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To proclaim liberty to the captives, Part 2

by Student Minister Dr. Abdul Haleem Muhammad Student National Prison Reform Minister Abdullah Muhammad has been given a monumental assignment by the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan. In Texas alone, there are 252 county jails, 17 state jails, 80 state and private prison facilities, 18 stand-alone federal prisons, and nine federal prison camps according to various government websites. PrisonPolicy.org claims 1.9...

Groups pressure Justice Dept. in case of imam slain by FBI

(FinalCall.com) - U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder faced protests Nov. 19 in Detroit as advocacy groups continue to press the U.S. Department of Justice to thoroughly investigate all aspects of the October killing of Imam Luqman Ameen Abdullah. Mr. Holder was in town as the guest speaker and an awardee at a Detroit Marriott banquet hosted by the Advocates...

Black mayor of Alabama town locked out by Whites

While Montgomery, Alabama recently made headlines for the “riverfront brawl” when a group of enraged White men surrounded and physically attacked a Black boat co-captain asking them to move their private boat that was blocking the riverboat with over 200 passengers he and his crew were trying to dock—in a small town less than two hours away, Whites are...

Nation of Islam marks 80 years in North America at Saviours’ Day 2010

Official Website for Saviours' Day 2010 CHICAGO (FinalCall.com) - With America in the grips of the worst economic crisis since The Great Depression, Black youth crime and violence at high levels, and a political reality rife with contradictions, guidance from the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan and the implementation of programming and solutions to serve the needs of Black people are...

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...

Unable to pay their bills, states, cities, towns and villages scramble to stay afloat

CHARLENEM Budget cuts bring pain and relief isn't in sight (FinalCall.com) - When Zakiyah Ansari hears about budgets and cuts, she knows one thing is certain: Black and Latino children in the Big Apple are going to lose big. The parent leader with the New York City Coalition for Educational Justice says plans to cut $1.4 billion from public education are just...

Rebuilding and reconnecting at the 13th Annual Marriage Retreat

Amid life’s hustle and bustle, where work deadlines, household chores, and the endless cycle of responsibilities often take precedence, many couples find themselves longing for a way to reconnect with their spouses and rekindle the flames of love that once burned so brightly. To their rescue came the Marriage Keepers, Brother Marcus and Sister Cecelia Muhammad, with the 13th...

Farrakhan continues to uncover Jewish role in Black suffering

Nation of Islam leader hurls more truth to destroy the lie of Black-Jewish relations Farrakhan's challenge to the Jewish community goes unanswered (FCN, 07-07-2010)A Speech and Book for The New Spiritual Economics Part I (FCN, 07-06-2010)Text of Minister Louis Farrakhan's letter to ADL's Abraham Foxman (FCN, 07-01-2010)Farrakhan: Blacks are True Children of Israel  (FCN, 06-28-2010)The Secret Relationship Between Blacks...

The Honorable Elijah Muhammad’s impact on Black Youth 

Malcolm X. Muhammad Ali. Imam Warith Deen Mohammed. Dr. Khalid Abdul Muhammad. The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan. These are all world-renowned students of the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad, a man who said he met with God.  The Honorable Elijah Muhammad was born 126 years ago around October 7, 1897, in Sandersville, Georgia. With a third-grade education, he shook up the scholars...

Obama, Democrats facing rough mid-term elections but the GOP isn’t popular either

- WASHINGTON (FinalCall.com) - If opinion polls and political pundits are to be believed, the Democratic Party will be swept out of majority control in both the House of Representatives and the Senate by a virtual tsunami of anti-incumbent feelings that will eclipse the losses suffered by Presidents Bill Clinton in 1994, and by George W. Bush in 2006. But...