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. > . - 1. CG- 10,-55885 | AeBNRBERBAE — NATION OF ISLAM, Formerly referred _to as the Muslim Cult of Islam, also ; known as Muhgemad’s Temples of Islan etek: In January, 1957, a source advised ELIJAH MUHAMMAD has # described his organization. on a naticnzwide besis as the “Nation of” Iain" and "Mubammad's Temples of Felan." iy ' On July i0, 1963, « secord source advised ELIJAH MUHAMMAD is the national leader of the Nation of Islam (NOI); Muhammad's Temple of Islam No. 2, 5335 Scuth Greeswood Avenue, Chicago, Ilinois, is the naticnal headquarters of the KOI; and in mid-1960 MUHAMMAD and other NOI officigels, when referring to MUHAMMAD’s organization on a nationwide tasis, commenced uging either “Mosque" or "Temple" .when mentioning cre of "“Muhawmad's Texples of Islan.“ at a a ne eS Lay “ ren a ret er at sire dk The NOI ig an all-Negro orgxutization which was originally organized in 193C in Detroit, Michigan. MUHAMMAD claims to have been gelected by Allah, the Supreme Being, to lead the so-called Negro race cut of slavery ‘2 the wilderzees of North America by establishing an incspendent black nation in the United States. Members following MUHAMMAD's teaching and hig interpretation of the "Koran" believe there is no such thing ss 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 exploitatioz of the so-called Negroo#, mast and will be destroyed in the approaching "War cf Arzageddon." u In the peat, officielle ard mexbers of the NOI, including MUHAMMAD, bave retcasa to register uider the provisions’ of the Selective Bervics Acta acd have declared that members owe no allegiance to ths Unitsd States. O: Mey 5, i928, the first sesercs zdvigsed MUHAMMAD had, upon advice of legal counsel, texpsored hig personal etatements and instructions to hie wzinistera comcerzizng the principles of hie organizations is erder to avoid poesibls prosecuticn by the United States Governxent; howsrer, he 2id aot indicate any fundamental changes in the couch? nee of ais orgenizstion,. On July 19, 1953, a third scurce sdviesd MUBAMMAD had, early in July, 1828, Jscijied to ds-enphasize the religious aspects of the teachitge of Ielam and to stress the econoric benefits to be derived by thogze Negrcss who joized the KOI. This policy change, according to MUHAMMAD, wuld help hin acquire additional followers and create more iz terest in his programs. APPENDIX a,