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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JLSTICE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Chicago, Illinois In Reply, Pleax Refer to. March 29, 1968 Fiue No.157-2377 y51-dS MOORISH SCIENCE TEMPLE OF AMERICA: Reference is made to Chicago memorandum dated December 19. 1967, captioned Moderator, Moorish Science Temple of America. (msTA),.l042 North Franklin Street, formerly.located ll04 North Sedgwick and l032 North orleans, _Chicagq. was interviewed on February 5. 1957. Kirkman Rey stated he is the leader of the MsTA, a. religious group; also that the nsTA is a religious corporation incorporated on July 20, l928, in Illinois, and is a religious society and sect, adhering to and deriving its authority and power from the Great Koran of Mohammed and teaching and. propagating that faith and extending the learning and the. truth of the Great Prophet Ali in America, appointing and . consecrating missionaries of the Prophet and establishing the faith of Mohammed in America. He stated the Constitution of the National organization of the mstA provides that its members shall comply with the laws of the United States.. He related that this organization has branches throughout the United States, each one chartered in the state where located, which adhere to the same beliefs.. This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBl. It is the property of the. FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency. ENCLOSURE J-844 1-