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NY 100 1505207 APPENDIX CONFIDENTIAL NATION OF ISLAM In January, l957, a source advised that ELIJAH! of Islam.' On April 29, l966, a second source advised that, Islam (N0I); Muhanmad's Temple of Islam No. 2, 5335 national headquarters or the NoI; and in mid-1960, UHAIMAD and other NCI officials, when referring to nUhAlMAD's Temples of Islam." The nOI is an all-Negro organization which was originally organized in l930 in Detroit, Michiyan.. an independent black nation in the United States. Hembers following nuhA:MAD's teachings and his interpretation of the Koran" believe there is no such thing as a Negro; that the so-calied Negroes are slaves of the white race, referred to as white deviis, ' in the exploitation of the so-called Negroes, must and will be destroyed ir. the approaching War of Armageddon." In the past, officials and members of the lOI, visions of tle Selective Service Acts and have declared that nembers owe no allegiance to the United States. On May 5, l958, the first source advised that MUlAnmAD had, upon advice of lepal counsel, tempered his personal statements and instructions to his ministers con- cernins the princinles of his organization in order to avoid possible prosecution by the Urited States Govcrnment. A