“An award was given to Farrakhan for his work on behalf of ex-offenders, completely unrelated to his controversial statements.”
By Ronald Kessler
It’s one thing for Barack Obama to have a http://www.wvwnews.net/story.php?id=3013, friend, and sounding board who supports and admires Louis Farrakhan and whose church gave him an award.
It’s another thing for Obama to http://www.wvwnews.net/story.php?id=2999 about it.
That’s what Obama did recently when he http://www.wvwnews.net/story.php?id=3642 for his work on behalf of ex-offenders, completely unrelated to his controversial statements.”
In fact, the award, named for Obama’s minister http://www.wvwnews.net/story.php?id=2838 Jr., was given for “lifetime achievement” and for Farrakhan’s “influence on the African-American community.” The presentation of the award last December and the accompanying article in Trumpet, Wright’s Trinity United Church of Christ magazine, never mentioned ex-offenders.
On the contrary, the article in the November/December issue of Trumpet begins by calling Farrakhan — who refers to Jews as bloodsuckers and whites as blue-eyed devils — an “icon.” It ends by saying that he “truly epitomized greatness.” The article quotes Wright heaping praise on Farrakhan, whom he helped in organizing the Million Man March in Washington in 1995. Wright lauded Farrakhan as one of the giants of the African-American religious experience in the 20th and 21st centuries.
“When Minister Farrakhan speaks, black America listens,” Wright said. “His depth on analysis [sic when it comes to the racial ills of this nation is astounding and eye-opening. He brings a perspective that is helpful and honest.”
Hailing Farrakhan’s “integrity and honesty,” Wright went on to say, “His love for Africa and African-American people has made him an unforgettable force, a catalyst for change, and a religious leader who is sincere about his faith and his purpose.”
Obama has said he found religion through Wright in the 1980s and consulted him before deciding to run for president. He prayed privately with Wright before announcing his candidacy last year.
After Newsmax broke the story of the award to Farrakhan on Jan. 14, Obama issued a statement purportedly addressing the issue. However, Obama ignored the main point: that his minister and friend had spoken adoringly of Farrakhan and that Wright’s church was behind the award to the Nation of Islam leader.
Instead, Obama adroitly said, “I decry racism and anti-Semitism in every form and strongly condemn the anti-Semitic statements made by Minister Farrakhan. I assume that Trumpet magazine made its own decision to honor Farrakhan based on his efforts to rehabilitate ex-offenders, but it is not a decision with which I agree.”
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Why is it that Farrakhan gets raked over the coals for making statements Jews find offensive, while his antiwhite opinions get a small side mention, if they are mentioned at all? In fact, the whole “religion” of the Nation of Islam is predicated on hatred of white people, referred to as “white devils.” According to the “theology” (which has nothing to do with Islam), an evil “black scientist” called Yakub created white devils in a science lab “billions” of years back on the island of Patmos. White “devils” have been allegedly persecuting the “Asiatic Black Man” ever since. Part of the “NOI Lessons” of founder Wallace Fard (who was a white confidence man) reads: “Why does Fard Mohammad and any Moslem murder the devil? What is the duty of each Moslem in regard to four devils? What reward does a Moslem receive by presenting the four devils at one time? — Because he is one hundred percent wicked and will not keep and obey the laws of Islam. His ways and actions are like a snake of the grafted type. So Mohammad learned that he could not reform the devils, so they had to be murdered. All Moslems will murder the devil because they know he is a snake and also if he be allowed to live, he would sting someone else. Each Moslem is required to bring four devils, and by bringing and presenting four at one time his reward is a button to wear on the lapel of his coat, also a free transportation to the Holy City of Mecca.” This “reward” has been claimed, most spectacularly by the “Death Angels” of California, who carried out the Zebra Killings, a serial rape and murder campaign against helpless whites. Why doesn’t Farrakhan (and, by extension, Obama), face questions about this? Ronald Kessler is a renowned investigative author, whose books on Cold War intelligence are championed as classics of the genre. Perhaps Ronald Kessler’s ethnic loyalties mean that he only cares about the interests of his own group.