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Tablet Magazine
March 26, 2018
It has long been known that Women's March co-chair Linda Sarsour is a proud supporter of Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan. Earlier this month, it emerged that her colleague Tamika Mallory was present at the organization's annual “Saviour's Day” event in February, where Farrakhan condemnedÃâà...
Haaretz
March 18, 2018
Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan just dropped a seven-CD album series — and some of your favorite artists may be on it. Farrakhan, who has been accused of anti-Semitism for decades, released his “Let's Change the World” musical box set late last month after years of planning and recording.
Chicago Tribune
March 18, 2018
The leader of the Nation of Islam has, for years, been a toxic fount of anti-Semitic and homophobic rhetoric. “These false Jews,” he preached in 2006, “promote the filth of Hollywood that is seeding the American people and the people of the world and bringing you down in moral strength. It's the wicked JewsÃâà...
Chicago Tribune
March 13, 2018
I've seen Farrakhan play that tendency like a champ since he emerged on the national scene while providing Nation of Islam security to the Rev. Jesse Jackson's presidential campaign in the mid-1980s. Now a remarkably healthy-looking 84 and surrounded like the rest of us by new generations of moreÃâà...
Liberty Nation
March 10, 2018
Recently, several high-profile Democrats and left-wingers have received criticism for their ties to Louis Farrakhan, the current leader of the Nation Of Islam (NOI). After the Women's March co-president Tamika Mallory attended “Savior's Day,” an event held by Farrakhan, people began taking notice of theÃâà...
New York Times
March 9, 2018
Louis Farrakhan, the 84-year-old head of the Nation of Islam, has been back in the headlines after a previously unreleased photo of him with President Barack Obama was published in January and Mr. Farrakhan gave an anti-Semitic speech at his organization's annual convention last month. The Feb.
Washington Examiner
March 7, 2018
Tamika Mallory, Women's March organizer and co-president, is defending herself after facing backlash for attending a Nation of Islam event last month where Rev. Louis Farrakhan made anti-Semitic remarks. "I didn't expect my presence at Saviour's Day to lead anyone to question my beliefs,” Mallory wroteÃâà...
Louisiana Weekly
March 5, 2018
“Although not necessarily violent themselves, the Nation of Islam (NOI), New Black Panther Party (NBPP), New Black Panther Nation (NBPN), and the Five-Percent Nation attract violent individuals whom they indoctrinate and push toward extremism,” assessed the SPLC. See the report: “Return of theÃâà...
Haaretz
March 5, 2018
This follows a Sunday interview in The Daily Caller, in which Davis doubled down on comments made in a previous interview regarding the Nation of Islam leader, calling him “an outstanding human being who commands a following of individuals who are learned and articulate.” “I know Farrakhan, beenÃâà...
Newsday
March 5, 2018
25, Louis Farrakhan, the leader of the Nation of Islam, gave a speech in Chicago in which he repeatedly and venomously assailed the “satanic Jew.” Anti-Jewish invective from Farrakhan is nothing new; the Anti-Defamation League calls him “the leading anti-Semite in America.” He has blamed Jews for theÃâà...
Refinery29
March 4, 2018
Last week, current Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan—a well-known anti-Semite—gave a speech where he said “the powerful Jews are my enemy” and that he had “pulled the cover off of that Satanic Jew and I'm here to say your time is up, your world is through.” Other previous Farrakhan highlightsÃâà...
Aljazeera.com
February 21, 2018
In prison, he went through a transformation and ended up joining the Nation of Islam, an African American movement that combined Islam with black nationalism. Malcolm quit smoking and gambling. With the ambition to re-educate himself, he spent long hours reading books in the prison library andÃâà...
TheBlaze.com
February 18, 2018
Democratic California Rep. Maxine Waters attended a Nation of Islam convention where the group's leader, Louis Farrakhan, defended Palestinian suicide bombers, the Daily Caller reported. The convention, held in California in 2002, is the latest link between Democrats and Farrakhan's Nation of Islam,Ãâà...
MyAJC
February 6, 2018
Who is Louis Farrakhan? Louis Farrakhan is the leader of the Nation of Islam, an African-American movement and organization rooted in elements of traditional Islam and black nationalism. The 84-year-old religious figure was born Louis Eugene Walcott on May 11, 1933, in The Bronx, New York.
Atlanta Journal Constitution
February 6, 2018
In 1955, Louis Farrakhan joined the Nation of Islam, an African-American movement and organization rooted in elements of traditional Islam and black ... But when Malcolm X broke with the Nation of Islam over political and personal differences with then leader Elijah Muhammad, Farrakhan took his placeÃâà...
CNN
December 31, 1999
Farrakhan has led the black nationalist group Nation of Islam since 1977 and is known for hyperbolic hate speech aimed at the Jewish community. During the speech in Chicago, Farrakhan made several anti-Semitic comments, including, "the powerful Jews are my enemy." "White folks are going down.
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