By Ashahed M. Muhammad -Asst. Editor-

Nation of Islam marks 80 years in North America at Saviours' Day 2010

CHICAGO - With America in the grips of the worst economic crisis since The Great Depression, Black youth crime and violence at high levels, and a political reality rife with contradictions, guidance from the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan and the implementation of programming and solutions to serve the needs of Black people are needed now more than ever.  This year's Saviours' Day convention marks the 80th year of the Nation of Islam's existence in North America. » FULL STORY

Report: Detroit Imam slain by FBI agents suffered 21 gunshot wounds

By Ashahed M. Muhammad -Asst. Editor-

Over three months after the controversial shooting death of Detroit-area religious leader Imam Luqman Ameen Abdullah, the official autopsy results were released by the Wayne County Medical Examiner's Office on February 1.


A rising demand for freezing adoptions of Haitian children

By Charlene Muhammad -National Correspondent-

Some child advocates and human rights groups are calling for an immediate end to adoptions of Haitian children in the aftermath of the 7.0 earthquake that toppled its capital Port au Prince. The instinct to help by taking children out of the country could have horrible results, they said.


Man who says he spied on U.S. mosques sues FBI

By Amy Taxin -Associated Press-

SANTA ANA, California - A California man who said he spied on mosques for the FBI has filed a lawsuit accusing the agency of letting him go to jail for work he did as an informant.


Is Pres. Obama's political success tied to distance from Black issues?

By Askia Muhammad and Charlene Muhammad Final Call Correspondents

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama formally ended his first year in office with his first constitutionally mandated report on the State of the Union. Even as Mr. Obama reached out again and again, tilting his policies toward the Republican minority, liberal, grassroots organizations and Democratic members gave him generally high marks after his speech, while Republicans for the most part simply scowled and “sat on their hands.”


Report: Detroit Imam slain by FBI agents suffered 21 gunshot wounds

By Ashahed M. Muhammad -Asst. Editor-

Over three months after the controversial shooting death of Detroit-area religious leader Imam Luqman Ameen Abdullah, the official autopsy results were released by the Wayne County Medical Examiner's Office on February 1.


Nation of Islam marks 80 years in North America at Saviours' Day 2010

By Ashahed M. Muhammad -Asst. Editor-

CHICAGO - With America in the grips of the worst economic crisis since The Great Depression, Black youth crime and violence at high levels, and a political reality rife with contradictions, guidance from the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan and the implementation of programming and solutions to serve the needs of Black people are needed now more than ever.  This year's Saviours' Day convention marks the 80th year of the Nation of Islam's existence in North America.


A rising demand for freezing adoptions of Haitian children

By Charlene Muhammad -National Correspondent-

Some child advocates and human rights groups are calling for an immediate end to adoptions of Haitian children in the aftermath of the 7.0 earthquake that toppled its capital Port au Prince. The instinct to help by taking children out of the country could have horrible results, they said.


Haiti: New problems for already suffering nation

By Charlene Muhammad -National Correspondent-

LOS ANGELES - Fresh off a fact-finding mission from the earthquake-ravaged Haiti, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) blasted some recent developments in the Black Republic and called for more tents, more medicine, consistent U.S. military relief flights, and an end to all unvetted child adoptions.


Expulsions from EU rise sharply

By David Cronin

BRUSSELS (IPS/GIN) - The number of asylum-seekers and other migrants expelled from the European Union in joint operations between its governments has grown three times in as many years, IPS has learned.


White House threatens to yank stimulus funds over civil rights

By Ngoc Nguyen New America Media

For the first time since President Obama signed the $787 billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act a year ago, his administration has threatened to withhold stimulus money from a transit agency because it failed to comply with federal civil rights laws.


Poorest families find fewer affordable homes

By Matthew Cardinale IPS

ATLANTA, Ga. - The number of housing units affordable to extremely low-income families in the U.S. has declined over the last year, even as the number of families needing those units has increased, according to a new report by the National Low-Income Housing Coalition.


Credit Card Issuer Tricks Trap Consumers in Debt

By Charlene Crowell -NNPA Financial Writer-

Amidst the holiday hubbub of celebrations, shopping, and other seasonal events, the convenience of credit cards lend themselves to greater usage. These seasonal temptations are in addition to the ongoing needs of many low to moderate income families.


The poor have no voice

By the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan

It’s said that most of the congressmen, the representatives of the American people, are from the wealthy class. The wealthy and the privileged in this society, who have benefited most from the federal debt, corporate restructurings and plant relocations, are the people charged with representing the poor. Can they adequately represent the poor? » CONTINUE

Rebuilding Haiti: An Opportunity to Redeem Ourselves

By The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan

I've been so passionate today. This hurts me deeply because God is giving us a wake-up call and we have to listen to his call. I am determined now to do what is necessary to make our people aware that this is our chance to redeem ourselves through Haiti and what we do for Haiti. » CONTINUE

Farrakhan calls for National Mobilization for Haiti

By The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan

The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan has issued a call for a national mobilization of Black organizations and groups and Haitian American groups to respond to the crisis in Haiti. No single group or organization can have the impact of a combined national effort, the Minister said. » CONTINUE

For America to Survive, She Must Make a Real Change

By The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan

Something is wrong with a nation that sends its young people to war on the basis of a lie, making them to think they are fighting for democracy when they are fighting to keep multi-national corporations filthy rich at the expense of poor people. » CONTINUE

He Came That We May Have Life

By the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan

So many of us today are steeped in religiosity that we lose spirituality. So many of us are bound in rituals that we have lost the truths to which the rituals are pointing us.  So Jesus was such a refreshing personality in the Roman society. The scriptures say that the poor heard him gladly. Anybody that the poor hear gladly concerns the rich. » CONTINUE

Blessed are the Peacemakers

By the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan

When you pick up the newspaper and you read about Muslims, you say, “My Lord, these are some terrible people.” But the Muslims in the Nation of Islam have been in America now for 74 years and we have no record of terrorism. Even though the government does not like us, we are acting a lot better than many of the Muslims that they are dealing with overseas. » CONTINUE

The Ultimate Decision: Will you choose God's world or Satan's?

By the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan

Christians, Jews, Muslims, Buddhists, Hindus, all have deviated from the original path. Satan has devoured the entire world, but there is a remnant that Satan has not overlooked, he just has not been able to get them. And out of that remnant, Allah will take over the world and rule it again forever. » CONTINUE

Trials are made for purification

By the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan

We are in a very, very serious hour. The sun is setting on this world, and as we approach the darkness of the hour, we have to be much more prayerful and much more mindful of what we think, what we say, and what we do. This is the greatest nation in the history of the present world, and our presence in this nation was fulfillment of Divine Prophecy. » CONTINUE

Developing a Christ Consciousness In You

By the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan

People say I'm “controversial,” but I'm only controversial because the wicked know the truth of what I am saying, and they don't want my people to hear The Truth that God and the Honorable Elijah Muhammad has placed in my mouth. » CONTINUE

The Oneness of God

By the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan

“I'm a Christian; I'm a Muslim; I'm Orthodox; I'm Sunni; I'm Shiite; I'm Baptist; I'm Methodist …” We really get wrapped up in ourselves. Allah (God) didn't create any of this. He gave you the nature and the nature is constant; it is: “Obey God. Submit your will to do God's Will, and you become His child. Obey Allah (God), and you become His offspring. Rebel against Allah (God), and you become an enemy.” » CONTINUE

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