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Nation of Islam — Part 2
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ctemt es henemen ee 8
~ gumbers to members with the same given name.
” wysband or Wife's fullname... -
Address....
Cty. .-- State...
On this dayof Yr) n
Included with the above forms are several lists of "facts" and a
Hast of ten questions, called the "student enrollment."' The "student enrollment"
. questions must be correctly answered and mailed to Chicago before the
applicant receives his official "X" name.
The minister of the New York temple has explained the use of the
tz” name as follows:
‘During slavery, the slaves were known as Sam, John,
Luke, George, etc. All were known as Jones’ siaves,
Smith's slaves, or whatever the last name might have
been. Since the original names had long been dropped
along with 'our' culture and religion, 'we’ took our masters’
name after we were freed. When you become a member,
your slave name is dropped and you are given an "xX" “until
your real name is given back.” qn
Within each temple, for example, the first man named John receiving
hia X name would be John X, the next would be John 2X, and so forth. Several.
temples having a large membership have gone as high as 17X in assigning
ques
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