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officers of organization state they entered into an agreement
with an official of the Defense Department and the Selective I
Service System whereby members of the organization coming
up for induction should claim to be Conscientious objectors
in order to delay their induction and permit their case to5 pass to the "National level" where "each memberrs case could
be individually handled end justice done , One hundred such* cases, according to the Officers, are to be expected in the
near future of which possibly only four or five are genuine"
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-=? organization was to teach members of the
-= colored race who joined the Temple that their true national-
he, ity was M00rishAnerican, their true race, the Asiatic race 1
- * and their type religion, as set forth in the Holy Koran._ LT/I He explained this further by saying that there are only
--- - two true races, the European race which is light skinnedL J and the Asiatic race which is dark skinned. The dark1 skinned people who were brou ht over to the North Americancontinent as slaves in the lgth Century were actually
»@_e,i Moors from Morocco, Africa and were drawn from two tribes,
the EL tribe and the Bey tribe. After being sold into
_ Z captivity, the Moors were separated, the family groups
- broken up, their tribal names taken away and their captor's§§'" I names forced upon them. The Moors also lost their religion8; and had the Christian religion forced upon them. when a
- man joins the Mborish Science Temple, the Divine Minister
determines whether he came from the EL tribe or the Bey
ribe o na ly and g s true name, thus
becomes EL since his an-
r . 1 f the EL r igion which is drawn
fronrthe Holy Koran, is likewise restored to him.
- -EL said that in registering for the draft and in
" 92 sorting with the Armed Forces, some members of the Moorish
Science Temple had been "classified" as negroes. This was
" , not only incorrect since the men so described were actually
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-correctly but only indicates his condition. The word "Negro
is also used in the Armed Forces and Selective service
System in some places to describe a man's race. This also
is wrong since there are only two races, the European and
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Due to One situations wnlcn arose uu_riI1{g i|'l{.!I'J.E1 war LL ans,
later concerning incorrect National and racial "classifi-
cations" of members of the Moorish Science Temple, frequent
discussions took place as to the proper handling of the
' a ions as they arose. In t
EL had discussions with
e , t to General HERSHEY,
and discussions with JAMES C. EVANS, Assistant Secretary
of Defense, the latter having his office in the Pentagon
Buildin 'ashington, D.C. In these discussions, accord-ing; to L, it was decided that, pending the passing -
of a l would compel the Selective Service and the
Armed Forces to correctly "classify" members of the Moor-
ish Science Temple as Moorish-Americans and Asiatics,
rather teen Eegroes, the members who were coming up for
induction s o d declare themselves to be conscientiousobjectors. said that this decision was reached
as the best soidoion since it would delay the induction
of men and thus give more time for the Defense Department
and the Selective Service System "to pass laws" so that
members of the Temple could be correctly described as to
race and nationality. It would also pass the case up to
the "National level" at Washington, D.G. where, " it was
better understood". '
-EL pointed out that certain sections of the Holy
Koran, the Bible of the members of the Temple, has passages
in it which would give authenticity to the members claim
of being conscientious objectors. The passages referred
to are from the teachings of of the Prophets,
which teachings, according say, in essence,
that all men contain the sp harm yourfellow man is to do wrong against God. , showed
the writer some printed matter which he s e to be an
extrect_from the Holy Koran end part oi the teachings of
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Jesus. This said, "It is cnuelty that makes the world wry,
when men have learned that when they harm a living thing,
they harm themselves, they surely will not kill, nor cause -.
. a thing that Allah has made to suffer pain. _
PEI; said that the claim by members of the Moorish
c ence Temple to be conscientious objectors was merely
a device to delay their induction, that members oi the
Temple are not pacifists and if correctly described as
_ Moorish-Americans would be glad to serve in the Armed Forces,
F-EL was asked by the writer how he could reconcile
e pacifist teachings of the Prophet Jesus with the alleged
willingness of the members oi the Moorish Science Temple to
serve in the Armed For "correctly" designated as tonationality and race» EL replied that "Jesus means
Justice" and that if ere done and the men "R1 htl5 Y
classified" as Moorish-Americans and Asiatics, the teachings
of Jesus would be "satisfied" and the men could serve.
g the alleg ement betweerEL and and between EL and MP. E , meeting
t Chamber o orish Science Temple was held at
1221 Myrtle Street on January 14., 1952. Three of the four
"Head " of the 1e were present, the only one absentbeing EL. In that meeting the Adept Chamber, '
which he "Heads of he orish Science Temple",assented to the "agreement" and EL was told to
notify the young men coming up ction to put in a
claim as conscientious objectors.
w ng; the above meeti Chamber, L sent letters t and Mt-forth the results o e mee n and thus confirm-
ing the 'hgreement".
H-EL recalled, in further reference to this
greemen , hat on April 23, 1952, he had a telephone
conversation with I-11*. EVANS concerning proper description
of the members of the Temple so far as race and nationality
were concerned. MI. EVANS said, "Don't you think the men
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would make b ime if they applied as conscientiousobjectors?" EL then reminded him that they had
already come to that conclusion through discussion and
VANS replied that he did recall it and had "at hand"'
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correctly
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keep themEL's letter setting forth the results of the January
, meeting of the Adept Chamber of the Temple.
explained Mr. EVANS remark "make better time"
that pending the passing of a law which would
"classify" the members cf the Temple as Moorish-
and Asiatics, it would be more "practical" to
out of the hands of the Armed Forces and within
the structure of the Selective Service. As their cases
were turned down by Local Board, members would appeal to
state Headquarters. After being turned down by the State
Board the members would appeal to the Eational Board.
There, "on the National level each member ouldbe individually handled and justice done". ELsaid that at the top level of Selective Se Wash-
ington, the peculiar problems of the lworish-American are
understood and by getting his selective service case to
washington, D_C., a member of the Temple can be assured
of assistance in being correctly "classified" as an Asia-
tic and Moorish-American in the Armed Forces.
. said, in closing, that as soon as members
o o _ e o r Science Temple of America, Inc., were rec-
ognized as Moorish-Americans and Asiatics by both Selective
Service and the Armed Forces, the Heads of the Temple would
diredt the young men in their organization to withdraw their
claim as conscientious objectors and to go forth and serve
in the Armed Forces.
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the organization was to teach members of the colored race
d th l th t th 1 h Am i and who joine e Temp e a ey are Moor s - er cans
Asiatics and that their tru 1 o is awn from theKoran. He said that he L attended -
numerous meetings in Washing , . ., or to 1952, in
which they discussed the problem of the "Moorish-American"
with people from the Department of Justice, Selective Service
and Department of Defense. He specifically recalled meet-
of Selective Service. He recalled that as 92TES EVANS of the Defense Department and
a re eements" with the two latter individuals
which were made on an individual basis with each, it was
decided that members of the Temple who were coming up for
induction, should plead as conscientious objectors as a
"means of deferring their induction". As a result of this
arrangement, each memberis case would be appealed finally
to National Headquarters of Selective Service where the
situation of the "Moorish-American" was understood and
"justice done". He emphasized that it was expected that
Local and State Appeal Boards would turn down the claims
of the members that they were conscientious objectors.
Io The writer as.-.ed EL whether there were
any members of t e in fact true pacifists
and who did not want to injure their fellow men because
of religious training and belief and who did not want to
serve 1 he med Forces either as combatant or non-com-batant.' EL replied that there might be a few who
took the gs of the Prophet Jesus completely to
heart and who did not want to serve in the Armed Forces be-
l h t hi f He continued cause of be ief in t e eac ngs o Jesus. ,however, e agreement entered into withEVANS and did not concern such individuals
and only rs who wanted to be "correctly
described" as Moorish-Americans while serving in the
Armed Forces, He said that in Chicago, Illinois, some
members had succeeded in getting papers from Morocco in
Africa which stated that the ancestors of these members
were Moors. On the basis of these papers, the men re-
ceived correct classification as "Moorish-Americans" and
submitted to induction into the Armed Forces without demure
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Chicago is being designated as Office of Origin in View '
of the fact that Chicago is the National Headquarters or 1
the Moorish Science Temple of America; Inc., and in view
of the additional fact that last reports on this organiza-
tion under similar characterizations indicated Chicago to
be the office of origin.
In accordance with the directions given in the Manual of
Instructions, Part III, Section 90 F ! a! no active
investigation will be conducted by the Baltimore office on
this matter pending authorization by the Bureau.
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as far as he was concerned he did not teach anything about conscien'
tious objection to var. He explained that he reads passages from the
Divine Constitution and Bylaws of Moorish Americans and from a boo
called the Ioran, which was written by the founder of the Temple 1
continued that he does not explain what he reads but lets the nenocrs0.§ .. ~
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do make the following statement:
to wnom ow to be a Special Agent of the
» l . = tnat I don't have to make a statement unless
I"-.bout June 6, 1952 with 14
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Baltimore. On July 23 l952.we then united with Rooris
" s twi science Temole of America and attendedh
52 an end etings during
our stay. During these meetings El was in charge
of meeting and we discussed many , ding serving
in the Armed Services. .
"Sometime on Sunday aiternoo_ns E1
would visit with us and we discussed the t0ld
us when we registered for the Local Draft Board to say we
were a ggnsgiensiqgg objector due to being a member of the
Koorish Science Temple. e didn't say this would keep us -
out. But-according to the laws of the Hoorish Temple it says
we can't fight and not supposed to kill.
""'hen we then left Baltir1ore, 3l,pu-H charge of our organization a ome an
ins ave meetings. e not-I have rzeetings
2 TC-2:1 " hone. ..e invite other peojzle in to the
#e:tin;; - uh u ;eetin;s we read the Ioly oran and
ioorish literature and explains the Ioorish questionnaire.
e also practice singing. we do not as yet have any new
members. This connection with the Moorish Temple permits
us to go to Church anywhere we want to.
"Sluice we got home_has bien to see us
twice. On his last trip he t31H'EE?1un¢ to fill out mv
o es ionnaire vren I got e L B }e also told
that t *- ' ' it . . 1 "my 0 do He told to tell the L.B. aboutiefs causg_alr en examined.
"I have already registered with the L. B. in
Kingston and claimed to be a C.0.e
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lun- "I * maize the following vo
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special Agent o1 13I1'¬_I'TD¢.L¢ 1~:0 threats ur promises have
been made to me to get this information.
|| ore on June 7, 1952 with-an While in Baltimore 1-e 0 work.
joined up 1n Science
meetings there three times a week.
rville, middle ofTemple and attended
We three returned to
September, 1952. Whileword "El'_' added to his na%
oorish Science Temple. _. I had "Bey" added to my M.
of I-Ioorish Science Temple, - e
-..__g. -5;what to do when re had to register for the selective s-rv_ce.
-e said to us to put down our full nane, nationality, E race,0' =;.c'; air? 0'-.11 iiooris Tenznle name, either "Ill" or"Bey". lie
said co nothing iurther until we passed the physical examin-
ation &__J1¬1 then to state we were Conscientious objectors
because the Bible states "Th not kill". I-Then we re-turned from Baltimore we gotwto come with us. He
came and stayed a couple 01. cays ve Local
v I. 0 _ _l Board at .Ianning and taLced about , He was-| _ 1- __, ___- _:4. _v_..._-.l. r."_--.....'L..... I --. --._ Q5-n-T-u-.DQCK on 3 VLS ':uuu uuvumuur, $7!: ax "- . LunI am now onlygwars of age, will be and .
. I118 - intend to regi r for the Sele ' e a
and comely with instructions of
monthhave meetings two times per Wk now at
reads the Holy Koran to us. 1.».'e pay 50¢ per
going to send the money to the temple. The
above is true and correct to the best of my recollection.
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was interviewed by SA at I
Greclyville Sou aro na on Ha k 1 and 5 e _ 1 Y s 953 orna-tion which was reduced to the following signed statement: -
I _ . freelyville, S.C. '
hay R, 1953
the III7
following volun ary sea omen o xmm I
know to be a Special Agent of the . .0 rea s or
promises have been make to me in order to get this informa-
tion. I am aware that this information can be used in a
Court of Law or an official hearing concerning me.
"I amyyrs. of age, 'bornH I now live Greelyville, S.C. an a t n
n iamsburg County Training School at Greelyville, S.C.
I t " *tive ' d
"" ' ' Manning, S.C. on 50 as
At that time d nothin my
s - L10; o 3 . Later I got my que tionnaire, I exJ ecuted it and said nothing about my objection to war.
In » 19 ,"I registered under
"Sometime in June,
I jarjrland
Ioorish Science Temple of America which is
e Ave. in Baltimo
the 'r cares cost 1 [email protected]. I attended services at the temple during my stayU in Baltimore. I returned to Greelyville, S. C. in Sept.
T.1L
1952. The teachings in the temple were to the effect that
we were not members of the negro race, but of the Asiatic
race, further that if we were Asiatics we would get more
rights as a Citizen than if we were classed as being of the
negro race. We were also taught from the temple's Bible .
which is the Holy Koran which teaches love, truth, peace,
freedom and justice, also the-40th chapter of the Holy Koran
says men and birds, beast or the like made flesh idea that
you kill anything.
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the member who had regist
for the Selective Service and training act to be
and then upon receiving a 1A classification cardinstructed
to register
examined
to then file
with the Local Board a claim of being a Conscientious Objector
on the grounds of the teaching of the Holy Koran.
- "Uhen I received my 1A classification card from
LB $1? at Kenning, S.C. I
man in charge that I cane
Conscientious Objector.
to make my claim. He didto
and I submitted it.
In
sedhas visited me once
left Bel
matter.
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the Asiatic race I would have to discuss
Brother EL before I could
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Service is on the grounds of the teaching of thethen vent to the LB and told the
make an appeal on being a
said he would furnish me a form
since I
with ne my Selective Service
as a member of
the matter with
decide what to
the Armed
Holy Koran.
"The cuestionnaire of the Eolvrorar furnishes
ans"ers for members of the Koorish Science
when asked about the Asiatic race._
. has discussedTemple to give
with ne and
or cuestioned othe_s wha we ou 3 then interviewed i
on Selective Service matters. It is my understanding in
being a nerber of the Moorish Science Temple of Anerica
that I can not make a decision on the Selective Service
matter until I receive instructions from the temple. This
is not a part of the teaching but a part of my agreement
than I joined up.
"Since I returned to Greelyville, S.C. I have
weekly had 2 meetings at my home of the temple and used
the Holy Koran. I also instruct prospective members who
sometimes
race, but
them that
-6-attenc that gg are not members of the negro
are members of the Asiatic race. I further tell
we would get more benefit as a Citizen in being
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Asietics than in being negroes. These benefits would be that
tne Government woula recognize us r- *nd the people of theCO1.?.l.";I}T would recognize us 2"-tore. also said fnet if
we claimed ourselves to be Asiati ld keep us from
having.to fight in the war, where if we claimed to be a
negro we would have to fight. F d we were Asiatics
we would not have to go to war. old us to wear-
our jewelry ring-button & Fez in m -s! to show we
were Asietics and not negroese
"As to whether I object to joining the armed
services I c v this question until I get some
advice from EL. Everything that the Local
gistration I have instructions
-L. I get my instructions from
. e to make my own decision.to advise
the temple
"The above 5 and portion rages have been reed by
me. The information is true and correct to the best of my
recollection.
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in opinion tron this Division ae to whether proeecutien Of f-he Iboghhjects will be authorized or uhether Ifurther investigation in GeeThis refers to your memorandum of July 29, 1953 mm»? E
The il1YBlt1glt.iYQ reports which you euhuitted have been
reviewed and it is the opinion of thie Division that proeecmtlon £01violation of the Universal Military Training and Service let is not _
an-ranted at this ti. This vpitioza is based m the tact t-het f.-l_=eeubjecte while inetructing nmhere of the Moorish Science temple ofmaria, Inc. to claim to he conecientioue objectors did not counselthem to evade eervice other than by the exerciee of a right granted
tinder the provisions of this Mt. Ieither doee it app§lf
has been a violation of the eedition etatutee, mince aubjectv actin-tiee were not directed toward members oi tie military or naval forces
01 the United States, ae defined by the statute.
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IUORISH SCIENCE TEIPLE
OF AMERICAL-Iv is-
Reference is made
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Charlesxkirknan Bey, Supreme Grand Adviser, and
Moderator, Moorish Science Temple of America_ MSTA!,,lQi2
"North Franlfnutregt, formerlyklocated 1104 North Sedgwick
"and 1032 North 0rleans,_§h}cago,-was interviewed on February 5,
1957. Kirkman Hey stated he is the leader of the ESTA, a
religious group; also that the ISTA is a religious corporation
incorporated on July 20, 1928, in Illinois, and is a religious
society and sect, adhering to and deriving its authority and"
power from tefbreat Koran of Mohammed and teaching and
propagating that faith and extending the learning and the
truth of the Great Prophet Ali in America, appointing and
consecrating missionaries of the Prophet and establishing
the faith of Mohammed in America. He stated the Constitution
of the National organization of the MSTA provides that its
members shall comply with the laws of the United States. He
related that this organization has branches throughout the
United States, each one chartered in the state where located,
which adhere to the same beliefs.
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to register for Selective Service and obey the laws of 1e
United States. According to Kirkman Bey he himself was
registered with Selective Service during World War II and
his son served in the Navy and fought at the battle of
lidwa . JY Liz;
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same name, MSTA, one
1, and tkrotherKirkman Bey relt
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under the leadership 0
under the leadership He stated these
organizations, which also around the country,
have no connection whatsoever with his group. He stated
he went to court several years ago claiming infringement
by these two organizations and obtained a judgment against
them._ He stated one of these groups formerly had a branch
in Philadelphia known as the MSTA, Temple Number ll, John
Givens branch.
Kirkman Bey also advised that his group is in
no way affiliated with the Nation of Islam formerly known
as the Muslim Cult of Islam.
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NATION OF ISLAI, Formerly referred to
as the luslim Cult of Islam, also known
as Muhammad's Temples pfflalam _;
' fln January, 1957, a source advised ELIJAH HUHAIAD has
described his organization on a nationeide basis as the "seticn
of Islam" and "luhanmad's Temples of Islam." ~
On lay 5, 1967, a second source advised ELIJAH IUHAIIAD
is the national leader of the Nation of Islam EJI!; Muhammad's
Temp1e_of Islam No. 2, 5335 South Greenwood Avenue, Chicago,
Illinois, is the national headquarters of the H01; and in mid-1960
IUHAHHAD and other N01 officials, when referring to IUHAIMAD's
organization on a nationwide basis, commenced using either "losque"
or "renpie" nhen nentioning one oi "Hnhannad's Temples of Isles."
The ROI is an all-Negro organization which was originally
organized in 1930 in Detroit, Iichigan. MUHAMMAD claims to have
been selected by Allah, the Supreme 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.
lembers following HUHAIHAD's teachings and his interpretation of
the "Koran" believe there is no such thing as a Negro; that the
so-called iegroes are slaves of the shite race, referred to as
"white devils," in the United States; and that the white race,
because of its exploitation of the so-called Negroes, must and
will be destroyed in the approaching "War of Armageddon."
In the past, officials and members of the NOI,inc1uding
IUHAIHAD, have refused to register under the provisions of the
Selective Service Acts and have declared that members owe no
allegiance to the United States.
On Hay 5,1958, the first source advised IUDAIIAD had,
upon advice of legal counsel, tempered his personal statements
and
his
Uniinstructions to his ministers concerning the principles of
organisation in order to avoid possible prosecution by the
ed States government" however, he did not indicate any tfundamental changes in the teachings of his organization.
early in July, 1958,decided to de-emphasize the religions aspectsOn lay 2, 1966, a third source advised MUHAMMAD had,
of the teachings of Islam and to stress the economic benefits to
be derived by those Negroes who joined the N01. This policy
change, according to IUHAHHAD, would help him acquire additional
follosers nnd create sore interest in his programs.
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