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In yet another instance, a prominent and controversial figure claims that Obama is the messiah. Louis Farrakhan calls Barack Obama The Messiahwhen will people wake up to this? How can this man be ahead in the polls?

MEDIA, Pa.—On a cigarette break outside the Seven Stones coffee house yesterday, Ashleigh Piazza, 23, did not hesitate when asked how Democratic nominee Barack Obama's race could affect his success here in southeastern Pennsylvania. "It's kind of sad to say, but I think it's a major issue," said Piazza, a file clerk at the nearby Delaware County Courthouse, where in a few hours GOP nominee John McCain and his running mate, Sarah Palin, would hold a rally. "There's lots of talk about his race around town," says Piazza. An Obama supporter even offered Piazza's mom $40 at a local bar...

Amid growing opposition, a campaign by the world’s Islamic nations to have international bodies outlaw the “defamation” of religion may be facing an uphill battle. The drive by the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC), led by members including Pakistan, Iran and Egypt, has sparked concern that the right to freedom of expression is being undermined by a group of countries, including some that enforce blasphemy laws and punish “apostasy.”

Jabir Herbert Muhammad — son of Nation of Islam founder Elijah Muhammad and former manager of boxing great Muhammad Ali — died Monday afternoon at the University of Illinois at Chicago Medical Center.Mr. Muhammad, 79, had undergone open-heart surgery last week, said Joseph Morris, a Muhammad family attorney. Mr. Muhammad had been in the news last year because of a lawsuit he filed against convicted political fund-raiser Tony Rezko to stay in his South Side mansion, a home built by the late Elijah Muhammad.In an interview with the Chicago Sun-Times last year, Mr. Muhammad said Rezko had “embezzled” him out...

  Nation Of Islam's Lois Farrakhan on the radio [WPAT AM] August 17 2008 [around 5:39 PM]: "If Obama loses fair and square OK, but if not... there will be some consequences..."   1) Will Farrakhan ever say that it was fair and square?   2) What does he mean by consequences, Is he calling for a violent bloody riot (again)?   While his past/present hatred is really troubling, even though he became more sophisticated in his language, yet, I am glad that through his tremendous efforts to hide his venom he is still so transparent when he always talks about "them" &...

Jesus says, “The good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and the evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart. For out of the overflow of his heart his mouth speaks.” Luke 6:45 While researching the source of Michelle Obama’s alleged “whitey” rant, we discovered direct connections between the Nation of Islam (NOI), Stokely Carmichael, Jeremiah Wright’s Black Liberation Theology and, most prominently, Louis Farrakhan. According to Larry Johnson’s sources, the Michelle Obama tape captures her in sordid company: The sources who have seen the tape report...

Hundreds packed a South Side church Sunday to hear Minister Louis Farrakhan address what he called a nationwide educational system that is in decline. The speech, titled "Educational Challenge: A New Paradigm for the 21st Century," culminated a three-day conference in which educators, community activists and religious leaders from across the country met here to discuss solutions to what they called a plighted education system. Farrakhan, joined onstage by the Rev. Michael Pfleger, attributed the qualms of America's education system to the country's history of elitism, minority children's disassociation with curriculums and the absence of religion in classrooms. "With a...

Welcome to your Monday morning blood-boiler. The NY Post reports that a jihadi group in NYC planning on running a series of subway ads is led by a Muslim imam tied to the terror plot to bomb the city’s landmarks. Submission: Allah board!An Islamic group plans to blitz 1,000 subway cars with advertisements this September in a campaign being promoted by a Brooklyn imam whom federal officials have linked to a plot to blow up city landmarks.The group says its mission is to explain the true nature of Islam to non-Muslims who believe the religion is bent on acts of...

MUSLIM SUBWAY ADS LINKED TO TERROR PLOTS - New York Post Jul 21, 2008 ... An Islamic group plans to blitz 1000 subway cars with advertisements this September in a campaign being promoted by a Brooklyn imam whom ...

ON Barack Obama’s first visit to Britain to celebrate the wedding of his half-sister Auma in 1996, he went on a pub crawl with the bridegroom, but quietly left when a stripper dressed as a St Trinian’s schoolgirl appeared at the stag party. The barman had no doubt the young politician was a man of destiny. “There you are — you’re standing next to a future United States president on your wedding night,” he told Obama’s future brother-in-law. As Obama embarks on his first foreign tour as the Democratic presidential nominee, the world is inclined to agree. If Britain and...

Left of left Muslim B. Hussein Obama has close ones who are anti-America per Little Green Footballs blogger Charles Johnson. One flies a Commie flag on his Harvard campus apartment room wall. Another is friend to Hamas and bloody colleagues. The first one has been exposed to the world. Sam Graham-Felsen, Obama campaign’s New Media Department official blogger, is the Commie lover. He flies the Red Banner as well as writes as a hard-core Marxist for Commie publications. Need say more? The second one has slid off the Obama official website. Hatem El-Hady was fund-raiser for Islam World Rule so-called...

Muslim B. Hussein Obama is being highly favored by Islamics in the United States. Per MosqueWatch.com: Muslim Congressman Keith Ellision endorsed the 2008 presidential campaign of Sen. Obama saying "He speaks with a unifying spirit." He said he supports "Obama's message of an open and fair economy, a balanced prosperity and clear opposition to the war in Iraq." National and International Muslim American Leader Imam W.D. Mohammed endorsed Sen. Barack Obama saying "He is the best candidate for the Presidency." All the more, Muslims worldwide are giving their applause to B. Hussein Obama. In addition, the Nation of Islam with...

Former insider worried by senator's connection to Louis Farrakhan, members of radical group -- JERUSALEM – Sen. Barack Obama employed and continues to employ senior staffers who belong to the Nation of Islam, and the presidential candidate has some "worrying" ties to the controversial group headed by Louis Farrakhan, a former key Obama insider told WND. The former insider, who spoke on condition of anonymity, expressed particular concern that Obama employed at least two Nation members in his early days as a state senator, when his office was staffed by only a handful of workers. "When you're a state senator,...

The Michelle Obama Rant Tape was filmed between June 26th - July 1st 2004 in Chicago, IL at the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition Conference at Trinity United Church: specifically the Women's Event. Michelle Obama appeared as a panelist alongside Mrs. Khadijah Farrakhan and Mrs. James Meeks. Bill Clinton spoke during the Conference, as did Bill Cosby and other speakers, but not at the panel Michelle attended. Michelle Obama spoke at the Women's Event, but referenced Bill Clinton in her rant --- his presence at the conference was the impetus for her raving, it seems. For about 30 minutes, Michelle Obama launched into...

JERUSALEM – Sen. Barack Obama employed and continues to employ senior staffers who belong to the Nation of Islam, and the presidential candidate has some "worrying" ties to the controversial group headed by Louis Farrakhan, a former key Obama insider told WND. The former insider, who spoke on condition of anonymity, expressed particular concern that Obama employed at least two Nation members in his early days as a state senator, when his office was staffed by only a handful of workers. "When you're a state senator, you have little money given to you to hire staff. It is ironic that...

Nation of Islam activists on Obama camp payrollFormer insider worried by senator's connection to Louis Farrakhan, members of radical group Posted: June 03, 2008 8:13 pm Eastern By Aaron Klein © 2008 WorldNetDaily JERUSALEM – Sen. Barack Obama employed and continues to employ senior staffers who belong to the Nation of Islam, and the presidential candidate has some "worrying" ties to the controversial group headed by Louis Farrakhan, a former key Obama insider told WND. The former insider, who spoke on condition of anonymity, expressed particular concerned that Obama employed at least two Nation members in his early days as...

With "2004: A Year Of Critical Choices for Inclusion and Growth" as its theme, the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition and Citizenship Education Fund held its 33rd annual conference in Chicago. The six-day conference at the Sheraton Chicago Hotel and Towers also marked the 20th anniversary of Rainbow/PUSH Founder and President the Rev. Jesse Jackson's 1984 U.S. presidential campaign--the first serious bid by a Black American for the nation's highest office The conference also featured several workshops including "Hip Hop Fusion" to educate America's youth about their civic and adult responsibilities--from voting to job hunting to money management. The workshops also exposed the...

Check out one facet of BARACK OBAMA’s “inner circle” — most of the women shown here represent a hidden inner circle that has played important roles in getting him elected. The Nation of Islam is not just another neighborhood group. Is the Nation of Islam the next one slated to go under the bus? THE PHOTOGRAPH BELOW UNDERSCORES the virtually ignored role that Louis Farrakhan and his wife, Mother Khadijah Farrakhan, have played in the POLITICAL RISE of Barack and Michelle Obama. From JET Magazine, a powerful Chicago-based publication, July 26, 2004

The City of Miami says it plans to give $150,000 to a civilian patrol group known as the Peacemakers, to be run by the Progressive Land Development International, an organization that shares a mailing address with the Nation of Islam in Miami. ... While the Peacemakers say they are not officially affiliated with the Nation of Islam, the group is headed by Rasul Muhammad, a prominent Nation of Islam member and the son of former leader Elijah Muhammad, and its corporate offices are at the group's Miami mosque

The buzz about a tape surfacing of Michelle Obama ranting about "Whitey" together with Louis Farrakhan and the Reverend Jeremiah Wright is interesting, if not a deal breaker. When it comes out, Barack will be permanently branded with the Nation of Islam - not a good tag when running for President of the United States. There is no coincidence that Barrack Obama "quit" his controversial church yesterday, just as news of this tape hit. But his ties with the Nation of Islam do not get cut just because he "quits" the church. "Barack hired two members of the Nation of...

A really interesting theory about the alleged Michelle Obama tape, which could explain a lot, from the liberal blog Booman Tribune. Michelle, offering a speech critical of President Bush, offers a refrain of "why'd he" — the words "why did he" mushed together — that sounds like "whitey" on the tape. Apparently, if the tape ever comes to light, her words will sound something like: Whitey cut folks off Medicaid? Whitey let New Orleans drown? Whitey do nothing about Jena? Whitey put us in Iraq for no reason? ...when the intended message is, Why'd he cut folks off Medicaid? Why'd...

I learned over the weekend why the Republicans who have seen the tape of Michelle Obama ranting about “whitey” describe it as “STUNNING.” I have not seen it but I have heard from five separate sources who have spoken directly with people who have seen the tape. It features Michelle Obama and Louis Farrakhan. They are sitting on a panel at Jeremiah Wright’s Church when Michelle makes her intemperate remarks. Whoops!! When that image comes out it will enter the politcal ads hall of fame. It will be right up there with the little girl plucking daisy petals in the...

Seeking a balance between outreach and enforcement, Miami is launching a nearly $1 million crime-fighting initiative in Overtown that will mix police patrols, video cameras -- and suit-and-tie wearing Muslims. The stepped-up policing seeks to deter would-be lawbreakers without making Overtown residents feel ''invaded,'' in the words of Miami Commissioner Michelle Spence-Jones. Which is where the Muslims come in. Along with budgeting hundreds of thousands of dollars for increased police patrols and the installation of surveillance cameras, Miami is spending $150,000 on a ''Peacemakers'' pilot program run by a nonprofit with ties to the Nation of Islam.

“I am a part of all that I have met.” Ulysses by Tennyson The Obama-lovin’ media wants you to believe that the Reverend Wright earthquake has passed. Some would have you believe that Obama turned a negative into a positive with his embarrassing public contortionism defending Wright and giving us a history lesson on American racism from Plymouth Rock to the Freedom Riders, as if Reverend Wright’s inexcusable hate needs a context. Nothing is further from the truth. There is much to be told about Reverend Wright, Obama’s mentorship with this hate-monger, and the larger implication this relationship has for...

Bulletins at Obama's Church Carry Their Own Controversy By Fred Lucas CNSNews.com Staff Writer May 09, 2008 (CNSNews.com) - Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) recently said his relationship with his long-time pastor and friend Rev. Jeremiah Wright "changed" after what Obama called the clergyman's "divisive and destructive" remarks at the National Press Club. Later, however, Obama stressed his loyalty to the Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago, where he has been a member for many years. Articles published in the Trinity United Church of Christ bulletin in 2007 carried controversial comments written by people other than Jeremiah Wright. Those comments...

By Michelle Malkin April 28, 2008 Heard E.D. Hill mention this earlier today. It’s been confirmed: Jeremiah Wright’s bodyguards are Nation of Islam goons. Several Farrakhan acolytes were also in the audience for Wright’s vaudeville performance at the National Press Club, including one of our favorite race clowns, Malik Zulu Shabazz, and America’s favorite race clown politician, Marion Barry. Also in attendance: Wacknut Obama supporter Rev. Michael Pfleger: Speaking before an audience that included Marion Barry, Cornel West, Malik Zulu Shabazz of the New Black Panther Party and Nation of Islam official Jamil Muhammad, Wright praised Louis Farrakhan, defended the...

According to Schlussel [syndicated columnist] "...a former Obama insider says that Obama's sudden aversion to NOI and Farrakhan is belied by the fact that Obama employed and continues to employ several Farrakhan acolytes in high positions on his Illinois and U.S. Senate campaign and office staffs." ... Cynthia K. Miller, who served as Treasurer of his Senate campaign. ... Jennifer Mason who currently serves as Obama's Director of Constituent Services and who oversees the hiring of interns for Obama. ... Obama's Illinois Senate district consisted of prime Nation of Islam territory including Hyde Park where Farrakhan's mansion is located...

The subject of race is all over the media headlines. Reverend Jeremiah Wright told it like it is and conservative America could not take the strong medicine. Sen. Barack Obama had to prepare his greatest speech to address the frenzy that was and is taking place about it. Imagine, Black people having to explain to White America that there is a racial problem in this nation. That alone signifies the degree of importance this issue has. Denial can be the worst enemy and biggest problem. Most recently, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice had to weigh in on the issue. She...

The Black man in America faces a serious economic problem today and the White race’s Christianity cannot solve it. You, the so-called American Negro, with the help of Allah can solve your own problem. The truth must be recognized by the Black man. He, himself, has assisted greatly in creating this serious problem of unemployment, insecurity and lack. Before the Black man can begin to gain economic security, he must be awakened from the dead and gain knowledge, understanding and wisdom which will enable him to follow my teachings. Islam and only Islam will point the way out of the...

Listen To It! WMP | RealPlayer Audio clips available for Rush 24/7 members only -- Join Now! BEGIN TRANSCRIPT RUSH: I ran across something last night.  I've not seen this anywhere else.  I did as much as I could to verify this.  Ryan Lizza in the New Republic, a year ago, long story at the New Republic on their website.  If you print it out, it's nine pages long.  Reverend Jeremiah Wright, ladies and gentlemen, used to be a Muslim, according to the New Republic a year ago.  It is interesting how this hasn't come up in the past year,...

A 19-year-old reputed gang member charged in the March 2 shooting death of standout Los Angeles High School football player Jamiel Shaw Jr. pleaded not guilty today to murder. Los Angeles Superior Court Commissioner Henry J. Hall ordered Pedro Espinoza -- who was arrested March 7 and charged March 11, just before Shaw's funeral -- to remain jailed without bail.

Black Muslim leader. Born Louis Eugene Walcott on May 11, 1933 in the Bronx, New York. ... was converted to the Nation of Islam by Malcolm X. Following Malcolm X's defection (1963-4), Farrakhan became the national representative for Elijah Muhammad. ... In 1995, along with other prominent black leaders such as Al Sharpton and Barack Obama, Farrakhan helped lead the Million Man March on Washington...

Referencing the recent uproar over his former minister's controversial sermons, Barack Obama on Saturday denounced the "forces of division" that he says have become part of the Democratic race for the White House. Speaking to a sold-out crowd in Plainfield, Indiana, Obama again said he sharply disagreed with the some of the Rev. Jeremiah Wright's past statements, saying they remind him of the country's "tragic history when it comes to race." "I knew him and know him as somebody in my church who talked to me about Jesus and family and friendships but clearly had – if all I knew...

Chicago Sun-Times columnist Mary Mitchell has proven that skin color is deeper than hate in her Sunday column as she scolded Barack Obama for distancing himself from the endorsement of the racist Nation of Islam leader, Louis Farrakhan. Mitchell scoffed at Barack's denouncement of Farrakhan as merely a "game" to placate racist white people and tried to pump up the legitimacy of Farrakhan at the same time. Shockingly Mitchell excused every hateful thing ever said by Farrakhan and said that Barack should have "found a way" to accept Farrakhan's endorsement "without denigrating Farrakhan's legacy." Mitchell scolded Barack Obama because he...

Greetings, FReepers, I just attempted to post a news article on FR re: Obama's Nation of Islam staffers, but it was rejected due to the author's request to not have her articles posted at FR. (wonder what she's so afraid of?) Article was dated January 30, however I just discovered it & I am wondering just how far into the New Media it may have gotten.(?) The "gist" of the article, is that Obama has "highly-placed" NOI staffers in his Senate administration in Illinois! And that, due to this fact, any condemnation/denunciation of Farrakhan is just plain BS! It is...

Arguably one of the most overlooked holidays in the United States, Saviour's Day serves as a day for members of the Nation of Islam to commemorate the birth of their founder, Fard Muhammad. Held annually in Chicago, the celebration gives Nation of Islam followers a chance to congregate and speak on important issues, mostly related to the black community. "The meaning of Saviour's Day, [is that] on Feb. 26, 1877, the founder of the Nation of Islam, a man by the name of Wallace Fard Muhammad, was born," said Mark 7X Cox, a junior speech communications major. "We come together...

It was Nation of Islam Leader Louis Farrakhan's first major address since facing down cancer. It was in Barack Obama's backyard—his hometown of Chicago. Farrakhan, perhaps the nation's most potent symbol of antisemitism, told a Chicago crowd of 20,000 that Obama is America's next savior. "This young man is the hope of the entire world that America will change and be made better.... This young man is capturing audiences of black and brown and red and yellow. If you look at Barack Obama's audiences and look at the effect of his words, those people are being transformed." Farrakhan compared Obama...

In his first major public address since recovering from complications due to cancer, Nation of Islam Minister Louis Farrakhan said Sunday that presidential candidate Barack Obama is the "hope of the entire world" that the U.S. will change for the better. Farrakhan and his family have a farm in New Buffalo Township in southwestern Michigan's Berrien County. Farrakhan, addressing an estimated crowd of 20,000 people at the annual Saviours' Day celebration, never outrightly endorsed Obama but spent the majority of the nearly two-hour speech praising the Illinois senator. "This young man is the hope of the entire world that America...

Representative Keith Ellison (a Muslim Democrat from Minnesota) has been assigned to a Congressional Task Force on Anti-Semitism. That would be like assigning me to head a task force for universal suffrage. That wouldn't be a wise appointment. Now some groups are calling for Chairman Joe Kaufman (a Democrat from Florida) to remove Ellison ... and perhaps with good reason. It's ironic that a man with direct contact with radical Muslim organizations would be placed on a task force on anti-Semitism. Ellison has ties to both the Muslim American Society and our favorite Council on American-Islamic Relations ... both of...

Conservatives and liberals rally behind an unqualified candidate. On the eve of Super Tuesday, the Hillary Clinton–Barack Obama race resembles the closing minutes of a football game: Team Clinton has a small lead, but Team Obama has the ball—and the momentum. Some of that momentum derives from an extraordinary, if unspoken, mésalliance that has emerged in recent months between conservative Republicans and liberal Democrats. Their hostility to the Clintons brings them together. In the words of liberal columnist Jonathan Chait, “The Right was right about the Clintons.” This comes as music to the ears of the old-time liberal warhorses who...

Barack Obama has publicly repudiated Louis Farrakhan and the Nation of Islam, but Debbie Schlussel says she’s spoken with an Obama insider, who told her that Obama continues to employ several Farrakhan followers in his campaign.

Barack Obama is a member of Chicago's Trinity United Church of Christ. Its minister, and Obama's spiritual adviser, is the Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr. In 1982, the church launched Trumpet Newsmagazine; Wright's daughters serve as publisher and executive editor. Every year, the magazine makes awards in various categories. Last year, it gave the Dr. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr. Trumpeter Award to a man it said "truly epitomized greatness." That man is Louis Farrakhan. Maybe for Wright and some others, Farrakhan "epitomized greatness." For most Americans, though, Farrakhan epitomizes racism, particularly in the form of anti-Semitism. Over the years, he...

Barack Obama’s longtime minister, mentor, and sounding board has been a key supporter of Louis Farrakhan and last month honored the Nation of Islam leader for lifetime achievement. Farrakhan has repeatedly made hate-filled statements targeting Jews, whites, America, and homosexuals. He has called whites “blue-eyed devils” and the “anti-Christ.” He has described Jews as “bloodsuckers” who control the government, the media, and some black organizations. “Do you know some of these satanic Jews have taken over BET [the Black Entertainment Network]?” Farrakhan said in a speech on Nov. 11, 2007. “Everything that we built, they have. The mind of Satan...

The legal battle over Nasir Farrakhan's ill-fated 2003 car crash on the Indiana Toll Road has exposed practices by so-called volunteers for the Nation of Islam that could be considered tax fraud by the IRS, a certified public accountant says. "You've got a potential for a massive fraud case here," said Thomas Witherow, whose background includes audits of nonprofit groups and tax preparation for religious organizations and their employees. "You're talking about a lot of people and a lot of money." Nasir Farrakhan is the son of Louis Farrakhan, the spiritual leader of the Chicago-based Nation of Islam. A northern...

Throughout the world, one of the most prevalent causes of war, terrorism and political instability is the ongoing weakening of the nation-state system. There are several reasons that the nation-state as a political unit of sovereignty is under threat. One of the most basic causes of this continuous erosion of national power throughout the world is the transformation of minority-dominated enclaves within nation-states into ungovernable areas where state power is either not applied or applied in a haphazard and generally unconstructive manner. While domestic strife between majority and minority populations has been an enduring feature of democratic and indeed all...

Date posted online: Thursday, November 01, 2007 Gary couple target Nation of Islam FARRAKHAN -- Case raises issue about claims of shield from income taxes BY JOE CARLSON jcarlson@nwitimes.com 219.662.5339 HAMMOND | A Gary couple who won a $350,000 lawsuit against the son of the leader of the Nation of Islam last year are going after the religious organization for the money because the son won't pay. But the issue could have much wider implications for the religious organization than just having to pay Nasir Farrakhan's damages. He was found to have crashed into another car on the Indiana Toll...

In a rare public appearance, Nation of Islam Minister Louis Farrakhan urged black Americans on Tuesday night to separate from mainstream culture to establish and support their own community. Nearly eight months after delivering what was thought to be his farewell speech, a smiling Farrakhan strode onstage at the Atlanta Civic Center to an applauding and cheering audience of nearly 5,000. He warned the crowd not to be distracted by the successes of recent decades. "We have to come out of the thinking of a slave and come into the thinking and acting of free men and women," Farrakhan said....

HAMMOND -- The 48-year-old son of Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan claims he has never paid income tax, provides no support to the four mothers of his nine children, and lives off $350 he picks up each week from a secretary at his father's home on the South Side of Chicago. Attorneys for a Gary couple who were injured in a 2003 crash in which Nasir Farrakhan twice rammed their compact car while driving his father's Hummer on the Indiana Toll Road would like some of that income to go toward the $350,000 in damages they were awarded in...

More police, charges follow editor's death OAKLAND, Calif., Aug. 8 (UPI) -- The killing of a newspaper editor in Oakland, Calif., has led to a number of local arrests and prompted the arrival of a state gang task force unit. Just as a California Highway Patrol anti-gang unit was being sent into the area to help investigate the death of Oakland Post Editor Chauncey Bailey, police arrested members of a local violent faction, The Oakland Tribune said Wednesday. Among the members of Your Black Muslim Bakery charged on Tuesday was the faction's reported leader, Yusuf Bey IV. The suspects are...

<p>Why is Congressman Keith Ellison (D-MN), the first Muslim in the U.S. Congress, disgracefully spreading extremist propaganda and aligning himself with controversial Islamist groups? FSM Contributing Editor Zuhdi Jasser demonstrates why Ellison must be censured by the U.S. Congress.</p>