Nation Of Islam Security

Nation of Islam security patrols in the Venice area won't begin next week because of delays in obtaining permits for guards and federal funding. The NOI Security Agency was scheduled to begin patrolling 15 federally subsidized apartment buildings on Oct. 1. But Alliance Housing Management officials say there's been a delay. Additionally, four of seven NOI Security Agency applicants for guard permits have been turned down by Police Commission officials.

A gunman identified as a former Nation of Islam minister shot and wounded controversial former Nation of Islam spokesman Khallid Abdul Muhammad here Sunday on the steps outside a university auditorium where Muhammad had just spoken, officials said. Muhammad, 43, was hit in the left leg by at least one of five or six shots from a 9-millimeter handgun, officials said. He also suffered a graze wound to the right leg.

The federal government has approved a contract with a security company affiliated with the Rev. Louis Farrakhan's Nation of Islam organization to patrol 15 subsidized apartment buildings in Venice, reigniting a controversy with Jewish leaders. A spokesman for the building owners, Alliance Housing Management Inc. of Los Angeles, said the company is nearing agreement with Nation of Islam's security branch to provide unarmed night patrols at the 256 Holiday Venice apartments.

Complaining that the unconventional guards had failed to stem drug dealing and gang crime at 15 low-income Venice apartment buildings, the managers have fired a security firm affiliated with the Nation of Islam. The firm, N.O.I. Security Agency Inc., won the job last year despite opposition from Jewish groups charging that the preachings of the Nation of Islam's leader, Louis Farrakhan, were violent and anti-Semitic.

A gunman identified as a former Nation of Islam minister shot and wounded controversial former Nation of Islam spokesman Khallid Abdul Muhammad here Sunday on the steps outside a university auditorium where Muhammad had just spoken, officials said. Muhammad, 43, was hit in the left leg by at least one of five or six shots from a 9-millimeter handgun, officials said. He also suffered a graze wound to the right leg.

U.S. marshals seized control of a federally subsidized apartment building in the Oakwood section of Venice Friday and placed it under round-the-clock guard, alleging that the property owner failed to take reasonable measures to stem drug peddling there. The 16-unit complex is one of 15 Venice apartment buildings that will soon be patrolled by a security company affiliated with Minister Louis Farrakhan's Nation of Islam.

Wearing distinctive gray uniforms and red bow ties and stepping with military-like precision, security guards affiliated with the Nation of Islam marched into the crime-plagued Oakwood section of Venice on Sunday to begin patrolling 14 federally subsidized housing projects.

Complaining that the unconventional guards had failed to stem drug dealing and gang crime at 15 low-income Venice apartment buildings, the managers have fired a security firm affiliated with the Nation of Islam. The firm, N.O.I. Security Agency Inc., won the job last year despite opposition from Jewish groups charging that the preachings of the Nation of Islam's leader, Louis Farrakhan, were violent and anti-Semitic.

A security firm affiliated with the Rev. Louis Farrakhan's Nation of Islam has been pulled off patrols at a Venice apartment complex for failing to curb drug dealing so rampant that federal authorities threatened to seize the building.

That the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development has engaged in "confidential" discussions with the Nation of Islam's "security agency" (Times, Dec. 22) is in violation of its own rules and regulations, as well as federal law regarding discrimination in employment. Public housing must be made available on a non-racial, creedal basis, and integrated. The nation of Islam restricts its membership to those who profess the Islamic faith and accept the disciplines the Rev. Louis Farrakhan imposes; otherwise they are booted out. The Nation of Islam security patrol by its very nature would thus be closed to all but its followers and in violation of our civil right laws with respect to equal employment opportunities.

A security firm affiliated with the Rev. Louis Farrakhan's Nation of Islam has been pulled off patrols at a Venice apartment complex for failing to curb drug dealing so rampant that federal authorities threatened to seize the building.

Wearing distinctive gray uniforms and red bow ties and stepping with military-like precision, security guards affiliated with the Nation of Islam marched into the crime-plagued Oakwood section of Venice on Sunday to begin patrolling 14 federally subsidized housing projects.

U.S. marshals seized control of a federally subsidized apartment building in the Oakwood section of Venice Friday and placed it under round-the-clock guard, alleging that the property owner failed to take reasonable measures to stem drug peddling there. The 16-unit complex is one of 15 Venice apartment buildings that will soon be patrolled by a security company affiliated with Minister Louis Farrakhan's Nation of Islam.

Nation of Islam security patrols in the Venice area won't begin next week because of delays in obtaining permits for guards and federal funding. The NOI Security Agency was scheduled to begin patrolling 15 federally subsidized apartment buildings on Oct. 1. But Alliance Housing Management officials say there's been a delay. Additionally, four of seven NOI Security Agency applicants for guard permits have been turned down by Police Commission officials.

The federal government has approved a contract with a security company affiliated with the Rev. Louis Farrakhan's Nation of Islam organization to patrol 15 subsidized apartment buildings in Venice, reigniting a controversy with Jewish leaders. A spokesman for the building owners, Alliance Housing Management Inc. of Los Angeles, said the company is nearing agreement with Nation of Islam's security branch to provide unarmed night patrols at the 256 Holiday Venice apartments.

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Los Angeles police officials and representatives of the Nation of Islam met Monday and agreed to a continuing dialogue designed to ease tension between the two sides. The two-hour meeting, called historic by some participants, grew indirectly from a violent clash earlier this month between Muslims and police officers.