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The Department of Homeland Security issued but recalled a 2007 intelligence analysis about the Nation of Islam after deciding the document dealing with the black Muslim group broke rules on intelligence activity in the United States, officials said Wednesday. Internal documents revealed that intelligence chiefs found analysts had "unintentionally and inadvertently" violated rules governing the collection, retention and distribution of information concerning "U.S. persons and organizations."

As the light turned red at the intersection of Crenshaw and Slauson, Brian Muhammad raised two pink pie boxes in his right hand and strolled up the sidewalk: "Bean pie! Bean pie!" A yellow school bus with only a few children onboard pulled up to the curb as the driver swung open the door: "Just a regular. " Muhammad, dressed in a slightly rumpled black suit and a navy bow tie, bounded up the bus steps and handed him a pie. Video: Peddling bean pies on a busy corner "My credit good?"

Louis Farrakhan's Nation of Islam called for the nations of the world to atone for injustices in its rally today to commemorate the first anniversary of the Million Man March. "We intend to call upon all nations, all governments, to end injustice, to end exploitation, to end oppression, to end war, to end violence," said Benjamin F. Chavis Jr., former executive director of the NAACP. The march in New York near the U.N. is expected to draw 100,000 people.

The Department of Homeland Security issued but recalled a 2007 intelligence analysis about the Nation of Islam after deciding the document dealing with the black Muslim group broke rules on intelligence activity in the United States, officials said Wednesday. Internal documents revealed that intelligence chiefs found analysts had "unintentionally and inadvertently" violated rules governing the collection, retention and distribution of information concerning "U.S. persons and organizations."

Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan said in a letter to followers that he is seriously ill, and he asked movement leaders to carry on in his absence to make sure the Nation of Islam "will live long after I and we have gone." Farrakhan, 73, said he began suffering pain this year similar to 1998, when he was diagnosed with prostate cancer and underwent surgery.

Khalid Abdul Muhammad, a former Nation of Islam official known for venomous attacks on Jews, whites and gays, suffered a stroke and was placed on life support in a hospital outside Atlanta, a spokesman for the Muslim group said. Nation of Islam chief spokesman James Muhammad, no relation to Khalid Muhammad, confirmed that the fiery black Muslim activist was near death at Wellstar Kennestone Hospital in Marietta, Ga.

Former NAACP head Benjamin F. Chavis Jr., a United Church of Christ minister and lead organizer of the Million Man March, has joined the Nation of Islam. Chavis, 49, announced his conversion before a cheering crowd at the group's annual Savior's Day festivities in Chicago. "This is not a political decision, it is not an economic decision, it is a spiritual decision," he said. Chavis was named executive director of the National Assn. for the Advancement of Colored People in 1993.

Nearly a year after a scuffle with police officers left Nation of Islam leader Tony Muhammad injured and in handcuffs, more than two dozen of his supporters called on city prosecutors Tuesday to finish their review of the case and not press criminal charges. A police official told the crowd that the LAPD investigation has wrapped up, but the city attorney is still reviewing the case and is weeks away from making a decision on whether to file charges. The Rev.

The controversy over Nation of Islam member Khalid Abdul Muhammad moved north of the border on Friday as Canadian immigration authorities threatened to arrest him as an illegal immigrant if he shows up for a scheduled weekend speech here. Muhammad--whose fiery comments in U.S.

In the hive of high-powered attorneys and financial advisors that buzzes around Michael Jackson, the quiet men in subdued suits can't help but stand out. They don't practice law or negotiate Hollywood deals. The men belong to the Nation of Islam, the black separatist group that remains stubbornly at the center of speculation about who is running the pop star's affairs.

A Chicago teenager beaten to death while on his way home from school was laid to rest Saturday after a three-hour funeral, during which civil rights leader Jesse Jackson and Nation of Islam Minister Louis Farrakhan called for an end to youth violence. Footage of the brutal attack last month on Derrion Albert, a 16-year-old honor student, was recorded with a cellphone camera, and captured the nation's attention. President Obama has announced that Atty. Gen. Eric H. Holder and Education Secretary Arne Duncan will go to Chicago this week to look into the incident.

Calling today's organized religion a failure, the Nation of Islam's Minister Louis Farrakhan on Sunday urged a "new beginning" during the rededication ceremony for a renovated mosque on Chicago's South Side. "Religion as it is being preached and practiced is a failure," said a lively and passionate Farrakhan, 75, during remarks that lasted an hour and 45 minutes at the Mosque Maryam, the national headquarters of the Nation of Islam.

Jabir Herbert Muhammad ran a bakery, a dry cleaner and other small businesses for the Nation of Islam before taking on his biggest project of all, boxer Muhammad Ali. Muhammad took over as Ali's business manager in 1966, a couple of years after the boxer formally converted to Islam. He replaced the Louisville syndicate that launched Ali's career. For the next 25 years, he negotiated fights for Ali, managed his post-fight endeavors and coordinated his role as a fundraiser and public face for the Nation of Islam.

In a fiery speech promoted as his last, Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan railed against the U.S. invasion of Iraq, calling on the black community to avoid military service at all costs. To join the military "would be the worst mistake you've ever made," Farrakhan told a packed Ford Field sports arena Sunday in downtown Detroit. He continued, "America is preparing for war, for Armageddon."

Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan said in a letter to followers that he is seriously ill, and he asked movement leaders to carry on in his absence to make sure the Nation of Islam "will live long after I and we have gone." Farrakhan, 73, said he began suffering pain this year similar to 1998, when he was diagnosed with prostate cancer and underwent surgery.

Nation of Islam Minister Tony Muhammad and two of his security guards won't be charged with criminal battery for a scuffle last year with Los Angeles police officers, the city attorney announced Friday. Closing a case that had sparked tension between African American community leaders and the police, City Atty. Rocky Delgadillo rejected a request by Police Chief William J. Bratton to charge Muhammad with misdemeanor battery on a police officer.

Avoiding a confrontation with Canadian immigration authorities who had promised to arrest and deport him if he entered the country, controversial Nation of Islam member Khalid Abdul Muhammad addressed a gathering here Sunday by telephone. Muhammad, a former top aide to Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan, has been widely criticized in the United States for anti-Semitic, anti-Catholic and anti-white comments.

A security firm affiliated with Minister Louis Farrakhan's Nation of Islam won city approval Tuesday to begin patrolling 15 federally aided apartment buildings in a section of Venice that has experienced widespread gang activity and drug dealing. Tenant activists who first proposed hiring the group to guard their buildings cheered after the Los Angeles City Police Commission voted unanimously to grant a patrol permit for N.O.I. Security Agency, effectively ending the controversy.

Nearly a year after a scuffle with police officers left Nation of Islam leader Tony Muhammad injured and in handcuffs, more than two dozen of his supporters called on city prosecutors Tuesday to finish their review of the case and not press criminal charges. A police official told the crowd that the LAPD investigation has wrapped up, but the city attorney is still reviewing the case and is weeks away from making a decision on whether to file charges. The Rev.

Community activist Najee Ali and Nation of Islam minister Tony Muhammad said Wednesday they had resolved a dispute over Ali's contention that the minister's bodyguards beat him at a recent news conference. Muhammad said the pair met Tuesday with elders in the Muslim community after Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan and prominent Muslim leader W.D. Mohammad, who is Ali's father-in-law, encouraged them to settle their differences and work together.