Countdown to Armageddon: Louis Farrakhan and the Nation of Islam

by Mattias Gardell

This work provides a portrait of Louis Farrakhan, who leads the Nation of Islam, the largest radical black Muslim organization in the USA, most of whose adherents are African Americans in the inner cities. Members have included Malcolm X and Muhammad Ali and the organization's appeal among young blacks has grown steadily, with its message being propagated by rap musicians, including Public Enemy.

416 pages, Paperback

First published November 1, 1996

About the author

A Swedish scholar of comparative religion, Gardell is also an former anarchist; he calls himself now a "Libertarian socialist".

Gardell's subjects are mostly non-mainstream political groups like the Ku Klux Klan and Nation of Islam and their religious beliefs.