(26 Feb 2007)
1. Leader of Nation of Islam Louis Farrakhan receiving applause
2. Wide crowd at Nation of Islam convention
3. Mid shot crowd
4. SOUNDBITE: (English) Louis Farrakhan, Nation of Islam Leader:
"And between the sowing and the reaping, God always raises somebody to call the nation and the people to repentance. Elijah Muhammed was that one. And I am his extension. But my time is up."
5. Wide of crowd
6. SOUNDBITE: (English) Louis Farrakhan, Nation of Islam Leader:
"What should they do about a man lying to the American people, deceiving the members of Congress, prosecuting an unjust war? Is that not only reason to impeach him but to set down his whole administration? Set down his whole administration. All of them are liars. All of them are murderers."
7. Wide of crowd
8. Mid of crowd
9. SOUNDBITE: (English) Louis Farrakhan, Nation of Islam Leader:
"Christians and Muslims, we have to break down these artificial divisions that divide us and come together as a family."
10. Crowd
11. Wide shot of stage
STORYLINE:
Louis Farrakhan stressed religious unity in his last major speech before standing down as Nation of Islam leader at the group's three-day convention in Detroit on Sunday.
He told delegates that the world is at war because Christians, Muslims and people of other faiths are divided.
The 73-year-old Farrakhan told his audience that Jesus Christ and the Prophet Muhammad would embrace each other with love if they were on the stage behind him.
The fiery orator spoke for the first time since ceding leadership of the movement last year because of illness.
The speech was the climax of the Nation of Islam's three-day convention in the city where it was founded in 1930.
"Between the sowing and the reaping, God always raises somebody to call the nation and the people to repentance. Elijah Muhammed was that one. And I am his extension. But my time is up," said Farrakhan.
The leader of 1995's Million Man March in Washington, DC said he is leaving at a time of great conflict in the world.
He said he believes God is angry with leaders who are putting politics and greed above serving their fellow man.
Unity was the path forward, according to Farrakhan.
"Christians and Muslims, we have to break down these artificial divisions that divide us and come together as a family," he said.
And Farrakhan had special advice for the US Congress.
"What should they do about a man lying to the American people, deceiving the members of Congress, prosecuting an unjust war? Is that not only reason to impeach him but to set down his whole administration? Set down his whole administration. All of them are liars. All of them are murderers," he said.
The Nation of Islam, which promotes black empowerment and nationalism, was rebuilt by Farrakhan in the late 1970s after WD Mohammed, the son of long-time leader Elijah Mohammed, moved his followers toward mainstream Islam.
Farrakhan became notorious for calling Judaism a "gutter religion" and suggesting crack cocaine might have been a CIA plot to enslave blacks.
He met with foreign leaders at odds with the United States - Moammar Gadhafi, Fidel Castro and Saddam Hussein - prompting the State Department in 1996 to accuse him of "cavorting with dictators."

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