‘Nation of Islam' Leader Farrakhan Declares Support for Iran's Nuclear
Program, Says Because U.S. Ignored His Warnings, ‘The Time for the
Chastisement of Allah is Here'
The following are excerpts from an interview with Louis
Farrakhan, leader of the "Nation of Islam", which aired on Al-Jazeera TV on
March 18, 2007.
[these excerpts have been taken from the Jewish proganda
site MEMRI]
"The Time for Warnings is Up"
Louis Farrakhan: "I believe that my teacher, Elijah Muhammad, came as a
warning to America, on account of the evils that it committed for 400 years,
against millions of black slaves. He came as a warning to America that its
policies around the world will bring upon it the fate of ancient Egypt, Sodom
and Gomorrah, ancient Babylon, and ancient Rome - that this was coming to
America. I am an extension of Elijah Muhammad.
"When I said my time is up, I meant that warnings can't go on forever. I have
warned President Bush, I have warned his government, I have warned his people,
and I have warned my own people. The time for warnings is up, and the time for
the chastisement of Allah is here."
[...]
Interviewer: "Mr. Farrakhan, are you still being accused of being
antisemitic, and if that's so, by whom and why?"
Farrakhan: "Are you a Semite?"
Interviewer: "Yes, I'm Arab."
Farrakhan: "Am I against you? Am I against Muslims? No. Are the Jews that
came out of Europe Semitic? Who are the Sephardic Jews? Are they Semitic? Am I
against them? Who has segregated them and the Ethiopian Jews? Is it not the
Europeans? The real antisemites are those who came out of Europe and settled in
Palestine, and now they call themselves the true Jews, when in fact, they
converted to Judaism."
[...]
Saddam Was No Threat to His Neighbors
Farrakhan: "Saddam Hussein had no weapons of mass destruction. He was no
threat to his neighbors. If he were a lion, he had no teeth. His paws had no
claws. He never shot down one American or British plane, which flew all over
Iraq for twelve years. Iraq had lost its power to protect its own sovereign
airspace. So when America went to war with Iraq, and called it 'Shock and Awe,'
and used all these weapons against Iraq, it was committing murder, in order to
get the oil of Iraq, to establish a democracy - that's lying and murder."
[...]
No Muslim Who Studies the Koran Would Bomb a Mosque - Where is the Hand of
the Mossad and CIA?
Farrakhan: "It is anti-Islamic to bomb a mosque, so what Muslim who
studies the Koran would bomb a mosque, whether he is Shi'ite, or Sunni, or Sufi,
or Hanafi, or Hanbali? No Muslim would destroy even a synagogue, a monastery, or
a church, much less bomb another mosque. Where is the hand of the Mossad in all
of this? Where is the hand of the CIA in all of this? I didn’t mis-describe the
administration of the United States. They are liars, and they are murderers, and
they are guilty of heinous crimes, and they should be removed, for they have
violated the constitution of the United States of America, and have violated the
peoples of the world."
[...]
"Iran Should Not Be Denied Human Right" to "Atomic Knowledge"; If It
"Believes in the Power of Allah, It Can't be Frightened by America"
Farrakhan: "Iran should not be denied the human right to knowledge.
Atomic knowledge should be in the arsenal of knowledge of every nation, and if
Iran wants to use atomic knowledge for peaceful purposes, she's in accord with
international law. But the fear of America is Iran's attitude to Israel, and the
cornerstone of America's foreign policy is the protection of Israel. So they
don't want Iran to have atomic knowledge. But Iran is saying: 'I'm going to get
that knowledge. I'm going to use that knowledge, so that we will no longer be
dependent on oil.' Now, America, of course, is a powerful bully. I heard
Vice-President Cheney say that all options are on the table. They're not
frightening Iran. If Iran believes in Allah, and if Iran believes in the power
of Allah, Iran can't be frightened by America. You can't frighten a true
Muslim."
