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Article: Farrakhan berated by W. Deen Mohammed. (Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan)
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- The Christian Century
- Article date:
- November 22, 1995
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In an unusual public display of frustration, W. Deen Mohammed, leader of the nation's largest African-American Muslim organization, has lashed out at onetime colleague Louis Farrakhan, who he said is leading blacks "further and further into darkness."
Mohammed, son of the late Nation of Islam leader Elijab Muhammad, called Farrakhan's Million Man March "more emotionalism than reason." Farrakhan, he said, "wants people to believe that God talks to him. If God is talking to him, I don't like what he is saying." Mohammed voiced concern that Farrakhan's focus on past injustices suffered by blacks could prevent the African-American community from progressing. He also ...