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Nation of Islam — Part 2
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Since a large share of the money raised by the individual temples is forwarded
to the Chicago headquarters, Elijah Muhammad has amassed considerable
wealth and property.
Recently, Elijah
inaugurated two
new programs
to which he requests
his followers
and other "so-called Negroes"
to make contributions. The
first
is
a "3-Year
Economic Plan"
designed to collect money
with which
to
set up a
Muslim bank as soon as
$1,
000, 000 has been contributed. His
other program
renews an
earlier
plan for an
educational
center to be built in Chicago.
These
new
programs
are given much attention in
the
cult newspaper. "Muhammad
Speaks."
A
E1ijah's teachings
had been carried in
other Negro papers which
accordingly cult members had been required to sell;
then,
in the
Fall
of
1961,
Elijah decided to start his own newspaper. "Muhammad Speaks" was a
biweekly tabloid until February,
1965, when it became a weekly.
Every issue
contains by-line articles of Elijah and his featured columnists on certain phases
of Elija.hs teachings. Nearly
everything printed in the paper tends
to
aggravate
the soreness of race relations in
the United States and throughout the world.
Always, the white man is portrayed
as the brutal oppressor and the black man,
as the
innocent victim.
Elijah recognizes the importance of publicity and uses
it
to aid
recruitment. In
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