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Louis Farrakhan reveals illness
The leader of the American Muslim organisation Nation of Islam, Louis Farrakhan, says he is seriously ill.
In an open letter to members, the 73-year-old said he was suffering pain like that he had felt in 1998 when he was diagnosed with prostate cancer.
He requested that his followers carry on with his movement after his death.
He supports African-Americans having their own nation and is regarded as one of the most controversial and charismatic African-Americans alive.
He has also been accused of being an anti-Semite.
He revealed his health problems in a letter on Friday to Nation of Islam members in its newspaper, the Final Call, in which he compared his health problems to those of Fidel Castro.
'Period of testing'
The letter, also published on Nation of Islam's website, goes into graphic detail about his fight against "serious pain".
He announces that he is "postponing indefinitely all engagements, meetings and appointments".
"In this period of testing, you can prove to the world that the Nation of Islam is more than the charisma, eloquence and personality of Louis Farrakhan," he said. [...]
The leader of the American Muslim organisation Nation of Islam, Louis Farrakhan, says he is seriously ill.
In an open letter to members, the 73-year-old said he was suffering pain like that he had felt in 1998 when he was diagnosed with prostate cancer.
He requested that his followers carry on with his movement after his death.
He supports African-Americans having their own nation and is regarded as one of the most controversial and charismatic African-Americans alive.
He has also been accused of being an anti-Semite.
He revealed his health problems in a letter on Friday to Nation of Islam members in its newspaper, the Final Call, in which he compared his health problems to those of Fidel Castro.
'Period of testing'
The letter, also published on Nation of Islam's website, goes into graphic detail about his fight against "serious pain".
He announces that he is "postponing indefinitely all engagements, meetings and appointments".
"In this period of testing, you can prove to the world that the Nation of Islam is more than the charisma, eloquence and personality of Louis Farrakhan," he said. [...]
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