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v-i9 (Rew, 10-1-64} _ { MALCOLM CLAIMS NEW MUSLIM ROLE i Reports World Leagua Has Authorized Center Here By } HANDLER Malcolm~X_has informed a trignd heré,"in a letter sent from Mecca, Saudi Arabia, that ,the World Muslim League has “designated him an official Teprescniative in the United States, with authority to open a Muslim Center in New York. Malcolm, former national i spokesman of the Chicago-based -Black Muslim movement, broke, ‘ ‘earlier this year with Elijah 5. Mohammad, the head of the far Mad we nla wit . - movement, . “He said he had Te-| “nounced racism in any form, -:and denounced Elijah Muham- ~"mad as a religious “faker.” -,. In his letter of Sept. 23 an- " *nouncing his designation by the ~ World Musiim League, Malcolm said the Secretary General of - the supreme religious body in ’ the Muslim world had promised to send him authorized teachers and to provide 1§ scholarships for study at the Islamic Uni- versity in Medina, Satrii Arabie Maicolm reported that he hac worked all summer and into the fall at the headquarters of the World Muslim League to prr- pare himself for his new role ar]. a Muslim evangelist in the Unit- ed States. G4 OCT 21084 Certified hy Document I A document dated Seat. J ® photnstat of which was re- ceived here. certified Maleolm as a true member of the Muslim faith. Among other things, the document, signer by thie Rector | of Al-Azhar, stiprlated Laat {s his [Maleolars] amty to prop- agate Islam) and offer covery! available as-ict ie avd faciti-! ties to those whe wish conver.’ sion to Islam” The World 3fustin League fs. Not the same at oth Acs3. League, A political 7 oeeiza | tion of Arab s.ates, Tut Muslim League. Malealm wrote l w. i - | Di Ar 4A Bin as founded in Mecca,-May 18-! sau 20, 1962, and is gcverned by 2 constitutent coune:] of 23 grana! imams, the leading religious teachers in the Muslim world. "_ Tha Secretary General wee! whom Malcolm is working wa ' tdentifieqwes Shei ay. Sneeunat <—Sarnuran whbhan, Maleo'm des | scribed him . in the following! terms: "He is a tall, ebony: black men. Tim wns esd a slave, who rose tno became the minister of finance, and is Teputed to be still the richest: and most powerful fiture in thin, Saudi Arabia tenav. His alle.| giance to the reel famiy is: unquestioned, ai: oh many, very responsinle Arans refer to him as the ‘res: King of the Hejaz (Saudi Arabia’. Malcolm said the World Mus- lim League's function was to “coordinate all other organiza- tions and produce a preater do- gree of cooperation and work- ing unity in the Muslim world.” He wrote that he intended to return ta the Urnitet States after the Nov. 3 election. He sald he felt it was a mistake for the Negrocs to become iden- tified wit th: Democratic’ or ppweRen Republican party. ~ - : oe oF 6 OF 8 at 7 hot se eer ae CT 1 ¥ oe bee! 6 — Tolison Z@elmont Mohr LeLoach Casper Callahan Tonred Evans . Gale Rosen ——— Sullivan Tavel Trotter Tele Room Holmes Gandy Ay ORIGINAL Fikp In 2 o- wer ves af ‘ ’ —_—— The Washington Post and Times Herald The Washington Dally News uw The Evening Star New York Herald Tribune —___.__ Naw York Journal-Amefican __—— New York Mirror ——_______. New York Daliy News New York Post The New York Times / 3 The Worker The New Leader —_————__.... The Wall Street Journal The National Observer Bel FF People’s World —— 7 - _ £6 - /f ~ 87 Date —