Perspectives
Blacks losing lives while White cops, at best, might lose jobs
FINALCALL.COM With news that an administrative law judge in New York recommended that the police officer who used a choke hold on Eric Garner, a Black man who died gasping for air and pleading 11 times, “I can't breathe,” be fired, there was hope the heartbreaking five-year-old saga could come to a close. No one has faced criminal charges in Mr....
A loss for the enemy, a victory for the truth
By Naba’a Muhammad Editor @RMfinalcall No thanks to the usual Satanic actors and attackers, the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan delivered a major address July 4 offering warning, guidance and instruction to a world ravaged by suffering and loss tied to the coronavirus pandemic. As people worldwide seek answers and solace over the loss of loved ones, the Minister offered comforting words,...
A paradigm shift for the educated Black woman
If an elite, Ivy League Harvard education couldn’t prevent a Black woman from being disrespected, berated, and belittled to become appointed to the highest court of this land, what does this say about the true value of this world’s education? As we closed out Women’s History Month in March and acknowledged the accomplishments and struggles of women everywhere, our leadership...
Ramadan: A Month of Love, Patience and Mercy
“The servants of the Beneficent are they who walk on the earth in humility, and when the ignorant address them, they say, Peace!” ~ Holy Qur’an, 25:63 The Holy Month of Ramadan is a month of reflection and restraint from the natural hungers of food, water and appetites. While for many, to restrain oneself from physical urges may be a...
America’s Deep Decline
“The responsibility of the well-being of the people of this nation rests primarily on the shoulders of the leadership. The Honorable Elijah Muhammad said to us that neither justice nor peace shall come to the nations of the earth until the 400-year-old problem of Black people in America has been solved with justice. The reason why no other nation...
Hidden History: NAACP’s Black Face & White Mind
In the city of Philadelphia, the Nation of Islam’s Regional Student Minister Rodney Muhammad has proven the wide and broad-based appeal of the message of the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad and the ministry of the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan. His simultaneous leadership of the local mosque of the Nation of Islam and the local chapter of the NAACP is...
WELCOME TO CIVILIZATION FEET FIRST!
(FinalCall.com)--If you are not a Muslim follower of the Honorable Louis Farrakhan, and have never visited one of us, you may be totally unfamiliar with the routine of removing your shoes before entering the home of your host. But, on the other hand, you may have encountered the same situation visiting the more civilized among non-Muslims–especially...
The scourge of Black poverty
By Ron Walters-Guest Columnist- (FinalCall.com) - Until recently, I had never heard of the latest disease now ravaging Angola in West Africa, called “Marburg.” Something like the dreaded Ebola virus or HIV/AIDS, it spreads through the transmission of body fluids and has killed 235 people in that country. That is why international health officials have raced into Angola to...
Our debt to society
Now that Black voters have exercised their electoral franchises, isn't it time they demand that the people they elected correct America's system of racially selective policing, prosecution and mass imprisonment? The operation of the crime control industry continues to devastate lives of millions of Black families and the economic and social fabric of their communities. The "law and order" priorities...
Building up to Saviours’ Day 1981: The Rebirth of the Nation
ASKIAMSenior Correspondent It was September 1977, at the annual Congressional Black Caucus Dinner. Min. Louis Farrakhan was in attendance. He was a “free spirit” so to speak. He was no longer affiliated with the World Community of Islam in the West, what had been the Nation of Islam. Min. Farrakhan told me that he was traveling around the country, considering...