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MM ee nm a pee te te al, 2 te Malcolm K, Little Te + ore ee i an. Internal. Ssecurity-Nation of Islam 1. APPENDTX NATION 3f ISLAM In January, 1957, a source advised ELIJAH MUHAMMAD haa described his organization on a nationwide 5 | oo, basis as the "Nation of Islam" and "Muhammad's Temples of Islam", . Qi July 10, 1963, a secend source advised ELIJAH MUHAMMAD is the national leader of the Natien of Islam (NOX); Muhammad's Temple of Tsiam No. 2,5335 South Greenwood Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, is the national headquarters of the NOI; and<in mid-1960, MUHAMMAD and other NOI offictals, when referring to MUHAMMAD's organization on a nationwhde basis, commenced using either "Mosque" or "Temple" when mentioning one of "Muhammad's Temples of- Islam", The NOI is an ali-Negro erganization which was _ originally organized in 1930 in Detroit, Michigan, MUHAMMAD claims to have been selected by Allah, the Supreme Being, to lead the so-called Negro race out of slavery in the wildernesa of North America by establishing an independent black nation in the United States. Members following MUHAMMAD's teachings and his interpretation of the "Koran" believe there 1s no auch 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", edna: +: _ al In the past, offictals and membara of the NOI, Ee ee -sdcienindlt 3 te he tee oil including 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.