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Malcolm K. Little NATION YF ISLAM 1, APPENDIX ae In Jemary, 1957, a source advised ELIJAH MUHAMMAD has described his organization on a nationwide basis as the "Nation of Ielam" and "Muhammad's Temples of Islam", Cn 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, 2,53355 South Greenwood Avenue, Chicago, illinois, is the naticnal headquarters of the NOI; andsin mid-1960, MUHAMMAD and other NOI officials, when referring to MUHAMMAD's organization on a netionvwde basis, commenced vaing either "Mosque" or , omic" when mentioning one of "Muhammad's Temples of- slam", The NOI ia an all-Negro organization which waa originally organized in 1930 in Detroit, Michigan, MUHAMMAD Claims te have been selected by Allah, the Supreme Being, to lead the so-called Negro race out of slavery in the wiiderness of North Anerica 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, officials and membera of the NOI, including MUHAMMAD, have refi:sed to register under the provisions of the Selective Service Acts and have ceclared that members owe no allegiance to the United States. a a a i ee SD Oe oe Oe . . “ Sek ss ah von Vr At Te ‘ TTR remeron SR A TR ce