CHICAGO (FinalCall.com)�President Bush right now is planning, like his father (former President Bush), a wider war against Islam, the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan warned during his Oct. 16 Day of Atonement speech celebrating the 6th anniversary of the Million Man March. Pres. Bush is not satisfied with Afghanistan and is seeking to attack the Muslim nations of Iraq, Libya and Sudan, he said, during a message from Christ Universal Temple, delivered via satellite and live Internet webcast throughout the country and world.

"President Bush, I pray you won�t pursue what you have in mind. If you do, you will end what is known as the United States of America," he warned, adding that the judgment of God would visit the country.

Min. Farrakhan said that the warmongering of Mr. Bush is based on the world�s oil deposits and who controls "the sweet crude." He said that the process of atonement and returning to the principles of God is the only saving grace for the country.

Prefacing his remarks with scriptural references to the third chapter of Ezekiel in the Bible and the fifth chapter of the Holy Qur�an, the Nation of Islam leader said that God had shown him the basis for America�s war against terrorism and that spiritual leadership of all faiths in this time must remain mindful of their duty to God.

"We have arrived at a very critical hour when the ministers of God, who are watchmen on the wall, have to not only hear the word of God from the mouth of God, but we have a responsibility in an hour like this to warn the wicked from their wicked ways, and not fear what the wicked may say or do. Only fear what God will do if we fail to deliver the message," he admonished.

In the world of Christianity, Islam and Judaism, there are men and women who have heard the word of God and say they believe, but are afraid to condemn the wicked practices of the people and call them to repentance for fear of losing donations to the church, he said. The message from God through His prophets and warners is not a "milquetoast gospel that tickles the ears of the people," but one that delivers them from Satan, he said.

At the root of denominations and separation are materialism, racism and bigotry. God does not judge the people by skin color, he said, "but it is our piety that makes one human being better than another."

Referring to the escalation of the war against terrorism, Min. Farrakhan said that America�s foreign policy makers and her crafters of war are not in any danger of losing their sons and daughters in a war that President Bush has told the American people will last for years. "Most of those who will die if the war continues are Black and Brown and poor white," he cautioned.

"Something terrible happened on September 11, and we have not gotten definitive answers as to why people hate America to that degree. People don�t act like this for nothing. People don�t sacrifice their lives and take the lives of others for nothing," he said.

Min. Farrakhan recounted a litany of U.S. foreign policy machinations that have thwarted the sovereignty of nations and imposed or assassinated leaders, adding that the American public is owed the reasons that justify Mr. Bush�s call for an extended war.

"If Mr. Bush wants the world to join him in this war, then prove to the world that Osama bin Laden is responsible for this heinous crime," he said. "[Bush] said he has overwhelming evidence. Then bring the evidence and show it to the American people," he said.

Noting that the United Nations is presently struggling to set a definition of "terrorism" and "terrorist" that could be applied universally, Min. Farrakhan said: "One nation�s terrorist is another nation�s freedom fighter. So, we have to discern whether the governments of the world are repressive of the legitimate aspirations of its citizens."

He cited the Minutemen, Paul Revere and Crispus Attucks as examples in their freedom fight against British colonialism. He walked the audience through the opening paragraphs of the U.S. Declaration of Independence, offering examples of how the American public is owed the truth behind its government�s actions lest Mr. Bush was setting the country up for more anti-war protests and civil disruption.

Minister Farrakhan said that America has relegated God and religion to a back seat, when "without God you have no government."

The need for atonement

The president of the United States as Commander in Chief of its armed forces carries enormous weight to send the people of America into harm�s way in the name of defeating terrorism, Min. Farrakhan explained. "I would humbly ask our President, is there a better way to defeat terrorism?" he said. "Must countless hundreds of thousands of innocent lives be lost and the causes of terrorism never be addressed?

"If America would adopt the process of atonement, it would keep America strong hundreds of years into the future," he said. "The weapons of war have never kept any great empire of yesterday from falling. And the great weapons of war that America has amassed can not keep America from falling if she violates the principles that leads to perpetuity," he said.

Min. Farrakhan defined the terms �fundamental Christian� and �fundamental Muslim� as patriots of God who seek to bring their respective governments back to the law of God.

Man is too weak and fallible to make laws because he makes laws for his own self-interest, even if the laws he makes are hurtful to others, he said. "So God and only God can make just laws that render us all equal," he said.

Mr. Bush has in his mind to go after Iraq after he finishes in Afghanistan, Min. Farrakhan said. Next he will move on to Libya, then the Sudan, where the oil deposits in Southern Sudan are more plentiful than in the whole of Saudi Arabia. "That�s why the war is on right now," he said.

Min. Farrakhan told the audience to never allow Satan to put the people at odds over the labels they wear. "Be wise like the wino," he quipped. "When the wino gets the bottle, he is not interested in the label, it�s the content. We should be interested in the content and not be divided by labels," he said.

He closed the historic evening thanking Christ Universal Temple�s founder, Rev. Johnnie Coleman for hosting the event and urged its parishioners to go after the young and encourage them to follow in the example of "Christ consciousness" developed by her.

During opening comments for the evening, Rev. Al Sampson of Fernwood United Methodist Church and a disciple of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., said "the entire world shook for a moment" when nearly two million men showed up in Washington for the Million Man March.

These men stood up and said "enough in enough" and the reality of the March is "written across our hearts," he said.

"Now we�re faced with moral authority to say to the world that [the world] needs atonement, reconciliation and responsibility now more than we�ve had to have at any other time in history," he said.

Reading from a letter that he sent to President Bush, Rev. James L. Bevel, who also worked with Dr. King, advised the President to seek atonement.

Rev. Bevel said that he too was thinking of revenge and killing during the �60s when four little girls were killed when racists bombed a church in Birmingham.

"I ultimately concluded that a greater good would result from following the teachings of Christ. Today it�s your turn to make a decision [whether you] will save or destroy the world," he said.

Speaking on behalf of the Rev. Sun Yung Moon of the Unification Church, Rev. Michael Jenkins said that only by the word of God can humanity be healed and "we are about to hear the word of God tonight."

"One year ago today, the Million Family March was launched and all of God�s children came together. My family and my life have been touched by the Honorable Louis Farrakhan � and all of America is being touched more and more," he said.