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1 APPENDIX NATION OF ISLAM, Formerly referred to as the Muslim Cult of Islaa, also known as Muhammad's Temples of Islam In January, 1957, a source advised ELIJAH MuhAuMAD has described his organization on a nationside basis as the "nation Of Islam" and "Muhammad's Temples of Islam." On May 5, l967, a second source advised ELIJAH MUHAMMAD is the national leader of the Nation of Islam(nsI); Muhammad's Tenple of Islam No. 2, 5335 South Greenwood Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, is the national beadquarters of the Noi; and in mid-l960 MUHAMMAD and other N0I officials, when referring to MUHAMMAD's organization on a nationwide basis, commenced using either "Mosque" ..mngnr yo anrdunl s.penngynn.. oo eoo Yuguonauaw aeyn .erdwal.. oo The Nol is an all-Negro organization which was originally organized in l930 in Detroit, Michigan. MuhAhMAD claims to have been selected by Allah, the Suprene Being, to lead the so-called. Negro race out of slavery in the wilderness of North America by establishing an independent black nation in the United States. Members following muhAm!AD's teacbings and his interpretation of. the "Koran" believe there is u? such thing as a Negro; that the so-called Negroes are slaves o: the white race, reierred to as "white devils," in the United States; and that the white race,. because of its expioitation of the so-called Negroes, must and will be destroyed in the approaching "war of Armageddon." In the past, officials and members of the nor,including MuHAnmAD, have refused to register under the provisions of the Selective Service Acts and bave declared that members owe no allegiance to the United States. On May 5,l958, the first source advised muhAmMAD had, upon advice of legal counsel, tempered his personal statements bis organization in order to avoid possible prosecution by tbe United States government; however, he did not indicate any fundamental changes in the teachings of his organization. On May 2, 1966, a third source advised MuHAMmAD had, early in July, l958,decided to de-enphasize the reiigious aspects of the teachings of Islam and to stress the econoaic benefits to. be derived by those Negroes who joined the Noi. This policy change, according to auhAmmAn, would help him acquire additional. followers and create more interest in his programs.