Farrakhan speaks to the UK from America
[ Editor’s note: The following text is taken from a speech delivered by Minister Louis Farrakhan on Dec. 22, 2002 in Phoenix, Az., and viewed via satellite transmission by tens of thousands of people in the United States and in Great Britain. Click here to order this speech .] Minister Louis Farrakhan In The Name of Allah, The Beneficent, The Merciful. For nearly 17 years, the British government has seen fit to deny me the right to visit the United Kingdom to address my own following there and to address the people of the United Kingdom. Minister Hilary [Muhammad] and the followers there engaged a number of lawyers to bring a suit against the British government to lift their ban on my travel there. Attorneys Nicholas Blake, Siddiq Khan, Matthew Ryder, Rosa Hussein and Tamara Muhammad, I truly thank you all. I would like also to thank the late Bernie Grant, member of Parliament, and all of the organizations that joined with Minister Hilary and the believers to fight for my presence