The Black Muslim Manifesto Ii: A Luta Continua

By Lukman

The compilation of a decade of essays and online ideological struggle with members of Lukman's e-mail chat group formed the basis for "The Black Muslim Manifesto: From Inside the Belly of the Beast". The continuation of that process has called "The Black Muslim Manifesto II: A Luta Continua" into existence. Since the publication of the first "Manifesto", Lukman has continued his analysis of the unfolding global dynamic. Additionally, time has born witness to the accuracy of some of the "Manifesto's" prognostications. For example, we no longer have to speculate about what Obama will do once he's in the WHITE House. Lukman is proud, but not happy, to say that he was one of the few who was NEVER deceived by the "Obama Ploy".

Lukman felt compelled to rush "A Luta Continua" to print because much of his analysis, in "Manifesto II", has already proven to be prescient. Events are moving forward at such a rapid pace that many of his predictions have become history. Lukman didn't want to be accused of that for which he condemns our "rearguard leadership"; namely, "Monday Morning Quarterbacking".

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Release date: May 11, 2012
• ISBN: 9781468568530

Lukman

Lukman is the former Secretary of Muhammad Mosque #25 in Newark, NJ of the Nation of Islam (NOI). He was formerly the Political Education Committee Coordinator of New York State for the All-African Peoples Revolutionary Party (AAPRP) under the leadership of Kwame Ture. Lukman majored in Pre-Law, Social Science at Michigan State University. He is a Viet Nam era veteran of the United States Army. He was the Distinguished Honor Graduate of his U.S. Army Airborne School class. He attended the U.S. Army Ranger School and was stationed in a Ranger Unit. He has over 20 years experience as a computer consultant to a host of Fortune 500 and International Corporations. Lukman holds a third degree Black Belt in Japanese Goju Karate, a Black Belt in Kempo Karate. He is a student of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and a student of Bando, a weapons based Martial Art from Burma. Lukman is a world traveler who has visited Ghana, Egypt, Greece, Turkey, Brazil, Venezuela, virtually all of Central America and the Caribbean. His passion for history has fueled his travel. While in Greece, he toured not only the mainland but also many of the Greek Isles, visiting most of the major archeological sites and museums. While in Egypt, he did the same. Lukman has visited almost every major Mayan archeological site in the Western Hemisphere, including Chichenitza, Tulum, Coba, Copan etc. Lukman has lectured at various colleges and institutions, bringing light to the teachings of the Honorable Elijah Muhammad. Lukman is eminently qualified to lecture on the topics of history, geo-politics, military science and theology. Lukman's strength lies in his ideological diversity. Because of his in depth knowledge of the various schools of thought (i.e. Marxism-Leninism, Maoism, Pan-Africanism, Garveyism, the religions of the world etc.) and his knowledge of the history of the peoples of the earth, he is able to uplift and enlighten with the dialectical synthesis of the best of these philosophies.

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CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

DEBATES:

LESSONS OF GAZA:

COWBOYS AND INDIANS REDUX

LESSONS OF GAZA: A CRITIQUE

THUS THE HATRED

AN EXCHANGE BETWEEN GENERATIONS

OBAMA:

PROPHETIC? WRITTEN 10/20/2006

PRAIRIE FIRE

HOMEY DON’T PLAY THAT!

WAKE UP CALL

THE OBAMA PLOY (OOPS!)

OBAMAISM:

NEO-COLONIALISM’S LAST GASP

THE RELIGION OF ISLAM:

WHO DO WE FEAR?

EXPLAIN THIS (PART II)

ISLAM AND

CURRENT EVENTS:

A PARODY: THE SOUND OF SILENCE

EGYPT’S PALACE COUP

OPERATION GERONIMO

OPERATION GERONIMO (TAFSIR)

ARAB NATIONALISM VERSUS REVOLUTIONARY ISLAM

FACT CHECK

THE DEATH OF GADHAFI

THE BLACK

PETITE BOURGEOISIE:

BILL COSBY AND HIS ILK

CONTENTED SLAVES

HOUSE NEGROES: THEN AND NOW

THE NATION

OF ISLAM (NOI):

FARRAKHAN VS. LUKMAN

CLOSING THE GAP?

DEVIATION?

A PLAIN WARNER

HISTORY:

WORLD WAR II AS GANG WARFARE

EDUCATION:

IF YOU DON’T KNOW, LEARN;

IF YOU DO KNOW, TEACH

IDEOLOGY:

THE SCIENCE OF REVOLUTION

(see the following page for synopsis of each chapter)

LESSONS OF GAZA: COWBOYS AND INDIANS REDUX

This chapter provides an understanding of the Zionist state of Israel’s 2008/2009 offensive in Gaza, through an in depth analysis of the political construct called settler colonialism. I point to the history of European Colonialism/White Supremacy and the conquest of continental North America as providing the paradigm for Zionist policy in the Middle East.

LESSONS OF GAZA: A CRITIQUE

This is an exchange, between a member of the chat group and me, prompted by the essay Lessons of Gaza: Cowboys and Indians Redux from The Black Muslim Manifesto I. That essay proffered an understanding of the Zionist state of Israel’s 2008/2009 offensive in Gaza, through an in depth analysis of the political construct called settler colonialism. I pointed to the history of European Colonialism/White Supremacy and the conquest of continental North America as providing the paradigm for Zionist policy in the Middle East.

THUS THE HATRED

This exchange was prompted by a post which highlights, as a lie, amerika’s feigning ignorance concerning the Convoy of Death (an amerikan sponsored atrocity committed in Afghanistan).

AN EXCHANGE BETWEEN GENERATIONS

This chapter was an exchange, with my daughter’s fiancée’s brother, prompted by the essay:

Obama’s America and the New Jim Crow

by Michelle Alexander

PROPHETIC? WRITTEN 10/20/2006

This chapter records a prophetic statement about ruling class intentions. It augurs the rise of Obama.

PRAIRIE FIRE

This essay takes another jab at Obamaism. This time, I lambaste Obama’s so called address to the Muslim world in Cairo June 4, 2009.

HOMEY DON’T PLAY THAT!

This essay offers a scathing critique of the roots of Obama support, particularly of those who would claim the mantle of either leadership or scholarship.

WAKE UP CALL

This was an exchange, with my daughter’s fiancée, prompted by the following statement from my son regarding Obama’s potential election:

I would rather have Black people angry than have white people angry.

THE OBAMA PLOY (OOPS!)

This essay takes another dig at Obamaism. This time, I attack the notion that true power in amerika resides in the presidency.

OBAMAISM: NEO-COLONIALISM’S LAST GASP

This chapter provides a class analysis of the origin and development of capitalism; its evolution into imperialism, neo-colonialism and Obamaism, which I contend is the apotheosis of neo-colonialism.

WHO DO WE FEAR?

This chapter includes Quranic verses that I had failed to include in the chapter entitled Explain This from Manifesto I which represented an intellectual challenge to those who claim the religion of Islam, during this time of global war, yet seek to hide behind the mantra Islam is Peace.

EXPLAIN THIS (PART II)

The chapter lists excerpts from Hadith (the reputed sayings of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh)) that can be thrown in the face of those who invoke Islam is Peace, if they mean to convey the notion of a turn the other cheek philosophy.

A PARODY: THE SOUND OF SILENCE

I sent this out in response to the statements issued by Muslim leaders concerning the Ground Zero/Islamic Center controversy. The parody was simply a fictionalized press conference statement given after a hypothetical attack, conducted by Jewish Terrorists, on the Reichstag, during Nazi rule, resulting in the death of everyone inside. The silence in response to my parody has been deafening.

EGYPT’S PALACE COUP

Egypt’s Palace Coup was penned 2/14/2011, during the nascent stages of the uprising in that country. This essay counters the establishment media’s claims that the unfolding events, in Egypt, constituted a revolution.

OPERATION GERONIMO

This essay was written immediately after the assassination of Osama bin Laden. I point out the arrogance (on the part of the planners) and contempt (for the so called Native Amerikan people)contained in the fact that the plan to kill Osama was labeled Operation Geronimo.

OPERATION GERONIMO (TAFSIR)

This chapter offers further explanation of the previous chapter, in response to queries from a reader.

ARAB NATIONALISM VERSUS REVOLUTIONARY ISLAM

This was a response to those who are ascribing the current uprising in North Afrika (i.e. Tunisia and Egypt) and Northeast Afrika (i.e. Jordan and Yemen) to the rise of Arab Nationalism. They even go so far as to say that this Arab Nationalism is a more potent force than Islam and it poses a greater threat to amerikan Imperialism. I beg their pardon.

FACT CHECK

This chapter is a reprint of an e-mail that I sent to the chat group reminding them how meticulously I had traced and documented Gadhafi’s capitulation to the West and, concomitant, betrayal of Islam. This was written well before the Colonel became the latest victim of amerikan duplicity.

THE DEATH OF GADHAFI

This chapter, by offering my analysis of the West’s overthrow and murder of Gadhafi, reinforces my contention that Faustian pacts with the devil never pay off in the end and power only respects power.

BILL COSBY AND HIS ILK

This chapter presents a series of exchanges with chat group members concerning the blame the victim position of Bill Cosby and those of his ideological persuasion.

CONTENTED SLAVES

A comrade drew my ire by holding up his personal status as an example of advancement in Amerika (he was baiting me). This chapter was my response.

HOUSE NEGROES: THEN AND NOW

I was sent an e-mail lauding the fact that a Black Man was the CEO of Red Lobster and Olive Garden, to which I responded, Does the expression house slave ring a bell? BTW, I readily concede that I am one also, however, so was Nat Turner. My response ignited the exchange that forms this chapter.

FARRAKHAN VS. LUKMAN

In 2002, Minister Farrakhan expressed his desire to meet with Ariel Sharon, in order to help mediate between the Zionists and the Palestinians. The Minister held a press conference in which he stated his case. When I expressed my concerns with the Minister’s position, one of my comrades asked me to clarify my position. The Minister’s quotes, from the press conference, followed by my critique, were my response to the brother’s query.

CLOSING THE GAP?

This chapter was my brief analysis of Closing the Gap, Minister Jabril Muhammad’s apologia for the leadership of Minister Farakhan.

DEVIATION?

On October 13, 2005 (the eve of the Millions More Movement gathering in Washington D.C.), Minister Farrakhan was interviewed by Tom Foreman of CNN’s The Situation Room. One of my comrades asked me to explain the problems I had with the Minister’s responses to Mr. Foreman’s questions. This chapter was my answer.

A PLAIN WARNER

This is my response to anyone who claims that the Teachings of the Honorable Elijah Muhammad require an interpreter.

WORLD WAR II AS GANG WARFARE

This chapter counters the conventional wisdom that World War II was good guys vs. bad guys. Gang Warfare posits that WWII was a global struggle between competing imperialisms.

IF YOU DON’T KNOW, LEARN; IF YOU DO KNOW, TEACH

This essay assails the U.S. system of miseducation.

THE SCIENCE OF REVOLUTION

In this, the final chapter, I articulate the historic process by which revolutions are instigated and consummated.

INTRODUCTION

In the Name of Allah, The Beneficent, The Merciful, I bear witness that there is no god but Allah and Muhammad is His messenger. How could I thank Allah (SWT) enough for keeping His promise by providing the Black Man and Woman in amerika with divine guidance through the Teachings of the Honorable Elijah Muhammad?

The compilation of a decade of essays and online ideological struggle with members of my e-mail chat group formed the basis for The Black Muslim Manifesto: From Inside the Belly of the Beast. The continuation of that process has called The Black Muslim Manifesto II: A Luta Continua into existence. Since the publication of the first Manifesto, I have continued my analysis of the unfolding global dynamic. Additionally, time has born witness to the accuracy of some of the Manifesto’s prognostications. For example, we no longer have to speculate about what Obama will do once he’s in the WHITE House. I am proud, but not happy, to say that I am one of the few who was NEVER deceived by the Obama Ploy.

It is not difficult for the reader of Manifesto’s I and II to notice the change in my position relative to the leadership of Minister Farrakhan. The critical positions I take toward his leadership in Manifesto II should not be construed as a negation of the positions I took, vis-à-vis his leadership, in Manifesto I. The following quote from Manifesto I, the chapter entitled Malcolm X should provide insight into the evolution of my analysis:

Malcolm’s fearless stand in the face of our enemies, in the 50’s and 60’s, provided psychological liberation for millions. However, I personally believe that there is nothing and no one that should not be subjected to the microscope of inspection. The scriptures teach us to prove all things, and lay hold to that which is good. Only through a scientific study of our brother’s credits and debits, and then making the necessary adjustments to our methodology, can we move beyond where he left us. - Lukman

The Minister is no exception to this timeless rule. I walked with the Minister for eighteen years; however, I never walked with him because of his eloquence or his charisma. I walked with him because of the truth that his words and deeds manifested, at the time. If Allah (SWT) put you (the reader) in the position of vanguard warrior, I would, humbly, follow you. Islam is not personality based. Islam is principle based.

The current pitiful condition of that portion of the Nation of Islam (NOI) under the Minister’s leadership bears mute testimony to the organizational deficit. If the problem was simply organizational, I’d still be in the ranks, struggling. The problem, for me, became ideological. I could not, and cannot reconcile Islam, the teachings of the Honorable Elijah Muhammad or the Minister’s previous revolutionary stance with his current positions (i.e. Dianetics). The role he played in support of the Obama Deception, alone, disqualified the Minister from standing before me. Anyone, who claims either the mantle of leadership or scholarship, who didn’t see through the Deception, from the outset, needs to fall in, cover down, guide is to the right.

If any further clarification is needed concerning my stance on leadership, one should read the last chapter in Manifesto I, entitled The Power of Ideology.

I felt compelled to rush A Luta Continua to print because much of my analysis has already proven to be prescient. Events are moving forward at such a rapid pace that many of my predictions have become history. I don’t want to be accused of that for which I condemn our rearguard leadership, namely, Monday Morning Quarterbacking.

Case in point: The essay Egypt’s Palace Coup was penned 2/14/2011, during the nascent stages of the uprising in that country. I enjoin you to read the essay, in light of current events, and tell me wherein lies the truth. Have we witnessed a revolution in Egypt, as it was being touted in the western press?

Another point: The following words, contained in the hypothetical exchange entitled Farrakhan vs. Lukman, were penned in 2002:

The Saudi regime has been a running dog for the West from day one. Gadhafi is now the poster child for capitulation. The fact that they are adding their names to the infamous list (i.e. Sadat, King Hussein, Mubarak etc.) of those who recognize the zionist abomination comes as no surprise. - Lukman

I received an e-mail, on 3/30/2011, indicating "Farrakhan to hold press conference addressing events in the Middle East and the Libya policy of the Obama administration".

I immediately responded:

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I’ll make a prediction:

Conspicuously absent from the Minister’s analysis will be the fact that, until a few days ago, Qadhafy dodged a bullet (remember that?) * by sharing a bed with amerika in its War on Terror, disbanding his WMD program