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FARRAKHAN ANNOUNCES SERIOUS ILLNESS: N.O.I. leader asks followers to carry on in his absence.
*Minister Louis Farrakhan sent a letter to his Nation of Islam followers this month admitting to a serious illness and urging the group to continue on in his absence so that the movement "will live long after I and we have gone," reports the Associated Press.
The 73-year-old said he began suffering pain earlier this year similar to 1998, when he was diagnosed with prostate cancer and underwent surgery. He said doctors discovered an ulcer in his anal area during a visit to Cuba in March.
Since then, he has lost 35 pounds and suffered from "serious infection and inflammation," Farrakhan said in his letter dated Sept. 11 and published in the Nation of Islam's The Final Call newspaper.
Farrakhan said he will try his best to bounce back, "because I do not believe my earthly work is done." He said he asked his executive board to solve problems during his recovery.
In the letter, Farrakhan compared news of his illness to that of Fidel Castro.
"While many rejoiced - believing and thinking that if Fidel Castro and the Cuban Revolution expired they could move Cuba and the Revolution in a new direction - his absence from the helm only proved that Cuba will not fall apart over the absence or passing of their illustrious leader," Farrakhan wrote in the letter.
He also warned followers to be "ever watchful for any smart, crooked deceiver and hypocrite who would create confusion over my present condition."
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