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  • September 2008

    • W. Deen Mohammed: Black Muslim Leader Dies

      Chicago Tribune  |  Sep 9, 08 9:51 PM CDT

      W. Deen Mohammed: Black Muslim Leader Dies

      (Newser) - Imam W. Deen Mohammed, son of the late Nation of Islam leader Elijah Muhammad and one of the nation's top black Muslim leaders, has died at age 74, the Chicago Tribune reports. "Brother Imam"—once banished by his father for remaining close to Nation of Islam critic Malcolm X—inherited the group from his father in 1975 and tried to steer it away from black supremacy and more toward more mainstream Muslim thinking. More »

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      obituary  • Louis Farrakhan  • Nation of Islam  • Malcolm X

  • March 2008

    • Clinton Ignores Code She Sets for Obama

      Washington Post  |  Mar 1, 08 6:48 PM CST

      Clinton Ignores Code She Sets for Obama

      (Newser) - Pot, meet kettle: Hillary Clinton recently insisted that Barack Obama “reject and denounce” Louis Farrakhan’s endorsement, but did not apply the same standards to herself, writes Colbert King in the Washington Post. When a Latina in Texas said Hispanics won't vote for Obama because “he happens to be black,” Hillary refused to turn down the woman's support. More »

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      Barack Obama  • Hillary Clinton  • Obama 2008  • Clinton 2008  • race relations  • anti-Semitism  • Latinos  • Louis Farrakhan

    • Obama Tries to Shore Up Jewish Support

      New York Times  |  Mar 1, 08 3:40 PM CST

      Obama Tries to Shore Up Jewish Support

      (Newser) - Barack Obama is moving to shore up support among Jewish voters after a series of much-publicized comments and false rumors that have complicated the task for him, the New York Times reports. Obama recently had to distance himself from Louis Farrakhan, clarify comments perceived as pro-Palestinian, and disavow email rumors that he is a Muslim who took office by swearing on the Koran. More »

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      Barack Obama  • Election 2008  • Obama 2008  • Clinton 2008  • the Jewish vote  • Louis Farrakhan

  • February 2008

    • Will Mac Reject His Radical Pastor's Nod?

      Salon  |  Feb 28, 08 2:59 PM CST

      Will Mac Reject His Radical Pastor's Nod?

      (Newser) - Barack Obama gets grilled over unsolicited praise from Louis Farrakhan, but John McCain draws no flak for “proudly” accepting the endorsement of a homophobic, Islamophobic evangelical pastor. Grotesque double standard, Glenn Greenwald calls it in Salon. Tim Russert made Obama “jump through multiple hoops” to disown the Nation of Islam leader, but no one’s complaining that Mac’s “honored” to be John Hagee’s choice, he notes. More »

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      Barack Obama  • John McCain  • Islam  • Hurricane Katrina  • New Orleans  • Tim Russert  • John Hagee  • Louis Farrakhan

  • January 2008

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