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o™ o os tes ate aaviied Pike NATION 3F ISLAM ae 1. APPENDIX In January, 1957, a source advised ELIJAH MUHAMMAD has described his orgenization on a natienwide basis asthe "Nation of Isiam" and "Muhammad's Temples of Islam", On July 10, 1963, a second source advised ELIJAH MUHAMMAD is the national leader of the Natien of Islam (NOI); Muhammad's Temple of Islam No. 2,5335 South Greenwood Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, is the national headquarters of the NOI; anduin mid-1960, MUHAMMAD and other NOI officials, when referring to MUHAMMAD's erganization on a nationwigie basis, commenced using either "Mosque" or ome" when mentioning one of "Muhammad's Temples of- slam", The NOI is an all-Negro organization which was originally erganized in 1930 in Detroit, Michigan, claims 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 MUHAMMAD's teachings and hfs interpretation of the "Koran" believe there is no such thing as a Negro; that the so-called Negroes are slaves ef the te race, referred to as "white devils”, in the United States; and that the white race, because of its exploitation ef 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 register under the provisions of the Selective Service Acts and have declared that members owe no allegiance to the United States. Pe ee ee ee eC ner ie ae Sc 2 ee a aie. ‘ as . fl ~ * oe wee oie ie ca rn he oe ee ot a i ae Fee a TR Mn rn ee SL SOS a ee