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Nation of Islam team defeats police lawsuit filed after mosque stand-off

By Corey Muhammad The N.Y. state Supreme Court handed down the decision against officers who filed a $1.15 billion suit against the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan, Muhammad Mosque No. 7 in New York, the Nation of Islam, local Muslim officials and the National Black Theatre Workshop, from which the mosque then rented meeting space. The case was dismissed in its entirety,...

Minister Farrakhan released from hospital

Related links/stories: Prayers continue for Minister Farrakhan (FCN, 01-11-2007)Nation of Islam Press Statement on Minister Farrakhan's Surgery (NOI.org, 01-06-2007)Letter from the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan (FCN, 09-11-2006) MOSQUE MARYAM (FinalCall.com) - On the morning of Sunday, January 28, 2007, the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan was released from a five-week hospital stay following a major surgical procedure. As this great news...

Wells Fargo fined for ‘abusive banking’

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) fined Wells Fargo $3.7 billion for abusive banking. The bank’s illegal conduct led to billions of dollars in customer financial harm. Thousands had their vehicles and homes wrongly repossessed. Consumers were illegally assessed fees and interest charges on auto and mortgage loans and had payments to auto and mortgage loans misapplied by the...

A growing catastrophe in Gaza and the U.S. and Israel’s diminishing power on the world stage

The United States is encountering setbacks, losses, and continued pushback over its handling—or according to Mideast watchers—mishandling of the war between the occupier Zionist State of Israel and the Palestinian resistance blazing since early October. However, despite the growing pressure of opposition, Washington continues its unwavering support for Israel, even while thousands of innocent Palestinians have been killed, injured,...

From Tuskegee to Covid-19: U.S. Program of Black Genocide Is Unchanged

“Then he (the Hon. Elijah Muhammad) said to me, ‘Brother, you can’t fathom the depth of Satan.’ He didn’t use the word devil. ‘You can’t fathom the depth of Satan.’ He never said another word.” -The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan From the very start of the U.S. Government’s coronavirus operation, Black people had serious doubts about what they were...

Service, Dedication and Duty

Whether it be an offer of the latest edition of The Final Call newspaper or a kind word, the Fruit of Islam (FOI) are ready to serve their people. The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan wanted the men who belong to the Nation of Islam to be messengers under God’s apostle to carry the good news that God Himself has...

Activist Sonny Carson celebrated

NEW YORK (FinalCall.com)–Hundreds of friends and associates gathered Oct. 24 in the basement of the Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration business complex to celebrate the life of activist Sonny Carson. A native of Brooklyn, he was honored by Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz with a proclamation naming the day "Sonny Carson Day." The who’s who of New York City’s political and activist...

Muslims’ arrest in Albany raises concerns

(FinalCall.com) - The recent arrest of two Muslims, allegedly for plotting to assassinate the Pakistani ambassador, has sent shockwaves through New York's state capital, normally a quiet city of 100,000 people. “The mayor is adamant about everybody keeping their powder dry on this one,” Joe Rabito, executive assistant to Mayor Gerald Jennings, explained to The Final Call during an August...

Breonna Taylor supporters are relieved by charges against police

LOUISVILLE, Ky.—Louisville activists put in long hours on phones and in the streets, working tirelessly to call for arrests in the fatal police shooting of Breonna Taylor—but it was mostly two years filled with frustration. On Aug. 4 they saw their fortunes suddenly change, when U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland announced federal charges against four officers involved in the March 13, 2020,...

Sisters still struggle: Looking at some of today’s challenges for Black women

CHARLENEM Looking at some of today's challenges for Black women (FinalCall.com) - There are some powerful, national images of Black women as successful, accomplished and having arrived but national activists say Black women in America still struggle when it comes to core areas of life, like economics and educating their children. Women are bearing the brunt of America's economic recession and there...