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f1) bee Hem ee 7 NATION OF ISLAM ‘ornerly - referred to as ¢ Mislim Cult of Islam, aka l. .umad's Temples of Islam . Temples of Islam.’ of "Muhanmad!s Temples of Isian." The NOI is an sll-Negro organization which was cr. 1930 in Detroit, Michigan. “onszamad claims to have tsen 2. Supreme Being, to lead the sc-called Negro rece crt of slat of North America by establishing ai. andependent OLace NOLL. et the oa ed 3 t pe ae pT ry will be destroyed in the appreaching “War of Armepedara.™ refused to register uncer the provisions of the Selective Service Acts declared that members cwe no allegiance to the United Suates. changes in the teachings of his organization. followers and create more interest in his programs. In Janu 957, @ source «vised Elijah | Muhammad has described his organization on a. .onwide basis as the "Wation of Islan, (NOI) and "Muhammad's On May 8, 454 a second source advised Eliich Muhammad is the national leader of the NOI; K& -mnadts Temple of Islam No.».2, 53235 Scuth Greenwood Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, i i¢ national headquarters of the NOI; and in mid-190, Muhammad and other N fficiels, when referring so Munamedts organization on a nationwide basis, co. ved using either "Mosque" or "Temzie™ when mentioning one anaily organized in ve. oy Allah, the iv the wilderness “a oco.e United States. Members following Muhammecis teachings and iis inturprevation of c..e "Koran" believe there is no such thing as a Negro; thay the sco-culled +: cses are slaves of the white race, referred to as "white devils", in the Uuirves s'-tes; and that the white race, because of its exploitation of the so-called Nelin 5, TBust and In the past, cfficizls and members of the NOL, Onutusdag oanemmad, have aad have On May 6, 1958 the first source advised Muhammad had, uvon advice of lego] counsel, tempered his personal statements and instructions te his ministers concerning the principles of his organization in order to avoid vossible prosecu- tion by the United States Government; however, he did not indicate any fundenental On May 7, 1964 a third source advised Muhammad *aq, eecly in july, 1958, decided to de-emphasize the religious aspects of the tecchines cf Trlam and to stress the economic benefits to be derived by those Negoces who 39: Tred th This policy change, according to Muhammad, would help nim acqui:s additional we WET bike beh