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Moorish Science Temple of America — Part 17
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the recor .s of that board for the names of any menbers of the Moorish Science
Temple an’. it was learned through thie examination that no member hac claimed
exenjtion from oilitary service as a conscientious objector. It was further
ascertaine’. that none of the menbers {most of whom are registered with tais
as a result of the examination of the records of Local Board 5
broijed that no recore was available of tre registration of
a
277 Ves &..80 Me.
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reporting agent on
BUY at bia employment on the
. . where he ployed. in bap weaniea ac
wort ar t4 In¢iana.
SEY was inte — SESE — wm tus, ané 30 >ro— -
@uceé a ragistration mré reflecting registration with Local S3oard s
zi 1942. The card bore oo of
-@lapronic contact was had wits of Local soart.
we a Was . avorieé of the issuance oGUMMEe 7's recistraticn cart
Ae instituted a search for the origi registration record,
reporter “ater &uring the afternoun that the record aac bean Found aut,
sav was not delinguent.
“ollowing the checking of the Selective Service status o
SY, he was interviewee with regard to the activities an&
organizatioasl structure of the lioorish Science Tenple, He gave tie follow-~
ing inforuation. ose onzanigati founéet in 1915 at Hewark, New cersey,
by "Proonet) SOBLINCRE ALi Dai was agsimed the tribal nane
of SET or Prophet -CSLE DES » Who, according to , Sled in
z Since hie death, the uembers thenselves chooge tre tribe
the early 1950's.
moe * .* = ~ a
to wich tcey belong. The Prophete of Allah, accorcing t Bay,
are liotian:ef, who was a prophet of Islam, Jesus of Nazarotte min ens bonfucl us
ana “l[SL5 TREY aLI. There nave been several false prophets but those
anuserace’. are tie only true prophets.
Colonel ©. KIRKWAN ZEY of Chicago is carrying on o¥ hea
worr rat 2e is not a prophet and ¢oes not claim to be such. 3aY
began seaczing Islam in South Bend in 1932 having joined the Uoorist Scleace
Teme of aserica at Detroit in 1927. The belief of the cult ie that tae
true nationality of the so-called negro people is Noorleh-Agerican. <ney ara.
Gesceniants of Moroccans brougit to Anerica by the ve trAders. At toe
ting .° se forading of South Bend Tenple “SEY and
SIY were Grand Sheik and dssistan aa1ES Sheik, respectively. -2e
present cca’ quarters of the temple is & t\gupppppey Cnicagp.
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