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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
1. "Honorable" is the title bestowed on the leader of the Nation of Islam, e.g.,...
Sat Feb 17, 2018, 07:36 PM
Feb 2018

His Holiness Pope Francis or, The Patriarch of Constantinople (Greek Orthodox)

Response to DonViejo (Reply #3)

question everything

(47,425 posts)
4. OK. And elected officials are supposed to be addressed as "honorable"
Sat Feb 17, 2018, 08:13 PM
Feb 2018

how many of us use this? Especially on these pages?

DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
5. Elected officials are referred to as The Honorable when writing to them or they are introduced...
Sat Feb 17, 2018, 08:21 PM
Feb 2018

at a public event. Farrakhan, as far as I know, and based on my experiences with the Nation of Islam, is always referred to as "The Honorable Louis Farrakhan" or "Minister Farrakhan"

Behind the Aegis

(53,919 posts)
7. Odd, right?
Sat Feb 17, 2018, 09:35 PM
Feb 2018

Of course, as odd, was the complaint about the "president" being discussed as it wasn't what the thread was about?! Hmmmm!

Mosby

(16,252 posts)
8. the southern poverty law center considers the NOI a hate group
Sat Feb 17, 2018, 11:37 PM
Feb 2018

Farrakan is a minister, not a judge so why would anyone refer to him as "Honorable"?

In 2010 he started promoting dianetics and the church of scientology to NOI members. Their theology is pretty bizarre, just like the scientologists.

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