richard turinawe

  In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. As-Salaam Alaikum. Emotions and tensions are high in the country and among us as the 2020 National Election nears. We are choosing sides based on the evil we see that President Trump has done, the racial animus he has stoked, and the insulting things he has said. Our anger toward him is legitimate and there is a great cry for Black people to come together and defeat him at all costs. Many see a serious threat in his policies, such as the appointment of conservative judges at the federal level and his effort to push the Senate confirmation of conservative Amy Coney Barrett as a Supreme Court Justice and replacement for the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg. Others, however, are pointing to the role that Democratic presidential candidate Joseph Biden played in devastating our communities through the 1994 Omnibus Crime Bill, which contributed mightily to the mass incarceration of Black men, widespread prison construction and tougher...

  [Editor’s note: The following article contains excerpts from a message delivered by the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan on the 16th Anniversary of the Million Man March and Holy Day of Atonement commemoration held at the Philadelphia Convention Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on October 9, 2011. Order this message in its entirety on MP3, DVD and CD through store. finalcall.com or call 1-866-602-1230, ext. 200.] In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. The Time for “marching” is over! We’ve done that, and we’ve accomplished a lot through “marches.” Through the Million Man March, we proved that we can rise above our differences because The Cause for which we were rising was greater than the things that divided us. So we came together to produce the Greatest Gathering ever to be seen in America—not by Black people, but by anybody! The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan Now what does that say? If we could rise above our differences to produce what never was se...

  African-American businessman looking out of a window at the city. Horizontal shot. [Editor’s note: The following are excerpts from the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan’s address on the occasion of the 12th Anniversary of the Million Man March, delivered from the Atlanta Civic Center on October 16, 2007. To order DVD/CD, or MP3, please visit store.finalcall.com or call 1-866-602-1230, ext. 200.] In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. On this day, the 12th Anniversary of the Million Man March, on the 16th day of October, we call it a Day of Atonement. For us atonement means being at one; at one with God and at one with each other, working to reconcile all our differences and accepting the responsibility to pull ourselves and our people up out of the condition in which we find ourselves. We have chosen the city of Atlanta to bring this message of Atonement, Reconciliation and Responsibility. We thank Mayor Shirley Franklin, the City Administration, Chief of Staff, Mr....