Farrakhan Condemns Gadhafi Killing

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Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan, who has publicly announced in the past that the late Libyan strongman Moammar Gadhafi was a "friend," condemned Gadhafi's killing yesterday and said the West will soon reap a whirlwind for supporting the uprisings that led to his death.

Farrakhan made his comments on Cliff Kelley's afternoon show on WVON-AM yesterday.

“I know something of the good of Moammar Gadhafi that made me to love him as a brother and to feel a great sense of loss at his assassination,” Farrakhan said during a two-hour interview with radio host Cliff Kelley on WVON-AM.
Later in the show, he said: “Gadhafi died in honor, fighting for the Libya that he believed in.”

…U.S. could find itself with a revolution of its own. He pointed to the Occupy Wall Street movement as evidence of growing unrest in the U.S.

“This is going to happen all over the world,” Farrakhan said. “I want you to know that you’re through as a world power. Through, through.”

Farrakhan has used the Libyan conflict as a recruiting tool for the Nation of Islam, whose membership has declined in recent years. It's believed that NOI membership has dropped to nearly half of the 100,000 members of its peak in the mid-1990s.

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By Chuck Sudo in News on October 26, 2011 10:40 AM 0 Comments

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omarrmuhammad

Tafter, try hard not to be so simple at times...

There's a parable that speaks of a donkey that had fallen in a ditch and some simple minded people began to "hurl" rocks at this donkey, and they "hurled" as many rocks that eventually he WALKED OUT of the ditch..WE ARE THE BELIEVERS

BlueFairlane

Oh, wait, I get it. You're saying Farrakhan's an ass.

omarrmuhammad

IN FACT, you are getting it arent you...i.e. occupy wallstreet, bernie madoff,etc..

BlueFairlane

So what you're saying is, if there's a donkey in a hole and you can't get it out, throw rocks at it. Eventually, the donkey will walk out, and you can ride it and make it carry your stuff.

I don't think the symbolism really works out the way you want it to.

omarrmuhammad

blue as a colour oftimes is "used" to symbolize deception/weakness for example the sky "appears" blue when in fact the higher we ascend we 'discover' its TRUE color is BLACK..so blue-fair-lane is hilarious to Wisdom!

BlueFairlane

Your understanding of basic science ... um ... is about what I would expect.

By the way, while there are different methods for assessing the color of the universe, none of these methods give an answer of black. Some methods suggest the universe is kind of a whitish-beige. Others say a dark green. It depends a lot on how you adjust for red-shifted light.

omarrmuhammad

Question those "methods" on the "color" of the womb of woman, which is the microcosm of the Womb called UNIverse/Macrocosm...just food for thought that happens to be Basic Science. ALLAH U AKBAR!

BlueFairlane

I'm not as good at biology, but I think the womb of woman is generally red.

Tafter

Uh huh.

The insults to the glorious MINISTER are certainly piling up, I'll give you that. Soon he shall be able to step out of the well and ... frankly, I'm not sure where he or his movement are going, to be honest. Maybe there's some other third-rate dictator he can cozy up to and he'll step out of the well he's currently trapped in and step right into another country.

Believe away, my friend. Common sense rarely stands in the way of those who truly believe.

omarrmuhammad

Well, frankly, I'm sure that it wont matter what your thoughts are as it relates to where HE or his MOVEMENT are Heading, to be honest.

omarrmuhammad

WE welcome your childish chatter concerning THE MINISTER, ALLAH U AKBAR!

Tafter

Ha. Wut?

Who's WE? Are you of hive mind? Do all of you enjoy insults being hurled at your dear MINISTER?

What a peculiar comment.

jfu222

The wrath of Khan

Peanut_Butter

Color me shocked.

chee1rs

Barry Obama must be thrilled

DonKeysHoTea

blue-eyed devils! damn you!

UrbanUndead

Tool.

Jay!

LoL...he would...

Eggcream

Farrakhan as a ego-maniacal money-making religion pimp is through, through. Been through, too, for a while now.

Tony

Add this traitor to the terrorist hit list and let him see what its like to live like one of his militant muslim heroes

Akhilleus

If a Libyan made the equivalent statements his beloved Gadhafi would have promptly had him kidnapped, tortured and murdered. But he sure did make a good felafel!