Thread: Nation Of Islam: Chicago Gangs Will Become Our Army

Nation Of Islam: Chicago Gangs Will Become Our Army

Monday, February 25, 2013 7:35

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Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan told thousands of followers Sunday he was planning to reach out to gang leaders to help "protect" the Nation of Islam.

Farrakhan had a different idea for how to address gun violence. In addition to sending letters to black military leaders, Farrakhan said he planned to contact the city's gang leaders to recruit gang members to "protect" any land the Nation of Islam may buy in the future.

"All you gang bangers, we know you love to shoot, but you're killing yourselves," Farrakhan said. "All your weapons are illegal and you're using them like savages." But Farrakhan said gang bangers are "natural soldiers" and could be taught "the science of war" to become protectors of the Nation of Islam's assets in the future.

Highly controversial marks I would think but one that will be under the radar. Nothing like recruiting gang bangers to be your 'soldiers' to protect a religion scared by terrorism and extremism. If this ever came to fruition, there would be an uproar in the right-wing-o-sphere. Perhaps rightfully so, do you know any other churches that employ gangbangers as soldiers with guns? What threat is there to justify raising an army like this? Gun control? -Mort

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Louis Farrakhan: Gang Members Can Serve As Protectors - DNAinfo.com Chicago

Farrakhan, Gangsters And A New Black State

February 26, 2013 by Ben Bullard

UPI FILE

On Sunday, Louis Farrakhan urged leaders of gangs to become protectors of lands the Nation of Islam aims to acquire through incremental buying.

Louis Farrakhan may be nearly 80, but age isn’t softening his politics.

In a bizarre address in Chicago Sunday, the Nation of Islam leader laid out a vision for the future of black Americans that, if realized, would elevate urban thuggery to a sort of secessionist, collectivist, isolationist, militant statecraft.

Telling gangsters they already possess the martial character necessary to defend turf (discipline? judgment? self-sacrifice?), Farrakhan urged leaders of gangs to become protectors of lands the Nation of Islam aims to acquire through incremental buying.

Calling gang leaders in Chicago “natural warriors,” minister Farrakhan posited a future scenario in which gangsters and recruited gang members could physically protect domestic lands the Nation of Islam is amassing — evidently with the buying power of poor black people’s pocket change — in rural Georgia and, perhaps soon, the Midwest.

“You are the natural warriors to defend. And the science of war must be taught to us, so that we will protect whatever God allows us to buy or build,” he said, speaking at his organization’s annual Savior’s Day event.

In a remarkable generalization, he encouraged black Americans to stop spending their discretionary income on cigarettes, liquor and cellphones and urged them instead to contribute “pennies, nickels and dimes” — presumably to some fund tended by the Nation of Islam — to help achieve common goals he said have been systematically denied them by the U.S. political and economic spheres.

Farrakhan did manage to nail one truth concerning gun violence among black Americans, asserting that 2nd Amendment rights will continue to have little meaning for those blacks who carry — and use — guns off the legal grid.

“The Second Amendment has no relevance to the black community in this sense,” he said. “All your weapons are illegal and you’re using them like a savage people.”

In keeping with the notion that recruited gangsters could one day need to hold a firearm while they patrol the borders of Nation of Islam-owned lands, he defended the self-protective spirit of the 2nd Amendment, saying that only by maintaining arms can citizens ensure their rights against a tyrannical government.

It would be interesting to learn how the National Rifle Association feels about Farrakhan’s 2nd Amendment remarks.

Historically, when racial politics and gun rights issues collide, strange things happen. When the Black Panthers staged a gun-toting march on the California Capitol building in 1967, the NRA helped shape gun control legislation that went on to be passed and signed by that State’s Governor, Ronald Reagan.

Farrakhan, Gangsters And A New Black State : Personal Liberty Digest™

Farrakhan Urges Black Americans To Collectively Purchase Land... Recruits Chicago Gangs To Serve As 'Natural Soldiers' For Nation Of Islam...

February 25, 2013

The Minister Louis Farrakhan, 79, delivered his annual Saviors’ Day sermon on Sunday. As is usually the case, the three-hour address covered a variety of topics ranging from current events to the faith leader’s contentious views on race relations. Of particular note was an economic plan he posited — one in which African Americans would come together to invest in land — and a pledge to reach out to gang leaders to ask them for assistance in protecting the Nation of Islam’s interests.

The Saviors’ Day address is generally a mixture of sermon and lecture. The event commemorates the founding of the Nation of Islam, which has espoused black nationalism and self-reliance since the 1930s. When President Barack Obama was elected in 2008, the resounding tone of the convention was jubilant, but Obama’s re-election took a back seat Sunday as Farrakhan said blacks still had to rely on themselves, and not leaders, to improve their situation.

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FARRAKHAN URGES BLACK AMERICANS TO COLLECTIVELY PURCHASE LAND…AND WANTS TO RECRUIT GANG MEMBERS TO PROTECT IT

Feb. 25, 2013 11:26am Billy Hallowell

The Minister Louis Farrakhan, 79, delivered his annual Saviors’ Day sermon on Sunday. As is usually the case, the three-hour address covered a variety of topics ranging from current events to the faith leader’s contentious views on race relations. Of particular note was an economic plan he posited — one in which African Americans would come together to invest in land — and a pledge to reach out to gang leaders to ask them for assistance in protecting the Nation of Islam’s interests.

The Saviors’ Day address is generally a mixture of sermon and lecture. The event commemorates the founding of the Nation of Islam, which has espoused black nationalism and self-reliance since the 1930s. When President Barack Obama was elected in 2008, the resounding tone of the convention was jubilant, but Obama’s re-election took a back seat Sunday as Farrakhan said blacks still had to rely on themselves, and not leaders, to improve their situation.

Minister Louis Farrakhan speaks during the Saviours’ Day annual convention at the U.I.C. Pavilion in Chicago, Sunday, Feb. 24, 2013. Credit: AP

“Even though one of our own has reached the highest pinnacle of the American political system, his presence has not, cannot and will not solve our problems,” Farrakhan told the crowd of men wearing navy uniforms and women dressed in white shirt suits and matching hijabs.

With 10,000 people in attendance and with a video stream of the event airing online, the reach was relatively large.

Farrakhan touched briefly on issues like Israel, Obama’s cabinet and healthier food consumption — but mostly reiterated teachings from the Chicago-based movement on a plan for blacks’ economic recovery and said the biggest priority should be the purchase of land.

For those who don’t already know, the Nation of Islam has more than 1,500 acres of farmland in Georgia. Ishmael Muhammad, the religion’s national assistant minister, told The Associated Press that the group is looking to buy thousands more acres in the Midwest.

Minister Louis Farrakhan speaks during the Saviours’ Day annual convention at the U.I.C. Pavilion in Chicago, Sunday, Feb. 24, 2013. Credit: AP

But the more intriguing portion of the speech focused upon gangs and efforts to seek leaders and members of these groups out for the sole purposes of protecting the Nation of Islam. Here’s how DNAInfo.com describes Farrakhan’s framing of the proposal:

Instead, Farrakhan had a different idea for how to address gun violence. In addition to sending letters to black military leaders, Farrakhan said he planned to contact the city’s gang leaders to recruit gang members to “protect” any land the Nation of Islam may buy in the future.

“All you gang bangers, we know you love to shoot, but you’re killing yourselves,” Farrakhan said.

Rather than killing one another, Farrakhan spoke directly to gang leaders, telling them, “We want to make you a defender of the territories that your nickels, dimes and dollars and hours will buy.” He continued, explaining that gang bangers have much to teach the National of Islam about self-defense, while simultaneously condemning them for needless violence.

Minister Louis Farrakhan speaks during the Saviours’ Day annual convention at the U.I.C. Pavilion in Chicago, Sunday, Feb. 24, 2013. Credit: AP

“You are the natural warriors to defend and the science of war must be taught to us so that we will protect whatever God allows us to buy or to build,” he said. “The Second Amendment has no relevance to the black community in this sense — you don’t have legal weapons. All your weapons are illegal and you’re using them like a savage people would use them.”

Farrakhan also said that he respects the Second Amendment and noted its prevalence in once helping the new American government keep from slipping back into tyranny. His tone was more tempered than the one he used to speak about guns in a separate speech recently.

Watch the faith leader advocate using gangs to protect the Nation of Islam, below:



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