It is written in the Holy Qur’an, let me quote to you what God said, “O you who believe, retaliation is prescribed for you in the matter of the slain; the free for the free, the slave for the slave, the female for the female. But if remission is made to one by his (aggrieved) Brother, prosecution (for blood money) should be according to usage, and payment to him in a good manner. This is an alleviation from your Lord and a mercy. Whoever exceeds the limits after this will have a painful chastisement.”
Now, if it’s a prescription, then if the Justice Department doesn’t rein in these police that are killing us like this; if the local authorities don’t see that injustice is stopped ... You killed an old, Black woman here in Atlanta and you said she shot at you. You killed her, but where’s the penalty? You’re killing our people every day, and your own Brothers call it justifiable. It may be justified in your eyes, but we’ve got eyes too. What are you trying to force us to do?
I ask the Justice Department, do you want us to go to that point? Even if that would be committing suicide. It would be better to commit suicide than to continue to live under the very shadow of death from your evil hand. Do you want me, as the voice of the Honorable Elijah Muhammad, and really, a voice of God, to ask our people to retaliate in matters of the slain, a life for a life? Is that what you’re driving us to? Do you want your country to go up in smoke? Do you want us to call for our 400,000 Black men and women that are serving in the Armed Forces of America to come out and come home, for our fight is in America with the evil forces of racism?
I think that the government of America would be wise to give justice to those that are crying out for justice from you. You don’t have a lot of time left, but let me say this: You see, I’m backed up by a God. I’m not a preacher that does not have backup, and as you call for your backup, I’ll call for my backup! And you don’t want to meet my backup! What we are saying to you now is that injustice brings its response.
Allah (God) has already entered into the fight. The plagues are already here and they will get worse. And as you plan to kill our people, watch what God does. He will bring more wind and in some places, more rain and floods and drought. He’ll start killing off your animals. Fire on the West Coast, water on the East Coast. And as the waters of the ocean rise, curtailing America on her sides, He will push the people in from all the coastlines to the center of the country. What do you want? I can warn you in the name of Almighty (God), Allah that He will take one of your cities and destroy it completely with an earthquake just to show you His anger. You better leave the people of God alone! I have heard the Honorable Elijah Muhammad say, “They won’t kill no more than 300 of us and God will kill all of them!” I’ve got 300 in here right now, ready to die to bring it on!
Excerpt of Minister Louis Farrakhan's keynote address on the 12th Anniversary of the Historic Million Man March, delivered from the Atlanta Civic Center on Tuesday, October 16, 2007
Full text excerpt: http://goo.gl/ma1tMg
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