#  Muslim Leader Speaks in Indiana 

 





February 12, 1999

 

 

Source: The Indianapolis Star

On February 12, 1999, *The Indianapolis Star* reported on amessage delivered by Imam W. Deen Muhammad, son of Elijah Muhammad,of the Nation of Islam at Martin University in Indiana. Muhammad,speaking to an audience of Muslims, Protestants, Catholics, and Jewsfrom across the Midwest, stated, "God originally created us to be onefamily, and before this world is finished, we have to become onecommunity again." Muhammad also stated that the "fundamental featureof Islam is unity, peace, and charity. We must be that to each otherand to people of many faiths." Breaking with the racial separatistconcept developed by his father, Muhammad has spent the last 30 yearstrying to bring black Muslims in line with worldwide Orthodox Islam.





 

 

 



 

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