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IT'S BEEN MORE than a year since some folks cheered the impending death of Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan. Those of you who did know who you are. When word of Farrakhan's prostate cancer hit newspapers, television and radio, some grinned and chuckled and cackled at the prospect of the "Jew-baiting black racist's" impending demise. Some, no doubt, danced a joyous jig. There was only one problem: Farrakhan wasn't dead yet. On Thursday, just before 8:50 p.m., one Louis Farrakhan, resplendent in an impeccably tailored, double-breasted, royal blue suit, walked in front of an overflow crowd at the Bread of Life Cathedral.

Minister Louis Farrakhan of the Nation of Islam was in Baltimore last night, preaching unity among all African-Americans and promoting the Million Family March scheduled for Oct. 16 in Washington. The date marks the fifth anniversary of Farrakhan's Million Man March. Speaking at the Bread of Life Cathedral at Franklin and Cathedral streets, the Muslim leader invited black families of all backgrounds - from Christians to black nationalists to members of the Elks Club - to attend. He also said he would like to see at least 10,000 African-American couples take marriage vows at the march and noted that because the event will be three weeks before the presidential election, it was a golden opportunity to promote a black agenda in Washington.

MINISTER Carlos Muhammad sat behind his desk on the second floor of Muhammad's Mosque No. 6 on Garrison Boulevard, just down the street from Liberty Heights Avenue. He paused for only a second when the question was put to him: What, exactly, is the media's motive for rehashing the issue of Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan's "involvement" in the assassination of Malcolm X? "I think Minister Farrakhan being the leader he is, is the main reason," Muhammad responded. "His influence has warranted those in high places to bring out things that are false.

"Farrakhan admits complicity in Malcolm X's murder to his daughter." So ran the headline of a story in Thursday's edition of The Sun, telling of a "60 Minutes" interview scheduled to run on CBS tonight. If you just went by the headline you would think there was something startling and new in the article. But a reading reveals there's nothing new at all -- that all Farrakhan said was that, through his circa 1965 rhetoric, he helped contribute to the atmosphere of intolerance and hatred that culminated in Malcolm X dying in a broadside of assassins' bullets at the Audobon Ballroom.

IMAM E. Abdulmalik Mohammed, the young leader of the Muslim American Society in Baltimore, noticed something missing in the large gathering of Muslims inside Chicago's United Center last week. There were no pictures of Elijah Muhammad, the founder of the Nation of Islam, and none of the "black god," W.D. Farad. Black-and-white images of those men were always standard at the Nation of Islam's most important annual meeting, Saviour's Day. But not this Saviour's Day. Abdulmalik noticed something else.

IN THE sweetness of the moment, Andora Love arrives at the Mondawmin Mall to offer a vision of God. She is a Jehovah's Witness. Brother Andrew was supposed to be here Tuesday morning, but failed to show up. He is with the United Nation of Islam. In this world, where each of us seeks a vision of salvation, Andora Love is ours. "Seventy-six years old," she says, nodding her head slightly, as if affirming the substance of so many years. She wears a heavy overcoat and a knit cap, under which strands of gray hair peek through.

OFFICIALS AT Howard University Hospital are being irritatingly circumspect about the condition of probably the most famous patient their institution will ever have: Nation of Islam leader Minister Louis Farrakhan."

As the execution for condemned killer Tyrone X. Gilliam looms, his accomplices in the 1988 crime changed their stories again yesterday. This time, they said Gilliam was the man who murdered Christine J. Doerfler.The last-minute statements from Kelvin and Delano "Tony" Drummond were secured yesterday by Baltimore County prosecutors seeking to eliminate questions about who shot the 21-year-old hardware store accountant in a robbery that netted $3. Gilliam could be executed as early as today.

MEMORIES of the acrimony that preceded the Million Man March of 1995 have blurred. Fears raised by Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan's plans for that mass rally are not recalled as vividly as stories of the harmonious event that took place.Years hence, will that also be the case with the Million Youth March to be held this weekend in Harlem? One can only hope.New York Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani tried to withhold a parade permit for the march, organized by former Nation of Islam henchman Khalid Abdul Muhammad, whose anti-Semitic rhetoric was deplored even by Mr. Farrakhan.