Weekly Newsletter • Volume 3, Number 21

Farrakhan

San DiegoMay 27

NOI.ORG

Was Jesus Black?By Dr. Ridgely Abdul Mu’min Muhammad

On April 13th, the Honorable Minister Louis Farra-khan gave a monumental speech to a packed audience at the Jefferson Street Missionary Baptist Church in Nashville, TN. Instead of praising Minister Farrakhan for his encouragement to Black students to become masters of their disciplines, a Catholic blog called “Catholic Online” claimed that his speech was “in-flammatory” and that he himself “continues to divide Americans.” This Catholic writer failed to report that the reason Minister Farrakhan spoke at the church was that the administration at Tennessee State Univer-sity would not allow the Black students to invite the Minister on their campus, so the lecture was given across the street from the college. By using the term “inflammatory” one would think that the Minister had encouraged the students to burn down Nashville, in-stead of encouraging them to pursue fields of study that would uplift their people with the mind of a ruler instead of a slave. But it is just this type of education that the children of the slave owners don’t want taught to the children of the slaves.

In the Book of Daniel, it says the hair of the Messiah’s head would be “like the pure wool” of a lamb and the Book of Revelation likens the prophetic Jesus’ feet to “fine brass, as if burned in a furnace.”

White Catholics and the Catholic Church should be careful when throwing stones at Minister Far-rakhan, for he frees the minds of Black people, who

have been deceived and held captive by false religious doctrines that include lies about Jesus. The Honorable Elijah Muhammad has pointed out that it is the Pope, and not Jesus, that is the head of the Catholic Church. In his monumental book Message to the Black Man in America, he states: “The Pope takes his place as the head of the Christian church, while the church at the same time claims Jesus Christ to be its head. But in reality, they recognize the Pope (Father) as being their head.” So we ask the question, “Would Jesus Christ have condoned the placing of Black people in perpetu-al slavery?” The Pope did.

In his book Jews and Judaism in African His-tory, Richard Hull points out that the trade in African slaves, which was started by the Portu-guese, was sanctioned by the Pope of Rome when Papal bulls or edicts had full power over the entire Catholic world. In about 1452, Pope Nicholas V permitted the Portu-guese to enslave “enemies of Christ” and infidels, as though Jesus would permit such an evil. This

“bull” also proclaimed that in the name of Christianity, “pagans” could be expelled from their own land,

brought to Europe and placed in perpetual servitude.So the Pope, under the influence of the Jewish-

inspired myth of the “cursed children of Ham” and the Roman Catholic portrayal of Jesus as a White man, used his religious authority to put Black people in a

This image, from a church in Rome, dates from AD530.

state of perpetual slavery based on the color of their skin. Now, when Minister Farrakhan comes to the vic-tims of such Papal evil to relieve their souls of the very lie that maligns their skin color and to teach that Jesus was not White, White Catholics cry foul and label him a “monger of division.” It was the Vatican, as the seat of the Catholic Church, that hired Leonardo Da Vinci and Michelangelo to make “graven images” of Jesus, Mary and God in the likeness of White people—in direct contravention of God’s Second Commandment. It was Pope Julius II who commissioned Michelangelo to paint these White images on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. Prior to Michel-angelo, images of Mary and Jesus as the Madonna and Child were invariably depicted with Black skin. These Black Madonnas still exist in over 140 churches throughout Europe. One of the most famous is The Black Madonna of Częstochowa, housed since 1382 at the Jasna Góra Monastery in Częstochowa, Poland.

So when Minister Far-rakhan points out the fact that Jesus could not have been the pale-skinned, blue-eyed figure portrayed in such art, White folk get upset. When speaking of Jesus Christ, Minister Far-rakhan also stated that if Jesus were White, it would not matter to Black people, because we are trying to follow his teachings and not his skin color. But, with the Pope of Rome sentencing all black-skinned people to a state of perpetual servi-tude as though it were divinely ordained, it was White people who made an issue of skin color and enshrined White supremacy all around the world, demonstrating that they are in fact the actual “mongers of division.” If Minister Farrakhan says that Jesus had black skin, the Bible itself says that when Jesus returns he will be

a Black man. In the Book of Daniel, it says the hair of the Messiah’s head would be “like the pure wool” of a lamb and the Book of Revelation likens the prophetic Jesus’ feet to “fine brass, as if burned in a furnace.”

Again, the Catholic Church should be careful when throwing stones at Minister Farrakhan, because there are a lot of stones that the church may not want up-turned. Those who see the Bible as God’s word should question not Minister Farrakhan, but the Bible itself, for it (its translated rendition) is confused on the identity and lineage of Jesus. For instance, in the King

James Bible there are two distinct and different genealogical trees estab-lished for Jesus—one in the book of Matthew and the other in the book of Luke. Each of these books of the Bible saw fit to trace Jesus back to David so that Jesus could fulfill the scripture in the Old Testament of the Messiah coming from the House of David. Matthew 1:6 states, “And Jesse begat David the king; and David the king begat Solomon of her that had been the wife of Urias;” and 27 genera-tions later Jesus is born. However, Luke 3:31 reads: “Which was the son of Melea, which was the son of Menan, which was the son of Mattatha, which was the son of Nathan, which was the son of

David, which was the son of Jesse.” Through which House of David was Jesus born?

Was it through King Solomon, who we know was “black but comely,” or the prophet Nathan?

But it gets worse. Both lineages end with Joseph as the father of Jesus, but in Matthew Joseph’s father was “Jacob,” while in Luke, his father was “Heli.” What is this confusion that the Christians have foisted upon the world? But it gets even worse. On the one hand,

2

The Black Madonna of Częstochowa is a revered icon of the Virgin Mary, housed at the Jasna

Góra Monastery in Częstochowa, Poland.

3

the Christians teach that Mary was a “virgin” who was impregnated by the “Holy Ghost” and not Joseph, yet on the other hand they run the descent of Jesus from David through Joseph and not Mary. What is this confusion that the Christians have perpetrated against the entire world and Black people in particular? Today one’s Jewishness is determined by one’s mother, yet the lineage of Jesus, who is claimed by Jews to be a Jew, was determined through his mortal father, Joseph?!

The Honorable Elijah Muhammad placed on the back page of the Muhammad Speaks (now the Final Call Newspaper) “What the Muslims Believe,” which includes “3. WE BELIEVE in the truth of the Bible, but we believe that it has been tampered with and must be reinterpreted so that mankind will not be snared by the falsehoods that have been added to it.” Many reli-gious scholars admit that the Old and New Testament texts have been corrupted.

So White Catholics should leave Minister Farra-khan alone with his people to clean up the damage that they have caused in the name of Jesus. According to the Bible, when Herod was seeking the life of the baby Jesus, Mary and Joseph were instructed by an angel to flee to Egypt, not Europe or Asia, and told to stay there until Herod died. At the time of Jesus, the Ro-mans had control of both Palestine and Egypt, so why would Egypt (Africa) be a safe place for them, unless they could easily blend in with the native population? The World Book Encyclopedia classifies North Africans including Egyptians as dark-skinned Caucasians! However, in America they would be labeled as “niggas.” As a mat-ter of fact, after escorting then

President Anwar Sadat of Egypt to a joint session of Congress, U.S. Senator James Eastland reportedly said, “How come nobody told me he’s a n----r?”

The Catholic Church wants to proclaim that Jesus was a Jew by birth, yet it denies the possibility that he was also Egyptian—when Catholic scholars know that a large segment of the Jewish population came out of North Africa. There are three major ethnic divisions within the Jewish world: 1. There are the Ashkenazim or “Germanic” Jews of Germany and Eastern Europe; 2. Sephardim are Sephardic Jews from Spain and Portugal; and 3. Mizrahim or Mizrachim (“Mizrach” meaning “East” in Hebrew), or “Easterners,” are the Middle Eastern and North African Jews. Also notice that “Mizrahim” looks suspiciously like “Mizraim,” a son of Ham (“cursed” Black) and the Old Testament designation for Egypt. So Jesus could be classified as a Mizrahi Jew by Jewish scholars or a “n----r” by the Senator Eastlands of the world or simply a Black man by his own people!

In the past, White people had the power to use language as they saw fit to pull the wool over the eyes of the rest of the world and cause confusion. But today we have the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan to set the historical record straight, get the language straight and free our people of the mental chains that shackle their very souls. Allah (God) is not the author of confusion.

(Dr. Ridgely A. Mu’min Muham-mad, Agricultural Economist, National Student Minister of Agriculture, Man-ager of Muhammad Farms. He can be reached at drridge@bellsouth.net)

Pope John Paul worshipping BLACK Saviours

garn ran “a small unit of undercover agents” who were looking for “proof of subversion.” The MID opened 100,000 pieces of mail a week and moni-tored Black publications. According to the Appeal: “The documents show Spingarn, who remained NAACP chairman during his tenure at MID, used his post to obtain critical information for MID, such as a list of the organization’s 32,000 mem-bers.” We shall overcome!

Joel Spingarn

4

SHOULD YOUR ‘BEST FRIENDS’ SPY ON YOU?

THE NAACP AND

JOEL E. SPINGARNAbraham Foxman’s Anti-Defamation League of

B’nai B’rith (ADL) was not the first Jewish organi-zation to spy on Black people and Black organiza-tions. Joel E. Spingarn (1875-1939) was the chair-man of the board of directors of the NAACP for many years. The coveted Spingarn Medal, given yearly by the NAACP, was established by him in 1914. According to recent revelations by the Mem-phis Commercial Appeal newspaper, he was also a spy for the United States Army. Spingarn was hired in May of 1918 and given the rank of major in the Military Intelligence Division (MID). Spin-

5

As-Salaam Alaikum, Brothers: I am unable to be in at-tendance at Saviours’ Day this year; to attend would have severely impacted my students. Therefore, I watched the Secret Relationship Between Blacks and Jews webcast from China; it was 12:00 midnight here when you started. I just wanted to take a minute and say excellent, excellent, excel-lent! Awesome job! Thank you all so much for what you have done.

As a former 3rd grade teacher, a former owner of my own private school for years, and an avid reader of numer-ous history books, not only have I not known most of what is in this book, and not only was it not taught to me in any educational institute I have ever been to, but this information has never been so comprehensively available anywhere on the planet and it truly ushers in a new para-digm of education.

Thank you for giving me such a scholarly dissertation by which to develop numerous curriculi as I continue to teach in other parts of the world. I think in the very DNA of Black people, we knew this was an unholy alliance, but to now have the facts and proof, in their words, is so phe-nomenal and profound.

Finally, but most importantly, thank you for putting flesh to the words of the Honorable Minister Louis Far-rakhan. The best way to secure and protect a man is to surround him with the truth. Your work has done this for the Minister and the Nation of Islam for today and future generations. Your work will go down in history as THE most important scholarship of the 21st century.

May Almighty God Allah forever guide and bless you and your families, for what you have given to our Min-ister, our Nation and the next dispensation of the planet, “‘Our’ world”. With the turn of each page in this book, you kill the world of Yacub. Thank you is so insufficient. I have never been more proud of the FOI than I was watch-ing this webcast. Praise be to Allah!!

Happy Saviours’ Day from China!

Nation of IslamWEBCASTS

Links, Documents and MoreThe Secret Relationship Between Blacks & Jews

Sign the Petition Supporting TRUTH in History!Follow Us on TWITTER

NOI Research Group DocumentationNewsletter/Articles

JOIN US LIVEEVERY SUNDAY MORNING

10AM CENTRAL TIME

ww

w.no

i.org

Allah (God) loves those who are patient and steadfast under trial. Be careful of how

you think when you are being tried.

As long as we don’t have land then somebody else will be the produc-er and we will be the consumer.

Start buying land.

The Honorable Elijah Muham-mad said: “As a people we must

become producers and not remain consumers and employees.”

The success story of Carpenter’s Produce in Grady, Ark: “Using land to become productive and self-reliant” http://bit.ly/LfhxwN

Leaders who do what they do only for money, or can be bought to represent a certain

view are hirelings.

Jealousy and envy is the worst disease of the heart. No one who is jealous or

envious truly loves.

These are wonderful young people. They just need a chance and right guidance. That’s the premium

today: Right Guidance.

Our Youth: The Most Powerful Generation We’ve Produced Since Slavery http://bit.ly/LelVZv

One must never be afraid to look at self and to point out, as best you can, the things of self that

need improvement.

When you can achieve great things in life without compromise,

you have truly achieved.

Do not obtain your desire by tak-ing a step backward, obtain it by

taking a step forward.

Think of something you personally desire. Envision it in your mind.

How strong is your desire?

When you’ve got a strong home and a strong family, you’ve got a

strong community.

...And neither will you be tired when you find your purpose in life and strive to fulfill it.

Being human my body does tire. But I’m NEVER

tired of doing that which I’m birth into this world, by God’s Permission, to do...

Look beyond the books that you study to the

larger book: The Universe. You will always be able to feed the minds of those u teach

If we understand that everything we are learning is

from what God has created...

MINISTER FARRAKHAN@LouisFarrakhanThe Official Twitter Page of

The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan, National Representative of the Honorable Elijah Muhammad

& the Nation of Islam.1,207 TWEETS0 FOLLOWING

51,296 FOLLOWERS

On May 27, I will be speaking at the San Diego Convention Center. Live webcast at http://www.NOI.org.