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100-5698 According to nim oniy a very few persons attended the meetings of the Moorish Science Temples. He explained that this is due to the fact - that the Lioslem rules are so strict. Iie said for example they are aliowed to eat no meat nor do they use tobacce or liquor. dHe said that oone of the - memb ' Seas abl Science Temple in Richmond are of er - —_ SB who is already in the arny = ialilaaliiat s=: whe has bee altimore £ wo years and is tonne the MSTA there. When asked ‘iii is truly a consg) 1205 ‘ubjector to both combatant and noncombaftant military cervical to the wall cf his room and tovuk down the Constitution cof A wich also contained a picture of NOBLE DAH aL. He then pointed to a section of the Constitution of isSTA stating that the ifoorish-anericans ere to abide by the laws of the United States and to cause no confusion. He also said that many members of the Moorish Science Tenple of america are in the armed forcese He stated that the only advice which is given by Prophet NOBLE DAE. LI in regard to joining the Army is for the members to study the Koran. He pointed cut that the Koran teaches tnat Lioslems shall not kill anything, then he added that as a resuit of this ruie the ibslems eat no meat. He explained that they dv eat fish but said that the fish are not killed, for they die a natural death, wher they are removed from tne water, BEY said that ne thought that on the basis of this rule BSY would be justified in upposing to combatant service. However he said in this regard that the pslenms will fight if necessary, and he cited as an example that a Mosiem will walk arsund a snake to avoid trouble. However, if the snake gets in his way the Moslem will kill the snake. Hs said also thet the Moslems will fight to protect their women who are sacred to thea, He stated that it is his opinion that the present war being wiged is a religivus war and that Jjllah wii it that the side which is in the right shall win the war. BEY said however that he personislly has not yet decided whi 5 in the right, He was unabi2 to explain why he thinks this is a religious war except to say that his study of history leads him to believe so. He did say however that there are only two nationalities in existance on this earth. ile said that these two nationalities are European and aSiatics. The Hurcpeans are made up of the so called white people whom he added are not really white or they wouldn't have any blocd, and he said that the asiatics include the negroes, the Chinese, and Japanese, also all the people of the world whe are not called white. He further stated that the war between the Chinese and Jupanese is like two brothers arguing, one telling the cther what tc do, He also said that he was tuilking tv somecne in Capitol Square in Richmond some time ago wh» tcoid him that Hirohito of Japan had tried t. make peace with Chiang hai-shek, the dictator of China, but thst Chisng Kai-shek wes not willing to do se, He wes unable tou reeail the identity of the persen who had told hia this.