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U.S. NEWS Saturday 11 May 2019

Farrakhan delivers insult

while denying he’s anti-Semitic

By HERBERT G. McCANN know him and have never tenance any speech that
Associated Press had a conversation with dehumanizes persons on
CHICAGO (AP) — Nation of him. He added those who the basis of ethnicity, reli-
Islam leader Minister Louis hated him before and got gious belief, economic sta-
Farrakhan referenced “Sa- to know him came to love tus or country of origin.”
tanic Jews” in a speech him. He went on to say Farrakhan noted Cupich’s
denying allegations of an- Facebook’s contention predecessor, Cardinal
ti-Semitism, misogyny and that he is dangerous is true Francis George, visited him
homophobia after Face- because what he says can in his home and had dinner
book banned him from the be researched by his listen- with him, and he met with Father Michael Pfleger sits next to Minister Louis Farrakhan, of the
social media platform. ers. Chicago Cardinal Joseph Nation of Islam, before they both speak at Saint Sabina Church,
During the speech Thurs- “Social media you met me Bernardin. Thursday night, May 9, 2019, in Chicago.
day at a Roman Catholic tonight. I plead with the rul- “For those angry about Associated Press
church on Chicago’s South ers, let the truth be taught,” me about coming to St. zshall said when commu- praise for Adolf Hitler. Wide-
Side, Farrakhan asserted he said. Sabina, how many would nity leaders like Pfleger pro- ly quoted for calling Hitler
people shouldn’t be angry The Archdiocese of Chi- be angry with me meeting vide a platform for bigotry a “great man,” Farrakhan
with him if “I stand on God’s cago distanced itself from with Cardinal George and and anti-Semitism, “it in- said the reports weren’t
word,” also saying that Pfleger’s decision to invite with the previous cardinal,” creases the threat against accurate, and that he’d
he knows “the truth,” and Farrakhan to St. Sabina he said. “That kind of ha- all of humanity.” actually called the Nazi
“separate the good Jews Catholic Church, saying tred is insanity.” Critics point to Farrakhan’s leader “wickedly great.”
from the Satanic Jews.” Pfleger did not consult with Pfleger, one of Chicago’s characterization of Juda- His allegedly anti-Semitic,
Farrakhan was invited to Cardinal Blase Cupich or most prominent activists, ism as a “gutter religion’ anti-white and anti-gay
speak at the church by the other diocese officials be- defended his invitation, as evidence of anti-Sem- comments have prompt-
Rev. Michael Pfleger after fore extending the invita- saying he was responding itism. And perhaps, most ed the Anti-Defamation
Facebook banned Farra- tion. to the Facebook ban as a famously, in the 1980s, he League and the Southern
khan, conspiracy theorist “There is no place in Ameri- defender of free speech. came under intense criti- Poverty Law Center to la-
Alex Jones and conserva- can life for discriminatory Hours before Farrakhan cism for what was seen as bel him an extremist.q
tive personality Milo Yian- rhetoric of any kind,” the was scheduled to speak,
nopoulos, saying they vio- archdiocese said in a state- officials of the Illinois Holo-
lated its ban on “danger- ment. “At a time when caust Museum spoke out
ous individuals.” hate crimes are on the rise, against Pfleger for “giving
Farrakhan, who turns 86 this when religious believers are hatred a platform.”
weekend, said those who murdered in their places of Museum president and Ho-
think he is a hater don’t worship, we cannot coun- locaust survivor Fritzie Frit-

No Archie in top U.S. baby

names, but Meghan is rising fast

WASHINGTON (AP) — Ar-
chie doesn’t make the Top
10 boys’ names in U.S., but
don’t count it out in the fu-
ture.
Social Security released
its annual list of top baby
names on Friday. For 2018,
Emma and Liam were
again the most popular
names. It’s the second year
in a row for Liam, the fifth
for Emma.
Of course, the United King-
dom’s newest royal, Archie
Harrison Mountbatten-
Windsor, was only born
Monday. But Social Securi-
ty says his mom — Meghan
Markle, now Duchess of
Sussex — seems to have al-
ready influenced U.S. par- Britain’s Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, during a
ents. photocall with their newborn son, in St George’s Hall at Windsor
Meghan was the fastest Castle, Windsor, south England, Wednesday May 8, 2019.
rising girl’s name for 2018, Associated Press
moving from number 1,404 ain’s Prince Harry last year. Social Security’s website at
in 2017 to 703. The Ameri- The entire list of baby www.socialsecurity.gov/
can actress married Brit- names can be viewed on babynames/.q