Nation of Islam

Farrakhan: Obama First President To Sanction What Scriptures Forbid

The Huffington Post | Danielle Cadet | Posted 05.29.2012

Minister Louis Farrakhan recently responded to President Obama's endorsement of gay marriage calling him "the first president that sanctioned what the...

Nation Of Islam Leader: Racism Could Lead To Obama Assassination Attempts

Posted 02.27.2012

During an annual conference on Sunday, Nation of Islam Minister Louis Farrakhan said President Barack Obama has been criticized more than any other pr...

Uncovered Documents Reveal Malcolm X History

AP | By JEFF KAROUB | Posted 02.01.2012

DETROIT -- Documents outlining the crime that landed Malcolm X in prison in the 1940s are among some 1,000 recently unearthed items purchased jointly ...

The Greatest -- Muhammad Ali -- Turns 70

Peter Dreier | Posted 03.18.2012

Peter Dreier

Muhammad Ali's fame, his sacrifice, and his lifetime commitment to peace and human rights is unequaled in the sports world.

Bringing Gaddafi's Western Collaborators to Justice

Rabbi Shmuley Boteach | Posted 10.22.2011

Rabbi Shmuley Boteach

As the world searches for Gaddafi's whereabouts, a day of reckoning must arrive for all the Westerners who supported him and kept him in power.

Malcolm X: A Life Of Reinvention -- The Review

Michael Giltz | Posted 06.22.2011

Michael Giltz

You can't simply watch Spike Lee's film Malcolm X or read The Autobiography Of Malcolm X as Told To Alex Haley. To get the fullest, fairest treatment of Malcolm X's life, you must also read this book.

Malcolm X Was "Gay-for-Pay," New Book Says

Irene Monroe | Posted 06.07.2011

Irene Monroe

We need to closely examine the recent revelation that for a period in his life Malcolm X engaged in same-sex relationships.

Muslim Man Denies Author's Claim That He Killed Malcolm X

Posted 06.04.2011

By Amy Ellis Nutt and Barry Carter Religion News Service NEWARK, N.J. (RNS) For 46 years, the chief assassin of slain civil rights icon Malcolm X ...

Police Officers Beating Black Man Caught On Tape (Graphic Video)

Reuters/The Huffington Post | Verna Gates | Posted 05.31.2011

April 1, 2011 12:01:37 AM - By Verna Gates BIRMINGHAM, Ala, March 31 (Reuters) - Police have placed two officers on paid administrative leave a...

Louis Farrakhan Defends Gaddafi, Rips U.S. Action In Libya

The Huffington Post/AP | Posted 05.31.2011

Nation of Islam Minister Louis Farrakhan continued his defense of embattled Libyan strongman Moammar Gaddafi during a press conference in Chicago Thur...

Louis Farrakhan: Libya's Muammar Gaddafi Remains A Friend

AP | SOPHIA TAREEN | Posted 05.25.2011

ROSEMONT, Ill. (AP) -- Nation of Islam Minister Louis Farrakhan said Sunday that he considers Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi a friend and won't distanc...

Nation Of Islam Convention To Include UFO Talk

AP | SOPHIA TAREEN | Posted 05.25.2011

CHICAGO — The Nation of Islam, long known for its promotion of black nationalism and self-reliance, now is calling attention to another core bel...

The Road to Nowhere: Tracing Farrakhan's Anti-Jewish Paranoia

Rabbi Abraham Cooper | Posted 05.25.2011

Rabbi Abraham Cooper

Louis Farrakhan had his chance to reach out to mainstream America at the Million Man March on Washington in 1995, but he has since completely squandered that.

Louis Farrakhan: Jews Have 'Undeniable Record' Of Black Oppression

AP | SOPHIA TAREEN | Posted 05.25.2011

CHICAGO — Nation of Islam Minister Louis Farrakhan has written the leaders of more than a dozen major U.S. Jewish groups and denominations seeki...

African Americans and American Jews: A Tale of Two Messengers

Rabbi Abraham Cooper | Posted 05.25.2011

Rabbi Abraham Cooper

Juxtapose these two recent events that occurred on the same day a half a continent away and an ideological world apart.

Louis Farrakhan Preaches Peace

Rebecca Sive | Posted 05.25.2011

Rebecca Sive

One recent evening, Nation of Islam Minister Louis Farrakhan made a surprise appearance at the funeral service for Rev. Claude Wyatt, founding pastor of Vernon Park Church of God.

Farrakhan Predicts 'White Right' Trouble For Obama, Recounts Mexico UFO Vision

AP | SOPHIA TAREEN | Posted 05.25.2011

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Farrakhan: Don't Be "Pacified' by Obama election

AP | ERIK SCHELZIG | Posted 05.25.2011

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

Homeland Security's Improper Spying On Nation Of Islam

AP | DEVLIN BARRETT | Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON — Homeland security officials improperly gathered intelligence on the Nation of Islam, a black Muslim group, but government rules wer...

Barack Obama and the American Dream

Lauri Lyons | Posted 05.25.2011

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.

Ms. F and Me

Robert M. Grossman | Posted 05.25.2011

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.

Mr. Obama Disagrees

Paul Jenkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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 05.25.2011

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 05.25.2011

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 05.25.2011

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...