Louis Farrakhan
Louis Farrakhan
Louis Farrakhan, Sr.is the leader of the religious group Nation of Islam. He served as the minister of major mosques in Boston and Harlem, and was appointed by the longtime NOI leader, Elijah Muhammad, as the National Representative of the Nation of Islam. After Warith Deen Muhammad disbanded the NOI and started the orthodox Islamic group American Society of Muslims, Farrakhan started rebuilding the NOI. In 1981 he revived the name Nation of Islam for his organization, previously known as...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth11 May 1933
CityBronx, NY
CountryUnited States of America
It makes no difference what we say, but it will make a difference what we do. If we mobilize and organize, we can accomplish that which we desire for the good of ourselves.
I was talking about [Donald] Trump and certain things he was saying, that he wanted to go into Iraq and just "take the oil." I said he sounded like the Corleone Family from The Godfather, you know, "Let's just get it all while we got the muscle."
This tells us that a new day is dawning in America.
Most presidents have been controlled by forces that control money and special interests. When Donald Trump refused their money, he refused their control. This made him dangerous.
Islam has always been a force that dispels tyrants and tyranny, opression and exploitaion. Islam has always been a force that militates for justice.
I loved Elijah Muhammad with a love that I can't adequately describe.
Naturally, when one makes progressive steps, there may be some who see it as a betrayal of their goals and interests.
The suffering of our people is greater than our differences. We are not yet free at last, so there is work to be done.
History is our guide, and without a knowledge of history, we are lost!
The Bush administration does not desire to see Islam practiced in its pristine purity.
Could it be that my circle is largely black and that it is why I am influential in black circles but not in white circles?
I think that ego-driven leaders will be a thing of the past because the masses are tired.
The government will never do for the poor of this nation until and unless we organize effectively to make government respond to the needs of the poor,
We're tired of begging others to do for us what we have the capacity to pool our resources - intellectually and financially - to do for ourselves. We will make demands from our government, but we know those demands will fall on deaf ears unless and until we are mobilized, sensitized and extremely organized.