Another mind bender
Kasia February 27th, 2007
Did anyone else hear about Louis Farrakhan’s speech the other day? I’d been seeing billboards for it up all around the city for the last month or so.
I haven’t been able to find the text of the speech online yet, but from what I’ve seen in the press coverage, it sounds like Farrakhan has decided he wants to be a uniter, not a divider. When did this happen?!
The title of the speech was “One Nation Under God,” and Farrakhan is reported to have said that America’s problem right now is that religion is being used as a tool to divide rather than unite. Not that Farrakhan and the Nation of Islam have ever been known to be divisive on religious issues… (/sarcasm)
He also allegedly said that if Jesus and Muhammad were on the stage behind him, they would embrace as brothers. I have to say that that’s a distinctly Muslim perspective, since Muslims teach that Jesus was a prophet and that Muhammad was called as a prophet to clear up that little misunderstanding that Jesus’ followers had. You know, about His being the Messiah, the Son of God, the Word made flesh, etc.
But hey. As far as I can see, if Farrakhan’s mellowing out a bit, it can only be a good thing.
Yeah, this would be the whole him having cancer and getting ready to answer for his life thing…
TBS