, and that great preacher of Freedom, Justice and Equality...
Supreme Court won’t rule on racist NFL team name
- WASHINGTON (FinalCall.com) - The U.S. Supreme Court will not intervene, ending a 17-year-old case against the Washington NFL franchise over its name–the “Redskins”–which Native Americans contend is a racist label, the Court announced Nov. 16. The name “is patently offensive, disparaging and demeaning and perpetrates a centuries-old stereotype,” according to the National Congress of American Indians in a court brief. Without...
Southern Injustice Exposed Deaths, accusations, and too many unanswered questions
“And judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter.” —Isaiah 59:14 (Bible, KJV) Like a ghost from the Old South, where for decades murder, lynchings, and state-sponsored terrorism were the order of the day, an “intensifying universal cry for justice” continues as the unresolved deaths of two, young...
Farrakhan offers guidance, warns America of the need to change course
- Live Webcast: Part 2 of Minister Farrakhan's address to be carried live via webcast @ NOI.org, March 7 @ 10am CST CHICAGO (FinalCall.com) - Everyone in the United States who has been affected by the Mission of the Nation of Islam since 1930–Black people, Muslims and non-Muslims alike; Latinos and Aboriginal Indians; White, rich and poor; and the U.S....
Service and steadfast in duty
The Fruit of Islam (F.O.I.) are steadfast in their faith, duty and are on a mission to serve. The F.O.I. work each week to share the Teachings of the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad under the guidance of the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan through the life, light and power contained in The Final Call newspaper. Around the country and overseas,...
Anti-gov’t sentiment growing
JIM.LOBE WASHINGTON (IPS/GIN) - Public hostility toward the government has reached record highs, according to a major new survey released on the 15th anniversary of the bombing of the Oklahoma City federal building, the worst deadliest terrorist attack on U.S. territory before 9/11. The survey, which comes amid growing media attention to the openly anti-government “Tea Party” movement rallies, could...
Soldiering and service in a mighty mission
Every week the Fruit of Islam (F.O.I.) push hard to deliver The Final Call newspaper to the people in their communities around the country. The brothers share the wisdom and information contained in the paper and also share the divine word of God and the life-changing message contained in the Teachings of the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad under the leadership...