Rabbis endorse Million Family March
SPRING VALLEY, N.Y. (FinalCall.com)--The Neturei Karta International, an organization of Orthodox Jewish Rabbis and the Rockland County Local Organization Committee, held a press conference Sept. 20, to announce their support for Million Family March. Kevin Muhammad , coordinator of the Rockland County Study Group opened the press conference , by telling reporters, "We are here today to inform you of...
Death penalty unfair to Blacks, poor
ASKIAM WASHINGTON (FinalCall.com) - Most of the 3,565 inmates languishing on death row in prisons throughout America would quickly agree with those who oppose its use in this country. Since 42 percent of them are Black–while Blacks constitute only about 11 percent of the overall population–most are already convinced that the punishment is unfairly applied. Since most of those under death sentences...
Media mischief makers and Malcolm X
Nation of Islam, Minister Farrakhan responds to slanderous news reports on murder of Malcolm X CHICAGO (FinalCall.com) - Media mischief makers are attempting to do to him what has been done to every outspoken Black leader who has had the ear of the masses–destroy his good name and ultimately kill him, the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan charged May 14...
Zionism, not Farrakhan is the problem, rabbis say
CHICAGO–Sixteen years ago in defense of Rev. Jesse Jackson, the sum of the relationship between Minister Louis Farrakhan and some members of the Jewish community equaled a grave misunderstanding that those Jews have wielded from then until now like a weapon to multiply a negative press campaign against the Minister. All that ended Feb. 24-27 when rabbis of the...
Saviours’ Day 2000 weekend brings many joyous surprises
ASKIAM and Eric Ture Muhammad CHICAGO–A new day in Islamic history dawned over America Feb. 27. The nation’s principal Muslim leaders–Minister Louis Farrakhan of the Nation of Islam and Imam W. Deen Mohammed of the Muslim American Society–embraced before a total capacity crowd at the Nation of Islam Saviours’ Day observance, then pledged to spread the word about the universal appeal...
Impact of a Nation on 20th century America
70 year Commemorative of The Nation of Islam in North America (FinalCall.com) - When the truth is eventually widely known about the impact of the teaching of the Honorable Elijah Muhammad on 20th century American life, history will reflect a pervasive, and monumental impact on the lives of, as well as the way all people in this society define themselves–their...
Malcolm X: Muhammad makes a giant
FCNNEWSSOURCE Malcolm X (1925-1965) enrolled in the Nation of Islam in 1947 while an inmate in jail and later rose to become national spokesman of the Honorable Elijah Muhammad. His father was a “Garveyite Baptist preacher” and his family later moved from Nebraska to Michigan. After the assassination by whites of his father in Lansing, his mother took ill...
Third meeting held between Nation of Islam and Jewish rabbis
MONSEY,N.Y. - Nation of Islam Chief of Staff Leonard F. Muhammad led a delegation of Nation of Islam officials to the upstate New York home of Rabbi Yecheskel Gold December 28, 1999 in a continuation of Muslim-Jewish dialogue begun six months earlier. Last June a delegation of rabbis from the orthodox Neturei Karta International community requested a meeting with Nation...
Howard U scientists make historic DNA breakthrough
Dr. Michael L. Blakey, project and scientific director for the African Burial Ground, is doing the breakthrough work at Howard University, an historic Black college in Washington. Dr. Blakey has opened up the possibility of slave descendants tracing their ancestry to specific areas in Nigeria, Niger, Senegal and Benin. Up until now specific genetic tracing had been difficult and left...
Latino cops sue NYPD
By Charles Brooks Originally published: 09-28-1999 NEW YORK (FinalCall.com) - While the New York Police Department (NYPD) attempts to maneuver itself around the number of pending investigations looking into police brutality and misconduct charges, it’s been hit with a lawsuit which highlights the discriminatory practices within their disciplinary process. The Latino Officers Association has filed a federal lawsuit against NYPD, charging...