Farrakhan

American  

[fahr-uh-kahn] / ˈfɑr əˌkɑn /

noun

1. Louis Louis Eugene Walcott, born 1933, U.S. religious leader: head of the Nation of Islam.

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Example Sentences

Sophie Ellman-Golan, strategic communications director at Jews for Racial and Economic Justice, knows this well: She was leading communications for the Women’s March in 2018, when the organization came under fire for leader Tamika Mallory’s ties to noted antisemite Louis Farrakhan.

From Slate

But Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan was not running for office.

From Salon

Now, contemplate what it welcomed into its midst Wednesday as you take in what else Farrakhan said to its members in Nashville 28 years ago.

From Salon

Prominent Jewish leaders are free to continue calling Louis Farrakhan — leader of the Black nationalist organization the Nation of Islam — antisemitic, according to a New York court.

From Los Angeles Times

In dismissing the case, Manhattan federal court Judge Denise Cote held that the claims of antisemitism were based on direct quotes by Farrakhan and that there was no evidence that being called antisemitic had harmed the Nation of Islam.

From Los Angeles Times