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Farrakhan Transfers Leadership to Board
$egisira
o u ts id e rs ,
w ho
r e m e m b e r bers o f the Nation, w hose militia is
F arrakhan o nly for his m ost p ro ­ called the Fruit of Islam, also pro­
v o ca tiv e c o m m en ts, in c lu d in g vide security for housing projects,
calling Judaism a "gutterreligion" with some form ing independent
and say in g H itler w as "w ickedly security firms. M ichael Jackson
used N ation bodyguards during
g reat."
"The Nation o f Islam has always his prosecution on child m olesta­
falter w ithout a dynam ic figure like
by R achel Z oll
been a sym bolically im portant or­ tion charges.
the m inister in charge.
AP R eligion W riter
M ost o f the N ation's income
ganization as a cultural symbol of
"W hen Farrakhan dies, my pre­
M inister Louis Farrakhan. ailing
d efian ce ag ain st the A m erican com es from m em ber donations and
and in seclusion at his Michigan diction is the m ovem ent will split,"
s ta te ," sa id M e lis s a H a rris- sales o f the m ovement new spaper
home, has ceded leadership o f the said Law rence M am iya, a Vassar
Lacewell, professor o f politics and the Final Call, although its circula­
Nation o f Islam to an executive College professor and an expert on
A fr ic a n - A m e r ic a n s tu d ie s at tion is not known, M am iya said.
board while he recovers, saying the A frican-A m erican religion. "I don't
M em bership is concentrated in
Princeton University. "At the M il­
movement must prove that it "is think this m ovem ent can be gov­
lion Man M arch, most o f those M idw estern and N ortheastern cit­
more than the charism a, eloquence erned by a board. It runs o ff the
people were not m em bers o f the ies including Detroit, where the
charism atic energy o f one person."
and personality" o f one person.
Nation o f Islam. They were sup­ group has its roots, and Chicago,
The 73-year-old Farrakhan wrote
But those w ho have w atched the
porters o f Farrakhan and his brand where Farrakhan keeps a hom e in
Nation evolve over decades be­ in a Sept. 11 le tte rto followers that
Minister
Louis
Farrakhan
giving
a
charasmatic
speech.
the Kenwood neighborhood. The
o
f critique o f American politics."
lieve that the organization— known he was anemic and 20 pounds lighter
house is a well-know n landmark,
Farrakhan
has
haltingly
tried
to
"In this period o f testing, you Islam.
as much for the dark suits and bow because o f com plications from an
with
its yellow stone exterior, round-
move
the
Nation
toward
traditional
W hile the Nation has obviously
ties o f its followers as for its doc­ ulcer in the anal area. He had sur­ can prove to the world that the
the-clock
guards and M uslim cres­
Islam,
w
hich
considers
the
A
m
eri­
Nation o f Islam is more than the survived, no one can say how suc­
trine o f black suprem acy — will gery in 2(XM) for prostate cancer.
can m ovement heretical because of cents intfhe stained-glass windows.
charism a, eloquence and personal­ cessful the revival has been.
But the Nation has also been
A longtime target o f federal sur­ its view o f Elijah M uham m ad as a
ity o f Louis Farrakhan," he wrote.
Leonard A Latin
"You can prove that the Nation o f veillance, the m ovem ent is highly prophet — am ong oth er novel trying to expand overseas, with
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Islam ...»is more than the physical secretive and suspicious o f outsid­ teachings. O rthodox Islam teaches m osques in the Caribbean, in the
presence of any individual, and that ers. At M osque Maryam in Chi- that there has been no prophet West African nation o f G hana, and
in England and France, M amiya
it will live long after I and we have
said.
gone."
A nalysts agree, how ever, that
Conrad Worri II, o f the Inner C it­
Priority Service
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the m ovem ent co n tin u es to see
ies Studies program at N ortheast­
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its g rea test grow th in A m erican
ern Illinois University, traveled with
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priso n s. M any m em bers are o f­
Farrakhan to Cuba, where he was
Lawrence
Mamiya,
a
Vassar
College
professor
Leonard A Latin
fenders, ex -o ffe n d ers or relatives
initially diagnosed this year. "It's
503.740.1448
serious, he needs to recover, but cago, the N ation's headquarters, after M uhammad in the seventh o f co n v icts. U pon release, e x -in ­
m ates w ho w ant to stay in the
he's not on his deathbed," he said. security guards stand watch be­ century.
He's also played down some of N ation may have to undergo boot
The Rev. Jesse Jackson, who hind brass-plated doors.
Even researchers who follow the the group's more controversial be­ cam p train in g , in clu d in g m ilitary
spoke with Farrakhan by phone
Sept. 24. saiil the minister had given group closely do not know for sure liefs. The Nation o f Islam teaches m arch in g , p u sh -u p s and running
up oversight "because he w ants to how many mem bers or mosques it that w hites are descended from the laps, as a w ay to instill d iscipline,
devote his time exclusively to physi­ has, how much money it takes in or devil and that blacks are the chosen M am iya said.
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cal restitution."
whether it is shrinking or growing. people o f Allah. M amiya said lead­
Portland, Oregon
Y et F a rra k h a n 's p o p u la rity ers no longer preach that message, A frican -A m erican s are o v errep ­
Still, it's clear from Farrakhan's
letter that he is concerned about am ong m any blacks is clear. T he although it is still taught in some resen ted and this tends to breed
a lot o f rese n tm e n t," said Jim m y
hundreds o f th o u san d s o f black m osques.
who will succeed him.
Jo
n e s, a relig io n p ro fe sso r at
For
many
blacks,
the
Nation
is
He has firsthand experience with men he drew Io the 1995 M illion
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an h attan v ille C o lleg e w ho has
known
mainly
for
its
local
busi­
a messy transition at the top. He Man M arch in W ashington are
w
orked
as a M uslim jail chaplain
nesses
and
for
social
service
pro­
had to rebuild the Nation in the late only one exam ple. He is p opular
for
25
years.
"A n ideology that
gram
s.
including
health
projects
w
ith
hip-hop
artists,
w
ho
praise
1970s. after W. D. M oham m ed, the
is
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s
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n
ti
a
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a ra e e d - b a s e d
such
as
H
IV/AIDS
aw
areness
and
the
N
ation
in
th
eir
m
usic,
and
a
son o f the late Nation leader Elijah
Muhammad, broke away and moved trusted m ed iato r in gang conflict. prostate cancer screening, and an id eology is very p o p u lar in that
his follow ers tow ard m ainstream T his support is bafflin g to many extensive prison ministry. M em ­ co n tex t."
Nation ponders future
without dynamic figure
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Crolley, w hodied Sept. 28 at age 71.
Margaret Ann Daniels was bom
May 5 , 1935. in I k K alb,Texas.and
moved Io Portland in 1944. She
graduated from Roosevelt High
Schixil and was a print shop super­
visor for Portland Public Schools.
In 1954. she married Jam es Crolley.
Survivors include her husband;
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Soldier Passes
Lee Andrew Williams
Lee A ndre w W i 11 i ams, a hero i n
hisow n right, died Saturday, Sept.
30,2006.
Services will be held Friday,
Oct. 6 at 10 a.m. at Philadelphia
C om m unity M issionary Baptist
Church. 238 N.E. M ason.
Public viewing is scheduled
Thursday, Oct. 5 from 5 p.m. to 7
p.m.
W illiam s was born March 4.
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