Nation of Islam to police Miami? City pays mosque-based Muslim group $150,000 to patrol, promote civility
The City of Miami hired Muslims with ties to the Nation of Islam to patrol streets and keep the peace.
The city will pay $150,000 to Peacemakers, a civilian group run by Progressive Land Development International, as part of a $1 million crime-fighting initiative, Fox News reports. However, a great deal of controversy has been caused by the organization’s mailing address – it also belongs to the Miami’s Nation of Islam.
Though Peacemakers insists it has no official affiliation with the Muslim organization, the patrolling group is run by well-known NOI member Rasul Muhammad. He is also the son of late Elijah Muhammad, the man responsible for developing the NOI.
Peacemakers’ corporate offices are also located in Miami’s Nation of Islam Muhammad Mosque 29, the 7th regional headquarters of the Nation of Islam.
According to reports, Andrew Rosenkranz, the Anti Defamation League’s Florida Regional Director, said the City of Miami made an odd selection when it chose the civilian patrol group to teach acceptance and civility.
The Muslim group has “a well-documented, irrefutable public record of racism, bigotry and anti-Semitism,” Rosenkratz said.
According to the Miami Herald, Muhammad denied claims that the Peacemakers are racially prejudiced.
“We are not anti-Jewish people,” he said. “We are not anti-Catholic people. We are not anti-white people. The whole Peacemakers project is being based on being anti-crime, anti-immorality. … Are they saying that they don’t want peace?”