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Malcolm X — Part 14
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Re: Malcolm K, Little
Te Rae eae Lk Lie ae
2. APPENDIX
NATION 3F ISLAN
In ‘January, 1957, a source advised ELIJAH
MUHAMMAD has described his organization on a nationwide
basis neh "Nation of Islam" and "Muhammad's Temples
0. e
én July 10, 1963, a secend source advised
ELIJAH MUHAMMAD is the naticnal leader of the Natien of
Islam (NOI); Muhammad's Temple of Islam No. 2,5335
South Greenwood Avenue, Chicago, Tilinois, is. the national
headquarters of the NOI; and<in mid-1960, MUHAMMAD and
other NOI officials, when referring to MUHAMMAD's organization
on a nationwade basis, commenced using either "Mosque" or
emeie" when mentioning one of "Muhammad's Temples of-
slam",
The NOI is an all-Negro erganization which was |
originally organized in 1930 in Detroit, Michigan, MUHAMMAD
clé&ims to have been selected by Allah, the Supreme Being, to.
lead the so-called Negro race out of slavery in the wilderness
of. North America by establishing an independent black nation
in the United States. Members following MUHAMMAD's teachings
and his interpretation of the "Koran" believe there is no ;
such thing as a Negro; that the so-called Negroes are slaves
of the te race, referred to as "white devils", in the
United States; and that the white race, because of its
exploitation sf the so-called Negroes, must and vi be
destroyed in the approaching "War of Armageddon".
In the past, officials and members of the NOI,
including 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.
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