Hon. Minister Louis Farrakhan (233002)

For those who thought that because of the anti-Islamic atmosphere present in America the 83-year-old head of the Nation of Islam, the Hon. Minister Louis Farrakhan, would temper his remarks during his keynote address before thousands at the Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Mich. on February. 19, you were wrong.

"America will never be great again," Farrakhan said, mocking President Donald J. Trump'southward slogan.

"The God of Justice has come up and America now must pay for what she has done. I am here to denote today the end of this earth and the beginning of a make-new reality where all human beings will enjoy peace, justice and equality under the dominion of Allah [God]," Farrakhan told the cheering oversupply. Co-ordinate to the Final Call News, the official publication of the NOI, the Muslim leader was "speaking as a divine warner from God."

The Muslim organization once again gathered in the metropolis where its founder, known as Master Fard Muhammad, encountered, in 1930, the NOI's patriarch, the Hon. Elijah Muhammad, while educational activity in Detroit's "Black Bottom" community. The NOI's annual celebration is called Saviors' Twenty-four hours and it marks Principal Fard Muhammad'due south birthday. The organization moved to Chicago, where it is now based. Farrakhan'due south 3-hr address was a reaffirmation that the NOI would continue its call for a split up Blackness nation going forward. To the gathering at the sold-out arena, he said, "God wants yous to separate. He wants you to have a nation of your own." The theme for SD 2017 was "Have No Fear for the Future: The Future Is Ours."

He asked the gathering to understand why racial integration was not working in America and that racism and white supremacist groups were gaining forcefulness because whites "don't want to be with y'all."

"Can't you lot get the message?" he asked. "They don't want y'all."

Turning his attending to domestic issues, Farrakhan criticized men for abusing women, and being young and irresponsible. "Nosotros have nothing to offering women," he said.

The homo who convened the 1995 Million Man March, praised the Women's March on Washington held in Jan. "That was one of the greatest demonstrations I have seen in the history of protests," Farrakhan said. "Information technology was a protest confronting men who have mistreated women, and put women downward."

Turning to the contempo presidential election, Farrakhan said, "Many of yous are and then hurt because Queen Hillary lost. And some of you lot, at present, have cursed me out because I didn't vote for her. I didn't vote for Trump. I knew both of them were the same: You are not going to become anything from either one, but more cant from Hillary and more straight talk from Trump. He told you, you didn't have nil to lose. You been a Democrat all your life and don't take a damn thing to evidence for it!"

Farrakhan, even so, had a stern alarm for the 45th president, who insists that if Chicago's Mayor Rahm Emmanuel doesn't stop the violence, he would send in the "feds."

"My brothers are in bad shape … and I have warned all of you," Farrakhan said. "I told you the Ground forces was coming. They are coming with a listen to slaughter us. I have said information technology not just for a yr, just for three decades. I take been warning you about the authorities of America planning a state of war not merely with Muslims overseas simply with Blackness people and the Nation of Islam in America."

He added, "So I am saying to Mr. Trump, not existence disrespectful: You lot can come, bring your Army. Merely if y'all slaughter my little brothers, watch what God volition do for you."

He asked onetime President Barack Obama to "have coffee to talk nigh ways to help Chicago and avoid having to bring in troops."

According to the Detroit Free Press, there were local religious and political leaders in attendance, including Detroit Metropolis Quango President Brenda Jones and Country Senator Bert Johnson.