Nation of Islam Prison Reform Ministry visits the Tampa Bay Area
By Rasheedah Salahu-din Muhammad The Tampa Bay Area was blessed with a visit by Brother Abdullah Muhammad, the Nation of Islam (N.O.I.) Student National Prison Reform Minister. His visit from July 7-9 began at the Coleman Federal Correctional Complex (FCC) in Coleman, Fla. It is one of the largest prisons in the nation, housing 7,120 prisoners, and it has...
‘The government is trappin’ too’
PHILADELPHIA—Nation of Islam Student National Prison Reform Minister Abdullah Muhammad’s impactful presentation, titled “The Government is Trappin Too,” captivated the audience at Mosque No. 12 in Philadelphia during a message earlier this summer. Shedding light on the concept of “trappin” commonly associated with drug dealing, he argued that the Black community had been “trapped” since their arrival on the...
Community gathers at rally to voice concerns over shootings
by Shameka Muhammad GREENWOOD, Miss.—The Nation of Islam’s Greenwood Study Circle, pastors, city officials, campaigners, and the community recently met to discuss the rash of shootings that have occurred in the city of Greenwood, Mississippi, in their “Stop the Killing Rally.” The rally comes after a spree of shootings since the beginning of the year, and just 48 hours after four...
Hard work and dedication to a mighty mission
Each and every week, the Fruit of Islam (F.O.I.) make sure that The Final Call newspaper is put into the hands of residents in cities large and small. The mission of the men who belong to the Nation of Islam is to make it known that Allah (God) has intervened in the affairs of the Black man and woman...
Through the eyes of a young Muslim
Youth enjoy and benefit from 28th Annual National Training Conference by West Muhammad High hopes and excitement filled the hearts of many youths during the National Training Conference in July. Brothers and sisters from all across the country convened in Chicago, Illinois, for the 28th annual National Training Conference held by Grandmaster Abdul Azziz Muhammad and staff. But this year was special...
Sixty-two percent of student loan borrowers say they’re likely to boycott repayments: Poll
by Brett Wilkins CommonDreams.org With U.S. federal student loan payments set to resume in a matter of weeks, more than six in 10 borrowers say they’re likely to boycott repayments, an intelligent.com survey published August 16 revealed. Nearly half of the 1,000 borrowers surveyed believe boycotting could lead to all student debt being forgiven, while three in four respondents also said they think a boycott would...
Six decades after the March on Washington, America still failing Black folks
Sixty years ago, on August 28, 1963, approximately 250,000 people convened in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., for the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. After six decades of that historic gathering, experts say progress toward economic, political and social equality has stagnated, particularly for Black people and marginalized communities. A new report titled, “Still A...
You do not have to take a shot: We have survived
I told you, “Do not take that vaccine.” Wait a minute. Before the vaccine was made, I warned us in the Name of Allah that this was a death plot. And before I went there, I told you of a National Security memo by the former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger that they had to kill or cull two...
Hip Hop 50 Live concert in the Bronx was epic!
by Shahid M. Allah COMMENTARY NEW YORK—The momentum and excitement going into the 50th Anniversary of Hip Hop concert at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York, only increased to a beautiful crescendo with a superbly executed event. Upon arriving at Yankee Stadium, the reverberating sound coming from the rap music and the massive crowd inside could be heard throughout the entire...
Carcinogen found at U.S. nuclear sites amid rise in cancer cases
The U.S. Air Force has found unsafe levels of a likely carcinogen at a military base where a large number of men and women have reported cancer diagnoses. The discovery of Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) in an underground launch control center at a Montana nuclear missile base “is the first from an extensive sampling of active U.S. intercontinental ballistic missile bases to...