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Moorish Science Temple of America — Part 17
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The following ectetion wea made at the end of tha above:
*fhe subjects request for « 4D) classification wae denied and
because of an appeal made by the subject the matter was forwarded to
National Headquarters in Washington, 0, C, for Minal action, . at the present
time the Subject is classified as 3-4 by bis local beardg
Additional information concerning the Subject and the history of the |
organisation was obtained froe the flies of the Selective Servios Readquarters,
and ie heing set out below;
sd INTRODUCTION TO A MOORISE TEMPIZ CATECHIOM PRINTED IN THE MOSLEM
WRID
CHRISTIAN QUARTERLY REVIEW FOR JANUART, 19425
In 1916 there wae fomded at Chicago a new sect by ‘The Noble
Propnet Trew Al4'. Be was a negro influenced by the Aymadlyah movement
as well as by Bible tesehing, vbaessed by the idea of rehatdlitgting the
Begro race. He taught that ‘Jesus was a Negre who tried to redeem the
black Moabites and wes therefore executed', The whole Moorish race must
be united the new prophet Drew Ali and fellow bis Inran, Professor
quagalile..- game. account of this curlous syneretistic sect fa the
ie slem Ror. ‘ols 25; po. S044, They heve now a conelderable following
—_ and I have met then recently in Philadelphia and Chicago, Their other
a eentere are; Charleston, W. Yass Milwaukee, Wis.; Detroit, Miches |
Richmond, Vay; Cleveland, Ohio; Flint, Mich.; Newark, N, J.g Chattanooga,
Tenney Indianapolis, Ind.; Toledo, Ghie;Steubenville, Ohio; Brooklyn,
WN. Yo3 Indiana Rarbor, Inde Their *Holy Koran’ is a pamphlet of sixty
: _ pages and forty-seven chapters, Tt is divided inte three parte, The
firet is thistoricalt and traces the history of Jesus, who goes te
_ { Benares and Egypt, etc, The second part is concerned with ethics and
whee gzarriage, The author here relies oi the Song of Solomon and the Proverbs,
wn Justice, charity, and peace are extolled as chief virtues, The third
part indicates the racial basis and aim of the ‘Moorish ely Temple of
Science!, Hegroes everywhere must go back to the true Islam founded by
their ancestors anid abandon Christianity. As an example of the teachings
of thia strange sect {and yet not stranger then the delusion of Father
Divine in Harlem} we reprint their ‘Moran Questions for Children,! The
cover has a portrait of the founder, and the Crwscent and Star with «
” | bhaids over the words, Ielam and Asia, We reprint verbatim, @
Bp. 2D,
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