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Oo act RRS ' ee ae eT © ee pe eee Lab, Malcolm K. Little i. APPENDIX NATION 37 ISLAM In Jn » 1957, a source advised ELIJAH MUHAMMAD has described his organization on a natlienwide basis as the "Nation of Islam" and "Muhammad's Temples of Islam", ; cn July 10, 1963, a seccnd 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, Illinois, is the naticonal headquartera of the NOI; andcin mid-1960, MUHAMMAD and other NOI offisials, when referring to MUHAMMAD'’s organization on a nationr$ie Lasis, commenced vsing either "Mosque" or ome" when mentioning one of "“Muhanmad‘'s Temples of- slam", The NOI 18 an all-Negro orgenization which was originally organized in 1930 in Detroit, Michigan, MUHAMMAD Cliims to have been selected by Allah, the Supreme Being, to lead the so-called Negro race out cf slavery in the wiiderness of North Aterica 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, mist and will be destroyed in the approaching "War of Armageddon", In the past, officials and members of the NOI, ineluding MUHAMMAD, have refused to register under the provisions of the Selective Service Acts and have Cceclared that members owe no allegiance to the United States, 4. wey