Talk:Louis Farrakhan

Birth name

Currently this says he was born with a different last name than either of his parents had. It might be a good idea to explain why this is the case. 85.157.76.57 (talk) 21:30, 18 November 2013 (UTC)

Yes, his parents split up before he was born. He was brought up as the son of Louis Wolcott, his mother's partner after her split with Clark. Paul B (talk) 11:45, 19 November 2013 (UTC)

Do you have a good source for that? I think I read that somewhere as well. Liam Patrick (talk) 21:24, 21 May 2014 (UTC)

Still waiting for a source on this. It's been almost a year now. I think we really need to come up with something or drop this point. Liam Patrick (talk) 09:33, 23 July 2014 (UTC)

Word salad

This awesome passage currently appears in the article:

After Malcolm X left the NOI because of the prophet's adultery, and hajj, an Arabic word meaning pilgrimage, to Mecca, Saudi Arabia, several "revolving ministers," meaning ministers who took turns preaching until an official minister was secured at a particular temple, were used at Muhammad's Temple of Islam No. 7 in Harlem. This occurred before and after Malcolm's death.

Try as I might, I have absolutely no idea what this is saying. There are seven commas in that first sentence alone. As much as I want to clean this up, I can't make heads or tails out of it. Can someone help me out here? 12.229.42.196 (talk) 02:55, 20 January 2015 (UTC)

Added categories: Antisemitism, Racism etc.

I've added a few categories that are missing and are essential in this article:

• Category:Conspiracy theorists
• Category:Antisemitism in the United States
• Category:Holocaust deniers
• Category:Racism in the United States
• Category:Anti-white racism

All of these categories must be mentioned as mr. Farrakhan is openly antisemitic and racist against White people as well. Why mr. David Duke is clearly labelled as a racist, while mr. Farrakhan is not? 192.162.150.105 (talk) 09:46, 18 August 2015 (UTC)

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Anti-white theology

Anti-white theology does not equate to "anti-white racism". Are there RS that describe LF as an "anti-white racist"? I think the article should be specific with the terminology when applying potentially inflammatory labels, especially for a BLP. K.e.coffman (talk) 22:15, 30 May 2016 (UTC)

He's described as pushing an anti-white theology in the lead. The "Criticism and controversy" section says he's described as a racist. Do you really need the exact phrase "anti-white racist" together in the article? — Malik Shabazz ^Talk/_Stalk 23:31, 30 May 2016 (UTC)

The category on "Anti-white racism" appears to be a dubious one, even more so than "Black supremacist" :-). There's no article with this name, apart from a redirect which I believe could safely be deleted (my suggestion here).

I don't see an issue with describing anyone a racist or anti-white theologist, or whatever the RS say, but the "anti-white racist" is a dubious descriptor, just judging by a lack of a wikipedia article. K.e.coffman (talk) 23:57, 30 May 2016 (UTC)

PS -- these categories were added by an IP with an apparent agenda: Added categories above. I removed the "conspiracy theorist" for now. K.e.coffman (talk) 00:02, 31 May 2016 (UTC)

Nation of Islam is not ISLAM

Why is his religion listed as "Islam"? This is indeed a rookie mistake. You cannnot claim this man is a leader of "The Nation of Islam" which is neither a sect or a culture related to Islam, except by name. Specifically to mention that Islam is not primarily a religion of a certain creed, colour or race which is a vast difference to the African-American based themes in "The Nation". — Preceding unsigned comment added by Marccran (talk) 22:58, 28 November 2016 (UTC)2A00:23C5:88CF:2D00:DE6:B00F:CB0A:2A58 (talk) 22:53, 28 November 2016 (UTC)