Nation of Islam

Farrakhan: Don't Be "Pacified" By Obama Election

AP | ERIK SCHELZIG | Posted 10.19.2009 | Politics


MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Minister Louis Farrakhan on Sunday urged his followers not to become complacent by President Barack Obama's election and to wor...

Ms. F and Me

Robert M. Grossman | Posted 04.06.2009 | Chicago


Robert M. Grossman

Farrakhan was much more of the generation and attitude of Jesse Jackson and Jeremiah Wright. Barack had passed them by. He didn't see things their way. Perhaps his daughter didn't either.

Barack Obama and the American Dream

Lauri Lyons | Posted 03.01.2009 | Politics


Lauri Lyons

The past four decades have been a mixture of social growing pains and progress. Even with that said, most people never believed that a Black man would become the President.

Mr. Obama Disagrees

Paul Jenkins | Posted 01.19.2009 | Politics


Paul Jenkins

Obama's choice of Rick Warren to give the invocation at his inauguration is dreadful. His explanation is even worse. He shrinks Warren's statements about gay people down to a "disagreement," as if we're talking about ethanol subsidies.

Farrakhan Praises Obama: 'America's New Beginning'

AP | SOPHIA TAREEN | Posted 12.11.2008 | Chicago


CHICAGO — After months of silence about his support for Barack Obama, Nation of Islam Minister Louis Farrakhan said in an address Sunday that th...

Farrakhan: 'New Beginning' For Nation Of Islam

AP | RUPA SHENOY and SOPHIA TAREEN | Posted 11.20.2008 | Chicago


CHICAGO — Nation of Islam Minister Louis Farrakhan stressed unity among religions, while still preaching a message of black empowerment, at a ra...

W.D. Mohammed, Son Of Nation Of Islam Founder, Dies

AP | SOPHIA TAREEN | Posted 10.10.2008 | Chicago


CHICAGO — Imam W.D. Mohammed, who succeeded his father as leader of the Nation of Islam but abandoned its teachings of black supremacy and moved...

Jabir Muhammad Dies

Chicago Sun-Times | Chris Fusco | Posted 09.26.2008 | Chicago


Jabir Muhammad -- son of Nation of Islam founder Elijah Muhammad and former manager of boxer Muhammad Ali -- died Monday at the University of Illinois...