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I
ast week's action by Na-
tion of Islam lawyers seek-
ing Treasury Department
approval for a gift of $1 bil-
lion from Libyan leader Moam-
mar Qaddafi reflects a growing
drive by NOI leader Louis Far-
rakhan for legitimacy, accord-
ing to his fiercest congressional
critic.
NOI officials formally applied
for an exemption that would al-
low the Chicago-based group to
accept the money for infra-
structure development in the in-
ner city and an effort to promote
black political activity, despite
U.S. sanctions on Libya because
of that country's ties to interna-
tional terrorism.
So far, there are no indica-
tions of how the Treasury will
handle the request.
Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., said
that the action is another
step in Mr. Farrakhan's quest
for indirect government sanc-
tion.
"Obviously, he's seeking all
the money he can get," Mr. King
said in an interview this week.
"But even more than that, he's
trying to establish legitimacy
with the federal government; the
main thing is that he wants to
get credibility — and to back the
government in a corner."
It's no accident, Mr. King said,
that Farrakhan forces made
their request in the middle
of a heated presidential cam-
Paign.
Mr. King accused the Trea-
sury and Justice departments of
being "extremely uncooperative"
in responding to congressional
requests for information about
their dealings with Mr. Far-
rakhan.
"It's political, in the sense that
the administration does not
want to offend the African-
American vote," he said. 'There's
a real fear that if they stand up
to Farrakhan, it will hurt them
with a segment of that commu-
nity.,,
Mr. Farrakhan gained credi-
bility earlier in the year, Mr.
King said, when his trip through
Africa and his meeting with
leaders in Libya, Iran and Iraq
"showed he was above the law,
and that he could set his own
foreign policy. Now, if he can get
approval by the federal govern-
ment to carry out transactions
with foreign governments, he's
really building up respectabili-
ty and credibility — none of
which he deserves."
Mr. King also wrote to Secre-
tary of State Warren Christo-
pher and Attorney General
Janet Reno demanding that
they enforce American laws pro-
hibiting travel to Libya amid re-
ports that Mr. Farrakhan soon
will return to Libya to accept a
$250,000 award from Qaddafi.
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t's an election year, so tax
cuts are in the air in Wash-
ington. Both parties and both
major presidential candi-
dates want a piece of the
action — and so do some reli-
gious groups, which worry that
they could be cut out of some of
the politically popular propos-
als.
This week, the administra-
tion, responding to concerns
raised by a leading Orthodox
group, promised that religious
schools will not be excluded from
Mr. Clinton's education tax
package.
The centerpiece of that pro-
posal is a $10,000 tax deduction
for tuition at college, graduate
school and certified training and
technical programs and a $1,500
refundable tax credit for the cost
of tuition.
In a recent letter to Mr. Clin-
ton, Abba Cohen, Washington
representative for Agudath Is-
rael of America, argued that
"there is no constitutional ratio-
nale" for excluding students in
religiously affiliated schools from
such proposals.
This week, the U.S. Depart-
ment of Education responded
with a promise that the presi-
dent's proposal — if enacted —
will not exclude religious insti-
tutions that are already eligible
to participate in federal student
financial aid programs, a cate-
gory that includes schools ac-
credited by the Association of
Advanced Rabbinic and Talmu-
dic Schools.
"We're very pleased," Mr. Co-
hen said. "We think this is an
important step toward a fair sys-
tem that recognizes the impor-
tant contributions of religious
institutions in our educational
system."