CHICAGO (FinalCall.com) - Anticipation and excitement is growing as final preparations are being made for Saviours’ Day 2012 marking 82 years of the Nation of Islam’s existence in North America.
Each year, to commemorate the birth of its founder Master W. Fard Muhammad, members from around the world make the journey to Chicago, Illinois during the last week of February for a time of fellowship, networking, information dissemination and spiritual renewal.
The keynote address by the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan is always the highlight of Saviours’ Day weekend. This year, Minister Farrakhan’s subject: “What Will 2012 Bring to America, The World, and Black and Oppressed People” is scheduled to be delivered February 26 at the United Center, the multimillion-dollar arena, which seats over 20,000. Minister Farrakhan will deliver the keynote address Feb. 26, 2012 at the United Center.
Student Minister Ishmael R. Muhammad, Min. Farrakhan’s assistant at Mosque Maryam, the international headquarters of the Nation of Islam, said everything the Minister said would happen in 2011 came to pass, and “sets the stage for something even bigger to manifest in 2012.”
On the domestic front, racially tinged rhetoric is escalating as President Barack Obama seeks a second-term in office, and the wealth gap between the “haves and the have nots” is growing. Despite nice-sounding reassurances from the country’s financial leaders, Black people are slipping further behind.
“For Black people, we recognize now that we have to take a different direction. The direction that we have taken and the hope that was raised in having a Black man as president has not addressed the needs of our community and we are slipping further and further behind. So the economic program and blueprint of the Honorable Elijah Muhammad that the Minister will present Saviours’ Day is important for us as a people to examine and to look at because our survival is at stake,” said Mr. Muhammad.
Mr. Muhammad described 2012 as a “critical year” on the international front as well. Israel’s desire to obtain Western backing to attack the Islamic Republic of Iran has generated global concern, the Palestinian-Israeli conflict remains unresolved, American-led drone wars targeting Pakistan, Yemen and Somalia have continued as well as unrest in several Muslim countries. Minister Farrakhan is valuable to humanity because he is the only leader offering divine guidance boldly telling the world what God has revealed through scripture and what is prophesied to come, he said.
“When you are divinely guided, that is Minister Farrakhan’s value to Black people, to America and to the world who want to get a better perspective on what is happening, because of all of the world religious leaders or spiritual leaders and teachers—if you listen to them—they are not telling the people what is happening based upon the books that they teach the people from,” said Mr. Muhammad. “If you are not helping the people to see that what is written in The Gospels is being fulfilled, what is written in the Qur’an is being fulfilled, then of course, how can you expect them to show the people that the Book is actually alive and that what was prophesied is being fulfilled if they can’t see and understand the Scripture? That’s the value of a Louis Farrakhan.”
Student Minister Ava Muhammad, said she is looking forward to participating in this year’s workshops and plenary sessions. She is scheduled to be a panelist for the major plenary session titled “Business is Warfare: The Secret Relationship Between Blacks and Jews.” Mrs. Muhammad said the Nation of Islam’s growth and development is measured by the tone of Minister Farrakhan’s messages, and the approach to the subjects examined by those participating in the workshops and sessions.
“We are now moving in a phase of the Nation of Islam’s growth where we are being able to utilize scientific methodology. Now that we know what is wrong with this world, now that we have been introduced to ‘God’ and introduced to ‘Self,’ Minister Farrakhan has now moved from a teacher to commander,” Ava Muhammad continued. “He is no longer—if we pay attention—dealing with persuading us to accept the Theology of the Teachings of the Honorable Elijah Muhammad.”
Mrs. Muhammad said the Minister has delivered the word so clearly that no one—especially Black people—at this point can say that they do not understand.
“So now it is a conscious choice that every individual will make as to whether they will accept their identity as ‘The Children of Israel,’ as the ‘Asiatic Black Man,’ the ‘Lost Members of the Tribe of Shabazz,” said Mrs. Muhammad. “We can either accept our identity now as the real Children of Israel or, we can reject that, and meet the fate of our slave masters and their children.”
The 2012 Saviours' Day convention marks the 82nd year of the Nation of Islam's existence in North America. Each year, to commemorate the birth of its founder Master W. Fard Muhammad (February 26, 1877), thousands of members and supporters of the Nation of Islam from around the world make the journey to attend the annual convention during the last week of February for a weekend of fellowship, networking, information dissemination and spiritual renewal.
Also during Saviours' Day, some of the best academic minds, entertainers and activists come together for strategizing, organizing and mobilization.
Minister Farrakhan's Saviours' Day messages are always timely as he marvelously deals with current events, spiritual realities, prophecies and solutions to the problems plaguing the Black community in particular and humanity in general.
Posted By: Siebra Muhammad
Saturday, February 25th 2012 at 5:28PM
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