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Nation of Islam — Part 1
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for violations of the Selective Service acts; and now
with the threat of hostilities in the Far East, the Cult
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has again taken an open stand against service in the armed
forces of the United States. They continue to include in
their teachings such information as:
The black people have always been helping
the devil by fighting in his wars, but the
Muslims do not go to war but rather to jail.
Those who register will be kicked out of -
the nation of Islam and will die with the :
white devils.
During April 1954, there was an indication that the
Cult sought to soften its policy toward selective service |
by stating that, if the Government would guarantee Muslims |
that they would not have to fight their brother Muslims, t 4
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they would not oppose selective service and would
voluntarily enter the armed forces under the draft. However,
since the Government could not guarantee this and since
it was highly probable that Muslims would place themselves
in a position to be ordered to fight other Muslims, they ue
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