Could it be that my circle is largely black and that it is why I am influential in black circles but not in white circles?
I think that rather than condemning Islam, Islam needs to be studied by those who are sincere.
Because wherever I am today, I still owe it to God and I owe it to two men - the Honorable Elijah Muhammad and Malcolm X and of course, two very special women, my mother and my wife.
But when I reintroduced the Nation of Islam, and began to host meetings in cities and thousands and thousands of people come out.
Qaddafi is hated because he is the leader of a small country that is rich, but he uses his money to finance liberation struggles.
I loved Elijah Muhammad with a love that I can't adequately describe.
America will always side with those whom she can direct, give orders to and have those orders obeyed.
So, this war is against the Islam that the West does not control.
The Bush administration does not desire to see Islam practiced in its pristine purity.
I am hoping that in this year of the family we will go into our families and reconcile differences.
There is no one right now in my judgment that can unite the Black electorate in such a way to present our agenda to a nominee to have them forthrightly address our concerns.
I am not the same man I was 35 years ago. And I hope that five years and ten years from now, I'll be a better man, a more mature man, a wiser man, a more humble man and a more spirited man to serve the good of my people and the good of humanity.
I don't think about my legacy, if indeed, I have one.
Because as a youngster I longed to see the Black man free and I longed to see anyone stand up for us.
However, those who have used those words use half the sentence to fit their purpose, which, of course, I believe is to discredit me and the new Nation of Islam that has come up around me.
I was never named in the early years as having anything to do with the assassination of Malcolm.
What President Bush did in his doctrine of preemptive strike and in his war in Afghanistan and in Iraq was to turn even his allies in Europe negatively toward America.
As a result of that, America desires a moderate Islam; an Islam that America can control; an Islam that America can give direction to and give orders to its leaders.
Everything that I'm attempting to do is based on my understanding of the Honorable Elijah Muhammad and what he wanted for his people.
They should regard me as what I am. I am a spiritual leader and teacher.
