Louis Farrakhan, a minister for the Nation of Islam, has announced his intentions to sue the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt, Simon Wiesenthal Center (SWC), and the SWC director Abraham Cooper, in a post made on the Nation of Islam’s website last week.
Farrakhan claims that he is suing the above parties for 1st Amendment violations and defamation.
Farrakhan is seeking $4.8 billion USD in compensation, alongside the fees associated with his lawsuit.
“The First Amendment provides that Congress make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting its free exercise,” according to the White House. “It protects freedom of speech, the press, assembly, and the right to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”
The website claims that “For over 40 years, the Defendants have falsely labeled Minister Farrakhan and the NOI as “antisemites,” and as “antisemitic” because of a difference in theological viewpoints, and for his pointing out misbehavior of some members of the Jewish community, among other things. “
“This false labeling has hindered Minister Farrakhan in his Mission, which is to deliver the Truth taught by the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad that will correct the condition of spiritual, mental and moral death of the Black man and woman of America that came as a result of the 310 years of chattel slavery and over 150 years of oppression and suppression thereafter.
“Minister Farrakhan and the NOI, in bringing this action, are...
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