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Fatemah2774

(245 posts)

5. My family was part of the Nation of Islam

Reply to qwlauren35 (Original post)

Sun Oct 28, 2018, 05:45 AM

Oct 2018

And after the death of Elijah Muhammad our family who had rejected the racism in part, accepted and became more mainstream Muslims with his son Warith Deen Muhammad.

I too have rejected Farrakhan and his ilk of racism, black supremacy and anti semitism. So I stand with you and thank you for sharing.

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Louis Farrakhan [View all] qwlauren35 Oct 2018 OP

This took courage and I GWC58 Oct 2018 #1

In similar fashion, I was an indoctrinated, RWNJ, Christian laserhaas Oct 2018 #2

Respect for you 👏👏👏 irisblue Oct 2018 #3

I rejected him a long time ago MrScorpio Oct 2018 #4

My family was part of the Nation of Islam Fatemah2774 Oct 2018 #5

A heartfelt recommend. rogue emissary Oct 2018 #6

What specifically caused the shift in your perspective, if you're don't mind sharing that? JudyM Oct 2018 #7

It's complicated. qwlauren35 Oct 2018 #8