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68-577: NBPP may refer to: New Black Panther Party Netherlands Bioinformatics for Proteomics Platform Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title NBPP . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=NBPP&oldid=745091791 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

136-587: A confrontation between the NBPP and the Ku Klux Klan . Muhammad continued to seek out high profile and confrontational events, and that same year sought to organise a "Million Youth March" in Harlem , New York City . On the surface, the purpose of the march was to build solidarity amongst the black youth of America but Muhammad also sought to march into the heartland of Nation of Islam support and demonstrate he had

204-640: A follower of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, calling him the Sword of Allah. By 1984, Muhammad had become one of Louis Farrakhan's most trusted advisors in the Nation of Islam. He traveled to Libya on a fund-raising trip, where he became well acquainted with that country's leader, Muammar al-Gaddafi . Muhammad's dedication to Farrakhan and to the message of the NOI eventually secured him the title of national spokesman and he

272-407: A group to compete for their support. Mayor Rudolph Giuliani sought to block the march but was overruled by a federal judge. The March went ahead on 5 September 1998 and Muhammad gave a racist and anti-semitic speech to an audience of 6,000. When the police attempted to end the march at the designated end time, Muhammad encouraged those in attendance to physically confront them, leading to a riot. It

340-583: A guest rapper. On the former album, Muhammad appeared in the tracks "Death" and "The Birth". On the latter, he appeared in the song "Cave Bitch", a song ridiculing white women. On the Scarface song " Hand of the Dead Body ", Ice Cube also mentioned Muhammad, saying "Down with Kahlid Abdul Muhammad / Do he got a brother? I'm it now." On MC Ren 's 1996 album The Villain in Black Muhammad appeared in

408-517: A lecture to students at Ryerson University . The Ryerson Students' Union (RSU) had endorsed the event as it called for grade-school curricula to acknowledge the historical contribution of African-Canadians and African-Americans , and for the Brampton, Ontario , super jail project to be dismantled. A spokesperson for the RSU later stated that support for the event was given "before they knew that Shabazz

476-604: A life for a life ". The bounty offer was condemned and repudiated by Martin's family and others, including the Rev. Jesse Jackson . The NBPP's organizer, Mikhail Mohammed, said that the United States Constitution granted the right to a citizen's arrest. In May 2007, Chairman Shabazz was invited by Black Youth Taking Action (BYTA) to speak at a rally at Queen's Park in Toronto , Ontario , Canada, and to give

544-443: A member of that city's chapter several years earlier, for about six months. He also said Johnson had been asked to leave the group for espousing dangerous rhetoric and violating the organization's "chain of command", and that Johnson questioned NBPP's tactics, asking why they had not purchased more weapons and ammunition. In a written statement, the NBPP said Johnson was not a member of the organization and that "a simple like ... via

612-667: A peaceful protest against police killings of African-American men elsewhere in the United States, had " liked " the Facebook pages of several black nationalist organizations, including the NBPP, Mauricelm-Lei Millere and African American Defense League, who according to the Southern Poverty Law Center may have radicalized Johnson. Quanell X , the leader of the NBPP in Houston, Texas, said Johnson had been

680-527: A polling place in Philadelphia . One of the two was a credentialed poll watcher, while the other was a New Black Panther member who had brought a police-style nightstick baton. A University of Pennsylvania student, Stephen Robert Morse, was hired by the local Republican Party on behalf of the John McCain presidential campaign to tape the incident. His video aired on several news outlets throughout

748-668: A prominent figure in the Nation of Islam and later the New Black Panther Party . After a racially inflammatory 1993 speech at Kean College , Muhammad was condemned and removed from his position in the Nation of Islam by Louis Farrakhan . He was also censured by both Houses of the United States Congress . After being removed from the Nation of Islam, he served as the National Chairman of

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816-631: A single majority-black precinct in Philadelphia. So far—after months of hearings, testimony and investigation no one has produced actual evidence that any voters were too scared to cast their ballots." According to an April 23, 2010 press release from the New Black Panther Party, the Philadelphia member involved in the nightstick incident was suspended until January 2010. "The New Black Panther Party made it clear then and now we don't support voter intimidation ... The charges against

884-605: A social media website does not represent membership, affiliation, or endorsement. It simply is what it is ... a like on the page." The Huey P. Newton Foundation issued a news release denouncing the New Black Panther Party. Its release read in part: As guardian of the true history of the Black Panther Party, the Foundation, which includes former leading members of the Party, denounces this group's exploitation of

952-556: A spokesman for Bill O'Reilly, who has no respect for women." Calling the NBPP extremist, critics have cited Muhammad's Million Youth March in Harlem , a youth equivalent of the Million Man March , in which the protest against police brutality included speakers calling for the extermination of white South Africans . The rally ended in scuffles with the New York Police Department as Muhammad urged

1020-536: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages New Black Panther Party The New Black Panther Party ( NBPP ) is an American black nationalist organization founded in Dallas , Texas , in 1989. Despite its name, the NBPP is not an official successor to the Black Panther Party . Members of the original Black Panther Party have insisted that

1088-460: Is largely seen by both the general public and prominent members of the original party as illegitimate. Huey Newton Foundation members, containing a significant number of the original party's leaders, once successfully sued the group; their ultimate objective in doing so—to prevent the NBPP from using the Panther name—appears to have been unsuccessful. In response to the suit, Aaron Michaels branded

1156-784: Is run from Israel." Nkem Anizor, president of the BYTA, also blamed the " Jewish lobby " for the government's decision to deny Shabazz entry to Canada, Shabazz later said, "Canada is on Malik alert," and " B'nai Brith has won this one, and I'm starting to see the power of the Jewish lobby in Canada, full force. I thought Canada was free. I think this is evidence that black people are being oppressed in Canada." Micah Xavier Johnson, who ambushed and shot at police officers in Dallas, Texas, in July 2016 after

1224-721: The Black Panther Militia . Aaron Michaels, a community activist and radio producer in Dallas , Texas established a chapter of the Black Panther Militia in 1992, but choose to refer to his chapter as "The New Black Panther Party". Over time, McGee lost influence over the overall groups while Michaels' grew, and eventually, it would be Aaron Michaels who took overall leadership of the Panthers groups, now using "New Black Panther Party" as their banner. Michaels became increasingly radical, and so too did

1292-498: The D'Angelo song "1000 Deaths" on the 2014 album Black Messiah . Muhammad had five children, including Farrah Gray , who grew up in Chicago's South Side . Although Gray saw his father only during occasional visits, he credits Muhammad for inspiring him with confidence. Gray rose from poverty to become a successful business entrepreneur, but did not join his father's political activities. In 2001, Muhammad died unexpectedly of

1360-568: The New Black Panther Party until his death in 2001 from a brain aneurysm . He advocated black independence and stated a personal practice of anti-miscegenation . Harold Moore Jr. was raised by his aunt, Carrie Moore Vann, in Houston, Texas , where he attended Bruce Elementary School, E.O. Smith Junior High School, and all-black Phyllis Wheatley High School. After graduating high school, Moore went to Dillard University in Louisiana , where he

1428-552: The Voting Rights Act of 1965 over the incident at the Philadelphia polling place. The suit accused members King Samir Shabazz and Jerry Jackson of being outside a polling location wearing the uniform of the New Black Panther Party for Self-Defense, and said that Shabazz repeatedly brandished a police-style baton weapon. The suit sought an injunction preventing further violations of the Voting Rights Act. After

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1496-498: The "Million Youth March" in New York City which attracted an estimated 6,000 participants. New York mayor Rudolph Giuliani denied the organizers a permit, calling it a hate march. A court ruled that the event could go on but scaled back its duration and size. At the conclusion of the rally, just as Muhammad appeared on the stage to speak, the demonstration was interrupted by a low-flying police helicopter. Muhammad alleges that

1564-454: The "tone" of Muhammad's speech, while acknowledging the "truths" in it. Despite this, Muhammad's remarks also resulted in not only Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) members distancing themselves from the Nation of Islam, but also CBC chairman Kweisi Mfume , (D-MD), ending his relationship with the Nation of Islam as well. In September 1993, Mfume announced a "covenant" between the Nation of Islam and CBC members to work together on strengthening

1632-589: The Justice Department, testified before the Commission on Civil Rights and alleged that the case was dropped because "[w]e abetted wrongdoing and abandoned law-abiding citizens". Former Civil Rights Division Voting Section Chief Christopher Coates testified on September 24, 2010, "I am here today to testify about the Department of Justice's final disposition of the New Black Panther Party case and

1700-474: The NBPP claimed a few thousand members organized in 45 chapters, while independent estimates by the Anti-Defamation League suggest that the group is much smaller but is nevertheless able to attract a large turnout of non-members to its events by focusing on specific issues of local interest. In April 2010, Malik Zulu Shabazz appointed French Black leader Kémi Séba as the representative of

1768-518: The NBPP from Michaels by filling with former members of the Nation of Islam and other Black Muslims. In 2012, Michaels claimed it was at this point he departed from the NBPP. In 1998, Khalid Abdul Muhammad brought the organization into the national spotlight when he led an armed group of NBPP members to provide armed protection to the family of James Byrd Jr. , who had just been murdered in Jasper, Texas by three white supremacists. Events escalated into

1836-491: The NBPP say that the group's politics represent a dangerous departure from the original intent of black nationalism ; specifically, that they are starkly anti-white, and also antisemitic . The group blames the September 11 attacks on Jews. The Southern Poverty Law Center classifies the NBPP as a black separatist hate group and says that its leaders "have advocated the killing of Jews and white people". As of 2009,

1904-744: The New Panthers. On August 19, 2015, Dhoruba Bin Wahad (a member of the original Black Panther Party) and an associate were assaulted by a faction of the New Black Panther Party. Bin Wahad had been attending a conference in Atlanta , Georgia held by the Nzinga faction of the "New" Panthers. Bin Wahad confronted the group about their adoption of the Black Panther name and their rhetoric. The two were ordered to leave but when they refused, Bin Wahad

1972-512: The Party's name and history. Failing to find its own legitimacy in the black community, this band would graft the Party's name upon itself, which we condemn. ... [T]hey denigrate the Party's name by promoting concepts absolutely counter to the revolutionary principles on which the Party was founded. ... The Black Panthers were never a group of angry young militants full of fury toward the "white establishment." The Party operated on love for black people, not hatred of white people. Bobby Seale , one of

2040-406: The RSU that it had received e-mails of threats of violent disruption of the event. The RSU canceled Shabazz's lecture because of safety concerns. Heather Kere, RSU's Vice-President of Education, said, "We definitely recognize there was some criticism of his views" and "we were endorsing the campaign's goals and not the individual speaker." Kere added, "He deflected attention away from the main point of

2108-665: The black community after he had invited Farrakhan to address the black caucus’ annual legislative conference. The day after Mfume held a press conference announcing his break with the Nation of Islam in February 1994, Farrakhan demoted Muhammad and also removed him as the NOI's spokesman. He was silenced as a minister and suspended from the NOI soon afterward. In 1994, Muhammad appeared on the Phil Donahue Show. He participated in heated arguments with Jewish audience members amid explanations of his public statements. Muhammad

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2176-512: The black community, labeled the Pope a "no-good cracker ," and advocated the murder of any and all white South Africans who would not leave the nation subsequent to a warning period of 24 hours. The United States Senate and United States House of Representatives both voted overwhelmingly to support resolutions condemning the speech. Farrakhan responded by publicly repudiating Muhammad's speech. However, Minister Farrakhan specified that he opposed

2244-552: The campaign. We still strongly believe in the campaign." Hashim Nzinga, Shabazz's chief of staff, blamed Jewish groups for the incident, stating in a telephone interview, "They let these groups like the ADL ( Anti-Defamation League ) and the JDL ( Jewish Defense League ), which is nothing but a bunch of gangsters, dictate what happens in the world today," and "They told Canada not to let us in and Canada followed [its] rules, because this country

2312-426: The co-founding members of the Black Panther Party, also spoke out against the New Black Panther Party. In a 2010 interview, he called the group's rhetoric xenophobic and described its leaders' remarks as "absurd, racial, [and] categorical". [W]e will never, ever stoop to the low level of the mentality of a racist to just hate another person because of the color of their skin or ethnicity. We don't do that. That's not

2380-400: The control of Aaron Michaels in Dallas. In turn, Aaron Michaels lost control of the leadership of the group to Khalid Abdul Muhammad , a former leading member of the Nation of Islam , who proceeded to fill the ranks of the New Panthers with ex-Nation of Islam members and other Black Muslims . Under Muhammad and his successors' leadership, the New Panthers shifted radically from the ideology of

2448-591: The country. Republican poll watcher Chris Hill stated that voters were complaining about intimidation, while the District Attorney's office stated that they had not been contacted by any voters. The New Black Panther with the nightstick was escorted away by the police. On January 7, 2009, the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a civil suit against the New Black Panther Party and three of its members alleging violations of

2516-513: The crowd to attack officers who had attempted to confiscate firearms. Chairs and bottles were thrown at the police, but only a few in the clash suffered injuries. The Million Youth March was subsequently named an annual event. King Samir Shabazz , a former Nation of Islam member and head of the New Black Panther Party's Philadelphia chapter, has a long history of confrontational racist behavior. He advocated racial separation and made incendiary racial statements while promoting anti-police messages in

2584-406: The defendants did not appear for court, a default judgment was entered. On May 29, 2009, the Department of Justice requested and received an injunction against the member who had carried the nightstick, but against the advice of prosecutors who had worked on the case, department superiors ordered the suit dropped against the remaining members. On July 6, 2010, J. Christian Adams , a former lawyer for

2652-551: The entire organization and the chairman were dropped. The actions of one individual cannot be attributed to an entire organization any more than every act of any member of the Catholic Church be charged to the Vatican." Another controversy occurred in 2012 after the NBPP offered a $ 10,000 bounty for the citizen's arrest of George Zimmerman , the man who killed Trayvon Martin . The group also stated that it believed in "

2720-406: The goal objective. The goal objective is human liberation. The goal objective is the greater community cooperation of humanism. The goal objective is to get rid of institutionalized racism. Reacting to a video of two NBPP members positioned outside of a polling place on Election Day in 2008 in Philadelphia , Seale agreed with CNN Newsroom anchor Kyra Phillips "to some degree" that the incident

2788-421: The group would continue to appear across America during instances of racial tension and conflict, however, Shabazz was never able to return the group to the high profile it had in the media and public's mind during Muhammad's time. The New Black Panther Party identifies with the original Black Panther Party and it claims to uphold its legacy. It also says that many others see the organization similarly. The NBPP

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2856-417: The group. In 1994, Khalid Abdul Muhammad , a prominent member of the Nation of Islam , survived an assassination attempt from a former member of that group. Following the attempt on his life, Muhammad left the Nation of Islam and went to Dallas to recover, and it was during this time that Muhammad became aligned to Aaron Michaels, and subsequently joined the NBPP. By 1998 Muhammad had seized entire control of

2924-460: The group. However, those loyal to Nzinga left and formed a splinter group called the "New Black Panther Party for Self Defence" or "NBPP SD". In 1987, Michael McGee, an alderman in Milwaukee , threatened to disrupt white events throughout the city unless more jobs were created for black people. He held a "state of the inner city" press conference in 1990 at City Hall to announce the creation of

2992-745: The hostility in the Civil Rights Division and the Voting Section toward the equal enforcement of some of the federal voting laws." (pp. 7, 22–25; pp. 8, 1–2) Abigail Thernstrom , the Republican-appointed vice chairwoman of the Commission, wrote that the Panthers should perhaps have been prosecuted under section 11 (b) of the Voting Rights Act for [its] actions of November 2008, but the legal standards that must be met to prove voter intimidation—the charge—are very high. And "The incident involved only two Panthers at

3060-522: The introduction of its 1988 track " Night of the Living Baseheads " from the album It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back : Have you forgotten that once we were brought here, we were robbed of our name, robbed of our language. We lost our religion, our culture, our god ... and many of us, by the way we act, we even lost our minds. He also appeared on Ice Cube 's albums Death Certificate (1991) and Lethal Injection (1993) as

3128-562: The jury organized by then- District Attorney Mike Nifong convict the accused lacrosse players. On April 12, 2007, after the case brought by Nifong collapsed and the Duke Lacrosse players were exonerated, Malik Zulu Shabazz appeared on The O'Reilly Factor . He refused to apologize for his actions in the lead-up to the Duke University lacrosse rape scandal, stating that he did not know whether or not anything happened to

3196-525: The media and on the streets of Philadelphia. He publicly announced, "I hate white people. All of them." He also suggested the killing of white babies. Shabazz was arrested in June 2013 for carrying a loaded, unlicensed weapon. The party has claimed his arrest is part of an "onslaught of attacks against the New Black Panther Party." During the 2008 presidential election , poll watchers found two New Black Panther militia members shouting racial slurs outside

3264-519: The movement in France. However, Séba left the position in 2011. In October 2013, Malik Zulu Shabazz announced he was stepping down as leader of the organization. He attempted to place Hashim Nzinga as his main successor. However, this move prompted a body of the group to gather for a meeting, where they elected Krystal Muhammad as their new chairperson. These events prompted a split of the organization into two competing factions. Muhammad's faction retained

3332-697: The name "New Black Panther Party", while the Nzinga faction dubbed themselves "The New Black Panther Party for Self Defence" or "NBPP SD". The two groups remain at odds, each attempting to control the name recognition of "The New Panthers". The New Black Panther Party became involved in a melee outside Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney 's campaign headquarters after she lost a Democratic primary election to her opponent, Hank Johnson . The NBPP's Chief of Staff, Hashim Nzinga, had been acting as security detail for McKinney when he physically attacked reporters, calling them Jews and insisting that they must focus on Hank Johnson rather than on McKinney, since Johnson, he alleged,

3400-595: The new party has no legitimacy and "there is no new Black Panther Party". The Anti-Defamation League , the Southern Poverty Law Center , and the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights consider the NBPP to be a hate group , accusing the organization and its leaders of racism , antisemitism and anti-Zionism . The NBPP traces its origins to the Black Panther Militia created in 1990 by original Panther Michael McGee in Milwaukee . However, as McGee expanded his organization, it later came under

3468-482: The oppression of black and brown people and that its members are on top of current issues facing black communities across the world. Also, it notes that not all of its members are members of the Nation of Islam , although the group acknowledges universal spirituality practices within the organization. Over time, many groups subscribing to varying degrees of radicalism have called for the "right to self-determination " for black people, particularly US blacks. Critics of

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3536-414: The original Black Panther Party towards an extremist form of Black nationalism . The NBPP is currently led by Krystal Muhammad. Malik Zulu Shabazz announced on an October 14, 2013 online radio broadcast that he was stepping down and that Hashim Nzinga, then national chief of staff, would replace him. This move created a schism within the group. A vote was held and Krystal Muhammad was elected leader of

3604-542: The original Panthers "has-been wannabe Panthers", adding: "Nobody can tell us who we can call ourselves." Although the NBPP says it sees capitalism as the fundamental problem with the world and revolution as the solution, the new party does not draw its influences from Marxism or Maoism as the original party did. Instead, it promotes the Kawaida theory of Maulana Karenga , which includes black unity, collective action, and cooperative economics. The NBPP says it fights

3672-590: The speeches given today should not occur [at] any place." Muhammad convened a second march in 1999. In the year 2000, it was revealed that one of the contestants on the American version of the Dutch television show Big Brother , William Collins (Hiram Ashantee), was a follower of Muhammed. As a prominent Afrocentrist and speaker on African history, Muhammad attracted interest from several hip-hop artists, who sampled him in their songs. Public Enemy quoted him in

3740-513: The track "Muhammad Speaks", where he spoke about the history of the rights of African-Americans . Musical references to Muhammad since his death include a quote of his "Kill the White Man" speech on The Used 's 2009 album Artwork , a sample of his interview with Louis Theroux in the Chase & Status song "Hocus Pocus", and excerpts from a recording of one of his speeches concerning Jesus in

3808-478: The young accuser. He stated his beliefs that the rich white families of Duke had placed political pressure on the investigation and forced the charges to be dropped. When questioned by guest host Michelle Malkin , he labeled her a political prostitute and mouthpiece for a male, chauvinist, racist Bill O'Reilly . Malkin said, "There's only one whore on this split screen and it's you, Mr. Shabazz." Shabazz replied, "You should be ashamed of yourself for defending and being

3876-589: Was voter intimidation . He also described what he saw as significant differences between the original Black Panthers and the New Black Panthers, particularly between their respective Ten-Point Programs . In April 2002, an event was held in Washington, D.C. to celebrate the 35th anniversary of the creation of the Black Panther Party. Ron Scott, a co-founder of the Detroit chapter of the Panthers,

3944-585: Was a " Tom ." In a subsequent appearance on the Fox News Channel program Hannity & Colmes , Nzinga defended these actions. He accused his interviewers of being part of a " Zionist " media complex bent on defaming African Americans and, by extension, the New Black Panthers. In 2006, the New Black Panther Party regained the media spotlight by intervening in the 2006 Duke University lacrosse team scandal , organizing marches outside Duke University and making numerous media appearances to demand that

4012-421: Was a guest speaker, and many in attendance were also original members of the Black Panther Party. During the course of the night, the event was interrupted by 30 members of the New Black Panther Party dressed in motorcycle helmets and steel-capped boots, led by Malik Zulu Shabazz. Shabazz and his NBPP member seized control of the event and ordered under threat of violence that the original Panthers cease criticism of

4080-432: Was assaulted. Wahad was left with a concussion, a broken jaw and lacerations from the attack. The event led founding member of the original Black Panthers, Elbert "Big Man" Howard , to denounce the group as "reactionaries" and "thugs". Khalid Abdul Muhammad Khalid Abdul Muhammad (born Harold Moore Jr. ; January 12, 1948 – February 17, 2001) was an African-American Muslim minister and activist who became

4148-438: Was denied entry to Canada because of a minor criminal record. Shabazz flew back to Buffalo , New York and attempted to cross the border by car, but border agents spotted him and again prevented him from entering Canada. The rally at Queen's Park went ahead without Shabazz, with approximately 100 people, plus at least two dozen journalists. Ryerson University canceled the planned lecture. The university administration alerted

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4216-461: Was in this same time period that Muhammad and the NBPP featured in an episode of Louis Theroux's Weird Weekends entitled " Black Nationalism ". Khalid Muhammad died of a brain aneurysm on February 17, 2001, and was succeeded by Malik Zulu Shabazz , a protege of Muhammad's as well as his personal attorney. Like Muhammad, Shabazz continued to push the NBPP in an increasingly anti-Semitic and racial segregationist direction. Under Shabazz's leadership,

4284-403: Was known as Harold Vann, to pursue a degree in theological studies, but he did not graduate. At this time, he ministered at Sloan Memorial Methodist Church. In 1967, he was initiated into Omega Psi Phi fraternity (Theta Sigma chapter). Later, Moore transferred to Pepperdine University and earned his bachelor's degree . In 1970, while attending Dillard, Moore joined the Nation of Islam, which

4352-591: Was named one of Louis Farrakhan's friends in 1981. He served at Nation of Islam mosques in New York and Atlanta throughout the 1980s. A federal court convicted him in 1987 of mortgage fraud and sentenced him to nine months in prison. After his prison term he returned to the Nation, becoming Farrakhan's national advisor in 1991. In 1993, Muhammad gave a speech at Kean College in Union Township, New Jersey , in which Muhammad referred to Jews as "bloodsuckers" of

4420-578: Was shot by James Bess, a former NOI member, after he spoke at the University of California, Riverside on May 29, 1994. He survived the shooting. Muhammed himself believed the shooting was a part of a conspiracy. After being stripped of his position as NOI spokesman, Muhammad became the national chairman of the New Black Panther Party . On May 21, 1997, he delivered a heated speech at San Francisco State University in which he criticized Jews, whites, Catholics and homosexuals. In 1998, Muhammad organized

4488-584: Was the signal for more than 3,000 police in riot gear, including some mounted on horseback, to come in and disperse the crowd. In response, Muhammad exhorted the rally participants to attack the oncoming police, to beat them with rails, and to shoot them with their own guns. Dozens were arrested, and 30 officers and five civilians were injured. Mayor Giuliani said that the march turned out to be precisely what he predicted, "filled with hatred, horrible, awful, vicious, anti-Semitic and other anti-white rhetoric, as well as exhortations to kill people, murder people ...

4556-591: Was the speaker." Shabazz arrived at Toronto Pearson International Airport as planned but Canada border officials prevented him from entering Canada because of past rhetoric that violated Canadian hate laws . Although Canada's airports and borders are within the federal jurisdiction , the Ontario Community Safety and Correctional Services Minister , Monte Kwinter , justified the barring of Shabazz. Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty expressed concern about Shabazz. The press reported that Shabazz

4624-427: Was then under the leadership of Elijah Muhammad . He changed his name to Harold Smith or Harold X, then to Malik Rushaddin, became Minister Louis Farrakhan 's protégé, and was active as a recruiter within the organization. In 1978, Rushaddin was appointed Western Regional Minister of the Nation of Islam and leader of Mosque #27. In 1983, Minister Farrakhan named him Khalid after the Islamic general Khalid ibn al-Walid ,

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