The New York Times, true to form, quotes Michael Muhammad Knight claiming that the Nation is far less violent than unnamed “white supremacist organizations,” which of course loom large in contemporary leftist propaganda. But the New York Times doesn’t point out to its readers that if the Nation is less violent than white supremacist groups, that doesn’t mean it is not violent at all. Nor does the Times bother to elucidate what exactly is the “justification to commit violence” that the Nation offers. The Times can’t say anything about that, because the Nation’s justifications for violence are among the things it took from orthodox Islam. The Times would never dream of admitting that there is anything in orthodox Islam that could provide justification to commit violence. And so it declares that the “motive remains unclear,” as it always is, and always must be, in cases such as this one.
“Capitol Suspect Struggled Before Attack, but Motive Remains Unclear,” by Nicholas Fandos, Zolan Kanno-Youngs, Giulia McDonnell Nieto del Rio and Aishvarya Kavi, New York Times, April 3, 2021 (thanks to Darcy):
…Police have not categorized the incident as an act of domestic terrorism. A senior law enforcement official, who spoke anonymously to describe the active inquiry, said that, based on early evidence, investigators believed that Mr. Green was influenced by a combination of underlying mental health issues and a connection to an ideological cause that provided justification to commit violence.
Brendan Green told The Washington Post on Friday that his brother had been teetering on the edge for months, plagued by mental health problems and possibly drugs. Noah Green had briefly moved to Botswana this year, he said, and tried to jump in front of a car, before returning and asking to move in with his brother in suburban Virginia, not far from Washington. Brendan Green said his brother had become violently ill on Thursday night and left the apartment, declaring that he was ready to become homeless.
Attempts to reach Brendan Green and other members of the Green family were unsuccessful, including at his Virginia apartment. The family gave a statement to The Post on Saturday expressing condolences for the family of Officer William F. Evans, who died in the attack, and speculating that Mr. Green’s struggles may have been related to head injuries sustained playing football….
Mr. Green also posted a photo of a $1,085 donation he made as “Noah X” to the Nation of Islam’s Norfolk chapter for Saviours’ Day, the holiday honoring the birthday of its founder. A group of members standing outside the Norfolk chapter on Saturday declined to comment on Mr. Green when approached by a reporter….
Mr. Green’s adherence is likely to increase scrutiny on the group, as investigators try to determine whether his beliefs played a role on Friday’s attack. The relationship between violence and the Nation of Islam has been debated since it started about 90 years ago, especially as outsiders and insiders have disagreed over its teachings.
“From the earliest times in Nation history, people have been taking these texts and saying, this is about killing white people,” said Michael Muhammad Knight, an assistant professor of religion and cultural studies at the University of Central Florida, who specializes in American Islam.
“The Nation has a very strong anti-violence discourse that goes all the way back to the beginning,” he said. “Consistently, if you look at the Nation, you don’t see the body count that white supremacist organizations have.”…
Jayell says
‘…ideological cause that provided justification to commit violence….’
Interesting. Now what ‘ideology’ provides ‘justification to commit violence’, like, for example, ‘striking on the neck’, non-medical amputations or perhaps just plain murder if one doesn’t agree with it? Why, these things seem to occur in the Holy Book of islam, the Rreligion of Peace, Justice and Brotherly Love (but just ignore the sisters). What a surprise! What an even greater surprise that the Authorities don’t seem to have noticed that one!!
David says
I can think of only one religion whose followers deliberately knock down people with cars or other vehicles, with the intention of killing them. I think the police should take advice from Robert Spencer, an expert on the subject, if they want to find a motive.
Cathryn Paradise says
Nation of Islam is a hybrid version of Islam which mixes the Bible with the Quran. It is a black only religion which condemns white people. Farrahkhan teaches that he is Elijah and Jesus. Farrahkhan has been preaching anti-white ideology for decades. With the rise of the terrorist blm has encouraged this first attack by a Faeeahkhan follower. I see more happening in the future
will says
You folks atre so screwed up, and out of y=touch with eerything us real people do , think, and say.
If I see that some guy I know stole my lawnmower and grill, I am going to be angry and pay him a vostti to find out why and get my stuff back.. There is nothing to psycho analyze except yourselves. *) million people the Democrats, China and Media stole the election, and replaced a great president making progress on all fronts with a shoddy old man who is making all the wrong decisions, aNd we know eho is at fault. that’s why we are angry an hate you freaks.
Niemoller says
The Nation of Islam has murdered thousands of whites over the decades, but these horrific crimes are labelled “economic crimes” to hide the reality. Even when known, it is not remembered. When was the last time the NOI “Zebra murders” of at least 70 white people were brought up, compared to memorializing this or that criminal shot by the police years ago?
mortimer says
Niemoller, I do not think you can provide proof of ‘thousands’ of killings. You cannot show that this secret organization authorized any killings.
mortimer says
Noah Green was so fond of the speeches of Malcolm X that he wanted to change his name to Noah X.
Ask yourself if any of the following justification for slandering and attacking white people sounds familiar … it comes straight from Malcolm X.
During the time when Malcolm X was a member and leader of the Nation of Islam, he preached that black people were genetically superior to white people but were dominated by a system of white supremacy:
“Thoughtful white people know they are inferior to Black people. Even [Senator James] Eastland knows it. Anyone who has studied the genetic phase of biology knows that white is considered recessive and black is considered dominant. The entire American economy is based on white supremacy. Even the religious philosophies, in essence, white supremacy. A white Jesus. A white Virgin. White angels. White everything. But a black Devil, of course. The “Uncle Sam” political foundation is based on white supremacy, relegating nonwhites to second-class citizenship. It goes without saying that the social philosophy is strictly white supremacist. And the educational system perpetuates white supremacy.”
mortimer says
BLACK SUPREMACISM as a replacement for white supremacism … sound familiar?
Ideologically, the NOI is black nationalist, and has sometimes been perceived as a Black Power political organization. The scholar of religion Mattias Gardell commented that the idea of black unity is “at the very core of the NOI ideology.” It seeks to empower black people by giving them a positive self-identity, purging ideas of white superiority, and black inferiority, from its followers. In the Nation’s view, black liberation requires a religious dimension. It regards African Americans, or black people more broadly, as the Chosen People, espousing a cosmology in which the black race is superior and the white race inferior.
Valkyrie Ziege says
; Yeah, it’s called “Muhammadanism”.
revereridesagain says
Took the NY Slimes the whole of what reads like a UN subcommittee of some kind to come up with that dreck, did it? One would think they’d have been able to put all their heads together and come up with some names for those “white supremacist organizations” which are racking up that alleged body count.
As to the origin of Mr. Green’s “struggles”, I wasn’t aware that the NOI actually had a football team…