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FBI Files: The Nation of Islam (Part 2)
FBI Files: The Nation of Islam (Part 2)
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the New York temple adult education program listed courses lollowingz in the penmanship, proper preparation, food spelling, learning and
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complete economic independence 1-om man. Thus, has the white he encourage exclusively these places business. od enterprises utilise st of Host the the namethe temple in oi their titles,ior example, Temple Number 2 Restaurant,
Temple Number 2 Grocery and Market, and so iorth. . As ed Spring 1960, business the of the enterprises and property d
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the temple in Chicagoincluded the temple building school, and valued in exces: oi $250, 000; the home oi Elijah Muhammad; a bakery;n dress shop, a cleaner
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1960, specie! 0, closed meeting held leaders the _ wan for 11-om variom temples. leaders orderedstart -Tbelc were to their businesses own in
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after the 26th, the holds NO! its convention in Chicago. The term "convention? applied these meetings, when to is amisnomer. Although many
members temples throughout from the country attend these conventions, the not act as delegates iromtheir areas; they transact business have vr no and no ministers shout their praises for the "Messenger of Elijah Allah, " Oneanother, these ministers the after take rostrum to enlogine and j extol
lluhammad. in addition, several during convention, times the Muhammad to deliver long and verbose messages, emphasizing mainly for whis hatred the
racesndhisclaimoithe superioritydthe"blackpeopls." Bealsonsesths
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were required to the00 charge to the cul pay admission bazaar. T $1. enter refused toto any whichpeople were allot company inwhite space employ record shop was allowed oi Neg thatrented space sell had to only records ar
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Many oflargertemples the NOI hold annual or "feasts" rallies are attended surrounding temples by membersthe I1-om Elijah Muh sp
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2,000 themoved of members toa rented mu, where they partook ois
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in order counteract charges earlier the to the made ln month ona New York
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many recent accusations appearing press, Negro in the public both and
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placate press and the obtain more "favorable publicity, " Muhammad
announced policy oi a new allowing white, persons be admittedpublic to to
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to enter regular, the routine temple meetings. _ The rst"open"held at the rally Chicago Coliseum I4, on July
as one member of press the reported, was attended only mere by "a handiul" of white persons. following The week at New York City,
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While urging to all members to the annual contribute next conve the Supremethe F01present they Captain oitold those tint could sacrifice fortemplethe "white down the and let devil" it they were
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The pamphletfrom which the abovequotation wastaken describedlonr Negro newspaperswhich then
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and were ordered to concentrateselling the Angeles erald-Disggh, on lios which the members many temples already selling with Couri of had been alongthe
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circulation approximately000 copies. publisher his of 30, The and wile, who acts as editor, are both N01 members. Bince October, 1958, a staii writer, six months during the latter part 1957 early oi and 1958, and regularly since
also an N01 member, written has a column support theN01. For in d approxim
January, 1959, issues this paper oi have carried Muhammad s Elijah column.
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numerous photographs and of his father various Arabian leaders, Muhamm son Herbertpurchased $1, 500 equipment, including nearly worth of
50 rolls oi black andwhite lm ior a reflex camera. __
camera, 100 movie tilrn, 85-millimeter colo magazines oi 300 rolls oi film, and
Muhammad and sons began airplane New his two their tripat York City on November and 21, the laidplans a N01 for triumphal meetingearly in
During trip, Muhammad the continued his the Herald-Disgch column in with
articles date irom variotu -lined the cities that visited. described he He places he had visited and continually stressed the wonderful receptionreceived at he
each stop. in Late December, according to his column, and his he eons mum
both Mecca and Medina.
Although Muhammad was supposed around the to travel world arrive and in Les Angelee early February, 1960,and two in he hie none eo enly arrived
back in New York on City January 6, 1960. explanation,yet, has No as
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meetings a week.
the week, both with afternoonevening sessions the and ciiring weekends.
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items not allowed in the temple, but also cigarettes, gum, papers, packages,
or such items are taken from the man. He is then furnished a claim ticket
with which to reclaim his property on leaving the temple. Females are taken
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lluhammadwas airaidtoenteraroommtilitwasiullyli stedndque. entering, immediately checked the window locks. After moving the into house, Muhammad his had followers cut away all shrubbery around the from
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shoulder. The same precautionswere taken when Muhammad the arena. left
period have advised that although Muhammad appears bea to mild-mannered person, it is obviousthat heis capableof dominating and impressing his
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Eating or selling pork Mentioning before temple members
die for "Allah"
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to pay extra dues for being overweight a visitor to enter temple under in uence of during temple meeting
liquor
evidenced considerable interest in and attention to the possibility that have entered their ranks. They have threatened dire treatment
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come tothe templehimself, so he sends some of"our ownin the black form"
to hear what is going on in the temple. The will pull their minister then threatened that "we
tongues out if we catch them or iind out who they are. "
the worst with paid Negro pigeons evento against us their stool among us,
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two incidents involving clashes York City between New police icers Ind members of In boththese the N01. of cases, members interfered N01 with
omcers who attempting were to make arrests in the end, ensuing noise the N01 membersthey been seriously cases y claimed Ind injured. Both resulted in and long involvedlction, the WI using legal Ind is 10111 
battles to up members enforcement authorities stir the against lsw and white people in general. _ V.
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the Holy City of Mecca, Arabia, In 1880. My mme isMahd1, lam od, loam
He used the name Wallace D. Fard'. also signed His name ..He as W. F. Muhammad which stands for Wallace Fard Muhammad
see the Hereafter. . . .He chose meto hear the Message0! Lite Islam! to my people here. , ,=I have been raised and chosen by
God bteach and lead you to Him, that you may see the Hemmer
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destroys love seliand kind. puts the desire the for It in heart
the angels, the and prophets have always been painted white by the Christians. This false picture God, is a of and his
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sufferedall my life. Allah God!has given me the keyto of to loosen them 1-om the power and bondage of ever-relentless, our know theirGod ouronly true
merciless, evil, indecent murderers, our open enemies, the devil slavemasters; so that our people may be free indeed and
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rule the earth and the so-called white race was given ' ' 6, 000 years to rule the earth which period expired in 1914 .
"An angel, a human being, is ying in an airplane with a mission to give the people the last warnings which will be in pamphlet form. These pamphlets will be written
the only country that the Revelation is directed to. Hie
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members "facts"
which are supposed toclarity to the members their history and the history
of their so-called religion.
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colored man?
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The Colored
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What is the population of the original in the Wilderness America and all over the planet Earth?
of North
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of North America is a little over 17, 000, 000 lost-founds, plus 000, 000 Indians makinga total oi 19, 000,000 and all over the
Earth 4, 400, 000, 000.
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North America
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Answer: The square miles useful of land used the by entire -population every day 29,000, 000 is square miles.
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What is square the miles of useful land used by Colored the Man?
Answer: The square miles useful of land used the by Colored
Man is 6, 000, 000 square miles.
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What is the birth record of said nation of Islam? Answer: There is no birth record of said nation of Islam.
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Christianity--approximately 551
Buddaism--
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1. Why
Planet Barth?
Answer: Because the earth belongs to the Original Black Han and knowing that the devil was wicked and there would not be any peace
among them,
Caucasian
the best part preserved for himself every since he made it. The best part is in Arabia at the Holy City Mecca. The colored Han or
is the
by the Indian Ocean on the South. 2. Why did Moses or Mossa have a hard
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the devil
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eleven thousand
means to teach the knowledge and wisdom of the Or: the Planet Earth. '
3. Why
did we let
the Planet
Earth?
Answer: Because the original man is the God and owner of the earth, and lmows every square inch of it and has chosen for
himself the best part. He did not care aboutthe poor part. Columbus wasa half original man andwas born in Italy, which
is southeast Europe. His full name was Christopher Columbus
North America. He found the and the place he discovered was
were exiled
They are
Yacob and his
over the hot desert, into the cave of West Asia, as they now
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righteoustelling lies. accused peoples, people They the rightecns causingiight fatherdevil. Be an the to to was one another. was them icillthe Yacob devils and oi original black man, the and taught
do this devilishment. The root civilizationat the oi inArabia is Holy City iirst where planet iound, Mecca, which the and knowledge means wisdom oi the original started. When was we man ran the devils the over Arabian Desert. We took them from everything except the madewalk everythe way; language andhim step oi it was twenty-two miles. hundred Hesavageand lived went in the caves oi Europe. hillsides and Rope means Eu is the bind rope to in. Itwas thousand and ago. Mossa two six nineteen years came thousandlater taughthowliverespectful and years him toa liie, how build ior himseii sometricknollegy that to a home and of the Yacob taughtWhich devilishment,lies, him. was telling stealing, and how the original Mossa hali a to master man. was original, prophet was predicated which by the twenty-three in scientists the year one, thousand ago, today. iiiteen nineteen years
Answer: Because righteous one our of brothers,wasprophet whoa byname Jesus buried he uses name the of was there, and his to shield dirty religion, called Christianity, his which is alsodeceive to the people will believe Jesus teaching so they in him. was not Christianity, it Freedom, Equality; in is was Justice Jerusalem South Europe. isa Jerusalem givenJews, which name by means founded in it was built the peace, andfirst by original man, which was called Jebus, also Salem, Ariel.We the city and took irom
the devils about seven hundred iiity years ago.
5. Why take Jerusalem did we from devil? long ago? the How
Answer:make our North Americathat To people oi believe the people on continent that are the people have are only they and all savage.bought He a trading in Jungle oi continent, post the that the original oncontinent they the who people live this and are ones r strayed awaycivilizationare a irom and living jtmgle The liie. original people call this continentbut the Asia, devils it Airica, call totry divide them.wantsthink all are to He us to we diiierent.
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people illiterate?
Answer: So that he can use them for a tool and also a slave. He keeps them blind to themselves so that he can master them.
illiterate means
ignorant.
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does the devil keepour people apart, from his social equality?
Answer: Because he doesnot want us to know howfilthy he is and
all his affairs, he is afraid because when we learn about him we
will run him from among us. Socialist meansto advocate. A society of men or groups of men for one common cause. Equality
means to be equal in everything.
years before he can call himself a Moslem Son? And wear the greatest and only Flag of the Universe? And he must add a sword
Answer: So that he could cleanhimself up. A Moslem does not love the devil regardless to how long he studies, after he has devoted
or made from the beginning, and holy is somdhing that has not been dilutect mixed or tampered with in any form.
the greatest only known.The Universe everything and flag is Sun, Moon, and Stars. Theyare planets.Planets are something grown
five fifty years, permit him to wear our Flagwhich is the to we Sim, Moon and Stars. He mustadd the on sword the upterpart. The sword an emblem Justice, and it was used theoriginal is of by man inMohammed'sThus, it was placed theupper part, time. on oi the flag sothat thedevil canalways see so he it, will keep in mind, that any timethat he reveals the secrets. We gave him this chance so that hecould clean himself upand come among us. His head would taken by the sword. The Holyflag of be off Islam is
under this study. After goes he through with labor this from thirty
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1. Who made the Holy Koran or Bible? How long ago? Will you tell II why does Islam re-new her history every twenty-five thousand years? Answer: The Holy Koran or Bible is made by the Original People who is ALLAH, the supreme being, or black man! Asia; The of
Koran will expire in the year twenty-five thousand. Nine thousand and eighty years from the date of this writing the Nation of Islam
is all wise and does everything right, and exact. The Planet Earth, which is the home of Islam and is approximately twenty-five
thousandmiles in a year
years. 2. What is the circumference?
Answer: 24,
million,
forty-thousand square
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7. How iast does our planet travel Answer: 1,037 1/3 per hour? miles per hour.
Approximately 3/4th surface. I he and of its Sun Moon, having attracting powerour on planet while planet our making the terrific
speed oi 1, 1/3 037 miles
draws this water up into theEarth rotation, whichis called
becomes heavier than gravitation,then she
Earth is approximately
The Sun
gravitation, a in fine mist that naked can the eye hardly detect.
But asthis mistascends higher increasing other and with mists of waterin different currents of atmosphere when the until she Earth the in form of drops wateror dropsoi ice, of which
distilis back to the
on how heavy the was the mist in current of airit was in; there or in a lightfluffy form which is called snow, this but water is
above six miles fromthe Earth s
depends
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are some layer or currents oiair real cold and warm and some not ever drawn surface by the
cold currentsit becomessolid ice in small round drops form . in Sun and Moon; the reason I rain s back on ourplanetis because
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Answer: To conceal theGod true which isthe Son Manand make of slaves outoi the 85% by keeping them worshiping something knows he
their labor; the 85% knowthat rains, hails andsnows hear it it also thunder above head. But theydo nottry to learn, whoit that his is causes allthis to happen by letting the 5% teach them;he believes in
the 10% on face value.
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Answer: There is not a mystery God. The Son ofHan has unable to find a mystery God. Sothey have agreed that the
searched for mystery that God for trillions of years and was
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and we recieve nothing hard but times, hunger, naked and out
lost from home for three hundred seventy-nine have and years
Answer: They continue daily,teach 85% all that to the that this you
that he never will come back tell living and the weather he lied
This isbelieved by 85%.The 10% the know that when man dies
see such rain, snow, hail. as Earthquakes comes that from mystery God that noone will ever beable tosee untilhe dies.
ever been able to come back a 1-om physical death. Butthere is a chancefor mentaldeath, because lostfound was the once dead
physically dead just
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or not because the never known dead is to return from the grave.
mentally and many of them revived it. from But they were not
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into the right direction.
what. Who easily in wrong are led thedirection hut hard lead to
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as the blood sucker of the poor.
Answer: The the rich, slave makers poor, who of the teach the
Answer: They the are poor, righteous teacher, who not do believe in the teaching the 10% are oi and all wise and know the who living
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refinement and is not savage. Pursuit of happiness.
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Answer: If a civilized person does perform duty not his which is
teaching civilization to others they should punished, a be with severe punishment. Ezekiel, ChapterVerse; St. Luke 3, 18
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"21. Who was the founder unlike attract like of and repel?
year eight
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Answer: Anoriginal man who was scientist the a by name oi Yacob born twenty miles from the holy cityMecca, in the
thousand iour hundred.
Answer: When Yacob was years six old, whileplaying with two pieces steel,he discovered piece magnetic oi one had in it andthe other piece did not. Thenhe learned that piece the with magnetic attracted the piecethat not have did magnetic them tricknolleged they and would rule six thousand years. for
"23. Tell us what he promised his Nation he would do? Answer: That he would make a devil graft him from his own would makea nation that would be unlike and hewould teach
in it; then he his told people that when he was enough old he
people and he that would teach them how rule his people to for
washis idea of making devil?
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and sixhundred years before thebirth of Prophet llossa.
from the date of present our history or Koran, or about two thousand
What was name theplace where manufactures devil? the of he the Answer: Pelan.The same is that called Patmos in Rev; the Chapter I,
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sixteen. Next,Yacob gave people law birthcontrol tobe his the on
enforced while manufacturing the devil. That was todestroy thealike and save unlikewhichmeans the blackbabies! and the kill save the brown babies. This law was given thedoctors, theministers, the to nurses and :remator. The doctorslaw wasto examine that the all
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marry and was law this his that anyone desiring to marry must be first qualifiedthe doctor, and by in turn he qualified disqualified or them to
The nurses was kill law to the
in the brain of the babies feed to somewild beastandtell or it the in heaven. But saveall the brown ones andtell their
the minister. The minister would marryonly theones that were unlike.
that her baby was an angel baby, and itwas only that taken heaven and to some when the day mother dies baby her would have secured her a home Q
was lucky that herbaby was a holy baby and should she take good care cl her baby,educate and some itwould be great it day a man. All nurses, doctors ministers, and Yacob put them under a death penalty to fail to carry out thelaw asit was given tothem. Also, the cremator death forthemif they reveal thesecret. He also had other rules and
laws which are not mentioned in this lesson.
mother
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of the law; the penalty was death and was enforced on every
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victim.
Answer: The devil is made from the original people by grafting; by separating the germs. In the black man there exist two germs;
one a black germ and one a brown germ. Yacob, with his law on birth control, separated the brown germs from the black man and grafted it into white by destroying the a black germ. After
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make devil, one must begin grafting from original. real devil?
Tell us the mental and physical power oi a Answer: The mental power of a
with the original man. He only has six ounces of brain, while the original man has seven and one hali ounces ct brain which are
the original man. The devil is weak bone, weak blood, because he is grafted from the original; therefore his mental and physical
power is much
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days! the eighty -five per cent that the God,
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make devil?
Answer: To show forth his power, that he is all wise, and righteous, that he could make a devil which is weak and wicked and give the devil power to rule the Earth for six thousand years and then destroy
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"89. Now, tell us would youhope to live to see that the Godswill take the devil into hells, in a very near future? Answer: YES, Ifast and pray, ALLAH.
Prophet, W. C. Fard.
"40. What will be your reward in reguards to the_destructionof the devil? Answer: Peace and happiness. Iwill give all I have and all within my power to see this day, ior which I have waited 379 years. This
lesson No.2 was given byour Prophet,W. D. Fard, which 40 questions answered by ELIJAH Mohammed, of one the lost found inthe Wilderness NorthAmerica, February20th. of
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A monograph entitled "The Islam" issued 1960, Nation oi in October, examined the background, organization, activities, and nature violent of this fanatical, all-Negro United which on distorted cult the States is in based a
This new monograph has compiled both been from public and
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which received a has considerableof publicity. have amountTrials occurred involving prisonerstheir religious were during who claimed rights denied them their incarceration; law enforcement have harassed officers been and assaulted
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familiar term nationwide to who many before had never awarethe been of group. His murder deepened cleavages allegations. has and multiplied Resulting publicity national that benefitsN01, created interest in part the
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because thispublicity tends to
proportion to its importance.
Negroes claiming
cult membership as Black Muslims, and this name apparently hasbeen accepted byElijah Muhammad and the N01, but attention shouldbe given
to the fact that not all persons classified by the press as Black Muslims
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~ Elijah
the Nation
ofIslam since assumed theof Messenger following NOI! he title the of Allah"
the disappearancethecult founder,D. of W. Fard, in 1933. Elijah Muhammad
formulates and NOI policy maintains approves all and complete control over
all funds and properties of the organization. Although he still lives in a luxurious style, his empire has beenshaken byrecent publicity concerning
his immoralities involving many his young secretaries by defection of and the of
several members of the cult hierarchy.
among cult
two of Elijah's sons andgrandson. had a All been cult leaders and made all
many virulent accusations against formerleader, who their had preached morality and promised wealth an and independent, segregated paradisehis to
Black Muslim adherents.
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charges were made that Elijah had been responsible this murder, and for threats were made against Elijah's life. To further confuse image the of
Elijah and his organization, a few days later at the annual convention of
the N01 Chicago, in Elijah's dissident apologized his previous son Wallace for accusations against and was his father reaccepted into NDI. the
At present, approximately5, 000 cult followersattend meetings
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in the
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contains by-line articles of Elijah and his featured columnists on certain phases of Elija.h s teachings. Nearly everything printed in the paper tends to aggravate
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Cassius Clay--Elijah a has widely publicized athlete whose devotion to the N01 exploited recruitment is for pl1l'p0SS. Elijah also broadcasts on radio, and he advertised has unsuccessfullymeans of by cards on
public transportation vehicles.
IDuring
has erupted numerous on occasions events of past the year, the security
between NOI members and "hypocrites, Elijah's term " for dissident former
Though Elijah Muhammad publicly denies that teaches he or advocates violence or disobediencethe to "white man's militant laws, " a
1. The apocalyptic religious doctrine that Elijah Muhammad, the self-proclaimed "Messenger Allah, " of espousesthe in
N01 is a distorted version of Islam.
much inthe pseudo-Islamic religious aspects his org;aniza~ of tion as his strong condemnation oi in white society.
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their lot in the United States.
4. Elijah's ambivalent teachings baffle his followers.public, he In vows that N01 the does not advocate violence, in meetings while cult he preaches antiwhite, Christian, anti- and anti-Government conduct and threatens"hypocrites. the " Violence erupted past has in the and
will continue as long as confusion, accusations,doubts prevail. and
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its leader undoubtedly would to strive supply own "brandconhis of
opportunistic member who knows good life N01 about the the provides
cocted religious teachings" to assuming justify leadership of the
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the Negro neighborhoods of To stimulatesales, told that city. his he his customers his products from home that came their country from he which
also come. His had rather mystic personality apparently entranced his
customers, and long instructing before he was small gatheringswith tales oftheir origin." In "true this the tenetsthe were way, of cult developed. Little factual was learned data ever concerning and after 1933 Fard; May, when ordered authorities to Detroit, by local leave he dropped outofsight
and no trace ofhim has ever been found.
born Negro named Elijah assumed the cult. Poole, leadership of Poole 6?ZllZliUd that Allah Fard had himself, had renamed"Z:.lija.h been him
Muhammad, the Messenger of Al1&h,"3iP-ii had him ordereci to coxiiinue
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are now numbered 38 temples ormosques, one whichis inactive, and 31 of unnumbered groups the United States. Most arecentered the Midwest in in
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A. {Conditions States NOI in United Affecting What conditionsinthe States allow prevail United which this
unusual organization appeal its present-day notoriety? and Why is the N01 seemingly more important at timeits today any inhistory? than
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frequently Nationalism, the called"t'B1ack "rising Negroes among in this country. leaders in interpretation But Negro differ their and A use to made mood. be of this However, into whateverthey causes channel this allrecognize concept--theNegro mood, one common American is H a with group aheritage taking to the of suffering, action forcewhite
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During 30 years the that ElijahMuhammad has absolute been ruler over the N01, changing conditions in United the States have noticeably altered the emphasis has he placed on various the aspects of teachings. his This change of emphasis has reflectedchangeof policy has not a but been merely
a response to external pressures and realities.
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Negroes but members the tribe Shabazz, were of lost of stolen by white slave
traders from the HolyCity of Mecca many years ago, and that he himself
had come America to find and bring back to life his lost brethren, who to
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Elijah indoctrinated his followers the with belief that the United States Governmentoi, by,and for white only, that was the man the black people did belong not to Americabut were citizens Mecca, of
and that, therefore, their allegiance belonged to Muslim flag, the which
would give freedom. them justice, and equality, notthe to American flag, which would themslavery, injustice, and bring only death. By 1958, however, fearing possible Government prosecution, Elijah ordered ministers temper militant his to their teachings.
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Though making any not fundamental changes, he deemphasized the religious aspectscult and of the stressed economic benefits the to be
derived by those Negroes who joined the N01.
and alcoholics, those had joinedand had by publicizing who the N01
bettered their position in society. The former leading spokesman oi
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the cult, Malcolm who was X, assassinated in February, 1965, been had
instrumental in spreading claim the the that N01 had phenomenal had
edged he had a that been narcotics addict and a criminal before joining the
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Still another N01 emphasis the steadily change of resulted from rising influence of the present-day civil movement an Negro rights This caused increase of N01 open denunciation ofNegrorights other civil organizations and Negro Christian support them. leaders the ministers who Negro of the
civil rights called byMuslims leading the and groups are the "the blind blind" "puppets ofslave masters." Christian called the white Negro ministers are "parasites living their poor brothers, the on the blood oi Black ""tools of
whiteman, and "educated " Uncle Toms. "
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l=D~trally in New CityFebruary when the York on 16, the deposed Malcolm 1965, X ,. chargedwas a conspiracy organizations that there that between these was "not -a
in best interest people. " the of black Malcolm'scame just angry charge two
thrown on orders Elijah the of Muhammad. _
An alliance between the and Ku Klan N01 the Klux KICK! and now then has been in press. Again, rumored the a connection reported was following
days afterhome been tire by whichclaimed were his had damaged bombs he
Malcolm's chargeis not oia conspiracy borne outthe by facts. The
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N01 and mutually antagonistic issue. only they KKK are on the race The aim hold common is in complete separation Malcolm of the races. himself unproductively with KKK January, for land negotiated in leaders 1961, where the N01 up own businesses, could set its commerce, and government. On another occasion months the several later, minister of Atlanta the Temple
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participate forum 1964. he learned DeBerry, a in in When labor May, that Clifton
the Socialist Workers candidate for theof States, also Party President United was scheduled the to speak forum, minister asked at the N01 headquarters if he might part. was immediately the and still Denial take forthcoming, minister
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appearance.
The Communist USA Party, CPUSA!, sympathetic to while the N01, has a current policyadvocating and of supporting integration rather than
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segregation of whites in Negroes andcountry. this Ironically, the CPUSA for many years official policy pursued an of "self-determination, " orseparate a
nationAmerican Negroes. for In 1959, Party concluded when the that a such
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segregationist policy communist the civil was inimical interest in rights to movement, the its constitution. spokesmen Party changed CPUSA since that time condemned the former figure, Malcolm X, have N01 and N01 the the late
as "ultrareactionary among people,once out forces" the Negro singled and
Malcolm an "opponent Negro X as of thepeople. "
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N01, communist spokesmen the program as and now usually N01 refer to being somewhat "Utopian"and not with communist "divisive, " in keeping thus, doctrine In this regard,Party has the N01 represent the the stated that does not large majority of this country, seek Negroes in who equality the context within of an
integrated society.
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