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Louis Farrakhan, controversial leader of the Nation of Islam, on Sunday hailed US president-elect Barack Obama as an extraordinary leader but warned his victory would stir up racial animosity. Farrakhan, 75, said that Obama's presidential candidacy had excited the nation in a way not seen since ...
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In case you care… "For nine months, I
kept quiet," Nation of Islam Minister Louis Farrakhan said...
today at Mosque Maryam in Chicago, "because I saw that the good words that I spoke about this beautiful young man" -- President-elect...
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Most cockroaches flee from the light, but this one seeks it.
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Farrakhan crawls out from his rock to join the celebrations with...
He cited news reports that gun sales had surged since Obama's electoral victory, and told of how fights reportedly broke out in some schools, with white students chanting "white power," while blacks students chanted "black power."
"I'm sure that many of our people have unfortunately lost their lives because of the absolute hatred that is manifested now that one of our own has risen to such a high office," he told the crowd at the national headquarters of the Nation of Islam.
Cited? ...
Farrakhan Praises Obama
PoliGazette —
In his latest sermon to the faithful in Chcago, Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan heaped praise on president-elect Barack Obama, saying he is the only man who can heal America’s racial divide.
Nonetheless, Farrakhan said, Obama’s election would stir up a lot of racial animosity, possibly resulting in deadly violence.
The country remained “divided and polarized,” Farrakhan said, pointing out that many southern states voted for Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain.
Most of McCain voters, Farrakhan said, “were older Americans and most reside below the Mason-Dixon line ...
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