Farrakhan

[fahr-uh-kahn]

noun

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

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.

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

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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.

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At least Farrakhan said something worth remembering, and true — a call to refuse framing damaging acts as business as usual, by saying, "This is what we've always done."

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The Nation of Islam had sued the Anti-Defamation League and Los Angeles-based Simon Wiesenthal Center for $4.8 billion, claiming the Jewish organizations had violated the Nation of Islam’s 1st Amendment rights by calling Farrakhan’s frequent unflattering comments about Jews “antisemitic.”

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