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Moorish Science Temple of America — Part 17
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were Csscendants of three Moroccan tribes. Tmt these tribes wera headed
by kiage known as King Fl, fing Bey, ané King Ali, and that all people
heretofore called colored, (black, brown or yellow) were hereafter to be
kmown as ilocore and were decreed to belong to the Asiatic race. That ai>
peop.e ‘ieresofore called white were to be called "pale skins" and belong
to the Surovean race. All people heretofore called blacks were to be
Gesianate’. br aome shade of olive, from light to dark olive. Our subdject
first ‘ear’ of his new family relatives _in 1933 and accordingly joinec tue
cult ant DeGame a shel of thia orcer. “i named, as those be ‘
longins, to the Aslatic race the following: neues, Indians, Kobites,
Chiness, Tamanese, Fergians, People of India, gorneo, Horoc
Egyptians, Zitatites, Mexicans, and other native ial
profucet. a neubership card showing him to be Brothe
signes. ov SLSLE DREW-ALI the prophet, of 930 Townsend Street,
Tilincis. Ze to’¢ me that the Jational Granc. Sheik was Col, 0. KIREAN-
BSY, an’ further that Col. BEY will epeak at the lo OV im
ber li, 1942. Srothe somes real of Chicago is iis
visits the South ote emple about _
ow
Srot.0 rf scr of presently amploved
i cxexrmerxans is the lo ad sheik. The local active maibership is
estiuave.. av 65 people. ii. é ved a Classification card for -
the craft olacing him in GA. sre: <a = is ‘oS
‘Tren cue tiowec about the attitude toward selectiva service of this orpani sa~
tion gaid that no one from the temple had vet volunteere® for the
Bervice, anc eal. that no one had been drafted woul’.
be oratteac. in about 10 days.
Ss 0ng the things taught by the Islamic creed is non-violeace,
and. thes (Co aot believe in even hollering across the stre to ney no
bat loo teée, even in their own home: and no crunesness. lig = Wes
marrie: Dot be the civil authorities and under the Ielam law. 6 gate. that
they recog.ize all the people included in the Noroccan tribes, inclufing
the Caps, as their very close family Brothers ant. sisters, anc that if at
war wit. the Caps ané@ while in the T, &. Army they were akeed to kii2 trea,
he would not like to do it, but might have to if they did not recognize nin
as a Jporis’: American. He said however that "the Jape had been informed
ant believe tiat the ioorigan Americans are their ,brotiera and have agreer.
to treat tion kindly; however, 1t 1a distinetly understood by the vaps
thet toever cones againet them or to then bearing the label of a "sig,*
“eoon," "Tizger," "Seero," or Colored man will be cut and butcherec like
tae Co s ey et ther are, because the Islamic creed teaches that the Hooris®
dmeric.as are tie superiors of all of the peovles, including the "pale
ekins.”
EL wrote on his epplication blank that he had never Deen
arres:c:. “e persisted in this revresentation when questioned orally curing.
this interview. Further interrogation brought the admission he hed been
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