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> Muslin Mosque, Incorporated "Because 1964 threatens to be a very explosive year on the racial front,.and because I myself intend to be very active in every phase of the American Negro struggle for HUMAN RIGHTS,I have called this press conference this morning In order to clarify my ow position in the struggle....especially in regards to politics and non-violence. "Y wish to speak to you for ten or fifteen minutes and then open myself for questions, "I am and always will be a Muslim. My religion is Islam, I still believe that Mr. Muhammad's analysis of the problem is the most realistic, and that his eolution ia the heat ona Thieae meaane ¢$khat TT t$0nH ee kd eee web he a Ser bh Wh ble go whe bbe EF Ld er Gh When WY ys wear believe the best solution is complete separation, with our people going back home, to our otm African homeland. ‘But separation back to Africa is still a long-~ Yrangé program, and while it is yet to materialize, 22 million of our people who are still here in America need better food, clothing, hous?ng, education and Jobs right now, Mr. Muhammad's program does poin® us back homeward, but it also contains within it what we could and should be doing to help solve many of our own problems while we are still here. "Internal differences within the Nation of Islam forced me out of it. I did not leave of ny own free will. But now that it has happened I intend to make the most of it. Now that I have more independence- of-action I intend to use a more flexible approach toward working with others to get a solution to this probien, , . "T do not pretend to be a divine man, but I do believe in divine guidance, divine power, and in the fulfillment of divine prophecy, I am not educated, ‘ nor am I an expert in any particular field...but I am sincere, and ry sincerity are my credentials; 1 + ‘ ? 4 * ie id rast ta a, SS wl! a en eed . int)