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Nation of Islam

Los Angeles Unified School District Superintendent Austin Beutner, left, president Monica Garcia, center, and executive officer Jefferson Crain listen to testimony from attendees at the school board headquarters, January 29, 2019, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
February 27, 2024, 1:01 pm
Teachers union pulls backing for LA school board hopeful who praised antisemitic book
Endorsement of Kahllid Al-Alim being re-examined despite apology for social media post in 2022 promoting tome that accused Jews of orchestrating slave trade
By jacob gurvis
Brother John Muhammad (Courtesy)
December 8, 2022, 4:30 am
Despite push, Jewish leaders can’t keep Farrakhan follower off Florida city council
Pressed on his views at a council vote in which he was ultimately approved 4-3, Brother John Muhammed refuses to condemn the Nation of Islam leader’s antisemitism
By Andrew Lapin
Jay Electronica performs at the Governors Ball Music Festival in New York City, June 2, 2018. (Steven Ferdman/Getty Images via JTA)
July 27, 2020, 4:24 am
Rapper Jay Electronica calls rabbi who spoke with Nick Cannon a liar and ‘devil’
Musician attacks Simon Wiesenthal Center’s Abraham Cooper, uses hashtag #SynagogueOfSatan — a phrase promoted by Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan to describe Judaism
By Marcy Oster
Louis Farrakhan of the Nation of Islam speaks at Saint Sabina Church, May 9, 2019, in Chicago. (Ashlee Rezin/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)
July 1, 2020, 8:51 am
What is Fox Soul TV, the channel that announced, then nixed, Farrakhan speech?
Streaming TV channel, launched earlier this year by 20th Century Fox in order to reach Black Americans, says it won’t be airing speech by anti-Semitic leader of Nation of Islam
By Ben Sales
Louis Farrakhan, the leader of the Nation of Islam, speaks at a press conference in Tehran, Iran, Thursday, Nov. 8, 2018. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
February 20, 2019, 5:37 am
Farrakhan accuses ‘wicked Jews’ of using him to ‘break up the women’s movement’
Women’s March leader Tamika Mallory has refused to condemn Nation of Islam leader’s pervasive anti-Semitism, leading to splits in movement
By JTA
Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan speaking on October 14, 2018, in Michigan. (Twitter screen capture)
October 18, 2018, 10:29 am
Twitter says no plans to ban Farrakhan after comparison of Jews to termites
ADL urges removal of Nation of Islam leader’s tweets after he thanks Jewish ‘deceivers’ for ‘putting my name all over the planet because of your fear of what we represent’
By ToI Staff
Chelsea Clinton at the SiriusXM Studio in New York City, Sept. 13, 2018. (Cindy Ord/Getty Images for SiriusXM)
October 18, 2018, 1:47 am
Chelsea Clinton calls out Louis Farrakhan over anti-Semitism
Former first daughter hits back at Nation of Islam leader for calling Jews termites
By JTA
Louis Farrakhan at a basketball game at the UIC Pavilion in Chicago, July 23, 2017. (Streeter Lecka/BIG3/Getty Images via JTA)
August 1, 2018, 7:45 pm
Netflix denies plans to run Farrakhan documentary
Anti-Semitic US preacher had claimed film ‘My Life’s Journey Through Music’ was to be added to streaming service Wednesday
By ToI Staff
Protesters attend a Black Lives Matter demonstration in New York on April 29, 2015. (CC BY-SA Wikimedia commons, The All-Nite Images)
June 16, 2018, 9:05 am
Commentary Magazine sees a new split in the black-Jewish alliance
Jewish publication under fire after June issue features articles on Black Lives Matter, intersectionality and anti-Semitism in the African-American community
By Charles Dunst
Louis Farrakhan speaking at a press conference at the Mosque Maryam in Chicago, March 31, 2011. (Scott Olson/Getty Images via JTA)
June 5, 2018, 6:14 pm
Louis Farrakhan warns against ‘Satanic Jews’ in Chicago speech
Nation of Islam founder says Jews ‘have infected the whole world with poison and deceit’ and that Judaism is a ‘system of tricks and lies’
By JTA
Women’s March National Co-Chair Tamika Mallory speaking in New York, April 22, 2017. (Robin Marchant/Getty Images for Hulu via JTA)
May 8, 2018, 2:51 am
Women’s March leader blames Trump Muslim ban, Mexican border wall on Israeli PM
Returning from trip to region, Tamika Mallory says US leader’s actions ‘are all lines out of the Netanyahu book of oppression’
By JTA
Women’s March National Co-Chair Tamika Mallory speaking in New York, April 22, 2017. (Robin Marchant/Getty Images for Hulu via JTA)
May 5, 2018, 12:25 am
Rhode Island group splits with Women’s March
Local chapter says it broke ties with organization because it continues to work with co-president Tamika Mallory, who attended an event where Louis Farrakhan called Jews his enemy
By AP
Washington, DC, Councilman Trayon White Sr. (Screen capture: YouTube)
April 23, 2018, 2:11 am
DC politician under fire for anti-Semitic remarks gave $500 to Nation of Islam
Trayon White Sr. says he made donation to hate group at request of 2 constituents, complains of facing ‘constant attack’
By JTA
Keith Ellison (R) talks to reporters as he leaves a House Democratic caucus meeting at the US Capitol, February 8, 2018. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images via JTA)
March 19, 2018, 8:49 pm
Keith Ellison says he never had a relationship with Farrakhan
Democratic deputy head alludes to his association with Nation of Islam, but disavows its virulently anti-Semitic leader
By JTA
Nation of Islam Minister Louis Farrakhan delivers a speech and talks about US President Donald Trump, at the Watergate Hotel, on November 16, 2017 in Washington, DC. Mark Wilson/Getty Images/AFP)
March 12, 2018, 6:35 am
Jews agree that Farrakhan is anti-Semitic. After that, it gets complicated.
Divisions over controversial Nation of Islam leader emblematic of a wider split in how Jewish groups are responding to bigotry
By Ben Sales
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