Nation IN BRIEF : ILLINOIS : Farrakhan Blames Government for Plot
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Nation of Islam Minister Louis Farrakhan said the U.S. government had seduced Qubilah Shabazz, a daughter of Malcolm X, into a contrived plot to assassinate him and demanded that she be given 24-hour protection because her life may be in danger. The comments, made at the group’s headquarters in Chicago, were Farrakhan’s first public comments on the alleged murder-for-hire scheme.
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