Farrakhan from page 13
He bemoaned Jews "who do not
Likely the most objectionable mate-
wish to live by the law set down by
rial was contained in audio and video
Moses:' but spoke the same way of
collections of previous speeches by
Christians "who use the name of Jesus
NOI leaders and classic texts like
Christ to shield their evil practices"
"Message to the Blackman" by NOI's
and Muslims who "want to tamper
first minister, Elijah Muhammad,
which preaches black racial supremacy. with the Koran." He defended Iran,
Hezbollah and Hamas for
While copies of
wanting to establish an
Farrakhan's speeches
Islamic theocracy, saying
predominated, you
"democracy is no replace-
could find copies of
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ment for the rule of God."
the violent anti-white,
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He said Hurricane
anti-Jewish, anti-Arab
v iy0 1Ct
Katrina showed God's anger
and anti-gay rheto-
at the United States and that
ric of Khalid Abdul
everyone should "prepare
Muhammad, a onetime
for the war of Armageddon
NOI leader who even
that has already begun."
Farrakhan distanced
Denying he is anti-
himself from. I was
Semitic, anti-white, anti-gay
told that on Saturday
or anti-American, he said
night, Khalid Abdul
the "evil" spoken against
Muhammad was lion-
A poster on "Writers
him was to silence him or to
ized by Dr. Zulu Malik
Row" touts a book
encourage someone to kill
Shabbaz, chairman
spouting Jewish con-
him. That this hadn't hap-
of the radical anti-
spiracy theories.
pened was evidence he was
white and anti-Semitic
"protected by God:"
New Black Panther Party. The Rev. Al
At the end of his two-hour speech,
Sharpton was part of the same forum
he listed required reading that included
by satellite hookup.
some anti-Semitic books, books
on black history and criticisms of
Wooing The Christians
the United States. He also listed
Farrakhan's appearance was eagerly
awaited especially since he hadn't been Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid by for-
mer President Jimmy Carter, widely
seen in public for seven months due
criticized as being a biased view
to complications from prostate cancer
that portrays Israel's policies toward
treatment.
Palestinians in the territories as rac-
In front of about 25,000 people at
Ford Field — which he renamed "Fard ist; and By Way of Deception by former
Mossad agent Victor Ostrovsky, which
Field" after W.D. Fard, who estab-
the ADL says makes unsubstantiated
lished the NOI in Detroit in 1930-
claims about Israel's intelligence agency
Farrakhan, 73, looked strong. On the
Though early in his talk, Farrakhan
stage with him were Detroit Mayor
observed, "What good is a leader if
Kwame Kilpatrick — who greeted
he doesn't prepare others to stand up
him with a bear hug — U.S. Reps.
when he sits down?" his speech gave
John Conyers and Carolyn Cheeks
little indication that he had done that
Kilpatrick of Detroit, various Detroit
preparation. Many questions remain
City Council members, NOI officials
about where the NOI is headed and
and dozens more.
His speech, "One Nation Under God" who will lead it there.
It seems likely to me that without
was Farrakhan as religious prophet,
Farrakhan at the helm, the group
powerful and expertly delivered.
will fold into other African American
Mostly political and theological, with
repeated references to Jesus Christ as a Muslim groups growing faster than
the NOI, with a remnant re-emphasiz-
prophet of Islam, he quoted Christian
ing the cultish black nationalist-sepa-
scripture more than the Koran.
ratist roots that target whites and Jews.
He blasted President Bush and
So while I didn't find all the trouble
American foreign policy, calling it
I was looking for, I suspect the trouble
"wicked" and starting a war that
still will be looking for us.
would soon engulf the whole world.
Defending Saddam Hussein — say-
Special writer Don Cohen of West
ing all had been good under his rule
— he called for the end of the war and Bloomfield is former director of the
Community Relations Council of the
for the impeachment and removal of
Jewish Federation of Greater Dayton and
members of the Bush administration,
former director of the Anti-Defamation
whom he called "liars" and "murder-
League Michigan Region.
ers" led to war by neoconservatives.
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