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Article: Why Farrakhan Won't Apologize
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- February 4, 1994
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Minister Louis Farrakhan's refusal to thoroughly denounce the
crude expressions of racism and anti-Semitism contained in the speech
of a leading aide should not be surprising. The Nation of Islam
leader's popularity is based in large part on his resolute defiance
of mainstream expectations.
Although he criticized a speech by aide Khalid Abdul Muhammad -
which justified Hitler's treatment of Jews, urged murdering South
African whites and vulgarly ridiculed the Pope - he did not repudiate
its content.
What's more, Farrakhan's legitimacy as the Nation of Islam
leader is based on his fidelity to the doctrine of the "Messenger,"
Elijah Muhammad, the group's patriarch and supreme authority ...