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Stop trying to link Farrakhan to your wicked murderers!

By Richard B. Muhammad, editor-in-chief In 1984, Jewish leaders upset by Nation of Islam Minister Louis Farrakhan's spirited and bold defense of the Rev. Jesse Jackson decided to launch an assault. The civil rights leader, who was running for president, had called for a balanced U.S. policy in the Middle East. Zionists condemned him and Jews ran ads declaring: “Ruin...

It is all about the Benjamins and influence for Israel lobbyists

FINALCALL.COM A flood of propaganda has flowed as the ugly, undemocratic policies of Israel and advocates for the Jewish state come under scrutiny alongside calls for debate and accountability. The latest major target was Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, a freshman Democrat in the U.S. House of Representatives. She has challenged one-sided American foreign policy aligned with Israel and a growing...

Redistribute the pain: Keep your dollars in your pockets

FINALCALL.COM It's been four years since the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan introduced the subject “Justice Or Else!” to mark the 20th anniversary of the historic Million Man March, which drew some two million Black men to Washington, D.C., under the banner of atonement, reconciliation and responsibility. A major part of responsibility is taking charge of the destiny of our community and...

Targeting Islam when Muslims suffer most from violence

By FinalCall.com News The eyes of the world have been turned to France and America seems poised to reenergize paranoia about terrorist threats and a false image of a psychotic Islam. The killing of innocent people in France is something that is to be condemned by all who understand the sacredness of life and who follow the law of God, which prohibits...

The Black Press and Black Self-Determination

By Richard B. Muhammad - Editor Black newspapers from across the country had an incredible opportunity recently to enjoy an exclusive interaction with the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan of the Nation of Islam. Unlike so many others who crave the attention of the White-owned, corporate-dominated mainstream media, the Minister spoke forthrightly with owners and writers at some of the 200 Black-owned...

Muslim apologists and the truth about Farrakhan

By Richard B. Muhammad - Editor Differences of opinion are the natural result of intellectual and spiritual development and, as Muslims, we are taught to make our arguments in the best manner. But when so-called differences are used to attack and malign an innocent man, that is out of bounds within Islam–which demands we speak from positions of truth. Muslims are...

A lesson from the Million Man March

The Million Man March, October 16, 1995, was a day of great joy and a major victory in a world where Black men are denigrated, rejected, targeted, hated and stereotyped. We live in the world of an enemy who has made us enemies to ourselves and to one another with us not knowing Satan throws a rock and hides his...

Cops and police unions strike back

FINALCALL.COM “Master Fard Muhammad said to the Honorable Elijah Muhammad: ‘Cast the rotten apple out quick!’–He didn’t say try to coddle somebody that’s rotten!   If you leave a rotten person in your society, after a while the whole bunch will become rotten! The whole church will become rotten, the mosque will become rotten, the organization will become rotten because...

An appreciated token of love

By FinalCall.com News The Nation of Islam doesn't celebrate the general holidays of American society based on their roots in falsehood and commercialism, but the Nation does use such celebrations as opportunities to teach and share wisdom about the basis of these celebrations and to impart meaning and lessons about the themes connected with these holidays. Father's Day 2014 was another...

An Enemy Disagreeable To Live With In Peace And Our Self-InflIicted Wounds

By Final Call News Revelations that the Nixon administration fostered the War On Drugs as a way to neutralize political enemies seen in Black America and the counter culture hippie movement during the 1960s and 1970s barely brought a reaction from Black leaders and Black organizations. Writer Dan Baum repeated an admission he attributed to Nixon-aide John Ehrlichman, who served jail...