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"Say: O People of the Book, why do you disbelieve in the messages of Allah? And Allah is a witness of what you do."
Holy Qur�an, Surah 3 verse 97

In continuing our subject, the Family of Amran�A Celebration of Family, we have become acutely aware that the genealogy of the Founder of the Nation of Islam in America, should be studied in the light of the three great Monotheistic Religions, Christianity, Judaism, and Islam with its Divine Roots in Scriptural Revelation from Almighty God, Allah. The tracing of this genealogy of Master W. Fard Muhammad is a matter of Theology and the prophetic picture which connects these three religious bodies to Father Abraham.

With Abraham comes the establishment of the Holy Places in Arabia at the Holy City of Mecca, and in Palestine at the Temple Mount at Jerusalem�s Dome of the Rock and Al-Aqsah Mosque. It is not a coincidence that the Mufti of Jerusalem presented the Qutbah lecture at the gathering of the Faithful to the Call for Friday prayers at the Jumu�ah service at our recent Saviours� Day Convention. This Historical Event also drew some of the most distinguished scholars and scientists of the Islamic world. As a result of this World Islamic Leadership Conference, an invitation was extended to the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan and the members of the Nation of Islam to visit Jerusalem in the very near future.

We are aware that Pope John Paul II has concluded his special pilgrimage Journey to the Holy Land, which included an earlier State Visit to Egypt and audience with President Hosni Mubarak. He then visited the Sinai Peninsula, with the hopes to reconcile differences with the Coptic Church of Egypt with a bit of a standoff on their part regarding joint prayers. Pope John Paul II�s attempt to break down barriers between the world�s three great religions, Christianity, Judaism and Islam, characterizes his current political and spiritually motivated moves. He began his Special Pilgrimage in the Middle East with a visit to Jordan, which included a State Visit with the newly appointed King of Jordan and son of the late King Hussein of the Hashemite Kingdom. He visited another site where Moses� journeyed in the wilderness in the company of the Children of Israel to Mount Nebo. There he gazed out over the Jordan to view the Promised Land.

In the stations of his journey, he visited with President Yassir Arafat on the West Bank and expressed his desire to see an independent Palestinian State. Traveling to Jerusalem, the Sacred City to Muslims, Christians and Jews, he met with the Political and Religious Leaders and Rabbis with the exception of being refused an audience to meet with the Mfuti of Jerusalem.

He went on to visit Bethlehem, the scene of the Nativity as well as including Nazareth. Step by step, he attempted to walk in the footsteps of Moses, Jesus and Muhammad, seeking to reconcile long ages of conflict among the three religious parties.

We will note that in the backdrop of these symbolic and political gestures, on his part, that there was no religious dialogue extended to include the rejected people of the Western Hemisphere in the healing of wounds between the Black Man, the Indian, and those of Hispanic origin in the Americas who have been victimized by a scourge of every kind of evil atrocities for well over 400 years. Where is our "Apologia" either in major or minor tones? This action would have made his Special Pilgrimage universal in nature and far more effective for the good of common humanity.

In 1998 when Min. Farrakhan, with his 24 member delegation, attempted to visit Jerusalem, he was denied optimum security measures from the Israeli Government, even though he received an Official invitation from Prominent Islamic leaders of Al-Aqsah Mosque and Al-Haram, which includes the famous Dome of the Rock Mosque. He held a press conference in the nearby City of Ramallah where he was lodged during this critical period.

The controversy of the Jews over the Advent of the Messiah in all three Divine Scriptures of the Bible (Torah and Gospel), and in the Holy Qur�an, is very clearly defined and is left in the end of the Final Judgment of Almighty God, Allah. As the Family of Amran is numbered as the third Surah of the Holy Qur�an, we of all religious communities are on trial and rehearsing each in our own way, the End Time.

"Say: O People of the Book, why do you hinder those who believe from the way of Allah, seeking (to make) it crooked, while you are witnesses? And Allah is not heedless of what you do." Holy Qur�an, Surah 3 verse 98