CHICAGO—Forty years after a sacred and transformative encounter that has directed the work and mission of the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan and the Nation of Islam, believers, scholars, and historians gathered on Sept. 17 to honor Minister Farrakhan’s 1985 More-Than-A-Vision Experience aboard The Wheel (The Mother Plane).
This experience exposed a coordinated war against Black America, with particular emphasis on our Black youth. And wars against Muslim nations waged through foreign conflict abroad and warfare at home that is still unfolding today.
The 40th anniversary commemoration, broadcast globally, featured a live message from Student Minister Ishmael Muhammad, National Assistant to Minister Farrakhan, who spoke from Tepoztlán.
Mexico—the very city where Minister Farrakhan experienced his profound 1985 More-Than-A-Vision-Experience aboard The Wheel, where he received instructions and revelation from his teacher, the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad.
Student Min. Ishmael’s presence in Tepoztlán, Mexico, added a powerful layer of spiritual and historical resonance to the 40-year anniversary event and panel presentation. Other presenters—Student Min. Abdul Arif Muhammad, a member of the N.O.I. Shura Executive Counsel and General Counsel for the N.O.I.; Student Minister Dr. Wesley Muhammad, a member of the N.O.I. Shura Executive Counsel, author and researcher and member of the N.O.I. Research Group; Student Min. Ilia Rashad Muhammad, a member of the N.O.I. Research Group, author, and Student Min. Demetric Muhammad, a member of the N.O.I. Research Group and author—addressed the live audience from Mosque Maryam in Chicago.
