This article caught my eye. My daughter went to school with some Farrakhans……..suffice it to say their behavior didn’t indicate they were any kind of religious.

Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan released a letter Friday urging the organization’s executive board to solve the group’s problems without him while he is being treated for “serious infection and inflammation.”

In a letter dated Sept. 11 and published in the current edition of the Nation of Islam’s newspaper, The Final Call, Farrakhan said he has been in pain since earlier this year and has symptoms similar to those he experienced during his 1998 battle with prostate cancer.

Nation of Islam officials did not return calls for comment. But some religious leaders and others familiar with the organization said they don’t think the announcement signals that he is about to step down from leadership of the group after almost 30 years.

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