"Louis Farrakhan's attempts in Sydney on Saturday to qualify his statements about Jews as "bloodsuckers" only adds to the offence taken by the Jewish community about this remark which he refuses to apologise for.

"Until his Nation of Islam organization ceases to distribute anti-Semitic literature, such as the notorious Tsarist forgery The Protocols of the Elders of Zion, until Farrakhan ceases to cast doubt about whether the

Holocaust happened, and until he ceases to draw on classic anti-Semitic theories of blaming Jewish bankers for black slavery, his views towards Jews will continue to be viewed as anti-Semitic.

"Farrakhan's call for Australia not to back American action against Iraq is fully consistent with his view that that America is "the Great Satan", a view that took him to Iraq where he meet with Saddam Hussein in 1995.

"The fact that Farrakhan failed to meet with any significant leaders from the Aboriginal community demonstrates that his extremist message of separation rather reconciliation has no place in Australian society."

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