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oS : Mslcoln X, Little MR CN TIAL 5 CONBACN i. APPENDTX NATION JF ISLAM In Jeruary, 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", GQ) July 10, 1963, a secend source advised ELIJAH MUHAMMAD 48s the naticnal leader of the Natien of Islam (NOX); Muhammad's Temple of Isiam No. 2,5335 South Greenwood Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, is the national headquarters of the NOT: anddin 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 is an all-Negro crgenizaticn which was originally organized in 1930 in Detroit, Michigan, claims 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 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, offictals and members of the NOI, including MUHAMMAD, have refused to register under the provisicns cof the Selective Service Acts and have Ceclared that members owe no allegiance to the United States. CONFJRENTIAL of,