Katrina’s legacy still painful five years after disaster
With hurricane anniversary comes stories of startling lack of progress in New Orleans NEW ORLEANS (FinalCall.com) - While driving through the Lower Ninth Ward of the city, visitors might be shocked to see that most of it still looks the same as it did when the floodwaters of Hurricane Katrina struck–five years ago. This is where Linda Smith grew up,...
Service and sacrifice for a great mission
The Fruit of Islam (F.O.I.), men who belong to the Nation of Islam, are on a mission every week to help share the Teachings of the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad as taught by His National Representative, the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan. The consistent presence of the brothers in cities around the country is welcomed and many times is requested...
NAACP report exposes Tea Party racist ties
- Related news: Blacks and the Republican Party: Rational Choice or Complicity (FCN, 05-31-2010) WASHINGTON (FinalCall.com)- A new 100-page report from the NAACP–written by the Institute for Research & Education on Human Rights–paints a detailed, disturbing picture of various associations between national Tea Party organizations and acknowledged hate groups in the United States. The report details ongoing links between Tea Party organizations...
Tampa believers share the importance of ‘How To Eat To Live’ with community
TAMPA, Fla.—Inspired by the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad’s books, “How To Eat To Live,” Book One and Book Two, the Ministry of Health and Human Services of Muhammad Mosque No. 47 in Tampa, Florida, recently hosted an informative community discussion highlighting the importance of health. The doors opened and the evening started in the spirit of giving. Guests received bowls...
Questioning the ‘ethics’ of the House Ethics Committee
- WASHINGTON (FinalCall.com) - While there is no rescinding what many observers consider to be a punishment that was far too severe for the crime–the public censure of Rep. Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.) by the House of Representatives on Dec. 2–another Congressional Black Caucus member has exposed a cloud which could taint much of the work of the committee that recommended...
Prisoners in the U.S. are part of a hidden workforce linked to hundreds of popular food brands
The rise of prison labor Angola is imposing in its sheer scale. The so-called “Alcatraz of the South” is tucked far away, surrounded by alligator-infested swamps in a bend of the Mississippi River. It spans 18,000 acres—an area bigger than the island of Manhattan—and has its own ZIP code. The former 19th-century antebellum plantation once was owned by one of the...
Bev Smith refuses to bow down to Jewish pressure
(FinalCall.com) - Recently, several articles have appeared in the Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle criticizing the decision by radio host Bev Smith and American Urban Radio Networks for inviting Minister Louis Farrakhan to a March 11th Town Hall Meeting in Pittsburgh, PA. to discuss issues affecting the Black community. In writings appearing in the Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle over the past two weeks,...
Drill competition delivers with energy, excitement
by Yaminah Muhammad DETROIT—A righteous spirit of force and power echoed through the Huntington Place hall as the Nation of Islam (N.O.I.) drill teams hit the stage to compete in the 2024 Saviours’ Day Drill Competition. As one of the most highly anticipated events of the Saviours’ Day weekend, the drill competition attracts hundreds of Believers and guests each year. “Every year...
U.S. Jews mobilize to free convicted spy, Rabbi threatens Obama
-Staff Writer- Rabbi tells Obama: ‘Free Jonathan Pollard or Else!' (FinalCall.com) - Yonah Metzger, Israel's chief Ashkenazi rabbi, has a message for President Barack Obama: Free Jonathan Pollard or don't expect American Jews to back your presidential campaign. Rabbi Metzger, said during a pre-Passover sermon in Jerusalem that President Obama should prove he is a friend of Israel and “immediately...
The Law of Use and The Law of Abuse, and How Foods Affect Thoughts
Editor’s note: The following article contains an edited distillation of the hour-long message delivered by the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan as Part 37 of his 58-week Lecture Series “The Time and What Must Be Done.”] Did you know that there is such a thing as a “Law of Use” and a “Law of Abuse?” According to law, “use” as a...