Editorials
The test of time and divine ideas
By Richard B. Muhammad KINGSTON, Jamaica (FinalCall.com) - If time is the test of all men and all ideas, the Nation of Islam's highly successful 19th anniversary celebration of the Million Man March in Jamaica was further proof that there is something special about this movement that started nearly 85 years ago in Detroit. It was 40 years ago that Muhammad Ali,...
When will we value Black life?
By FinalCall.com News The statistics, the protests, the pain of the deaths of Black folk are indications of a painful truth: The deaths of Black people really don't matter in America. Despite nightly protests in Ferguson, Mo., demonstrations and civil disobedience, there have not been hopeful signs that justice will be done there. Recent reports of possible jury tampering actually make the...
Justice still needed at Justice Department
By FinalCall.com News News that U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder has resigned brought sadness from some quarters but as one of few original cabinet members for Barack Obama prepares to leave office, there is a raging problem that will not go away and that requires federal intervention. The problem is rampant police abuses and, in particular, the targeting of young Black...
Separation, independence and the future
By FinalCall.com News In Scotland, a Western and modernized country, a referendum was recently held to determine whether Scots should remain part of the United Kingdom or strike out as an independent nation. While Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron hailed the vote 55 percent to 44 percent to stay with Britain, the question is not fully resolved. Scottish political leader Alex...
The NFL, domestic abuse and Black America’s degraded condition
By FinalCall.com News The videotaped encounter between former NFL player Ray Rice and his then-fiancée have opened floodgates of discussion about domestic violence and the respect and treatment of women. It has also shown just how far this society is off when it comes to understanding the value of women, family and civilized behavior. It has shown just how much celebrity,...
White Media: Protector of White Supremacy
By FinalCall.com News FERGUSON, Mo. - There is an old adage about freedom of the press: Freedom of speech belongs to those who can afford it. We could add “freedom” of the press belongs to those who control it and we need to understand the press role as a major partner, backer and participant in the oppression of Blacks and framing...
Back to War in Iraq
By FinalCall.com News The United States again engaged in military operations in Iraq as reports of the suffering of religious minorities and Shia Muslims came out of the fractured nation. This time the U.S. targets were the black flag flying “terrorists” known as ISIS, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, which the Obama administration said had cornered innocents on...
For Israel, No peace based on lying, murder and injustice
By FinalCall.com News Related news: Genocide in Gaza: Global outrage, resistance and a wider war? “Israel has not had any peace in 40 years and she will never have any peace for there can be no peace structured on lying, murder, and injustice, using the name of Allah (God) as a shield for your dirty religion.” -The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan,...
Ignoring divine guidance and growing chaos in Iraq
By FinalCall.com News After spending billions of dollars and with the loss of thousands of lives, the United States is again looking at Iraq and pondering what to do. At Final Call press time, Secretary of Defense John Kerry was touting possible air strikes to stop the reported lightning quick strike of Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham forces nearly...
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...