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Malcolm X — Part 13
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APPENDIX
NATION OF ISLAM, formerly
referred to as the Musliz
Onlt of Iglas, Alan known
as “Muhammad's “Teaples of
Islam
FRUIT OF ISLA
MUSLIM GIRLS TRAINING
Nation of Islan
Yn 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 Islan",
On July 10, 1963, a second source advised ELIJAH —
MUHAMMAD ig the national leader of the Nation of Islam (NOI);
Muhammad's Temple of Islam No. 2, 5335 South Greenwood Avenue,
Chicago, Illinois, ia the national headquarters of the NOI;
and in mid-1960, MUHAMMAD and other NOI officials, when
referring to MUHAMMAD’ a organization on a nationwide basis,
commericéd’ using either "Yosque" or "Temple" when mentioning
one of "Muhammad's Temples of Islam".
The NOI is an all-Negro organization which was
originally organized in 1930 in Detroit, Michigan. MUHAMMAD
clainy to have been selected by ALLAH, the Supreme Being, to
lead the so-called Negro race out of slavery in the wilderness
of North America by establishing an independent black nation
in the United States. Members following MUBAMMAD's teachings
and his interpretation of the "Koran" believe there is no such
thing as a Negro; that the so-called Negroes are slaves of the
white race, referred to as "white devils", in the United States;
and that the white race, because of its exploitation of the
so-called Negroes, must and will be destroyed in the approaching
“War of Armageddon",
In the past, officials and members of the NOI, including
MUHAMMAD, have refused to regiater under the provisions of
,nelective Service Act and have declared that nenbers ove no
“allegiance to the United States. ae
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