Who is Louis Farrakhan? The untold truth of Nation of Islam that Capitol attack suspect Noah Green followed
Noah Green, 25, the man identified as the suspect who slammed into a fence outside the US capital is reportedly a Nation of Islam devotee from Indiana, as per his social media posts. The attack, which took place a little after 1 pm on Friday, resulted in the death of Officer William Evans and the injury of another.
Green allegedly stepped out of the vehicle while brandishing a weapon and attempted to attack an officer. He was fatally shot. As reported by the New York Post, Green is thought to have been living in Virginia. On his Facebook page, he described himself as a 'Follower of Farrakhan,' referring to the Nation of Islam leader, Louis Farrakhan.
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One of the posts, that was on his now-deleted Facebook page read as follows: “I was on the right track and everything I had planned was coming into existence", he wrote in a length Facebook post, dated March 17. "It required long hours, lots of studying, and exercise to keep me balanced while experiencing an array of concerning symptoms along the path (I believe to be side effects of drugs I was intaking unknowingly),” he continued.
"However, the path has been thwarted, as Allah (God) has chosen me for other things. Throughout life I have set goals, attained them, set higher ones, and then been required to sacrifice those things,” he added.
He also expressed his desire to meet Louis Farrakhan. "A major goal of mine is to meet this man (Farrakhan) who has been instrumental on my awakening and life's work. I am unsure if I'll ever be afforded that opportunity, but I wanted to write this note for two purposes: to give everyone an update, and in hopes that the note may somehow reach the Minister." The post was signed as Brother Noah X.
Who is Louis Farrakhan?
Louis Farrakhan, born Louis Eugene Walcott, is a religious leader, political activist and the head of the Nation of Islam, a religious organization that believes in Black superiority over whites. The group is known to be racist, anti-Semitic and anti-LGBT as well. In the 1950s, Farrakhan pursued a professional music career. It wasn't until 1955 that he was introduced to the teachings of the Nation of Islam (NOI) through Rodney Smith, a saxophonist from Boston. Within the same year, he registered to join the NOI, where he changed his name from Louis Walcott to Louis X, as he waited for his Islamic name. He later adopted the name, Farrakhan.
Giving up his music career, he went on to become the assistant minister to Malcolm X, who was the then-minister of the Temple of Islam in Boston. Post Malcolm X's departure from the organization and death, Farrakhan went on to become the NOI's national spokesman.
After the death of Elijah Muhammad, the then-leader of the NOI, his son Warith Deen Mohammed was declared the new leader. He changed his title to Imam Warith Al-Deen Mohammed and began to welcome white worshippers, that were once considered to be the devil. Although Farrakhan joined him initially, he later left the movement and in 1978 aimed to rebuild the original Nation of Islam, as established by its founder Wallace Ford Muhammad and his successor Elijah Muhammad.
Over the years, Farrakhan has made some deeply racist and anti-Semitic statements. As reported by the Southern Poverty Law Centre, Farrakhan has even gone as far as to call Hitler a 'great man'. "The Jews don’t like Farrakhan, so they call me Hitler. Well, that’s a good name. Hitler was a very great man. He wasn’t a great man for me as a black person, but he was a great German," he said in an interview in 1984.
"Now, I’m not proud of Hitler’s evils against Jewish people, but that’s a matter of record. He raised Germany up from nothing. Well, in a sense you could say there’s a similarity in that we are raising our people up from nothing.” he added.
The NOI is also known to be anti-LGBT in its teachings and propaganda. "These false Jews promote the filth of Hollywood that is seeding the American people and the people of the world and bringing you down in moral strength..." he said during his Saviours' Day speech, back in 2006.
"It’s the wicked Jews, the false Jews, that are promoting lesbianism, homosexuality. It’s the wicked Jews, false Jews, that make it a crime for you to preach the word of God, then they call you homophobic!" He concluded. He also praised then 2016 Republican candidate, Donald Trump, although he did decline to endorse him.