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G 6 wos cones Mirra te Re: Martin Luther King Security Matter - C 1. APPENDIX NATION OF ISLAM In January, 1957, a source advised ELIJAH MUHAMMAD has described his organization on a nationwide basis as the "Nation of Islam" and "Muhammad's Temples of Islam”, On July 10, 1963, @ second source advised ELIJAH MUHAMMAD is the national leader of the Nation of Islam (NOI); Muhammad's Temple of Islam No. 2,5335 South Greenwood Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, is the national headquarters of the NOI; and in mid-1960, MULAMMAD end other NOI officials, when referring to MUHAMMAD's organization on a nationwide basis, commenced using either "Mosque" or "Temple" when mentioning one of "Muhammad's Temples of Isiam’. The NOI is 30 all-Negro organizaticn which was or’ ginelly organized in 1930 in Detroit, Michigan. MUHAMMAD claims to have becrn selected by Allah, the fupreme Being, to lead the so-callec Negro rece out of slavery in the wilderness of Nortn America by establishing an independent black nation in the United States. Members following MUHAMMAD's teachings and his interpretation of the "Koran" believe there ia no such thing as a Negro; that the so-called Negroes are slaves _~ of the white race, referred to as "white devils'', in the ane United States; and that the white race, because of its =% exploitation of the so-called Negroes, must and will be ia destroyed in the approaching "War of Armageddou". 4 Es In the past, officials and members of the NOI, including MUHAMMAD, heve refused to register under the 4 provisions of the Selective Service Acts and have declared a that nembers owe no allegiance to the United States. : -2- fet és connsigfirray a8 aA? Sea es lh wo ee pet naa na pee ee eg tee Vee tet ee etna Bat na a aad gall ee ate ek eal tle lle il teeta als Rann cht ata Lt etait be ret As