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—— ct ay wee mmm me ee ee - oP | 1. APPENDIX | a NATION OF ISLAM, Forwerly Referred CONFIRENTIAL to as the Muslim Cult of Islam, ata. Mubaawad's Temples of Islea —= ee =. In January, 1957, a source advised ELIJAH MUHAMMAD has Fi described his organization on a nationwide basis as the "Nation a of Islam" and “Muhammad’s Temples of Islam." | On May 8, 1964, a second source advised ELIJAil MUHAMMAD is the netional leader of the Nation of Islam (NOI); Muhammad's Temple of Islam No. 2, 5335 Scuth Greenwood Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, is the national headquarterg of the NOI; and inp 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 NOY is an all-Negro organization whicn wat originally organized in 19390 in Detroit, Eichigan. MUIIAMMAD claims to have been Selected by Allah, the Supreme Being, to lead the so-called | Negro race out o2 slavery in the wilderness of North America by establishing an iadepenndent black nation in the United States, Members following AUHAMMAD's teachings and his interpretation of. the ‘Xoran"” believe there ig nq 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 members of the NOI, including HUWALSAD, have refused to register under the provisions of the Selective Service Acts and have declared thai members owe no ailcwtisuce to the United States. On May 5, 1958, the first source advised MUHAMMAD had, upon iwdvice ox legal counsel, tempered his personal statements . - anc instructions to his ministers concerning the principles of hig organization in order to avoid possible prosecution by the %. Un“ +2) States Government; however, he did not indicate any funda- Ben... changes in the teachings of his organization. On May 7, 1964, a third source advieed sovwsoasl OMFS TIAL eariy in July, 1558, decided to de-emphasize the religtous aspects of the <cachings of Islam and to stress the economic benefits to be acrived by those Negroes who joined the NOI. This policy change, according to MUHAMMAD, would heip him acquire additional followers and create more interest in his fee | a wos AMAT raAme Ce ee en ee ee *