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So. Africans
Are Critical
Johannesburg (JTA) — Two
South African Jewish groups
have criticized President Nelson
Mandela for meeting here with
Nation of Islam leader Louis Far-
rakhan as part of his African
tour.
Mr. Farrakhan, an American
black nationalist who is notori-
ous for his anti-Semitic and racist
comments, has referred to Jews
as "bloodsuckers" and Judaism
as a "gutter religion."
He said he was touring Africa
to spread the message of the Mil-
lion Man March he organized last
year in the United States. The
march was a call for black men
to take responsibility for their
own lives and families, and to
dedicate themselves to fighting
the scourges of drugs, violence
and unemployment.
The South African Jewish
Board of Deputies said in a state-
ment that it "would have pre-
ferred it Your esteemed president
— who is the world symbol of rec-
onciliation and nonracialism —
would not have met with Minis-
ter Farrakhan."
The Board of Deputies also
said it thought that Mr. Far-
rakhan would exploit the meet-
ing with Mr. Mandela for "his
own U.S. agenda" and would seek
to use the president's good name
"in an effort to add respectabili-
ty to the cause he is espousing in
the U.S. without in any way re-
tracting his past inflammatory
rhetoric."
In a strongly worded state-
ment, the South African Union
of Jewish Students said of the vis-
it, "It is indeed a travesty that a
leader who seeks to sow discord
amongst various groupings and
whose agenda is obviously con-
trary to the spirit of the new
South Africa and its constitution,
is welcomed by President Nelson
Mandela, himself a symbol of the
new dispensation."
The student group said it did
not dispute Mr. Farrakhan's
right to visit the country but felt
that it was "inappropriate for
high-level government delega-
tions to give credence to his un-
acceptable views by meeting
him."
The Board of Deputies, how-
ever, also acknowledged that Mr.
Mandela lectured Mr. Farrakhan
on tolerance.
The board said it was "com-
forted" that Mandela told the
NOI leader that "it is imperative
for all of us to promote religious
tolerance and to reject any form
of discrimination on the basis of
race, color, sex or religious belief."
Mr. Mandela said he had
agreed to meet with Farrakhan
just as he would have consent-
ed to meet with any other leader
who held "divergent" views. El
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