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icp yoeeswanesenemptian Pca AE dW Geen Ne: ee ara orcas + f pore 8 . nt i er ee so | Nabe eae ST i. APPENDIX NATION JF ISLAM In January, 1957, a source advised ELIJAH MURAMMAD has described his organization on a nationwide basis as, the "Nation of Islam" and “Muhammad's Temples re) slam", Qn July 10, 1963, a 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; andvin mid-1960, MUHAMMAD and other NOI officials, when referring to MUHAMMAD! s organization on a nationwigie basis, commenced Using either "Mosque" or rempie" when mentioning one of "Muhammad's Temples of- slam" The NOI 18 an all-Negro organization which was originally organized in 1930 in Detroit, Michigan, Claims to have been selected by Allah, the Supreme Being, to lead the so-called Negro race wut of slavery in the wilderness of North America by establishing an independent black nation in the United States. Members np Ollowing MUHAMMAD's teachings and his interpretation of the "Koran" believe trere 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, ineluding MUHAMMAD, have refused to register under the provisions of the Selective Service Acts and have declared that members owe no allegiance to the United States. 413