jWinston-Salem Woman hears Farrakhan
ispeech, opens Orthadox Islamic mosque
**B\ MAI RICh C ROC KF R
? ^Community Ncvs^ Reporter
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Those residents who prac
tice the Orthadox Islamic faith
fcjmay soon have more places to
tjxvorship, with the call for new
fcjfnosques rising in the city.
During the Savior's Day
^?convention, which was held
jrcarlier this year. Nation of
Ulslam leader the Honorable
inister Louis Farrakhan
jjcalled for inuslims to go back
?*to their communities and teach
r*
r^the orthadox method of Islam.
Pi One Winston-Salem
*Iworhan answered that call and
restarted the Nasr Mosque.,
t' Sister Amatallah Albdus
PShakur, said once the orders
r r
-^were given, she returned to her
? -home in Winston-Salem, where
,;she began holding services.
"I knew I needed to find
' another place, even though I
* could have continued to hold
I services in my home," Shakur
said. Shakur said she is serious
According to Shakur. she about the teaching of Orthadox
went to Rasheed Bey with her Islam, because she feels it is
concerns and asked if he knew important to the community,
of any place available. "It (Orthadox Islam) is a
"Once the sister told me joining force, because it's join
she was looking for a place, I ing us with our brothers and
knew I had a place she could sisters in the Hast," she said.
"It (Orthadox Islam) is a joining force, because it's
joining us with our brothers and sisters in the
East."
? Sister Amatallah Albdus-Shakur
use," Bey said. Islam is a religon of unity,
Bey and others went to Shakur said,
work painting and carpeting a According to Shakur, the
place where the services could only thing that is going to
be held. bring about peace is the power
The final improvements of Islam,
were completed in August, and Islam is the fastest-growing
the Mosque immediately began religion in the United States,
operating. she said, and people are slowly
Sister Amatallha Albdus-Shakur, instructor; SJis Abdel Aziz, instructor; and Rasheed Bey pose for a picture at
the Nasr Mosque, 2915 Patterson St.
responding to the call that is
being sent out. Although the
response is somewhat slow at
the new mosque, Shakur said,
she hopes word of mouth and
publicity will attract more peo- 2915 Patterson St and is open
pie. "Living by example is the to the public,
best way to bring people to For more information. con
Islam," she said. tact Nis Abdel 'Aziz at 724
The Nasr Mosque, is at 5856.
Thanksgiving for a Great Lawyer
from page 1
? ^oldest son, she said, "couldn't
? See, but he could hear, and he
? was exceptionally smart, and
? he could understand."
Doug is thankful that he
?was not "babied" or coddled.
?:He was disciplined by her,
^especially for wanting to "feel
-people" when he was young.
? ;Not only did she put a quick
? Stop to his yearn to feel his way
? through the world, but, Mrs.
?Fleming put him through a
-31rict regimen. He also said.
?C*(She) beat my butt like she did
?Jhe rest." And to the extended
?3fernily's dismay, she sent him
?>> the Arkansas School for the
Hftlind, 150 miles away, in Little
jj|ock.
There he excelled academi
cally and athletically for 12
?Jjears. He was in the band, a
?Jjack star, and a champion
?^wrestler. "That," he says "made
?a\\ the difference. And had she
?>ot done it. I would not be here
?Jjpday. I'd be at home with her
a blind man ? on SSI.
?tfhank God for my mother!"
?!? These days, Doug zips
? ground the city ? most of the
*jfime by bus ? and almost hur
?^wedly runs a steady stream of
orients and visitors up the stairs
.Jo his fourth-floor office at 4th
!*and Cherry in downtown Win
ston-Salem. This man, who
? supervises several law student
terns, describes himself as
-"beyond words thankful to be a
lawyer, to be in a position to
l?mp ower people who lack
ial power and who've been
:^ti scriminatcd against, and who
' fcack power." He grew up that
, "tyay himself.
' "I am grateful that I can
?-empower people by what I can
;^o for them in terms of
'Employment discrimination,
rap ndlord problems, consumer
'Jfraud, and when they face fore
Closure on their home and
property," he said.
One senses his sincerity
j^Jwhen he says, "1 feel good and
;!Hjiankful when 1 can give them
#e co nfidence to carry on."
?pfcnd he issues confidence the
ay a judge does orders.
?jSehind his desk, there is a
?r?mutual admiration society"
?
*3*hoto of Doug and another of
?^Arkansas' favored and assured
?^ons: President Bill Clinton.
!? He talks almost with
?^amusement of how he learned
?Jo read and write "the old-fash
? joned way" ? with a slate and
'stylus. But now he is a high
tech aficionado, moving deftly
rough legal documents, hav
ing mastered the use of a
Speech synthesizer that trans
lates paper documents to audio.
'.Regretting that he's only
i-^lately begun to look into
learning .Spanish and other for
eign languages." he uses his
.^blazingly fast hands on a CD
' ROM-equipped computer, com
y
i
plete with a document scanner
and braille printer, to meet the
needs of his clients.
He chuckles about a
woman who, when sent to see
him, asked aloud, "Ain't he
blind? How's he gon' see my
papers?" After he helped her,
the woman tried to put him on
retainer and recommends Arm
strong to all her friends. Doug,
is on the Program Committee
of the Winston-Salem Bar
Association ? a network of
black lawyers ? and he is a
member of the Forsyth Bar
Association. He is also secre
tary of the Labor and Employ
ment Section of the North Car
olina Bar Association.
Doug said he is grateful for
his good health. "I'm blind,
sure," he said, "but I make
adaptions to my limitations all
the time, like everybody else."
He says that he is neither
"visually-impaired nor visu
ally-challenged, or whichever
is the politically correct expres
sion today." "! am an other
wise normal person," he said,
"who happens to be blind ?
that's all."
Immediately after meeting
James Douglas Armstrong, one
is struck with all the reasons to
be thankful. One comes away
knowing full-well that one has
been in the presence of a very
special person, and one sees
things a little bit clearer.
James Douglas Armstrong
seems to know that too. He is
inspiring. He relishes inspiring
others. One is thankful, stimu
lated, and heartened for having
met him. He has an intimate
familiarity with some of life's
drudgery that most of us will
never know, but, he goes home
to Arkansas for Thanksgiving a
"happy man, looking forward
to getting back next week, so
he can continue his love for
helping others who can't help
themselves. We should all be
thankful for people like James
Douglas Armstrong.
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