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Nation of Islam returns to Detroit for annual holiday, will be back next year, too
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo News· 4 months agoRaised in a Baptist family in Detroit, Sister Letitia Muhammad searched for answers about religion...
The Nation of Islam: A brief history
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMalcolm X helped lead the Nation of Islam until 1964. Truman Moore/Getty ImagesMay 2023 marks 98 years since the birth of civil rights leader Malcolm X,...
Farrakhan addresses Gaza war in speech at Nation of Islam event in Detroit
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo News· 4 months agoSpeaking Sunday to thousands in downtown Detroit, minister Louis Farrakhan expressed sympathy for...
Top adviser to Dem Senate candidate posted photo with religious leader who compared Jews to termites
Fox News via Yahoo News· 3 weeks agoA top adviser to a House Democrat running for Senate in Michigan once posted on social media about...
Nation of Islam uses self-defense training to steer Milwaukee youth to positive paths
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel via Yahoo News· 2 years agoIsaiah Jones spent a lot of time watching TV and playing video games. That’s until Jones’ stepdad...
Louis Farrakhan sued Jewish leaders for $4.8 billion. A judge tossed the case
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 months agoA judge says there's no evidence that being called antisemitic has harmed Louis Farrakhan, above, or...
Community activists say touring Clayton County Jail changed their perspective on Sheriff Levon Allen
WSB Cox articles via Yahoo News· 1 year agoCommunity activists concerned about violence in the Clayton County Jail met with the sheriff and...
A look back at how a routine arrest in 1973 turned deadly
Shreveport Times | The Times via Yahoo News· 11 months agoThis story is the first in a two-part series. BATON ROUGE—On a hot, quiet morning in July 1973,...
Plan to name Harlem block for Nation of Islam leader Elijah Muhammad passes NY City Council
NY Daily News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoNEW YORK — The New York City Council on Thursday approved a plan to name a Harlem block in honor of Elijah Muhammad, the controversial late leader of the Nation of Islam. The bid to name the ...
'Knowledge of self': How a key phrase from Islam became a pillar of hip-hop
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 10 months agoA scholar explains how a concept that appeared in Nation of Islam literature nearly a century ago...