Is Louis Farrakhan a closet Christian?

Published March 6, 2011 5:00am ET



Every year Louis Farrakhan delivers the keynote address at the Nation of Islam’s Savior’s Day Convention. The man who’s been accused of being a black racist and an anti-Semite stirred up controversy again this year. This time his target was the singer Rihanna. If you’ve surfed the Internet or listened to radio stations that target audiences that like hip-hop and rap, then you already know about the Farrakhan-Rihanna tiff.

“Minister Louis Farrakhan Calls Rihanna ‘Filth,’ Says Her Fans Are Swine,” read one post. Others repeated the “filth-swine” theme. I thought it best to bring up Farrakhan’s comments on YouTube and listen for myself. A lot of folks who write on the Internet aren’t too big on the accuracy thing.

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