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Pive Percenter: Racit) Matter. 1 APPENDIX 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 MALCOIM X (LITTLE), former national official of the Nation of Islam (NOI) who brace with the NOI on March 8, 1964, publicly announced in New York City on March 12, 1964, that he had formed the Muslim Mosque, Incorporated (MMI). The MMI, according to the article, would be a broadly based politically orlented 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 is 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 unable or unwilling to protect them.) Incorporation papers of the MMI filed on March 16, 1964, with the Business Section, Clerk of Courts, New York County, New York, New York, reflect that the MMI was incorporated under the Religious Corporation Law cf the State of New York to work for the imparting of the Isiamic Faith and Islamic Religion in accordance with “accepted Islamic principals." The principal place of worship to be locaed in the Borough of Manhattan, New York, New Yoru) 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 that he had heard that the visit by MALCOLM X with Muslim leaders during his African tour has changed him to become more religious On October 6, 1964, a confidential source advised that the MMI is apparently affiliated with the true orthodox Islamic Religion through its affiliation with the Islamic Foundation (of New York), 1 Riverside Drive, New York City. he.only teachings of the MMI are on the Islamic Religion Ww) . ba? J , ie]