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APPENDIX NY 109-0799 In January, 1957, a source advised ELIJAH MUHAMMAD has described his organization on a nationwide basis as the "Nation of Islam" and "Muhammad's Temples of Islam." On May 5, 1961, a second source sdvised: ELIJAH MUHAMMAD is the national leacer of the Nation of Islam (NOI). Miho rms AT rr + f Tat Ma ce] £23f mike Ais aoe Muhammad's Temple of Islam No. 2, 5335 South Greenwood Avenue, Chicago, Iilinois, is the national headquarters of the NOI. In mid 1960 MUHAMMAD and other NOI officials, when referring to MUHAMMAD's organization on a nationwide basis, commenced using either "Mosque" or "Temple" when mentioning one of "Muhammad's Temples of Islam.” The NOI 1s an all-Negro organization which was originally organized in 1930 in Detroit, Michigan. MUHAMMAD cleims to have been selected by ALLAH, the Supreme Being, to lead the so-called Negro race out of slavery in the wilder- ness of North America by establishing an independent black nation in the United States. Members following MUHAMMAD's teaching and his interpretation of the "voran" believe there is no such thing as a Negro; that the so-called Negroes are Slaves of the white race, referred to as "white devils,” in the United States; and that the white race, because of its exploitation of the so-called Negroes, must and will be destroyed in the approaching “War of Armageddon,” In the past, officials and members of the NOI, in- cluding MUHAMMAD, have refused to register under the provisions of the Selective Service Acts and have declared that members owe no allegiance to the United States. On May 5, 1958, the first source advised MUHAMMAD had, upon advice of legal counsel, tempered his personal statements and instructions to his ministers concerning the principles of his organization in order to avoid possible prosecution by the United States Government; however, he did not indicate any fundamental changes in the teachings of his organization. Pe ee ee ee