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~ 1 — ( J MY 105-8999 i. APPENDIX NATION 3F ISLAM ae wepey Uy eee IAL In January, 1957, a source a MUHAMMAD has described his organization on a nationwide basis as ithe "Nation of Islam “Muhammad's Temples ° lam" On July 10, 1963, a secend source advised ELIJAH MUHAMMAD is the national 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; andvin mid-1960, MUHAMMAD and other NOI officials, when referring to MUHAMMAD's ergenization ton a nationwhde basis, commenced using either "Mosque" or romie" when mentioning one of "Muhammad's Temples of- 6§lian The NOI is an all-Negro organization 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 wait be destroyed in the approaching "War of Armageddon", In the past, officials and members of the NOI, Ancluding 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. a a