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Malcolm X — Part 29
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MUSLIM MOSQUZ, INCORPORATED (MMI)
- The March 13, 1964, edition of "The New York
Times", a daily newspaper published in New York, New York,
contained an article on page 20 which indicated that
MAICOIM X (LITTLE), former national official of the Nation
of Islam (NOI) who broke with the NOI on March 8, 1964,
publicly announced in New York City on March 12, 1964, that
he had formed the Muslim Mosque, Incorporated (MMI).. The MMI
according to the article, would be a broadly based Soiitically
ortented black nationalist movement for Negro2s, only,
financed by voluntary contributions, In this public 'statement,
MALCOIM X urged Negroes to abandon the doctrine of nopn-
violence when it is necessary to defend themselves in: the
civil rights struggle, and he also sugg2sted that Negro2s
forn <itle clubs to protect their lives and property in time
of eiar.gencies in areas where the government is unabis or
unwilling to protect them,
Incerporation papers of the MMI filed on Marchi 16,
1964, with the Business Section, Clerk of Courts, New York
County, New York, New York, reflect that th2 MMI was ;
incorporated under the Religious Corporation Law of the State
of New York to work for the imparting of the Islamic Faith
and Islamic Peligion in accordance with “accepted Islami¢
principais". The principal place of worship to be located
in the Boroush of Manhattan, New York, New York,
The May 23, 1964, edition of the "New York Amsterdam
News", a weekly Negro newspaper published in New York City,
contained an article by columnist JAMES BOOKER in which he
indicatad that he had heard that the visit by MALCOLM X with
Muslim leaders during his African tour has changed him to
become soft in his anti-white feelings and to become more
religious,
On October 6, 1964, a confidential sourve’ advides
that the MMI is apparently affiliated with the true orthodox
Islamic Religion through its affiliation with the Islazic
Fowuncation (of New York), 1 Riverside Drive, New York “ity,
The oniy teachings of the MMI are on the Islamic Religion,
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