Editing Louis Farrakhan (section)

===Antisemitism===
Both the [[Anti-Defamation League]] and [[Southern Poverty Law Center]] consider Farrakhan an antisemite. Farrakhan has accused Jews of controlling large sections of the media, the US government and the global economy, regularly referring to these Jews as "Satanic". He has repeatedly described [[Adolf Hitler]] as a "great man" and claimed Jewish involvement in the [[Atlantic slave trade]], [[Jim Crow laws]] and black oppression in general.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ap |date=1984-07-17 |title=Farrakhan Again Describes Hitler as a 'Very Great Man' |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/07/17/us/farrakhan-again-describes-hitler-as-a-very-great-man.html |access-date=2023-06-29 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Farrakhan: In His Own Words {{!}} ADL |url=https://www.adl.org/resources/backgrounder/farrakhan-his-own-words |access-date=2023-06-29 |website=www.adl.org |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Louis Farrakhan |url=https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/extremist-files/individual/louis-farrakhan |access-date=2023-06-29 |website=Southern Poverty Law Center |language=en}}</ref>

The [[Simon Wiesenthal Center]] included some of Farrakhan's comments on its list of the Top 10 antisemitic slurs in 2012.<ref>{{cite web|title=2012 Top Ten Anti-Semitic/Anti-Israel Slurs|url=http://www.wiesenthal.com/atf/cf/%7B54d385e6-f1b9-4e9f-8e94-890c3e6dd277%7D/TT_2012_3.PDF|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130319104318/http://www.wiesenthal.com/atf/cf/%7B54d385e6-f1b9-4e9f-8e94-890c3e6dd277%7D/TT_2012_3.PDF|archive-date=March 19, 2013|access-date=January 4, 2013|publisher=Simon Wiesenthal Center}}</ref>

In June 1984, after returning from a visit to [[Libya]], Farrakhan delivered a sermon that was recorded by a ''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]'' reporter. A transcript from part of the sermon was published in ''[[The New York Times]]'':

{{blockquote|Toward the end of that portion of his speech that was recorded, Mr. Farrakhan said: "Now that nation called [[Israel]] never has had any peace in 40 years and she will never have any peace because there can be no peace structured on injustice, thievery, lying and deceit and using the name of God to shield your dirty religion under His holy and righteous name.<ref>{{cite news|last=Shipp|first=E. R.|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/06/29/us/tape-contradicts-disavowalof-gutter-religion-attack.html|title=Tape Contradicts Disavowal of 'Gutter Religion' Attack|work=The New York Times|pages=A12|date=June 29, 1984|access-date=July 18, 2020}}</ref>}}

After it was reported that Farrakhan called [[Judaism]]  the "gutter religion", he repeatedly denied referring to Judaism as such by explaining that he was instead noticing what he believed was "the [[Israeli Government]]'s use of Judaism as a political tool." In a June 18, 1997, letter to a former ''[[Wall Street Journal]]'' editor [[Jude Wanniski]] he stated:

{{blockquote|Countless times over the years I have explained that I never referred to Judaism as a gutter religion, but, clearly referred to the machinations of those who hide behind the shield of Judaism while using unjust political means to achieve their objectives. This was distilled in the New York tabloids and other media saying, 'Farrakhan calls Judaism a gutter religion.'

As a [[Muslim]], I revere Abraham, Moses, and all the Prophets whom Allah (God) sent to the children of Israel. I believe in the scriptures brought by these Prophets and the Laws of Allah (God) as expressed in the [[Torah]]. I would never refer to the Revealed Word of Allah (God)—the basis of Jewish Faith—as 'dirty' or 'gutter.' You know, Jude, as well as I, that the Revealed Word of Allah (God) comes as a Message from Allah (God) to purify us from our evil that has divided us and caused us to fall into the gutter.

Over the centuries, the evils of Christians, Jews and Muslims have dirtied their respective religions. True Faith in the laws and Teaching of Abraham, Jesus and Muhammad is not dirty, but, practices in the name of these religions can be unclean and can cause people to look upon the misrepresented religion as being unclean.<ref name="noi.org"/>}}

In response to Farrakhan's speech, Nathan Pearlmutter, then Chair of the Anti-Defamation League, referred to Farrakhan as the new "Black [[Adolf Hitler|Hitler]]" and ''[[Village Voice]]'' journalist [[Nat Hentoff]] also characterized the NOI leader as a "Black Hitler"  while he was a guest on a New York radio talk-show.

In response, Farrakhan announced during a March 11, 1984, speech which was broadcast on a Chicago radio station:
{{blockquote|So I said to the members of the press, 'Why won't you go and look into what we are saying about the threats on Reverend Jackson's life?' Here the Jews don't like Farrakhan and so they call me 'Hitler'. Well that's a good name. Hitler was a very great man. He wasn't great for me as a Black man but he was a great German and he rose Germany up from the ashes of her defeat by the united force of all of Europe and America after the [[World War I|First World War]]. Yet Hitler took Germany from the ashes and rose her up and made her the greatest fighting machine of the twentieth century, brothers and sisters, and even though Europe and America had deciphered the code that Hitler was using to speak to his chiefs of staff, they still had trouble defeating Hitler even after knowing his plans in advance. Now I'm not proud of Hitler's evil toward Jewish people, but that's a matter of record. He rose Germany up from nothing. Well, in a sense you could say there is a similarity in that we are rising our people up from nothing, but don't compare me with your wicked killers.<ref name="noi.org">{{cite web|url=http://www.noi.org/statements/rift/Wanniski12-22-1997.htm|title=Minister Farrakhan rebuts fraudulent "Judaism is a Gutter Religion" canard|work=The Nation of Islam|date=August 5, 2010|access-date=November 16, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.polyconomics.com/memos/mm-971222.htm|title=Memos on the Margin-971222 Letter from Louis Farrakhan|publisher=Polyconomics.com|access-date=November 16, 2014}}</ref>}}

At a later meeting of the Nation of Islam at [[Madison Square Garden]] in 1985, Farrakhan said of the Jews: "And don't you forget, when it's God who puts you in the ovens, it's forever!"<ref>{{cite book|last=Hitchens|first=Christopher|title=[[God Is Not Great]]|publisher=Atlantic Books|year=2007|isbn=9781843545743|location=London|page=219|author-link=Christopher Hitchens}}</ref> He has also claimed that [[History of the Jews in Germany|German Jews]] financed the [[The Holocaust|Holocaust]] in a speech at the Mosque Maryam, Chicago in March 1995: "German Jews financed Hitler right here in America...International bankers financed Hitler and poor Jews died while big Jews were at the root of what you call the Holocaust".<ref name="ADL20150320" /> Almost three years later at a Saviors' Day gathering in the same city, he said: "The Jews have been so bad at politics they lost half their population in the Holocaust. They thought they could trust in Hitler, and they helped him get the [[Nazi Germany|Third Reich]] on the road."<ref name="ADL20150320" />

On March 23, 2002, Farrakhan visited [[Shaare Shalom Synagogue|Kahal Kadosh Shaare Shalom]] in Kingston, [[Jamaica]], which was his first visit to a synagogue,<ref name="FC new beginning">Muhammad, Richard. [http://www.finalcall.com/national/jamaica04-02-2002.htm "A new beginning in Jamaica"], ''[[The Final Call (newspaper)|The Final Call]]'', April 2, 2002.</ref> in an attempt to repair his relationship with the Jewish community.<ref name="first visit" /> Farrakhan was accepted to speak at Shaare Shalom in the native country of his father, after being rejected to appear at American synagogues, many of whom had fear of sending the wrong signals to the Jewish community.<ref name="FC new beginning" /><ref name="first visit" />
[[File:Louis Farrakhan06.jpg|thumb|Farrakhan in [[Iran]], 2018]]
Farrakhan made antisemitic comments during his May 16–17, 2013 visit to Detroit in which he accused President Obama of having "surrounded himself with Satan…members of the Jewish community". Jews, according to Farrakhan, "have mastered the civilization now, but they've mastered it in evil".<ref>{{cite web|date=May 21, 2013|title=Detroit Religious Leaders Praise Farrakhan After Latest Anti-Semitic Outburst|url=http://blog.adl.org/anti-semitism/detroit-religious-leaders-praise-farrakhan-after-latest-anti-semitic-outburst|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150109091927/http://blog.adl.org/anti-semitism/detroit-religious-leaders-praise-farrakhan-after-latest-anti-semitic-outburst|archive-date=January 9, 2015|work=Anti-Defamation League}}</ref> In a weekly lecture series titled "The Time and What Must Be Done", which began during January 2013, he prophesied the downfall of the United States soon and said the country faced divine punishment if his warnings were rejected.<ref>{{cite news|date=April 9, 2013|title=Louis Farrakhan's 52 Weeks Of Hate|work=Anti-Defamation League|url=http://blog.adl.org/anti-semitism/louis-farrakhans-52-weeks-of-hate|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130422144613/http://blog.adl.org/anti-semitism/louis-farrakhans-52-weeks-of-hate|archive-date=April 22, 2013}}</ref>

In March 2015, Farrakhan accused "Israelis and Zionist Jews" of being involved in the [[September 11 attacks]].<ref>{{cite news|date=March 5, 2015|title=Farrakhan: 'Israelis And Zionist Jews' Behind 9/11 Terror Attacks|work=CBS DC|url=https://washington.cbslocal.com/2015/03/05/farrakhan-israelis-and-zionist-jews-behind-911-terror-attacks/|access-date=May 5, 2019}}</ref> (In 2012 and 2017 speeches, he said the American government were behind 9/11.)<ref>{{cite news|last=Sacirbey|first=Omar|date=February 27, 2012|title=Louis Farrakhan blasts Jews, Obama|newspaper=The Washington Post|agency=Religious News Service|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/on-faith/louis-farrakhan-blasts-jews-obama/2012/02/27/gIQAUwsZeR_story.html|access-date=August 9, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Boorstein|first=Michelle|date=November 16, 2017|title=Saying God picked Trump, Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan portrays him as both truth-talking hero and racist villain|newspaper=The Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/acts-of-faith/wp/2017/11/16/saying-god-picked-trump-nation-of-islam-leader-louis-farrakhan-portrays-him-as-both-truth-talking-hero-and-racist-villain/|access-date=September 10, 2020}}</ref> In his Saviours' Day speech in February 2018, Farrakhan described "the powerful Jews" as his enemy. He approvingly cited President [[Richard Nixon]] and the Reverend [[Billy Graham]]'s derogatory comments about Jews' "grip on the media", claiming that Jews are responsible for "all of this filth and degenerate behavior that Hollywood is putting out turning men into women and women into men".<ref>{{cite news|last=Greenwood|first=Max|date=February 28, 2018|title=Tapper rips Farrakhan after anti-Semitic speech|work=The Hill|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/media/376119-tapper-rips-farrakhan-after-anti-semitic-speech|access-date=December 11, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Tatum|first=Sophie|date=March 1, 2018|title=Nation of Islam leader Farrakhan delivers anti-Semitic speech|publisher=CNN|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2018/02/28/politics/louis-farrakhan-speech/index.html|access-date=March 2, 2018}}</ref>
On February 20, 2019, at the Nation of Islam's annual [[Saviour's Day]] gathering, Farrakhan declared, "I represent the Messiah. I represent the Jesus and I am that Jesus".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.foxnews.com/us/farrakhan-claims-to-be-jesus-in-saviours-day-address|title=Farrakhan claims to be Jesus in 'Saviours' Day' address: 'I am the Messiah'|first=Caleb|last=Parke|date=April 4, 2019|website=Fox News}}</ref>
		 
A three-hour speech by Farrakhan on July 4, 2020 was carried by Revolt TV's YouTube channel,<ref name="JJ20200706">{{cite news|last=Bandler|first=Aaron|date=July 6, 2020|title=Farrakhan Calls ADL CEO 'Satan' in July 4 Address|work=Jewish Journal|url=https://jewishjournal.com/news/united-states/318512/farrakhan-calls-adl-ceo-satan-in-july-4-address/|access-date=July 9, 2020}}</ref> He claimed [[Jonathan Greenblatt]], the head of the anti-bigotry nonprofit [[Anti-Defamation League]], is Satan, and described [[Alan Dershowitz]] as "a skillful deceiver" and "Satan masquerading as a lawyer".<ref>{{cite news|last=Kerstein|first=Benjamin|date=July 8, 2020|title=Public Campaign Launched to Remove Three-Hour Antisemitic Speech by Louis Farrakhan From YouTube|work=The Algemeiner|url=https://www.algemeiner.com/2020/07/08/public-campaign-launched-to-remove-three-hour-antisemitic-speech-by-louis-farrakhan-from-youtube/|access-date=July 9, 2020}}</ref> Greenblatt responded in a tweet: "This is routine for Farrakhan—give him a platform, he never fails to espouse hatred."<ref name="JJ20200706" /> Farrakhan made the factually inaccurate claim that Jews are required by their religion to poison prophets and claimed Jews had "broken their covenant relationship with God" and were the "enemy of God".<ref name="ADL20200704">{{cite news|date=July 15, 2020|title=Farrakhan Remains Most Popular Antisemite in America|work=Anti-Defamation League|url=https://www.adl.org/blog/farrakhan-remains-most-popular-antisemite-in-america|access-date=July 18, 2020}}</ref> However, in his speech, Farrakhan also said: "If you really think I hate the Jewish people, you don't know me at all," adding "[I've never] uttered the words of death to the Jewish people."<ref name="TJP20200706" /> As of July 15, 2020, Farrakhan's speech had been viewed more than 1.2 million times on YouTube.<ref name="ADL20200704" />

In October 2023, Farrakhan and the Nation of Islam sued the Anti-Defamation League and the Simon Wiesenthal Center for defamation damages in the amount of [[USD]] $4.8 billion, contending that the defendants have falsely characterized Farrakhan and the Nation of Islam as anti-Semites.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thesource.com/2023/10/23/minister-louis-farrakhan-and-nation-of-islam-sue-adl-and-swc-for-defamation-over-anti-semite-label/ |title=Minister Louis Farrakhan and Nation of Islam Sue ADL and SWC for Defamation Over "Anti-Semite" Label |website=The Source |date=October 23, 2023}}</ref> The case was dismissed in April  2024.<ref>[https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-04-08/judge-tosses-louis-farrakhan-lawsuit-adl-simon-wiesenthal-center Judge tosses Louis Farrakhan lawsuit against ADL and Simon Wiesenthal Center], latimes.com. April 8, 2024. Accessed June 13, 2024.</ref>