[mhking]

I've met Wendell Muhammad before; (at least if he's who I'm thinking of) - he's definitely not Arab; more like south DeKalb County.

Many members of the Nation of Islam change their names when they become members.

Supposedly the reason is to signify their "new life" in the Nation, and to renounce their "slave name" given them by "white America." Go figure.

[Catspaw]

This one is Brother Eric Ture Muhammad. He is the Director of the Black African Holocaust Council and the national correspondent for The Final Call, a newspaper published by Louis Farrakhan. Brother Eric Ture Muhammad also served as the Communications Director for --- guess who!!! Cynthia McKinney!

This guy--the son of Stokley Carmichael, BTW--not only was her communications director, but we paid for his trip to the UN conference on racism in Durban, South Africa.

In July 2001, he completed a brief tenure as Communications Director for Rep. Cynthia McKinney (D-GA) and helped organize the Congressional Black Caucus Taskforce on the World Conference Against Racism, led by Ms. McKinney. http://www.ericturemuhammad.com/BrotherEricTureMuhammad.html

[panther33]

Many members of the Nation of Islam change their names when they become members.

Supposedly the reason is to signify their "new life" in the Nation, and to renounce their "slave name" given them by "white America." Go figure.

Yep, that is exactly their self-stated objective in name-changes.