MINISTER LOUIS FARRAKHAN TO VISIT BARBADOS (2276 hits)
(Barbados Nation) Leader of the Nation of Islam, Louis Farrakhan, will be arriving in Barbados on Sunday for a week’s visit as part of the second phase of a Caribbean tour.
The outspoken religious and social leader will be having a number of meetings with various sectors, including business, students and the public.
The announcement of his visit was made yesterday at the Clement Payne Centre by the local organizing committee headed by president of the Clement Payne Movement, David Comissiong, leading officer Thelma Gill-Barnett and leader of the Nation of Islam study group in Barbados, Miles Muhammad.
Comissiong said Farrakhan, 80, whose parents are of Carribean ancestry, was on a five-nation Caribbean tour, which began yesterday in Grenada, and will include Barbados, Dominica, the United States Virgin Islands, Belize and The Bahamas.
