From The Final Call Newspaper

‘Let the Showdown Begin!’ Farrakhan, Nation of Islam sue Jewish groups for violation of his constitutional rights and hindering his mission

By The Final Call
- October 24, 2023





“Woe to every slanderer, defamer!

—Holy Qur’an, Surah 104:1 (The Slanderer)

“For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful
Have opened against me; They have spoken against me with a lying tongue.

They have also surrounded me with words of hatred,

And fought against me without a cause.

—Bible, NKJ, Psalm 109:2-3

CHICAGO—The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan and the Nation of Islam filed an 11-count lawsuit on October 16 in the Southern District Court of New York against the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), its president Johnathan Greenblatt individually and the Simon Wiesenthal Center (SWC) and its Director of Global Social Action Abraham Cooper individually, alleging infringement of his constitutional rights of freedom of association and free exercise of religion. The lawsuit also makes a claim for defamation.

The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan

“For nearly forty (40) years, the Anti-Defamation League (hereinafter, “ADL”), later joined by the Simon Wiesenthal Center (hereinafter, “SWC”), in violation of the rights and protections guaranteed by the First Amendment to the United States Constitution, have engaged in actions to hinder Minister Farrakhan and the Nation of Islam from continuing the Mission that Allah (God) gave to the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad,” the lawsuit states.

This mission, accepted by Minister Farrakhan, is to deliver the Truth, taught by the Honorable Elijah Muhammad that will correct the condition of spiritual, mental and moral death of the Black man and woman of America that came as a result of the 310 years of chattel slavery and over 150 years of oppression and suppression, thereafter, the document continues.

“While the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad’s Mission started with the Black man and woman of America, that Mission has expanded through Minister Farrakhan to the whole of humanity,” the lawsuit notes.

In addition, the lawsuit alleges Greenblatt and Cooper, as representatives of their organizations, did such acts knowingly, willfully, intentionally, with actual malice and “under the color of law.”

“Color of law refers to the appearance of legal authority or an apparently legal right that may not exist. The term is often used to describe the abuse of power under the guise of state authority and is therefore illegal,” explains www.law.cornell.edu. The lawsuit seeks damages of $4.8 billion.

Jonathan Greenblatt

The lawsuit demands a trial by jury and alleges that Greenblatt and Cooper, through their organizations, have for decades labeled Minister Farrakhan “an antisemite,” “antisemitic,” “promoting antisemitism,” “a hater of Jews,” and even as a “Black Hitler,” all without proof.

Such relentless false labeling, the lawsuit states, has had a damaging and chilling effect on those who would support Minister Farrakhan and the Nation of Islam and has hindered the Minister in his mission and calling.

A Divine mission amid opposition

For over 90 years, the Nation of Islam under its founder Master Fard Muhammad, Allah (God) in Person and the Great Mahdi; its Eternal Leader, the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad and their servant, the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan have worked and labored tirelessly in the mission to resurrect, redeem and reform the Black man and woman of America.

Centuries of slavery, suffering and death, decades of abuse during Reconstruction, Jim Crow and beyond—enforced by federal, state and local laws—have impacted several generations of Black people in the United States.

In scripture, it is prophesied that God would come and choose the rejected, unloved and despised, and they would be His people and He would be their God. “Is there any people more despised, more rejected, more unloved than the Black people of America?” the Minister asked during his Saviours’ Day 2019 message, “A Saviour is Born for the Black man and woman of America.”

His teacher, the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad, who was taught for three years and four months by Allah (God) in the Person of Master Fard Muhammad, taught Islam to Black men and women of America, first in an area of Detroit, called “Black Bottom.” The Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad stated in His book, “Message To The Blackman In America,” why Islam is key in the chapter titled, “Islam Dignifies.”

Mr. Muhammad explains in part that Islam is the natural religion and way of life for Black people and it dignifies the Black man (and woman), giving them the desire “to be clean internally and externally and for the first time to have a sense of dignity.” He also states that Islam makes Black people love and know one another.

However, at every turn since its inception, the Nation of Islam has faced targeted opposition from the U.S. government and other entities, including the ADL and SWC. The 72-page lawsuit meticulously lays out the allegations leveled at the ADL, Greenblatt, SWC and Cooper over the years.

False labeling

Rabbi Abraham Cooper

The lawsuit alleges the ADL and SWC use such labels as anti-Semite singularly to mean anti-Jewish or anti-Israel when the word “Semite” refers to a diverse group of people who speak specific languages in the Middle East.

Greenblatt and Cooper know that “falsely labeling someone as ‘anti-Semitic’ is a ‘trick’ to manipulate, to punish, and/or to unduly influence others to stay away from saying and/or doing anything critical of the ADL, or its interests,” the lawsuit alleges.

Lawyers for the Nation of Islam point out that the ADL and SWC have painted a picture of Minister Farrakhan as a hater of Jews despite following his every word over four decades. The ADL has produced numerous documents, including “Farrakhan: In His Own Words.” The document maliciously accuses the Minister of anti-Semitic rhetoric yet never recounts the innumerable times he has acknowledged Judaism as a revered religion of God and his respect for the Jewish faith.

The ADL did not, in their documents, acknowledge Minister Farrakhan’s many requests for dialogue with Jewish leaders. Both the ADL and SWC have used their influence to cause damage not only to Minister Farrakhan’s persona but also to his and the Nation of Islam’s ability to conduct business and establish friendships.

The legal filing brands the ADL and SWC as “unamerican” organizations that have woven themselves into the fabric of the U.S. government, in general, and into local governments within America to advance their “interests that are unamerican.”

The SWC demonstrated its control over media outlets when, in 2018, its founder, Marvin Heir, directly caused the streaming service “Netflix” to prevent the showing of a documentary on Minister Farrakhan’s life in music. The SWC later boasted on its website how it exercised influence over another media outlet, causing it to cancel the broadcast of Minister Farrakhan’s July 4, 2020, message entitled “The Criterion.”

The SWC published a report titled “The 2020 Top Ten Worst Global Anti-Semitic Incidents,” where it defamed the Minister as “America’s Godfather of anti-Semitism.”

In addition to being falsely branded an anti-Semite, the lawsuit alleges the ADL acts “under the color of law” by its ability to directly request and receive millions of taxpayer dollars to fund its organization and promote its programs.

In 2022, the lawsuit notes, the Office of Management and Budget received from the ADL a letter requesting funding in the amount of $1.5 billion.

The ability to demand large sums of money and receive it “in a matter of days,” is the quintessential definition of “direct nexus” and “a symbiotic relationship” with the government, the lawsuit says of the non-profit ADL organization.

What makes the request even more extraordinary is that “at no time should any request for funding be made directly to the Office of Management and Budget unless it is a government agency,” according to the lawsuit.

A pattern, history of violations

While posing as a friend to numerous civil rights organizations, the ADL worked jointly for decades with the F.B.I., conducting “illegal surveillance and monitoring” of these organizations,” the lawsuit continues.

The ADL admits it trains new F.B.I. special agents and intelligence analysts and works with local law enforcement. As such, the lawsuit says it functions as a governmental actor that can be held liable for violating a person’s constitutionally protected rights.

“This pattern and history of the ADL’s nearly 83 years of illegal surveillance and data gathering on groups and persons, in joint action with state and federal law enforcement agencies, to be used for targeting groups whose views or policies the ADL disagrees with, is at the most egregious levels of the violation of constitutional rights, as secured by the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights,” the lawsuit argues.

The false charge by the ADL against Minister Farrakhan and the Nation of Islam started in 1984 when the Minister came to the aid of Rev. Jesse Jackson in his first run for president. The ADL and other Jewish groups targeted Rev. Jackson as an anti-Semite, and the reverend received threats to his life. Minister Farrakhan stood to warn Jewish detractors not to bring harm to Rev. Jackson or his family.

The Minister would criticize the behavior of some Jews in the U.S. and the unjust acts of Israeli Zionists against the Palestinians. From then on, he was branded falsely a “Black Hitler” by Nathan Perlmutter the then-Executive Director of the ADL, and over the years the Minister was labeled as the number one anti-Semite in America.

As an anointed and appointed servant of God, Minister Farrakhan has extended an olive branch to Jewish leaders for decades in efforts to engage in a dialogue, but his overtures have been rejected.

In part 18 of his 58-week 2013 lecture series, “The Time and What Must Be Done,” Minister Farrakhan rhetorically states: “Louis Farrakhan: An ‘anti-Semite’?” He continues by breaking down the pre-fix “anti.”

“Well, if somebody is an‘anti-’ they are ‘opposed to’; they are ‘against.’ The definition of ‘anti’ asan adjective means: ‘A person opposed to a particular policy, activity or idea,’” the Minister explained.

“We, The Nation of Islam, are ‘opposed,’ in that sense, to a wicked policy against our people. We are ‘opposed’ to a wicked activity based on the idea of ‘White Supremacy.’ Yes; we are ‘opposed’ to that, but you can never find, since I have risen by The Grace of God to rebuild the work of the Honorable Elijah Muhammad, not one White person that has been harmed by us, and not one Jewish person, nor one Black person, that has been harmed by us!” the Minister said.

“So how will you make us ‘haters’ when there is no deed that demonstrates ‘hatred’? We are beyond that—but, are you? It seems to me that your hatred of Louis Farrakhan and the Nation of Islam is driving you crazy! Everywhere we go we find you’ve been there, telling lies on us before we get there! Every place that we leave, here you come: Telling lies following us up! And that is why, out of The Spirit of God: We Call for a ‘Showdown’!”

The Complaint and Exhibits may be accessed at https://noi.org/NOIvADL/ and www.finalcall.com. The Final Call will continue to cover this important and critical story as it develops.

From The Final Call Newspaper

Atonement, Reconciliation & Responsibility The ongoing legacy of the Million Man March
By Charlene Muhammad, National Correspondent
- October 10, 2023





Tune in on Sunday, October 15 at 2:00 p.m. CDT at noi.org for a special message titled ‘Atonement and the Great War’ delivered by Student Minister Ishmael Muhammad, National Assistant to the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan to commemorate the 28th Anniversary of the Million Man March / Holy Day of Atonement

This year marks the 28th anniversary of the historic Million Man March, which drew nearly two million Black men to the Nation’s Capital of Washington, D.C., for a day, devoted to Atonement, Reconciliation and Responsibility. This day unlike any other in the history of this country, still resonates as a gathering that will go down in history.

Convened by the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan, the unprecedented, divine March brought together Black men from all over the country from various religions, political ideologies and socio-economic backgrounds.

“Now, more than ever, we need to delve deeply into the process of atonement offered to us from the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan,” stated Student Minister Abdul Haleem Muhammad, Nation of Islam Southwest Region Representative of Minister Farrakhan.

Student Minister Abdul Haleem Muhammad was among the Black men, the husbands and fathers who stood on the steps of the U.S. Capitol, and demonstrated their willingness to reconcile differences at home, school, church, organizations and in society.

In answering the Minister’s call to present themselves before God and atone to themselves, their families and communities, these men became part of what many referred to that day as “a glimpse of heaven.”

“As America and the world she has ruled since World War II unravels, it is imperative that we close the gap and tighten up our house so we in the mosque and the Black community don’t unravel and devolve into anarchy also,” added Student Minister Abdul Haleem Muhammad.

In observance of the Commemoration of the Million Man March / Holy Day of Atonement which is Monday, October 16, there is no work, no school and no play that day. It is a day of Reflection, Reconciliation and Prayer.

This year, Student Minister Ishmael Muhammad, National Assistant to Minister Farrakhan, will deliver a special keynote message from Mosque Maryam in Chicago, on behalf of the Minister for the 28th Anniversary of the Million Man March on Sunday, October 15. The message may be viewed live-streamed at www.noi.org at 2:00 p.m. CDT. The title of his message is, “Atonement and the Great War.”

“As a student of the Honorable Elijah Muhammad, I marveled at what God gave me to give to the nearly two million Black men present on the National Mall and to the world watching via television,” stated Minister Farrakhan, during reflections on the Million Man March, on the occasion of its 25th anniversary in October 2020.

At that time, he stated, he re-read the words that Allah (God) gave to him on October 16, 1995. “This was unlike any event ever before in the United States of America or in the nations of the earth, especially those countries that have been under the victimization of the Satanic mind that rules this present world,” stated Minister Farrakhan.

“No nation has assembled this number of men to make Atonement to God, to others we may have offended, to reconcile differences in our families, differences in our communities and to accept responsibility for our actions that have sown division, hurt and pain among us,” he stated.

The Minister continued that October 16 was the beginning of a process of healing. The day represented a high point in individual development achieved through the guidance of God and the fellowship of men and women, brothers and sisters from many different walks of life. “We came with different ideologies, religious beliefs, and political aspirations,” he stated.

Part of the continued legacy of the Million Man March, as noted by Minister Farrakhan, was that never before had an event taken place that honored women as women were honored on that day. Those on the rostrum and who spoke included the woman who was the mother of that March, Dr. Dorothy Height, a legendary leader in the civil rights struggle, said the Minister.

“Mrs. Rosa Parks, Dr. Betty Shabazz and daughter Ilyasah Shabazz, humanist and poet Maya Angelou, Cora Masters Barry, Atty. E. Faye Williams, Mother Khadijah Farrakhan of the Nation of Islam, Mother Tynnetta Muhammad, wife of the Honorable Elijah Muhammad;

Mrs. Jacqueline Jackson, Rev. Barbara Skinner, C. Delores Tucker, Black nationalist matriarch Queen Mother Moore and Dr. Delois Blakeley and then 10-year-old Tiffany Mayo participated or spoke at the Million Man March. Sen. Carol Moseley Braun, Rep. Cardiss Collins, and Rep. Barbara Rose Collins were among political leaders at the March,” the Minister said.

From The Final Call Newspaper

The Honorable Elijah Muhammad’s impact on Black Youth

By Anisah Muhammad, Contributing Writer
- October 3, 2023





Malcolm X. Muhammad Ali. Imam Warith Deen Mohammed. Dr. Khalid Abdul Muhammad.

The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan. These are all world-renowned students of the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad, a man who said he met with God.

The Honorable Elijah Muhammad was born 126 years ago around October 7, 1897, in Sandersville, Georgia. With a third-grade education, he shook up the scholars of this world. How was this Georgia-born Black man with limited education able to produce giants and confound the best in society?

Simple. He met with God. The Honorable Elijah Muhammad was personally taught by God-in-Person, Master Fard Muhammad. The wisdom Master Fard Muhammad imparted to the Honorable Elijah Muhammad over the course of a little over three years forever changed the trajectory of Black life. The Honorable Elijah Muhammad has impacted every facet of Black life in America, and His legacy is still being carried out by Black youth today.

 

Personal testimonies

Yosef Ben Prince Asiel, son of the late Nasik (Prince) Asiel Ben-Israel from the Hebrew Israelite community in Dimona, Israel, learned from a young age the importance of God and the importance of the knowledge of self.

His mother joined the Nation of Islam in 1973 and was a follower of the Honorable Elijah Muhammad and the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan. His father lived across the street from the Honorable Elijah Muhammad’s family. In his adult life, Yosef Ben Prince Asiel followed in his parent’s footsteps and developed his own love for the Honorable Elijah Muhammad. For him, the most impactful thing about the Honorable Elijah Muhammad is His true love for Black people.

“I was once told as a young man, if you don’t love Black people, you hate them. But there’s no in-between. And you can’t even really do anything for Black people unless you have a real genuine love for them,” he said.

“It was the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad who taught us to love ourselves again and to love one another and see the divinity in the Black man and woman, which allowed us to not just transform our individual selves, but our circumstances and our environment,” he continued. “And so that would be the part that I resonate with the most. It’s the love for Black people. It’s the love for ourselves and the love for the God that created us and that chose us to be His people so that we would prove His words to be true.”

Zakiyy Shabazz

Before coming across the Teachings of the Honorable Elijah Muhammad, Jabarri X, 25, from Atlanta, did not have a positive outlook for his life. Though he grew up middle-class in a Christian household, he felt purposeless and did not value virtue or righteousness.

During his undergraduate years at Georgia State University in downtown Atlanta, a friend introduced him to the Teachings and gave him material to read, and he started to study. He officially joined the Nation of Islam on October 7, 2022, the 125th birth anniversary of the Honorable Elijah Muhammad.

“There’s a lot of pathways that you can take as a young man that might seem appealing, but the pathway of life that comes from the Honorable Elijah Muhammad and what the Nation of Islam gives you … it seems like it will outlast all of those lifestyles,” he said. “Elijah Muhammad has been consistent. That’s been a consistent figure in Black liberation.”

Zakiyy Shabazz from Atlanta described to The Final Call the impact the Teachings of the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad have had on his life.

“There was a time in my life where I did not have a solid direction or foundation as far as my spiritual growth and development. I, as many young Black men, had been caught up in the justice system. I had marks on my record,” he said. “The Teachings really have allowed me the opportunity to grow spiritually, grow as a man, grow as a father and as a husband.”

Shania Muhammad

Joi X is a registered M.G.T. and G.C.C. (Muslims Girls Training and General Civilization Class) Vanguard at Muhammad Mosque No. 29 in Miami and a member of the Nation of Islam’s youth committee. Through the Teachings of the Honorable Elijah Muhammad, she has found a sense of fulfillment.

“The Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad … has forged a way for me to find what my purpose is in life,” she said to The Final Call.

West Muhammad, a 13-year-old Jr. F.O.I. (Fruit of Islam) from Muhammad Mosque No. 6 in Baltimore, and a multi-platform journalist, also found purpose through the words of the Honorable Elijah Muhammad. West Muhammad is a special assistant to WHID-FM (What Has Islam Done For Me) and is a writer.

“Being a young brother in the Teachings, it’s not a lightweight thing. Even if it may not be as common in my day-to-day life, I noticed that whenever I have my bowtie on or I have my suit on and I walk into the grocery store, people will say, ‘nice bowtie’ or ‘nice suit,’ and my bowtie has the star and crescent on it,” he said. “So, I take that as, they recognize that I’m a part of something greater, and they can see that I’m not just a regular young boy on the streets.”

He has also seen the impact his presence has on other young boys. “Once I was on the Saviours’ Tour and I gave a young brother a Final Call. I had a little bit of conversation with him. And when we first came up to him with our uniforms on, with our suits on, he said, ‘Where my suit at?’” West Muhammad recounted.

 

Kalimah Muhammad

“So I think that they want this life. They want to be in this righteous world,” he added. “I believe it’s our job to help them and help our young sisters as well to grow into that best version of themselves by just being an example sometimes and giving them a word that we were given to get us to this state.”

Women impacted by Mr. Muhammad’s Teachings

Jadayah Muhammad, 28, from Brooklyn, New York, has traveled the world and has experienced different cultures. She is the executive director and the UN Representative of the International Youth Leadership Institute. She gives credit to the Honorable Elijah Muhammad’s vision to send committees of women around the world.

She referenced words from Mother Tynnetta Muhammad, wife of the Honorable Elijah Muhammad, who quoted from a September 11, 1973, Table Talks recording where the Honorable Elijah Muhammad shared his vision of women organizing conventions of classes for women’s training and organizing committees of further training that would “take us on travels around the world being honored and received in many places of the globe as the equal to the best in world society.”

The Honorable Elijah Muhammad’s understanding of the role of women in the world and the role of women in Islam stands out to Jadayah Muhammad.

“Through the Teachings of the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad, women in the Nation of Islam have more freedom and more honor than in any other Islamic culture that I’ve ever encountered in the world,” she said.

She recalled a conversation with her friend from Bangladesh, who was surprised that she would be inside the mosque.

“Around her way, women do not go inside the mosque. Only men can go inside the mosque. Women pray outside the mosque in the dirt,” she said. “A lot of people take their culture of oppression of women as religion, which is not the case. And so, what the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad has given us is an Islamic culture that makes space for freedom, justice and equality for all of us, regardless of creed, class, color.”

Elisha Muhammad, 17, from Memphis, Tennessee, also propped up the Honorable Elijah Muhammad’s Teachings on the value of women.

“I’m so privileged to be able to understand my value and to not abuse myself as the Second Self of God,” she said.

The Honorable Elijah Muhammad’s words on women have been the key to her confidence as a young Black Muslim.

“In the M.G.T. class and in the M.G.T. Vanguard, we are a different caliber of women. We are strong and we’re intelligent,” she said. “The Honorable Elijah Muhammad has given me that confidence, and of course, he’s given me the wisdom to be myself as a Muslim woman in this world today.”

A comfort to Black youth and a continuing legacy

The Honorable Elijah Muhammad departed in 1975 but His work and mission have continued through His National Representative, the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan. “The Honorable Elijah Muhammad is indeed a true friend of the Black man and woman because His message is as relevant today as it was when He was physically among us.

He worked, suffered, studied and constantly prayed for our rise. He sacrificed his own personal life to devote 44 years to the rise of our people,” Minister Farrakhan stated in a message published in The Final Call titled, “A True Friend: The Honorable Elijah Muhammad.” His impact in areas of education, spirituality, business and economic development, and other areas cannot be overlooked.

Shania Muhammad, 16, from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, has been making headlines due to graduating college at a young age and becoming a full-time salaried teacher.

Her father, Elijah Muhammad, who was named after the Honorable Elijah Muhammad by his mother, instilled in his children principles from the Honorable Elijah Muhammad that he learned growing up, such as doing for self and the importance of education. When COVID-19 hit, he decided to try something different for his daughter.

Shania Muhammad enrolled in a dual enrollment course at 13 years old, and she blew through the classes. With encouragement from her father, she kept going. At 14, she graduated with two associate degrees from two different colleges on the same day.

At 15, earlier this year, she graduated with her bachelor’s degree in family and consumer sciences and early childhood development and education. She turned 16 in July. She is now working on her master’s in business administration with a concentration in marketing and expects to graduate in May 2024.

As she pursues higher education, she is also a third-grade teacher at a Black school and the author of three children’s books.

“The Honorable Elijah, Muhammad always talks about being your brother’s keeper, being your sister’s keeper and uplifting us as a people. And I feel like that’s what I’m doing with teaching. I’m literally living the message He’s been teaching and that still continues to be taught over the years, which is, we have to uplift us,” she said to The Final Call.

Joi X described the Teachings of the Honorable Elijah Muhammad as “new and comforting” to Black youth.

“Just learning about who we are, which the Honorable Elijah Muhammad teaches, we are a god. You can’t help but find inspiration and comfort in that,” she said.

“Also in addition, as we see a gradual rise in the consciousness among each generation of Black youth, in terms of understanding the importance of the liberation for Black people, the effects of White supremacy, the growing desire to support Black businesses and endeavors, etcetera, etcetera. Whether or not people realize it, this all stems from the Teachings of the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad,” she added.

A big part of the Honorable Elijah Muhammad’s message to Black people is to “do for self.” Kalimah Muhammad, 17, from Houston, Texas, has been an entrepreneur since she was nine years old, when she started “Powder Power,” talc-free powders.

“My mom came to me and said, ‘Kalimah, you’re nine years old. You need to start your own business like I did,’” she recalled to The Final Call. “And I decided to go with it. And for the last eight years, we have been developing all-natural, homemade talc-free powder products to sell nationally and praise be to Allah (God) internationally.”

She grew up hearing the words of the Honorable Elijah Muhammad to “Do for Self.: “His inspiration, His guidance, being able to do for myself and have this business has not only been a wonderful experience, but it gives me the chance and the ability to spread these all-natural products across the world to help keep my people safe by what they put on their bodies and what they consume,” she said.

Kalimah Muhammad described the Honorable Elijah Muhammad as someone who desires the best for Black youth, “because He knows of our potential.”

“Even if we’ve never met Him personally, He knows that we are all destined to do great things,” she said. “He is relevant because he wants us Black youth to be our best selves in whatever field of study.”

For Jadayah Muhammad, simply showing love to Black youth rather than condemning them is significant.“They get enough hate. They get enough disrespect out here in this world, and we can’t be another space with more of the same. We have to give them love and show them love, and that, at the end of the day, is at the root of our Teachings,” she said.

West Muhammad shared a message to his fellow young people: “Just stick to the words of the Honorable Elijah Muhammad and the Nation of Islam. Now, I’m only 13, I’m young, so I haven’t been in prior to 1975 or I’m not even registered yet. But I can already recognize that we are part of something greater. We are part of a new legacy, and it’s our job to establish this Nation of Islam and help it to move on.”