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Pressed on his views at a council vote in which he was ultimately approved 4-3, Brother John Muhammed refuses to condemn the Nation of Islam leader's antisemitism
The saga playing out in St. Petersburg, Florida’s fifth-largest city, unfolded during the same period that numerous celebrities became subject of antisemitic controversy.
Jewish leaders in St. Petersburg, Florida, tried — and failed — to keep Brother John Muhammad, a follower of the antisemitic Louis Farrakhan, off the city council.
St. Petersburg’s appointment of Brother John Muhammad to its council has Gulf Coast Jews playing catch-up in community relations.
Brother John Muhammad once said the antisemitic Nation of Islam leader “made some corrections about the activity of Jews.”