Perspectives
The Final Call: The First 35 Years
By Final Call Editor-In-ChiefRichard B. Muhammad Anniversaries mean something and can denote purpose, staying power, commitment, relevance or unrelenting determination to stay alive. This year will mark the 35th anniversary of the founding of The Final Call newspaper and our mission to resurrect the Black man and woman of America and the world. We have survived the first three decades...
Hope for change isn’t change: Don’t be confused
FINALCALL.COM While thousands have been in the streets with protests in all 50 states and some 18 countries, declarations that the United States is on the cusp of major change are premature. That might not be the popular thing to say, but it's true. White demonstrators in the streets don't guarantee change has arrived nor the beginning of a new...
Think like a God, train like a soldier, Part I
This title came to me as I studied Study Guide 19, “Who is God?” The more we learn about God and His greatness, we should want to be like Him. God is the ultimate soldier. A soldier “meets and overcomes all obstacles,” right? As the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan has said in an article entitled “Fasting Strengthens Discipline,” the...
Harvard’s inescapable history of race hate
There is not a more coveted degree in America than that which is conferred by Harvard University. The Cambridge center of traditional American intellectualism can lay claim to having stamped a goodly number of government and industry leaders with its crimson imprimatur. A Black person wearing a Harvard brand has always earned the special attention of the masses, mostly because...
Think like a God, train like a soldier, Part II
What is one of the best exercises for ultimate health? Walking is one of the best exercises because it is easy on the joints, and it is not strenuous. Walking is an exercise virtually anyone can do and is less taxing on the body. As a soldier, recuperation and rejuvenation is also an important part of training no matter...
A Diamond Among Men
FINALCALL.COM A voice cries: “In the wilderness prepare the way of the LORD; make straight in the desert a highway for our God.” Isaiah 40:3 68:1 (By) the inkstand and the pen and that which they write!68:2 By the grace of thy Lord thou art not mad.68:3 And surely thine is a reward never to be cut off.68:4 And...
The Month of Ramadan: A Time of Reflection and Self-Correction
by Sultan Rahman Muhammad | @ImamSultanM | Guest Columnist According to calculations, the lunar Month of Ramadan will begin on the night of April 12 and the first day of the fast begins April 13 before dawn (Fajr Prayer) until sundown. Observers of the fast abstain from food, drink and relations with their husbands or wives during daylight hours for...
It’s still genocide
We have come through the time called Thanksgiving and annual images of turkeys, pumpkins, fall leaves, families and scenes from dinner tables as Americans gather for a special day and a precious moment. Over the years, the traditional images and stories around Thanksgiving have changed and given way to celebrations like “Friendsgiving,” a gathering of those who constitute a broader...
12 Years A Slave: Depravity, Denial and Truth
By Richard B. Muhammad -Editor- The movie 12 Years A Slave tells a harrowing and disturbing tale. It should: The movie is about a free Black man, tricked, kidnapped and sold into slavery. It's due for release in October but a recent showing at the Toronto Film Festival shocked some so much that they left the theater. The beatings and killings...
Israel mimics failed U.S. militarism
By Ron Walters-Guest Columnist- The myth is that the U.S. is the most powerful nation in the world, and that Israelis are some of the smartest people in the world. Well, why are they both bogged down in the Middle East, utilizing military approaches to problems that, in the end, will not yield to successful solutions? Surely, Israel must have...