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MUSLIM MOSQUE, INCORPORATED (MMI)
The March 13, 1964, edition of "The New York
Times", a daily newspaper published in New York, New York,
contained an article on page 20 which indicated that
MALCOLM X (LITTLE), former national official of the Nation
of Islam (NOI) who broke with the NOI on March 8, 1964,
publicly announced in New York City on March 12, 196%, that
he had formed the Muslim Mosque, Incorporated (MMI), he MMI,
according to the article, would be a broadly based peliticaliy
oriented black nationalist movement for Negroes, only,
financed by voluntary contributions, In this public statement,
MALCOLM X urged Negroes to abandon the doctrine of non-
violence when it 1s necessary to defend themselves in the
civil rights struggle, and he also suggested that Negroes
form rifle clubs to protect their lives and property in time
of emergencies in areas where the government is unabla or
unwilling to protect them.
Incorporation papers of the MMI filed on March.16,
1964, with the Business Section, Clerk of Courts, New Yoyk
County, New York, New York, reflect that th2 MMI was
incorporated under the Religious Corporation Law of the State
of New York to work for the imparting of the Islamic Faith
and Islamic Religion in accordance with "accepted Islamic
principals", The principal place of worship to be located
in the Borough of Manhattan, New York, New York{a\
The May 23, 1964, edition of the "New York Amsterdam
News", a weekly Negro newspaper published in New York city,
contained an article by columnist JAMES BOOKER in which he
indicated thet he had heard that the visit by MAICOLM X vith
Muslim leaders during his African tour has changal him t¢
become soft in his anti-white feelings and to become mor4
religious() ,
On October 6, 1964, a confidential soune advised
that the MMI is apparently affiliated with the t orthodox \'
Islamic Religion through its affiliation with the telamic eno
Foundation (of New York), 1 Riverside Drive, New York font
The only teachings of the MMI are on the Islamic Religion!
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