Farrakhan Deception

By M. Amir Ali

Beliefs Promoted by Farrakhan: The quotes in italics have been taken from the publications sold by his organization, the so-called “Nation of Islam” (“NOI”).

God: “ … Allah (God) appeared in the person of Master W. Fard Muhammad, July 1930: the long awaited ‘Messiah’ of the Christians and the ‘Mahdi’ of the Muslims.” This ignorant man does not know the difference between “Mahdi” and “Hadi”. This belief is the same as that of Trinitarian Christians that God came in the person of Jesus, meaning that God and Jesus are the same person, likewise W. Fard Muhammad and Allah are the same person. This is blasphemy.

 The Messenger: He says that Elijah Muhammad was or is a “Messenger of Allah”. To cover up his deception he also declares that Muhammad ibn Abdullah of Arabia was a Messenger of Allah but he refuses to accept him as the last one. His declaration of Shahadah has a different meaning for him and for his followers than to other Muslims. However, gullible Muslims do not look into his interpretation of Shahadah nor do they look at his practices.

The Qur’an: “… BELIEVE in the Holy Qur’an and in the scriptures of all the Prophets of God”. On the other hand he promotes the belief, “We, the original people of the earth … are the writers of the Bible and Qur’an. We make such history once every 25,000 years … it is done by twenty-four of our scientists.” He never published anything about those 24 scientists, for example, their names, age, place of residence and what they do when not writing holy scripture during the 25,000 year gap. He does not believe that the Qur’an is the last message from Allah to mankind that was revealed to Prophet Muhammad. In addition, he rejects Hadith as a credible source of Islam.

The Life Hereafter: He does not believe in the life hereafter, paradise and hell. For him everything is on this earth. Read: “... BELIEVE in the resurrection of the dead – not in p In another place: “No already physically dead person will be in the Hereafter; that is slavery belief, taught to slaves to keep them under control” and “When you are dead , you are DEAD.”

Islam or Farrakhanism: All fundamental principles of aqeedah of Islam are rejected by Louis Farrakhan and his organization the Nation of Islam (which should be called the “Nation of Indiscretion” or the “Nation of Infarction”). I have given it the name “Farrakhanism” because the NOI died with Elijah Muhammad but Louis Farrakhan reincarnated it in his own image.

Farrakhan’s 1997 Conference: From July 3-6, 1997 the NOI headed by Louis Farrakhan held a conference in Chicago and called it the “International Islamic Conference”, which was also prefixed by “the First” in his weekly newspaper The Final Call. He invited many “scholars” and Muslim leaders from the Arab world, the Greek part of Cyprus and some of the African countries. Farrakhan paid for all their expenses; naturally, they were very happy to visit the U.S. and oblige Farrakhan with their presence at the conference. Since they needed translators and interpreters, it was obvious that many of the “scholars” did not speak English.  Their approval of Farrakhan and his religion showed that they knew nothing about the beliefs, practices and preaching of Louis Farrakhan, neither they knew the history of the NOI. None of the well-known Muslim leaders from Chicago, the U.S. and Canada attended the conference. 

In this environment the visitors made certain pronouncements about Farrakhan being a great Muslim leader and NOI being an Islamic organization. The media, which has lately been supporting Louis Farrakhan as an alternate to real Islam, gave prominent coverage to the pronouncements of foreign Muslim leaders. The media went as far as saying that after 67 years the Muslim community has finally embraced Farrakhan and the NOI as Muslims. This is all a farce. It was Warith Deen Muhammad who started the change of Elijah Muhammad’s NOI in 1975 and his followers became practicing Sunni Muslims by 1985. Had Louis Farrakhan stayed with Warith Deen Muhammad he would be called Imam Abdul Haleem Farrakhan and would be a builder of the Muslim community in America not a leader of a pseudo-Islamic cult. It did not take 67 years but only ten years for Imam Warith Deen Muhammad and his followers to be accepted as a part of the Muslim Ummah and he has been invited by the Muslim community of Chicago several times to lead them in Eid prayers and speak at their conventions and conferences. Louis Farrakhan is ignored and shunned by the Muslim community of America and he should be.  Between the years 1997 and 2000 Farrakhan has made no move towards Islam despite his spreading rumors to that effect. He made a “Masjid” in the basement of his “Masjid Maryam” to show outsiders that his organization has an arrangement for Salat, whereas this “Masjid” remains without use during the week. Many times African-American Muslims went to “Masjid Maryam” for Salat at various times but they were denied entrance. In addition, this “Masjid” has security magnetic surveillance stations and people are searched manually. His masjid is a tool of deception and it is akin to the Masjid Dirar built by the hypocrites during the time of Prophet Muhammad (saw) His main hall on the first floor has pews (benches) like a church for NOI style worship, which they call prayers. NOI is altogether a different religion.

 It has been reported to me by Muslims who attended all or part of Farrakhan's conference in 1997 that he did not have a bazaar nor any book sales, which are very common in conferences and conventions held by Muslims in America. Farrakhan did have a bookstall – but to sell only the "Nation of Islam" publications, which included books, tapes, brochures, etc., representing blasphemy and shirk in the name of Islam. Even a publisher like Kazi Publications was not allowed to sell books despite the fact that they refuse to display or sell anything anti-Farrakhan. The Kazi Publications management is among those Muslims who are most friendly to NOI and Farrakhan.

Slogan of Bridge-Building:

It has been reported that Farrakhan talks about bridge-building between the Muslims and the Nation of Islam (NOI). The mention of bridge-building is a tacit admission that the religion of Islam is different from his religion (“Farrakhanism”). A bridge is needed between two lands separated by a valley or a body of water. A land without separation does not need any bridge, similarly, if NOI is Islam, there is no need for a bridge. In fact, NOI is not Islam and Farrakhan knows it.

Is NOI a sect of Islam? Farrakhan does not want to abandon his religion that promotes the belief every week through his weekly newspaper that W.D. Fard was Allah (God) in person, there is no physical resurrection and Elijah Muhammad was a messenger of Allah. Without a lot of fanfare, Farrakhan has claimed himself as a messenger of Allah. The aqeedah of Farrakhan is blasphemy for Muslims yet he wants them to accept his religion as a sect of Islam, which is impossible. Various madhabs and sects of Islam have common beliefs and practices and the differences are in methodology of fiqh and details. Between Islam and Farrakhanism there is not a single common belief or common practice. Naturally, Farrakhanism and Islam are two different religions; if there has to be bridge-building between the NOI and Islam, it would be like that between Christianity and Islam, Hinduism and Islam and so on – it cannot be Islam and Islam. If Farrakhan wants to build bridges between the NOI and Islam, the first condition he must meet is that he should declare that NOI is a religion other than Islam and give it a name. Bahais before him have done it, and hopefully, Qadiyanis will follow.

If Farrakhan desires to be accepted as a Muslim and NOI as Islam he must cross the difficult valley or swim over the roaring river separating them and come to the side of Islam. It appears that he wants to build a bridge and shuttle between Islam and kufr (disbelief) at his convenience and keep everybody happy. Well, it is not going to happen. Allah says in the Qur'an, 90:11-13: "But he has not attempted the ascent. Ah, what will convey unto thee what the ascent is! (It is) to free a neck."

Farrakhan must free his neck from the burdens of Elijah Muhammad and W. D. Fard and come into Islam the way Warith Deen Muhammad, Malik Shabazz, Siraj Wahhaj and thousands of others have done.

Is social activism Islam? During a recent discussion, an African American Muslim brother, who has a soft spot for Farrakhan, admitted that NOI was (and is) not an Islamic organization and Farrakhan was (and is) not a Muslim. However, he argued that immigrant Muslims do not involve themselves in support of the oppressed people of America nor was Imam Warith Deen Muhammad doing anything for them. On the other hand, Farrakhan was a social activist speaking for the oppressed people of America. He further argued that the goal of Islam was to bring justice and equity to the world, which is what Farrakhan has been involved in. 

My response to such talk is that justice and equity are necessary by-products of a true Islamic system. Realistically speaking, the Christians are doing more social work all over the world, particularly in Africa, than the Muslims; are socially active Christians accepted as Muslims? If a Hindu or a Buddhist does some social work and stands for justice and equity, does it make him a Muslim? Naturally not; similarly any social activism of Farrakhan does not make him a Muslim either. A person is a Muslim when he meets certain criteria of aqeedah; Farrakhan does not meet these criteria in his pronouncements or in his practices.

Equity and justice in the society is a necessary by-product of the establishment of an Islamic system. Equity and justice is missing in our age from the Muslim-majority countries because a complete Islamic system is not established anywhere in the world. If Muslims are not working for the establishment of the Islamic system, they are sinners, and those non-Muslims who are trying to establish justice and equity in the society are doing good work but they remain non-Muslims and Farrakhan may be one of them.

Argument to tolerate and ignore the NOI: Some among my old friends from MSA (Muslim Student Association of U.S. and Canada) remind me that in the 60’s and 70’s the official policy of MSA regarding Elijah Muhammad was tolerance, concurrent with trying to educate him and his followers.  They argue that the policy in the year 2000 should be the same towards Louis Farrakhan and his organization. I have sincere disagreement.

Elijah Muhammad was a sincere man for his people and did the best from what he knew. He was an ignorant man about Islam and he did not mislead people knowingly into blasphemy. He promoted the learning of true Islam and he encouraged his people in learning the Arabic language, Salat and Hajj. Farrakhan knows Islam like an Islamic scholar; he knows the truth yet he rejects in favor of the blasphemy of paganism. He accuses the Qur’an for the current disgrace of Muslims. In 1975 Farrakhan took Shahadah at the hand of Warith Deen Muhammad, took the name of Imam Abdul Haleem Farrakhan. Immigrant Muslim scholars taught him Islam but he rejected all of it in 1978 in favor of the paganism of NOI. He is one among a few leading people who give a bad name to Islam. He is a major cause of fear of Islam in America and he is a major barrier in the way of acceptance and spread of Islam in America, particularly among non-African American people. The sooner and louder we discredit him and disown him, the better it is for the Muslims in America and Islam worldwide. This is my conviction and I must do what is best for the cause of Islam. I have no personal grudge against Farrakhan because I have never dealt with him. The Messenger of Allah taught us that a Muslim should love for the sake of Allah and hate for the sake of Allah alone.  I do not hate the man but I do hate the damage he is causing to Islam and Muslims.

Nahi ‘An Al-Munkar (Stop the Evil): An important Islamic principle is to stop evil; if you cannot stop it, expose it and talk against it; if you can not do even this much, believe that evil is evil and stay out of it. This is the borderline between Islam and non-Islam. Since I cannot stop the evil of Farrakhanism I have taken the second option of exposing his evil. May Allah help us all in following the right path.

We have plenty of precedence from our SALAF (predecessors of the early generation of Muslims) that they stopped evil by force when they fought against Musailama the Liar. Relatively recently Muslim leaders and scholars stood against the blasphemies of Bahaullah, Mirza Ghulam Qadiayani and Rashad Khalifa. There are many other actions they took that our sincere and knowledgeable brothers know. Let us have the courage and do the right thing.

Rumors of Change: Farrakhan is a master of deception. He spreads false rumors through his own sources that he is changing and bringing thousands of followers to real Islam.  When confronted face to face he denies ever saying a thing like that. Those who are victims of the rumors of change should look at the inside back cover page of The Final Call and report to me if there was any change. This page has remained the same since 1978. I do not listen to the rhetoric of this famous deceiver and liar; I go by his deeds. For me the inside back cover page of The Final Call is the beginning of the change of NOI and Farrakhan. I raised the question of sanitizing The Final Call in 1986, 1990, 1997 and I raise the same question in 2000. I have been told that during the convention on July 6, 1997 Farrakhan mentioned that people were asking him to remove his point 12 and he vowed never to remove it. Do you believe “that Allah (God) appeared in the Person of Master W. Fard Muhammad?” “Do you believe that there is no ‘physical resurrection’ (item 5)?” If you agree with those statements, you are not a Muslim either. I have taken these quotes from The Final Call dated July 15, 1997 which appeared two days after the Convention with many photos and reports about it. I have a copy. He continues to print the same message in the year 2000. Is this not enough proof to believe that there is not an iota of a change in Farrakhan and his NOI?

Farrakhan is an artist in deception and he fools very learned and senior Muslim leaders. In early 1999 he desired to meet with some American Muslim leaders. They obliged him and five of them gathered, from New York to Los Angeles, in Chicago and discussed his Islam. According to reports I have received, he tried to give them an impression that he was a true Muslim and was trying gradually to bring his followers into Islam. In addition, he said that he did not have any cancer of the prostate but he was being poisoned by the U.S. government. His accusing the U.S. government of poisoning him was done to tell his listeners that he was not a government agent. This attempt itself is a proof that he has been an agent of the government. He tried to pull wool over the eyes of these seasoned leaders but it did not work.

During my research on NOI in 1991 for my booklet, ISLAM OR FARRAKHANISM, I stumbled on to something which gave me the thought that Farrakhan may have been a mole of the FBI and Hoover inside the NOI. When I began looking around and asking questions, some old followers of Elijah Muhammad corroborated my suspicions. It is my current theory that Louis Farrakhan has been working for the FBI from day one when he entered NOI and now he is additionally working for the CIA and the Zionists. These are covert operations which I cannot prove – a few decades from now someone will dig out information from FBI and CIA documents and will publish the proof. 

What was and is Louis Farrakhan’s mission?
It is my hypothesis that Farrakhan's mission has been:

• To be an informant of the FBI until 1978 and cause a split within the organization of NOI. 

• To lend a hand to the FBI in the murder of Malcolm X. 

• During the period 1975 to 1978 his job was to prevent Warith Deen Muhammad from taking the NOI towards real Islam.

• When his mission against Warith Deen Muhammad failed, his job was to reorganize NOI and make it a barrier in the propagation of Islam in America, particularly in the white population.

• To attract anti-U.S. Government elements to a point where they become known, watched and possibility eliminated.

• To attract anti-U.S. leaders in the Middle East and Africa to an American “Muslim leader” they can trust and open their hearts to, so that the CIA can obtain reports about their intentions and activities.

• To help Zionists and Israel with sympathy world-wide whenever they needed it because whenever Farrakhan opened his mouth about Jews it served the needs of the Zionists, not Islam.

What are Farrakhan’s real beliefs and what is his religion? During my studies of Farrakhan and the NOI, I gathered that he truly believes in one god and that god is Farrakhan. He truly believes in one messenger of god and that is Farrakhan. Farrakhan has only one religion and that is material benefits for himself and his cronies and power over the people for himself.

If Farrakhan was really interested in Islam he would have not opposed Warith Deen Muhammad between 1975 and 1978 and he would have not left Warith Deen’s organization in 1978. Farrakhan did not stop at leaving Warith Deen but he caused a lot of trouble for him. Farrakhan was the master operator (with the FBI being the mastermind) in law cases in court and division of the properties between real heirs of Elijah Muhammad and children from his concubines. As a result of those legal proceedings Farrakhan was able to acquire Elijah Muhammad’s palace, his Temple #2 in Chicago (now the so-called Masjid Maryam) and some other properties. Until then these properties were under the control of Warith Deen’s organizations. Warith Deen had to do what he did to contain the economic and religious damage to his organization and his followers. Farrakhan was instrumental in destroying the Islamic organization that Warith Deen was trying to establish. Obviously, the enemies of Islam led by Farrakhan, inspired and masterminded by the FBI, were successful against the African-American Muslims who were led by Imam Warith Deen Muhammad. Farrakhan is a shameless person if he calls Warith Deen Muhammad his teacher – you do not try to destroy your teacher. Farrakhan has taken NOI to new heights of blasphemy by appointing himself a new messenger of god and he did not say which god he represents.

Farrakhan was “Imam Abdul Haleem” from 1975 to 1978: On or about February 26, 1975 Wallace D. (Warith Deen) Muhammad was elected to lead the Nation of Islam left behind by his father. Warith Deen was lifted upon shoulders and among those who offered their shoulders was Louis Farrakhan. To the best of my knowledge, Farrakhan took shahadatain in the presence of Warith Deen, accepted him as his leader, gave his pledge to support him, and accepted the title Imam from Warith Deen and the new name Abdul Haleem Farrakhan, which he carried until he left the organization in 1978. Farrakhan was officially known for a little less than three years as Imam Abdul Haleem.  It appeared then that this was Farrakhan’s first sincere Shahadah for entering real Islam. Warith Deen Muhammad began teaching real Islam to his followers, including Farrakhan. He brought in Arab-Muslim teachers and some from the Indian sub-continent. When Farrakhan goes around telling people that no one taught him Islam except Elijah Muhammad, he is lying through his teeth; in fact, he had many Muslim teachers from the East. Imam Siraj Wahhaj has been one of those people who tried to teach Islam to Farrakhan and to bring him into Islam but failed.

In 1985 Farrakhan was facilitated to go to Saudi Arabia where he took Shahadah and was introduced as a Muslim to many Saudi leaders. In October 1986 at an NOI function at the University of Illinois Pavilion he requested Imam Warith Deen Muhammad to appear on the stage with him as a show of unity with Muslims. Warith Deen complied, and Farrakhan made it appear that he was coming in to real Islam. Farrakhan took Shahadah while on stage and expressed his desire to be a true Muslim and bring his followers into Islam. In early 1990 he went to Saudi Arabia again, where he took Shahadah again, and made a commitment to live by the Qur'an and Sunnah and to bring his followers into Islam. In September 1990 at the Conference of Supreme Council of Mosques held at Palmer House in Chicago, Farrakhan appeared on stage with Imam Warith Deen Muhammad, Imam Siraj Wahhaj, Dr. Abdullah Omar Nasseef and Dr. Sayyid Muhammad Syeed. Farrakhan was introduced as a great Muslim who will live by Islam and will bring his followers into Islam. Farrakhan pronounced Shahadah from the podium and vowed to honor it. Then in February 1991, only after five months, came his three-hour speech, “WHO IS GOD” in which he pronounced, “He is not a spirit, He's not a spook. God is real, He is a real live human being, differing from you and me only in that He is supreme in knowledge, wisdom, understanding and power.” After each Shahadah Farrakhan has returned to his hypocrisy and paganish beliefs. It is, therefore, reasonable to conclude that his heart is sealed and Allah will never guide him to Islam.

“Among the people there are some who say, we believe in Allah and the Last Day while they believe not. They think of deceiving Allah and those who believe, but they deceive none except themselves; and they do not perceive (their self-deception). In their hearts is a disease, and Allah increases their disease. A painful doom is theirs because they lie. And when it is said to them: do not make mischief in the earth, they say: we are peacemakers (reformers) only. Surely, they are the mischief makers but they perceive  not. And when it is said to them: believe as the people believe, they say: shall we believe as the foolish believe? Surely, they are the foolish but they know not. And when they are with those who believe, they say: we believe; but when they go apart to their devils, they declare: surely we are with you; we are certainly mock (the Muslims). Allah  (Himself) mocks them, leaving them to wander blindly (in misguidance). These are they who purchase error at the price of guidance, so their commerce does not prosper, neither they are guided.” The Qur’an 2:8-16

Who is helping Farrakhan achieve his mission and fulfill his dreams? Naturally, I believe that it is the U.S. government, the Zionists and the media. The media made the Million Man march possible. The U.S. government awards him with millions of dollars worth of contracts and the media gives him all the coverage he needs and gives his organization credit for things that it does not deserve. The media and Farrakhan are not working against each other but working together for the same goal. Farrakhan is aspiring to become the Martin Luther King, Jr. in the 21^st   century. Let us wait and see whether the media will elevate him to that position. I believe that the U.S. government does not care one way or the other as long as they do not have to add another holiday on the calendar. In my observation the media may help him because the media is dominated by the Zionists and Farrakhan has served them very well. The African people, whether in America or Africa, are the farthest thing from Farrakhan’s mind. His priority is his life style, his relationship with Qaddhafi and  other renegades from Islam who have become dictators in the Middle East and Africa, and his power over the people whom he exploits.

Why is the media helping Farrakhan? This author believes it to be the following reasons:

(1) The U.S. government gave a green light covertly to the media to support Farrakhan. It was a reward for the long term services of Farrakhan, particularly during the Gulf war. Farrakhan openly opposed the Gulf war (I believe with the prior consent of the U.S. government) thereby gaining the confidence of Saddam and Qaddhafi and obtaining from them crucial information for the U.S. government.

(2) Farrakhan is playing a key role in creating confusion about the religion of Islam. All anti-Islam forces love it.

(3) Farrakhan is successfully placing barriers to the spread of Islam in the West, particularly in the white population.

(4) Farrakhan has provided services to the Zionists whenever they needed such help. Several  times Farrakhan opened his mouth to bring a lot of sympathy for the Jews and the Israelis when they needed such support. This is an excellent service to the Zionists.

What is the proof of my allegations?

Try to obtain documents from the FBI and CIA under the Freedom of Information Act and see how many black, thick lines are there! Regarding the media complicity, read newspapers carefully – the proof is there but you need to know how to read between the lines. 

Did you attend his Saviors Day in February 1997?

It is on video and it is worth watching. On this videotape you will meet the new “god's messenger” Louis Farrakhan! Only Farrakhan knows the identity of his god who appointed him as his messenger.

Do you study the Qur'an? If you do you will not be fooled by the master of deception, Louis Farrakhan. In the Qur'an you will find a profile of Farrakhan-like characters spread all over the Book. For example look up verses 2:8-20  (quoted above); the picture painted here is that of Farrakhan. He thinks that he can deceive Allah and the believers but Allah will only increase his disease. When he is asked to believe as Muslims believe, he thinks of them as fools because he does not prescribe to any religion. His talk of the Qur'an, the Bible and religions are his tools of deception – a smoke screen. He deceives only ignorant gullible people and himself. He is a miscreant but thinks of himself a reformer, like all atheists and agnostics do: on one side he tries to please Muslims and on the other side he tries to please their enemies and he tries to make each of the two groups believe that he is with them! In 1975 he made a pledge to support Warith Deen Muhammad and he was on the way to become true Muslim but his treachery overcame his wisdom and he became an eternal loser. When he left Warith Deen he traded misguidance in place of guidance; he traded hell in place of paradise, in which he does not believe anyway. Since he studies the Qur'an, even though with evil intentions to find ways to fool people, once in a while he does find a spark of light of guidance. However, such light does not help him and he is thrown back in to his blind wanderings (see the Qur’an 2:17-20). Just listen to his speech about darkness in the video I mentioned above – this is one of the lost blind man’s wanderings. He is surely not guided by Allah but by Shaytaan.

As I have mentioned above, in Saudi Arabia in 1985 and again in 1990 he pronounced the Shahadah multiple times – sometimes in front of great 'ulama, as if he was accepting true Islam. It was all fraud to collect Saudi funds. He had taken Shahadah in 1975 with Warith Deen and he pronounces Shahadah whenever he stands in front of audiences to give a speech. After every Shahadah he turns away from Islam and goes back to his paganism, lies and deception. As the proverb goes, you can deceive some of the people all of the time and all of the people some of the time but never all of the people all of the time. He does not learn from this saying either. I believe that Allah has made a decision about him when he said about such characters and announced it in the Qur'an: "Surely (as for) those who believe, then disbelieve and then (again) believe, then disbelieve, then increase in disbelief, Allah will not forgive them nor guide them in the (right) path. Announce to the hypocrites that they shall have a painful punishment." 4:137-138.

"Surely those who disbelieve after their (profession of) belief, and afterward grow violent in disbelief: their repentance will not be accepted. And such are those who are astray." 3:90.  

 The proof is in his insistence in not sanitizing "The Final Call".

 For anyone who insists upon helping Louis Farrakhan, Allah has an announcement for him,

"Those who take the unbelievers for guardians rather than believers, do they seek honor from them? Then surely all honor belongs to Allah." 4:139

Louis Farrakhan, the Chameleon: A fundamentalist Baptist lady wrote to me from Baltimore, Maryland, that Louis Farrakhan gave a speech in a church in her city and sounded very much like a Baptist minister. She wrote that Farrakhan, in his speech, never quoted the Qur'an but he quoted profusely from the Bible. A Muslim student from a major university told me that the Muslim Student Association (MSA) on his campus invited Farrakhan to a major event. During his speech Farrakhan talked only about Islam, Qur'an and Muslim unity – he sounded very much like a learned Muslim leader. We all heard him at the Million-Man march when he quoted the Qur'an very little, the Bible a lot and talked about social and economic issues which are of great interest to all. I have attended some of the NOI functions, watched some on video and heard his speeches on audio tapes: he makes token references to the Qur'an, a few more to the Bible but speaks mostly about Elijah Muhammad, W.D. Fard, the African-American people and weird philosophical discourses which no one understands, perhaps including himself. His cacophony is only to fool his ignorant followers so that they believe that he is a great philosopher leader.

From my observation and analysis I can discern nine colors of Louis Farrakhan, the Chameleon: (The article, FARRAKHAN: THE CHAMELEON was published in THE MESSAGE published from New York in September 1997)

1. In front of all African-American people, including his followers – his speeches are centered around the hate of white people, adoration of black people, praise of Elijah Muhammad and W.D. Fard and his weird philosophies.

2. In front of the people in Africa, when he visits the former colonies of the European powers – his speeches are centered around the condemnation of the West and in praise of African nationalism.

3. In front of Christian audiences – his speeches are centered around the Bible and the message of Jesus with rare corroboration from the Qur'an, if any.

4. In front of all Muslim audiences, which may include some of his followers – his speeches are centered around the unity of Muslims, bridge-building, Islamization of America and the world, with profuse quotations from the Qur'an and some sayings of the Prophet Muhammad (Saw).

5. In front of mixed audiences –  his speeches center around brotherhood in humanity, economic and social justice and some quotations from the Bible and rare mention of a quote or two from the Qur'an.

The above mentioned five colors are on record, available in newspaper archives, magazines, video and audiotapes available from the NOI bookstores. The following four colors are not publicly discernable but available from circumstantial evidence which I have gathered. The reader may call them my theories.

6. I can only imagine him being debriefed by the FBI and/or CIA officials, appearing as a red-blooded patriot and loyal American.

7. I can also imagine him with his cronies and members of his gang's inner circle: all of them laughing together about how successfully they are able to fool the world, divide the loot, exercise power over poor and ignorant people but themselves can live happily ever after.

8. I see him huddled with gullible Jewish leaders in some private environment, trying to convince them that his anti-Jewish and anti-Israel rhetoric is really helping them more than hurting them. In addition, his anti-Jewish rhetoric is designed to open doors in the Arab capitols, which enables him to bring money for himself and his cronies and intelligence for the U.S. government.  African-American people have to be satisfied with his sweet talk.

9. Also, I see him in a huddle with liberal media people trying to convince them that his rhetoric is designed to contain spread of Islam in America and to extract economic, social justice for the blacks and foolish Arab and African dictators.

Media Support of Farrakhan: Lately, Louis Farrakhan has been receiving a lot of support from the media and American government. The Million-Man March would have not been possible without media support and all his worldwide tours get front-page coverage. Farrakhan goes to “rogue” states (from American point of view) with impunity. Farrakhan’s security guard companies receive millions of dollars worth of federal and state contracts and the media gives very appreciative coverage.  Farrakhan receives credit for drug busting in various cities while it was the work of Sunni Muslim groups in these localities. Even the Jewish population has begun to recognize the positive contribution made by Farrakhan to them because his or his agents’ make timely anti-Jewish comments that regenerate a mountain of support for Jews and Israel. The question is, why is the media, the U.S. government and, more recently, the Jews, coming around to supporting Louis Farrakhan overtly and covertly?

There appear to be three reasons: 
(1) Farrakhan promotes and contributes to the confusion about true Islam – most non-Muslims identify Islam with Farrakhan, 
(2) his anti-Jewish comments, his anti-U.S. government comments, his racism and his paganish preaching in the name of Islam, opens the door to him with leaders of rogue states in the Middle East. Farrakhan visits them and the dictators open their hearts to him and Farrakhan passes on all the information to the U.S. Government. 
(3) Farrakhan is the biggest barrier in spreading Islam in the West, particularly in the white population, because his exhortations are abhorrent to the white population, and Farrakhan himself preaches that Islam is not for the white people. 

After receiving acceptance in the media, Farrakhan is working hard to get acceptance in the Muslim population as a sect of Islam. However, all sects within Islam have identical beliefs and agree in practices but differ in details in interpreting of certain teachings. Farrakhan has nothing common with Muslims in beliefs or in practices. Farrakhan is a master of words and a deceiver, a chameleon with nine colors and very efficient in appearing in a color which will please the audience of the day. Farrakhan is a barrier to spreading Islam in the West. He must be exposed, discredited by sincere Muslims, and disowned by the Muslim community if the Muslim community desires to see acceptance and spread of Islam in the West.

Letter to the Chicago Tribune  that was not published