Detroit – Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan has once again provoked controversy by comparing Jews to termites and calling Jewish people stupid in a speech he gave earlier this week in Detroit at an event marking the 23rd anniversary of the so-called “million man march” in Washington DC in 1995.

“White people don’t like Farrakhan,” he said in his speech at the event on Sunday, a clip of which was posted on his Twitter account on Wednesday.

“To the members of the Jewish community that don’t like me, thank you very much for putting my name all over the planet because of your fear of what we represent,” he continued.

Farrakhan was referring to the strong reaction to antisemitic comments he made in a speech in May this year when he talked of “Satanic Jews who have infected the whole world with poison and deceit.”

Continued Farrakhan “I can go anywhere in the world and they’ve heard of Farrakhan. Thank you very much” he said derisively.

“I’m not mad at you because you’re so stupid,” he continued apparently still addressing Jews.

“So when they talk about Farrakhan, call me a hater, you what they do, call me an antisemite. Stop it, I’m anti-termite,” he said to laughter and applause around the audience.



“I don’t know nothing about hating somebody because of their religious preference.”

Farrakhan has a long history of antisemitism, and made another hateful speech in February this year when he said that Jews control the US government as well as Mexico, Ukraine, France, Poland and Germany.

He also said that “when you want something in this world, the Jew holds the door,” claimed that Jewish people are the ones responsible for “degenerate behavior in Hollywood turning men into women and women into men,” and that Jews are “the mother and father of apartheid.”

“Farrakhan’s vile statements against Whites and Jews have been ignored by my fellow Democrats,” NY State Assemblyman Dov Hikind (D-Brooklyn) said. “There is nothing subtle about this modern-day Goebbels’ hatred. This racist doesn’t even hide behind an anti-Israel statement; he just publicly attacks Jews and the Jewish religion, and works to incite hatred and racism among his followers. Even worse, Democrats continue to give him a pass. Former President Bill Clinton sat next to him at Aretha Franklin’s funeral. It was appalling!”

Hikind noted that Farrakhan has a long history of saying hateful things about Jews, whites and gays. Among some of Farrakhan’s comments were, “White people deserve to die,” “Hitler was a very great man,” “Jews are the Synagogue of Satan” and “the Satanic Jews control everything and mostly everybody.”

“It’s time for my Democrats to speak up and condemn this hatred. We must be consistent. ALL hatred and racism must be treated the same.”