Oh yeah! This is gonna be GREAT for Detroit!----------Nation of Islam convention to bring 30,000 visitors to Detroit

Nation of Islam convention to bring 30,000 visitors to Detroit | Detroit Free Press | freep.com:

"The Nation of Islam will return to its roots when it holds its annual convention in Detroit later this month, a gathering that’s expected to draw up to 30,000 visitors to Detroit over four days.

 One of the oldest Muslim and black nationalist organizations in the U.S., the Nation of Islam usually holds its annual gathering in Chicago, where the group is based.

But it will be held in Detroit this year for the first time since 2007, when about 50,000 packed Ford Field to hear its leader, Minister Louis Farrakhan, speak.

Farrakhan will speak on Feb. 23 at Joe Louis Arena on the last day of the convention.

 Called Saviours’ Day, the event celebrates the birthday of Wallace Fard Muhammad, who founded the Nation of Islam in Detroit in 1930.

The Nation of Islam’s first temple still exists in Detroit, where its message of black empowerment resonates in the largest black-majority city in the U.S."