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BY 100~33742 “the Anglo=-'ohammedon Association (that is Russian, Tarter Moslems) at 106 — ‘Powers 5t., Brooklyn, ,. « Arabe of Syria and Palestine gather in the Young Men's Moslem Asa'n, 1179 Broadway, New York City, a poor association, without even 2 emal] library, ; ‘ The oldest of the religious movements which originated in Islam, and. which have representatives in America, is the Bahel Wovement. It is now losing its impirtance, for according to the religious census of 1926, there were then but 1,247 menbers, as compared with 2, 684 in 19lbee « « LJ While Bahaism is today only historically related to Islam, ths Aimadiya movement clains to be still a form of Moslem worship, and, as a matte of fact, it has conserved many features of traditional Islam, Indron Nusrumaros arrived in the United States after the war (19187) in order to spread new facta, I have no exact figures as to the number of converts, tut I think it must be far less than 10,000, It may be safe to speak vaguely of a few th w far the greater part of them being negroes. « » The Ahmadiya movement in Islam, "though an entirely herelical sect, rejecting an essential dogma of this relicion, nanely the fact that Mohammed is the last of the propheta, still remains under the influence of the Moslem creed. J Nothing of the kind can be said of the last of religious creeds we will disouse here, the so-called Moorish Scientific Movement, although we have not direct proof ef it, we suppose that is must have in some respects ite origin in the Ahmadiya Movement. At least today it appears as a caricature of & religion and as a distinctive raciel movement, having perhaps « few hundred folloners among the negroes in Chicago and New York, The sacred boek of the sect is the Holy Koran of the Moorish Temple of Science, divinely prepared by the Noble Prophet Drew Ali, whose photograph appears in the Koranes » « ‘ The first part (of the Koran) is an historical ene, dedicated to John the Baptist and Jesuse « « The second part is chiefly concerned with ethica, and is of a much higher level » » « Justice, charity, thoughtfulness and eincerety are preacheds « -« ¢ The last part is the most interesting and explains the historical and racial basis of the new religion, Ite aim is to rehabilitate the negro race in calling it Asiatic, Moorish and Moslem. « « The Mowrish Americans (that-is, tha negroes) must be united under the direstion of the Noble Prophet Drew Ali, whose harbinger bas been Marcus Carvey, just as John the Baptist was Jesus* harbingers, They must not mix with the white population, but go back to the true Islam founded by their ancestors, and abandon Christianitye » « ¢ According to the New York Times of a few months ago, there is now @ Moorish Temple in Brooklyn, 149 Thatford Avenue. In reality, there was nothing | of the kind, but the miserable dwelling of some officials of the religione® |! rn az Uf aD