LAS VEGAS, June 27 – Rael, founder and leader of the International Raelian Movement (IRM; see www.rael.org) has awarded the title “Honorary Guide of Humanity” to Minister Louis Farrakhan, head of the controversial Nation of Islam.

According to a statement released this morning by the IRM, Farrakhan “is a peaceful revolutionary, well known in the United States for his controversial positions on social and political matters.”

“After Minister Farrakhan exposed U.S. and NATO criminal war actions in Libya and Africa in a recent press conference at the U.N. Plaza Hotel in New York, Rael decided to award him the Honorary Guide title,” said Brigitte Boisselier, IRM spokesperson, adding that Rael bestows this distinction “only upon those who place humanity’s interest before their own and their own lives.”

Boisselier said Farrakhan’s facts and comments are in perfect agreement with many statements made by Rael, who regards today’s conflicts in Afghanistan, Iran and Libya as “obvious failures of the United Nations (see www.Raelnews.org).” And she mentioned another recent statement in which Rael said international aggression against Libya “has been covered up under the pretext of protecting the civilian population,” and that “the real reason is to hoard the oil and combat Kadhafi’s idea of creating a currency based on gold, which could be used instead of the dollar for oil transactions.’’

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