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tracted to the Muslim faith because it sets guideiin
every aspect of a man's life and makes a believer
aware of his religious responsibilities through his
relationship with God. There is no minister to int<
for him.
When Abdul-Fattah became a Muslim, he was lc
for a spiritual anchor to complement the politically
side of him. This, he says, he could not find in the
tian church, where there is too much emphasis on s
tion of church and state affairs.
"It is only Islam that provides a total way of lif
says. "There is no separation. All of it is wrapp
one. It is a way of life that has its origin more
rooted in our African origin.JJ ?
Abdul-Fattah sees his change as a "return" to Is
. opposed to a "conversion" to the religion, beca
says Islam has always been a part of the developn
black people.
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stronghold to complement his political activisr
religion should^be,-ami is, a way of-life,'* he sa
(Islam) is something we have to live every day
lives, 24 hours a day as long as we live. It's not son
we practice once a week."
Irvin Shakir is the Imam (religious head)
Muhammad Mosque on English Street. A membei
American Muslim Mission (AMM), he has been a I
since the age of 18.
Shakir, 44, says he decided to become a 1
' because of its religious concepts. "The religion ii
on reason and intelligence/' he says. The Muh;
Mosque is one of several nationwide. It has been a
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"hostility to the free expression by public officials
and public employees.*'
Cooley also contended that Falls attempts to
"bury any debate on the subject under an
avalanche of derision," citing his use of such
words as "harebrained scheme," "nitwits,"
"red herring" and "half-baked assignment
plan" in reference to Johnson and Womble, as
well as the concerns they and a group of black
citizens had expressed to the school board.
"The First Amendment to the Constitution
does not give the press a special dispensation to
engage in political discourse apart from other
segments of the community; instead, it prevents
government from "abridging tne freedom ot
speech, or of the press..." \ Cooley wrote.
"That 'freedom of speech' is a freedom
possessed by all citizens, including school board
members and assistant principals, and it springs
from the same article of government which
gives Mr. Falls' a right to go fishing for public '
'enemies' under the banrter of editorial opinion
without fear of being either silenced or sued for
libel... Rather than excoriating those who express
views antithetical to his own opinion, Mr.
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more and its purpose is to propagate Islam wl
direct Mime, emphasizing education and com
ercede ment.
For James Moore, the Jewish faith w
>oking Moore, 36, and a member of Temple E
active *as exposed to the principles and beliefs
Chris- family friends throughout his childhoc
epara- pressed with the Jewish approach to lift
because he says there is no one between n
e," he all men are considered equal.
;d into Moore says Judaism covers all aspect?
deeply from home to business to dealing with I
"I am created in God's image," htTsav
lam as as any man on earth."
use he The Baha'i Faith, which originated
lent of Persia, now Iran, is one of the newer woi
In Winston-Salem, the Baha'i faith u
Mritual 1967 and presently has 15 members, h
n. 44A black. They have no church, but gather
ys. 41 It sions at the hornet of different mem
of our member, Mamie Johnson, grew up in th
lething but has been a Baha'i for 15 years.
4'There were so many unanswe
at the Johnson says. 44As a child, I was br
of the church, but the Bible was so confusing tl
Muslim something else. There was somethin]
spiritually that 1 was not getting in the
Vluslim Johnson says she chose the Baha'i
s based places emphasis on God and spirituality
ammad minister.'* The religion also teaches rac
part of all races should find equality with" each
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Falls ought to applaud their expression and
then demonstrate, by the force of his argument,
why they ought to be rejected."
Womble, assistant principal of Old Town
Elementary School and a member of the
Winston-Salem Board of Aldermen, said earlier
this week that he agrees with Cooley's
statements. Womble also said he appreciates
the fact that Zane Eargle gives school
employees the right to free speech.
Johnson, an assistant principal at North Forsyth
Senior High School, said Falls knows little
of a proposal he submitted to Holleman on
reorganizing the schools and that Falls should
have contacted him to discuss the proposal
before writing an opinion of it.
"Falls termed the proposal "modest" and
"halfbaked."
"He couldn't justifiably say anything about
what 1 said," Johnson said.
Johnson also said- it is not realistic for Falls
to imply that Eargft should silence school officials,
because, "no one is afraid of that type
of intimidation anymore." j
Holleman said he decided to look into the the
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nearly 24 years equal before God.
Tile, at the same Another local religious
munity involve- Universalists, accept difTerir
therefore have no specific crc
as the answer. principle is individual freedot
imanuel, says he This, along with the socia
of Judaism from church, attracted Sandra
)d. He was im- member in the city.
i and to religion Jackson, 23, was a membei
lan and God and Church but, nearly two yeai
U-U after reading its literatu
> of a man's life, "I had ideas of what was i
lis fellow man. "1 had read some things i
s. 'Tarn as good religions) had come close, but
as if I had written it myself.'
121 years ago in The Rastafarian religion i
idwide religions. Greensboro native.
as established in After studying African trai
alf of whom are Wanzandae, a former Sout
for spiritual ses- decided that the Rastafarian
bers. One btack btadrpeople. "All black peo]
e Baptist church, Please see i
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ought up in the =? \ \ 1 ^
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faith because "it fc-T?-. r-^T
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, busing issue because it was a concern residents
expressed to him during the election period last
fall and not for his own personal political
benefit, as Falls implies.
When he polled members of the black and
white communities, Holleman said, the major
concern most had was how to reduce busing
without going back to a system of segregation.
"I was very disappointed with the tone of the
editorial,*' Holleman said. "I do very much resent
the fact that an editorial writer would get
down to personalities." ~
Holleman said he was also bothered that someone
would write an editorial saying there
shouldn't be discussion of an issue.
Bailey said he was not personally bothered by
the editorial but concerned that it attempted to
put pressure on the assistant principals.
"Any tax-paying citizen* should be able to
voice their opinions without threats/* Bailey
said. * ' * " "" " *
Neither Falls nor Eargle could not be reached
by press time. Haislip said he had no comment
on the situation and that the editorial "speaks
for itself. * *
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mportant to me," she says.
and some of them (other
with the U-U, it was almost
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