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FREEDOM OF INF ORMATION/PRIVACY ACTS SECTION
SUBJECT: NATION OF ISLAM
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the Central esearc nvestigating this Cult and s ou d be added to yh usual security precautions.library and afforded t eespecially anti Ameriwe know, though small, this is an w h almost nothin s known by e investigate. e
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verage, you are requests o ma e ating this Cult, and every Agent newly assigned to do ,absorb the contents of this monograTwo copies are being furnished to the Baltimore, Boston cage, Cincinnati, Oleyela d, Detro , Indianapolis, Loo Angeles ilwaukee, Minneapolis, Newa , N w aven, Philadelphia, San Diego Francisco, Seattle and Wash n ton Field Of ces, Five cop es are being furnished to the New York Office and one copy to each of t e
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At the request of the field offices, this monograph has been
prepared, explaining the origin, ideology and workings of the Muslim Cult
of Islam MCI!. ' _ .
Inasmuch as a knowledge of the orthodox religion of Islam is
considered essential to an understanding of me d its most deformed
branches, a brief history of the Islamic religion, an outline of its doctrinest
and a very brief explanation of the divisions of the Koran have been included
in the first section of this monograph.
The anglicized forms of names and titles have been utilized;
however, for purposes of information, the first reference to each has been
followed by the Arabic form.
In view of the extreme fanaticism prevalent throughout the MCI,
and the absolute lack of a doctrinal core, an attempt has been made in the
second section of this monograph to set forth general patterns of belief
and behavior, compiled through an over-all study of the various temples
throughout the United States. Although there are some -basic rules accepted
throughout the Cult, it appears that many of the local leaders have adopted
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the privilege of personal interpretation. '
In the third section,an attempt has been made to illustrate the
chasm existing between the orthodox religion of Islam and the unorthodox MC
The various enrollment forms and data, considered pertinent
~ by the Cult, have been included in the Appendices.
'I'he material in this study which relates to the history of Islam
has been obtained from public sources and is documented as such. All of
the data relative to the MCI has been obtained from confidential sources and
is classied as confidential.
This monograph is intended to serve as an investigative aid to
_ field office agents and to facilitate the handling of any problems which may
arise in the conduct of such investigations In view of the aberrant ideology
and practices of the MCI, it is necessary to go into detail and present all
of the information in the Bureau's possession which is considered essential
to the successful handling of investigations regarding this group and the
development of informants among its members.
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SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS
A. Summgy A A I
This monograph includes a background oi the orthodox religion
of Islam, and the workings and organizational setup oi the Muslim Cult of
Islam. An effort has been made in the last section to point out those tenets
ci the orthodox religion that have been adopted as a structural part of the
Cult, and the eccentric alterations made in them.
B. Conclusio ns
1. The MCI is a fanatic Negro organization purporting to be
motivated by the religious principles oi Islam, but actuallydedicated to the propagation of hatred against the white
race. The services conducted throuiout the temples are
bereft oi any semblance to religious exercises.
2. Organizationally, the MCI is a collection oi autonomous
temples bound by a tremulous personal relationship between
the heads oi the temples and the headquarters oi the Cult
in Chicago, Illinois.
- 8. The MCI, although an extremely anti-American organization,
is not at the present time either large enough or powerful
enough to inflict any serious damage to this country; however,
its members are capable oi committing individual acts oi
violence. =1
4. The aims and purposes of the MCI are directed at the overthrow
of our constitutional government, inasmuch as the Cult members
regard it as an instrument oi the white race; therefore,
it is obvious that this group, as long as it retains the ideas
now motivating it, will remain an investigative problem.to the .
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"Read: In the name oi thy Lord who createth, " 1 said the .»' u.. ,,.. ,,_voice to Mohammed Muhammad!, * who could not read. And thus was . -
born "The Slave oi Allah," "The Prophet oi is1a'm'," the man who united
the wandering tribes oi the Arabian desert and enabled them to emerge irom
the darkness oi primitivism and savagery and build a civilization rich in _
scientic and cultural achievement. It was the twenty-fourth night oi the ' u
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month at Ramadan" when the angel Gabriel brought the iirst revelation '
to Mohammed on Mount Kira. "*For the rest oi Mohammed's liie he
continued to have these revelations, which were eventually compiled to form
the bible oi Islam, known as the Koran al-Qur'an!, "The Reading," -- the
Reading oi the man who knew not how to read. 3
Born about 5'10 A. D. in Mecca, Arabia. _ -
"The ninth month oi the year during which all Moslems fast. It falls in '
diiierent seasons because ti the lunar calendar.
"'A hill in the Arabian desert on which Mohammed received the first oi
_ the revelations.
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For the first three years oi his mi8si0n,M0hammed was -considered a fanatic by the people of llecca* Hakka!, and because of this _he relegated his teachings to his family and intimate friends. Like mostprophets, he was not without honor save in his own country. At the end ofthe third year, he received the command to "arise and warn" and thereafterpreached in public. From 620 A. D.,1dohammeds affairs at Mecca werein a crisis. By public standards, his mission was considered a failureuntil he met a group oi men from Yathrih later called Medlnl!, a citymore than two hundred miles away, who, recognizing him as the awaitedreturned to their city and told what they had seen and heard. This
Prophet,was the only place which proved receptive to his teachings and it was in
Yathrlb that the future of Islam lay. 3 ~In the Summer of 622 A.D. , to avoid being murdered, Mohammedfled from Mecca during the night and made his way to Yathrib. This is thefamous hegira halt! from Mecca to Yathrib,from which the hloslem" countsthe years. It was in Yathrib that Hohammed built a theocrac state, andfrom Yathrih that he ruled a rapidly growing empire. The lonely prophet
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The capital oi Arabia iourteen centuries ago.
"The more iamillll form oi the word Muslim.
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Mass conversions are rarely made without bloodshed, and
Islam was no exception. A series oi savage conagrations accompanied
the rapid spread oi the new religion over the sands oi Arabia. Perhaps
the most signicant oi these battles occurred between three hundred of
Mohammed's men and one thousand lieccans at a place called Badr. The
victory of Mohammed's interior force was interpreted as a divine sanction
of the new faith. Previous to this battle,Islam was a religion with a state;
after this it became a state. But the tides oi war were not always so
favorable to Mohammed. More than a year later, amid the beating oi
timbrels, Mohammeds army was cut to ribbons on the plains oi Ohod by
hostile tribes, and only saved irom complete annihilation by the exhaustion
oi the enemy. In 629 A. D. , after a pilgrimage which Idohammed had sent
to Mecca returned unharmed, he decided to venture there himself. Bis
pilgrimage was made without incident and he won valuable converts in the
city oi Mecca, among whom were some who had previously fought against
him. In 630 A. D.,he marched a.ga.in8t ldecca, which fell without a struggle.
Pagan Arabia had been converted, and the missionaries oi Islam were tree
to carry the Prophets word to the Eastern Empire, Persia and Ethiopia. 4
1 .1Within a hundred years after Idoha.mmeds death, in 882 A. D. ,
not merely Arabia, but Syria, Persia, Egypt, Northern Airica and Spain
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B. fIhe Principles of Islam_ ;>.. g,,.~ ~',.
Bet iorth below are the main principles oi the orthodox religion1"
oi Islam, as taught by the Koran, and as strictly adhered to by past and --v..- |
present followers oi Mohammed:1. Articles of nun - - = ___{_._--, :-Profession of Faith _ 1
"There is no god but Allah. Mohammed is the Messenger of3.. 1
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According to the teachings ot the Koran, God is one in His
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Belief in the Prophets ¢
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it is,'therefore,incumbent on all lloslems to believe in the
prophets of other nations. 3 "Bay, 0 people! I am the Apostle
of Allah to you all, of Him whose is the kingdom of the-
heavens and earth. "*
Belief in the Attributes of God
1. His knowledge
2. His power and control
8. His love and mercy
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The highest ideal s. man can place before him is a belief in
a god who possesses the perfect attributes, for without such
an ideal man loses his earnestness and noble aspiration.
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iAccording to the religion oi Islam, there are three forms
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1. The inspiringot an idea into the heart
2. _ Revelation while in a trance or dream
8. Revelation in which the angel brings the divine
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Angels are closely connected with the lite of man from his
birth to his death and during his progress in either Paradise
or Hell. They act as intermediaries, and because oi their
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Belief in a Final Judgment and Life after Death
There will be a day d reckoning when mans deeds will be
weighed before the Eternal Judge, when heaven and earth will
melt away and only God's nearness will be apparent. S0
death, according to the Koran, is not the end oi life but
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c. _Fundamental Religious Duties
~ The iundamental religious duties, or practices, recognized
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i 1. frhe proiession oi faith, which was previously dened, and
lvhich includesthe following declarations:
a. We will not worship any but the me God _
b. We will not steal .
c. We will not commit adultery
d. Nor kill our children
e. We will not slander in anywise
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2. PrayerPrayer is considered the means ti the realisation of the Divine
in man It is said to be an instrument ior dispelling all difieren . c
racial, cultural and economic, between all men, and a force
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3. Chad}: lakntz s
This encompasses all acts oi benevolence and doing good to
humanity in general. According to Islam, God has given to man
not only his wealth but also his faculties, and these should be
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demands the giving up oi a small portion of a man's wealth but
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so that they may iind the way to Me!. "* Fasting, according
to Islamic principle, is primarily a spiritual discipline. It has
as its main purpose spiritual purication and entails fasting
from food and drink from dawn until stmset during the entire
month of Ramadan. 15
Pilgrimage ham .
"And pilgrimage to the House is incumbent upon men for the sake
of Allah, upon every one who is able to undertake the journey
to it. ""In the world oi Islam the pilgrimage is considered one of
the major inuences in destroying barriers od race, color and
nationality, ior it is on the pilgrimage that men speak one language,
wear one dress and are taught to live, act and feel in one way. 17
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D. The KoranIn the last years oi his 1iie,Mohammed dictated his scriptures
to his disciples. His messages were partly written on parchment, paper,palm leaves or bone, and partly committed to memory. The fragmentswere eventually collected and rearranged into the Koran. 18_ The Koran is divided into 114 chapters, each oi which is called
a sura surah!. The suras are divided into two categories:1. The Meccan suras,which number ninety-two,and which were
.revealed to Mohammed during his thirteen years residence in
Mecca. These suras give guidance to the individual soul and
ground the adherents into the faith. 192. The Medina suras, which number twenty-two, and which wererevealed to ldohammed during his ten-year stay in lledin» These
suras give guidance to a growing social and political community
and translate mm into action. 3°The revelations to'Moharnmed,while he was in a state xi trance,
comprise the Sacred Book and are never coniused with those which occurredduring the times when there were no physical changes apparent in him. Thelatter are known as the Hadith, or sunnah, oi the Prophet. 31
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- :*f-_'*0 ° j» -1A. _Backg5ound and Origné . 3 gDuring and immediately following the first World War, the Negroesin the Southern States became extremely attracted to the northern industrial ' i5*i'Zii-|,_,t cities, such as Detroit, Pittsburgh and Chicago. They believed implicitly5%i~ that the North, unlike the South, presented rare opportunities to improve _; ,,=-.1...
5 .lt"~ _ the economic and cultural standards of the Negro. As a result of the prevalentf illiteracy among these people and the large numbers of them who immigrated , '
to the North, possibilities for employment diminished. The depression in
the late 1920's completely dispelled the rest of their hopesland reduced ;greatly their living standards. During these years, many militant and cultist Q,groups arose which reflected this intense desire for racial improvement .; and recognition, and which based the unenviable position d the Negro on the treatment afforded him by the white people. As each c these movements _gained momentum, anti-Caucasian feelings became more pronounced until S _._
the pitch of unadulterated racial hatred was attained. =4|I :_ta
1. lrhe Marcus Garvey Movement _~_'During 1914, in Jamaica, British West indies, Marcus .-=2
Garvey, a West Indian Negro, was imbued with the desire to collect.- L
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African soil where the Negro could have a government and '
.country of his own and establish himself in the eyes of the world
as an African national. Garvey's success in the British West
A tionsIndies was moderate, but moderateness did not satisfy his ambi
so on March 23', 1916.,-_ he came to the _l_Inited States where he
established himself in the Harlem section of New York City.
Garvey, who was referred to as the "Black Moses," described
himself as the"Messiah of the Black People"throughout the world
and made many inflammatory attacks on the white race and the
treatment it aorded the Negro.
In July 1918, Garvey published a constitution and bylaws,
and on October 23, 1921, his organization was incorporated in
the State of New York under the name Universal Negro Improvement
Association. In this country membership centered in New York,
Detroit, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, New Orleans, Norfolk,
Tampa, §avannah,and Indianapolis.
In l920,Garvey dispatched a delegation <1 Negroes to Liberia
to procure lands and other facilities for the purpose of resettling
the American Negroes; howeyer, the delegation was rejected by
the Liberian Government.
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of competitors, actually began with his arrest for selling stock
in violation of state laws. After serving two years of his sentence,
Garvey was deported to Jamaica. 33
Although Garvey died in London in 1940, his ideas did not
. die with him. .Under the direction of a president general, William L.
% Sherill, in Detroit, Michigan, the Universal Negro Improvement
_ Association is presently active and, together with the African _
2 Communities Ileague, sponsors a publication, entitled "Garvey's
Voice, " which keeps alive the preachings of Marcus Garvey - "One
God--One Alm-One Destiny."
2. The Moorish Science Temple of America -
During Garvey's imprisonment, there appeared on Chicago's
street corners and vacant lots a Negro wearing a aming red fen.
This was Timothy Drewi who called himself Noble Drew Ali, and
who brought to the Negro the information that he was not a Negro
but a Moor. Act six of his Divine Constitution and By-Laws
reads: "
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immediately draw many to his side, but it was
the wearers oi the fez, tinaiiy convinced ot their elevation to
indicating that the prejWith us all members must declare their nation-ality and their Divine Creed that they may knowthat they are a part and partial sic! d this ~said government and that they are not Negroes,Colored Folks, Black People, or Ethiopians,because these names were given to slaves, byslave-holders, in 1119 and lasted until 1865during the time oi slavery, but this is a newera oi timenow, and all men must proclaim theirtree national name to be recognized by thegovernment in which they live and the nationsoi the earth, this is the reason why Allah theGreat God oi the universe ordained Noble DrewAli, the prophet, to redeem his people irom theirsiniul ways. The Moorish Americans are thedescendants oi the ancient hioabites who inhabitedthe North Western and South Western shores oi
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eminence, were looking down on their interior white antagonists,
and hopeiuliy adhering to the promises of Noble Drew Ali who
th ecei t oi reportsoiiered them pride at race and digiity. Upon e r p
udices ot his followers were being expressed
through violence ,the prophet issned strict instructions, "We did
not come to cause contusion; our work is to npliit the nation "
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The organization split into two warring sections. On lllarch 15, 1929,
the leader oi the opposing faction was stabbed to death, for which
crime Noble Drew Ali was imprisoned. Released on bond, Ali died
soon aiter under very mysterious circumstances.
After these events, the group was unsuccessfully held together
as a national organization. However, like the Garvey Movement, it
has never really reached oblivion. llany came forward through the
years, claiming to be the prophet, Noble Drew Ali, reincarnated,
and through their eorts many branches ot the Moorish Science
Temple of America were organized and are active today.
There have been several intimations that the Nation oi
Islam, set forth below, was an outgrowth d the Moorish Science
Temple of America, and was begun because of dissension within the
temple; however, this {actor does not appear in any of the related
histories oi the cult.
The Nation oi Islam
In 1930 there appeared on the streets oi Detroit a peddler
who, like the Arab or Syrian peddlers, went irom house to house,
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Elmwood district of Detroit, he convinced them of his ministerial
abilities, and soon house meetings were being held under the
guidance of the peddler, known variously as W. D. Fard, Prophet
W. D. Fard, Prophet W. D. Fard Muk-Mud, W. D. F-oard, M1.
Wa1iFarrad, Professor Ford, Mr. Farrad Mohammad, Mr. F.
Mohammed Ali, and to the Bureau as Wallace Don Fard, FBI #56062.
An individual who claims to have heard his first addresses states
that Fard himself said:
My name is W. D. Fard and l come from the HolyCity of Mecca. More about myself I will nottell you yet, for the time has not come. I amyour brother. You have not yet seen me in my
royal robes. e
Fard at first utilized the Bible, inasmuch as most of his
listeners were familiar with its teachings, but, as his following
increased, he became more and more inflammatory in his remarks
against the whites and denounced the Bible in shocking terms. The
element of fanatical racial hatred became more pronounced than
it had been in similar organizations and it was evident that Fard
was actually cementing this factor into the foundation of his
organisation.
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exposed, but his impressionistic adherents, overawed by the
mysterious aura, began to come forward with controversial
information regarding his background. Some asserted that he was
born in Mecca, the son of wealthy parents of the tribe of Koreish
Qureysh! from which Mohammed had come; that he was closely
related by blood to the dynasty of the Hashimite sherifs of Mecca
who became kings of the Hejaz; that he was educated at a college
in England in preparation for a diplomatic career, but that he
abandoned everything to bring "ireedom, justice and equality, "
to "his uncle living in the wilderness of North America surrounded
' and completely robbed by the cave man. "*
It appears that the surrounding air of mystery affected
1-ard as much as it did his followers, for, when asked who he was
by the Detroit Police Department, he answered, "I am the Supreme
Ruler of the Universe."
The "black men in the wilderness of North America" are referred tosymbolically in the cult ritual as "the uncle" of Mr. W. D. Fard. Muslimsoi the East--Syrians, Turks and others--are referred to as the "second
uncle" oi Mr. W. D. Fard.
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the idea that Fard was more than a man. As time passed, the
idea reached the level of veneration.
The following quotation reects this veneration in the past
and present beliefs of this organization, now called the Muslim
Cult of Islam, or the Allah Temple of Islam.
We are determined as our Bavior Allah's Apostles
to make known to our oppressed, robbed, degenerated,and rejected people the glad news of the presenceof our long awaited Deliverer who was to come and
has come. Whom we have seen and spoken to him face
to face. Who is he then? The great Jehovah MasterW. J. lllohammed who would come in the last days and ,
search the earth for the lost brother of Asia, who
had fallen among strangers and was robbed of all
we originally possessed. Praise be to our Bavior
and King Master I-ard Mohammed, the Almighty who
have the keys of salvation to loose us out of this
wicked devil civilization.
When the number of followers increased to the point where
private homes were no longer large enough to accommodate the
g-owing congregation, a temple service was begun. This first
temple, originated by Fard in Detroit, is at the present time known
as Temple No. 1 of the Muslim Cult of Islam. ,-
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To illustrate his new teachings, Fard used the physical '
and economic diiiiculties oi the Negroes. Biblical prophecies
and the teachings of Marcus Garvey and Noble Drew Ali were
cited as ioretelling the coming of the new prophet. Many oi the
people were illiterate and it became necessary to organize classes
in English in order that they might be able to read "the proofs
about themselves. " Ferd explained to the people that the publications
which he recommended they read were symbolic and could be
understood only through his own interpretation. lie compiled a
series oi questions and answers which supposedly explain his
teachings in a mathematical and scientiiic way. He introduced the
Koran as the most authoritative of all texts for the study ed the new
faith; however, he used only the Arabic text which he translated
and explained to his believers. His people were completely
dependent upon his interpretations.The potential dangerousness and the primitive instincts oi
some of the members oi this organization were iorcibly brought
to the attention of the people oi Detroit on November 21, 1982, when
the newspapers carried a bloodcurdling story oi human sacriiice.
A prominent member of the Cult, one Robert Harris, somehow
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mducedsacrifice so that he might become "The Saviour of the World. "
At the app0inted hour of the sacrifice, -Harris plunged a knife in
8mlth's heart as he lay waiting on the improvised altar. After
!iarriss arrest it became known that two social workers were
slated as the next victims. .Another such incident involved the arrest on January 20, 1981,
of the brother of an official of the Cult as he prepared for the
ceremonial slaying and cooking of his wife and daughter to cleanse
him from all sin.In May of 1933, Fard was ordered to leave Detroit by the
local authorities; however, his departure failed to bring the activities
of the Cult to a conclusion. Ready, willinaand able to assume
leadership of the Nation of Islam was Gulan Bogans, known variously
as Elijah Poole, Gulam Bogaus and ldohammed Rassouli, whoxwas
to become Elijah llohammed, the present leader of the Muslim
Cult of Islam. Gulan Bogans was horn "sum Poole" en October '1, mew,
near Bandersvllle, Georgia, due of the thirteen children of Wall
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and Marie Poole, whose parents had been slaves of a white family _
with the same surname. He finished four grades in school and
left home at the age of sixteen years. In 1923 he took his wife, ~
the former Clara Evans, and their two children to Detroit, Michigan,
where he was employed in several manufacturing plants until the
beginning of the depression in 1929. During these lean years, Bogans
met W. D. Fard, who acquainted him with the tenets of the Cult,
and who, according to Bogans, personally took him "out oi the
gutter in the streets of Detroit and taught him in three and one-half
years the knowledge oi Islam. When Fard left Detroit, he designated
Bogans, who was now called Elijah Mohammed, as the leader d the
Muslims in North America. Throughout the Cult membership, the
disappearance of I-ard and resultant change in leadership are explained
as follows: Fard, in reality Allah himself, left Detroit to travel to
Mecca, and left the Cult in the capable hands of his apostle, Elijah
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vwhen, because of local pressure, he decided to remove to Chicago
where he established Temple No. 2, the headquarters of the MCI.
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ln 1942,Elijah Mohammed stated that the main purpose oi the
MCI is "to clean up the dark people physically and spiritually so they will
be respected by the other civilized people oi the earth. In their present
condition they are not and cannot be honored and respected by intelligent
people. Islam desires to eliminate prostitution, gambling and drinking among
the dark people so they can be respected. " ,
Membership in the Cult is restricted exclusively to Negroes;
however, it is known that at least one member oi the Caucasian race is .
associated with the Cult as instructor in Arabic. Although this individual
is a white man, because oi his Palestinian nationality he would be considered
»by members oi the MCI as a "brother." As far as their services are concerned,
no "white devil" is allowed to enter the tanrplse, and statements have been
made by local Cult leaders which indicate that violence would be considered
a necessary measure to insure security.
B. Or5a_3_92ization of MCIq The headquarters oi the Cult is, as previously noted, located in
Chicago, Illinois. lt is known as Temple No. 2, and is under the personal
direction oi the national leader, or Prophet, Elijah Mohammed.
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Chicago, Illinois; Detroit, Michigan; Baltimore, Maryland;Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; New York, New York; Washintlon,
D. C.; Boston, Massachusetts; Atlantic City, New Jersey;
Youngstown, Ohio; Indianapolis, Indiana; Cincinnati, Ohio;
San Diego, California; and Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Each Cult
temple is, as a rule, divided into the iollowing organizational
breakdown:
a. Fruit Oi Islam QFOQThis is the military section of the MCI. Each
temple has a section oi the FOI within it which is0
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under the trusted care oi a captain who is, reportedly,
directly responsible to Elijah Mohammed. These
1 sections are further divided into squads which are
headed by trusted members oi the temple with thetitle
oi lieutenant. Each individual within the squad is
answerable to his lieutenant who in turn is responsible
to the captain.
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At least one night a week is devoted to military _
training which includes Judo, the use of knives and
blackjacks, and military drills such as marching in
regular columns. _
Secondary duties of the F01, according to information
received, are the handling of disciplinary matters within
the temple, supervising "trials," guarding the Prophet
or local minister as well as the selection and training of
those members who are chosen to act as temple guards,
and insuring the security of the temple against any invasion
by "spies" of the "devil." In connection with the War
of Armageddon, the Cult looks on this section as an y
extremely important factor in the eventual emergence of
Asiatic world dominance.
Muslim Girls Training MGT!
This section is composed of the female members of
the Temple who are trained in the dutiesof the Muslim
woman, especially in regard to homernaking, cooking,
sewing, and their duties and obligations to their husbands
and families. ' '
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This section is also composed oi the iemale members
oi the Cult but usually the younger members who are
taught the doctrines and theories oi Islam.
irhe University oiIslam_This section is dedicated to the iurtherance oi the
knowledge oi Islam among members oi the Cult, and has
its location in Chicago. Althoughare found in the organizational setup oi several temples,
as a general rule the education oi temple members is _
handled independently by the minister; or his assistants,
or individuals designated to perform such duties.In this connection it should be noted that in 1984 it
came to the attention oi the Detroit Board ti Education
that children oi certain Negro iamilies were being
withdrawn from the public schools. An investigation
which was instituted by the Board reected that the
families involved were members oi this Cult and that the
children missing trom the schools were attending the
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by the Cult. An immediate examination oi the school
was made and it revealed that the "curriculum, the
teaching staff, and the equipment were entirely inadequate
to atford even the most rudimentary education for the
colored children who were attending. Not only was the
school inadequate, but the subject matter which was
taught appeared to be ct a iantastic nature quite outside
the realities oi lite. " Attempts which were made to
close the schools by the enforcement oi the school .
attendance laws resulted in strengthening the resistance
of the Cult,causing it and the school to operate in secrecy.
A tinal decision of the Board resolved to retrain irom
rigid eniorcement ti the attendance laws and to assist
"in adjusting the underlying economic and social problems
d other Negro families oi the same class in order that
the movement may not spread; and to ignore temporarily
the irritating 'bumptiousness' oi particular group."
In 1954 information was received indicating that in
the University oi Islam various subjects are taught ranging
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from elementary grade school subjects to allegedly
"advanced subiects" for adult members. During the
day,children at the Cult members are expected to attend
this school instead oi the "devil's schools" and such
subjects as reading, spelling, arithmetic, Arabic and
Islamic history are taught. There is apparently no
standard of advancement or division d grades in the
school and.£rom observaonmthose teaching in it have
little or no educational background.
Public Institutions-'__'j_g-p-i1"ij-One ct the numerous explanations oered by the
Cult for the origin at the American Negroes is that they
are members oi the Lost Tribe oi Shabazz, and it is __
irom this idea that they have obtained the name tor the
various business enterprises, such as grocery stores,
restaurants, laundriesjand tarms, operated by several
temples at the Cult. Some at these institutions carry
the word Shabazz in their names andjvere organized to
enable members at the Cult to secure treedom from the
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these institutions, the profits of which, it is stated,
go toward the maintenance of the entire organization.
This is not a condition prevalent throughout the
entire organization but is found in only a few temples.
National Officers__________.---Besides the Prophet, there are three recognized national
officers: a medical director, a personal secretary to the Prophet
and the head of the F01 in the United States. The other officials
of the Cult are assigned to the remaining eleven temples.
Local OfficersThe positions held by these officers vary according to the
size of each individual temple; however, the following listing
complies more or less with the general pattern:
. Head Minister and AssistantsThese officers are supposedly selected by Elijah Mohammed,
and are responsible for the functioning d the temple. The number
of assistants depends on the size of the temple and its needs.
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and handle duties in keeping with secretarial functions. If ionmd
to be other than righteous, they are subject to removal by Elijah
Mohammed or the Head Minister.
'Ireasurer
'1'he treasurer is usually present at each meeting and handles
all oi the collections or contributions. it is his responsibility
to see that the amounts received are handled in accordance with
the regulations set forth by the officials oi Islam.
Head investigator and Assistants
These individuals investigate such matters as are assigned
to them by the otiiciais, and are responsible for reporting their
findings to their superiors. The number oi assistants depends
on the needs oi the temple.
Captain FOI!Assistant Captain F01!
First Lieutenant FOI!Second Lieutenant F01!
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for the etiicient training oi the members oi this section in
various military maneuvers. _
Captain MGT It GCT!First Lieutenant MQT I: GCT!
llThe women who head the lluslim Girls Training and
Girls Civilization Training are responsible for training
the iemale members of the Cult in domestic duties, and
I' educating them so they will be able to assume intelligently
their responsibilities after the civilization oi the white man
has been obliterated. '
C. Financial Progam _
From the information available, it appears that the main source
d funds utilized in the maintenance oi the Prophet, his iamily, ministers
" md rental and operating expenses tor temple properties, stems irom the
voluntary contributions of the members; however, in view oi the amounts
involved, several members have expressed their suspicions of the existence
at some unexplained source oi funds. .;
In 1942,a letter was iound in the headquarters oi the Cult, which
II-8 addressed to the Muslims by Elijah hlohammed and in which he acknowledged
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oi the letter stated: "It makes the hypocrites all angry when they hear oi '
m you contributing to me, so let's make them made plenty mad so they will »
learn who we are. " »
' In l952,the members oi one temple were requested to contribute
one third of their salaries. -
In 1953,iniormation was received that another temple was asking
ior donations oi $210 per person to help establish a fund oi $200, 000 tor a
cooperative store to be built in Chicago. Because oi the extreme pressure _
put on members, and their inability to pay this amount, many od them dropped
membership.
In a number oi temples, donation booklets are issued in which
members are requested to designate the purposes $0 which their contributionss
are to be directed, i. e. , Treasury, Poor Fund, llinister, University ct
Islam, Prophet's Home, Secretary, Special Donations, Prophet's Fund!and
Minister's Fund.
It has been indicated that another source oi income originated
trom the proiits oi the various business enterprises controlled by the Cult,
Inch as the previously mentioned restaurants, Iaundries, and grocery stores.
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: which time he indicated that the real estate holdings oi the Cult in the Chicago
2 area totaled approximately $153, 500. . ' '
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¥ only members who have obtained their "X" * names are allowed to attend. i,-§ _ _ _7'eg This rule is also applied to meetings oi the M?! and GCT. An air oi strict " - n ' iL. secrecy pervades all oi the meetings, and strict rules are in existence 221--' §§f_i which forbid the discussion of the proceedings oi each of the meetings between :71"
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1. Conduct oi Meeting .
The following description cannot, of course, beaccepted T:-2: -...,.
.l|.izPas established procedure in every temple in the United States j '1
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and advised that no sharp instruments, such as tiles or knives,guns, cigarettes, boxes, papers, chewing gum or alcohol are
allowed in the temple. it the person is a £emale,she is taken
into a separate ro0m,where she is searched by the women forweapons oi any kind and relieved oi possessions such as lipstickand other cosmetics. All oi the property conscated irom membersand visitors is returned at the conclusion oi the meeting. Avisitor, immediately aiter the search, is escorted under guard _
to the visitors! section, usually situated directly in iront oi the
ispeaker's rostrum. ii the person is a member, aiter makingdonations to the various Cult activities, he is ushered into themain part oi the Temple. As a rule, male members d the Temple
sit toward the irontand the iemaie members toward the rear.Procedures in individual temples will, oi course, vary but
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the words to which are included in the Appendices at the end of -.
this monograph. Following the song, if it is sung, the congregation "
ls questioned as to the Student Enrollment, Lost-Found Muslim
Lesson No. l, the planets, mathematics and the Fruit of Islam.
All of this data has been included in the Appendices. During the _ ; J . ._¢;__
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involving frequent references to the "white devil," which elicit
great feelings of animosity and hatred, are discussed by various
members who either direct their conversation to the individual
. _,.P1-.1controlling the meeting or to the members themselves. At the 'close ,§ -.~;
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members in unison.
The room where the meeting is held is generally of the .;.,; 1.21:.-,
auditorium type and usually has, in the front, a speaker's rostrum 1
situated on a platform. Behind the rostrumlthe ags of the United _Z. ' '~- 4-. .States and Islam are painted on a blackboard. Above the Stars ¢- , 1 .and Stripes is the word "Christianity"; below", the words "Slavery, _ ,Suffering, Death." Directly beneath the word "Death" is across, .
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the Limb of a tree. Over the ag oi Islam, which is composed d
a white crescent and star on a iield oi red, the word "Islam"I
is printed; beneath the ag are the words "Freedom, Justice,
; Equality. " stationed about the room are a series ct guards who
stand in military fashion at all times and who are relieved every
~ thirty minutes, whether or not an individual is speaking, by other
Q guards after an exchange oi military salute. _
, E. _Enrollment and Education _Aiter having attended several meetings, a person interested in
b joining the Cult is requested to copy, verbatim, a form letter oi application
Iand submit it to Elijah Niohammed in Chicago. It must be handwritten in
ink on bond paper, and, it is alleged, ii there is a single error in spelling
or punctuation, the letter will be returned for correction. In reply, theProphet advises the applicant that he has been accepted, gives him his"-X
name, and encloses the extremely important Lesson No. 1, which it is p
incumbent upon the new member to memorize. Upon mastery ct this document,
the perplexed individual then undertakes the exhaustive study ot the Student~ Enrollment and Ansvqers, Lost-Found lluslim Lesson No. l, the book that
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"teaches the Lost-Found Nation oi Islam. A thorough knowledge of our
miserable state of condition in a mathematical way, when we were found by
our Saviour W. D. Fard," by Prophet W. D. Fard, and the various facts relating to geography, astrology, mathematics, and scientific data.
l All of the foregoing material is included in the Appendices.
' The Cult tries to impress on its members the necessity for5 absorbing all of this information, and yet, as far as can be determined, never
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following problem:
w A lion, in a cage, walks back and forth sixty feet perminute, seeking a way out oi the cage. It took him nearlyfour centuries to find the door. Now, with modernequipment, he is walking three thousand feet per minuteand he has three thousand miles by two thousand miles
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» How long will it take him to cover this territory oi said three thousand by two thousand miles at the above walkingrate? Five thousand two hundred eighty feet equal onemile. He also has seventeen million keys, which he turnsat the rate of sixteen and seventeen one hundredths per
minute.How long will it take him to turn the whole seventeen million?Sixty minutes equals one hour, twenty-four hours equals oneday, three hundred and sixty-iive equals one year. The above
figures do not include rusty locks.
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the wilderness oi North America. Modern equipment,
naturally, is the teaching oi Islam, by which the original man progressesrapidly toward emancipation. Rusty locks are recalcitrant Asiatics whoinbondase in
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1. MembershipAlthough statements have been made by Cult members to
on to believe that at no time
rous estimateindicate a much higher gure, there is reas
has Cult membership ever exceeded 3, 000, and a. very gene
as to the current membership would be approximately 2, 000.
G. Conventions .Each year, usually from February 26 through February 2'1, an
MCI Convention is held in Chicago, Illinois. Members irom the various
ted States attend this convention ,where they aretemples throughout the Ilniapprised d the past progress made by the Cult and of plans for iuture '
expansion and accomplishments.
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rebellion against its civilization.1. instances oi Violence against Police Authorit1_On several occasions, the primitive hatred, with which
members are so imbued, exploded into open violence. Duringthe 1930's, the Detroit Board d Education tried on various occasions
to prosecute Cult families for violations oi the state educationlaws. Aiter several arrests, members of the MCI Temple handedtogether and stoned the prison. To avoid a race riot, the judge
issued orders ior the prisoners release.Another incident occurred in September 1950, in San Diego,
8involving two otiicers oi the San Diego Police Department whowere attempting to serve a traiiic warrant. Upon arriving at the
address, two individuals accosted the oiiicers and advised them
the subject oi the warrant was not at home. When the oicersexhibited the warrant and expressed their intention oi searching the1house, they were ruthlessly attacked. This perpetrated a near riot
A and necessitated the calling out oi additional cars and approximately
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twenty oiiicers. Before the suhiect was taken into custody andorder was restored, an unknown individual tired three shotsinto a police car. It was later determined that the subiect andthe two individuals who intercepted the cicers were all members
of the San Diego Temple oi the Muslim Cult oi Islam.In February 1951, another incident occurred which involveda disturbance between members oi the Cult who were en routeto the yearly convention in Chicago. Members oi the MontgomeryCounty Police in Silver Spring, Maryland, were alerted. Fourpolicemen who met the train and entered the car were assaultedand had their guns and blackjacks taken away irom them by members
oi the Cult. This necessitated a call for police reinforcements,and nine members of the Cult were removed to the station and
charged with assault.
ppposition to Federal Authoritya. Yiolations or the Selective Service Statutes;Such open defiance is not relegated merely to local
authority. In view oi the stand this organization has taken
.1in connection with service in the armed iorces, members
have consistently, since the passage oi the SelectiveTraining and Service Act oi 1940, adhered to the teachings
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oi their leaders in reiusing to reglster,because they
claim to be registered in the book of Allah in the Holy _
City oi Mecca and cannot serve two masters. In 1942 ,
three leaders oi the MCI, including Elijah llohammed,
and seventy members ct the Chicago Temple were arrested
by Agents oi the Bureau. The charges leveled against
the leaders included iailure to register ior selective
service, sedition ,and counseling their iollowers "that
members of the Temple oi Islam should not go into the
Army and should ignore any cards or letters irom the
local drait board. " The indictments returned tor sedition
and conspiracy to commit sedition were dismissed in
Hay 1943; however, the three leaders served prison
terms for selective service violations. Oi the seventy
members arrested,approximately forty served prison
terms for violation cl the Selective Training and Service
Act at 1940. ' -
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war in Korea,such incidents were repeated throughout
the country, and a number d convictions were secured
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for violations oi the Selective Service acts; and now
with the threat oi hostilities in the Far East, the Cult _
has again taken an open stand against service in the armed
forces oi the United States. They continue to include in
their teachings such information as: -
The black people have always been helpingthe devil by ghting in his wars, but theMuslims do not go to war but rather to jail.
Those who register will be kicked out oithe nation oi Islam and will dle with the
white devils.During April 1954, there was an indication that the -
Cult sought to soiten its policy toward selective service
by stating that, ii the Government would guarantee Muslims
that they would not have to tight their brother Muslims,
they would not oppose selective service and would
voluntarily enter the armed iorces under the drait. 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 iight other Muslims, they
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could not, if they wished to remain Muslims, "enter
the armed forces.
pisloyalty and Disrespect for the United States Government_
intertwined with defiance of the provisions of the Selective
Service acts is a vivid disloyalty to the Government and a. continual
disrespect for its laws. Buch comments as "no good Muslim
registers for the draft, vote or do anything else in the Devil'sgovernment, are repeatedly made throughout the various temples.
In a publication obtained from the headquarters of the MCI in Chicago,
entitled "The Final Calltto Islam, " the following appeared: '
Of all the governments of the world there neverexisted one so wicked as America, which has misledthe Holy People of Allah, and deceived them intoworshiping a God that they cannot see, nor hear,that is a God which does not exist. For this causeAllah, has stretched forth his hand against the wickedAmerica to bring her down, even to dust and ashes,a country whose land is full oi churches and in themwickedness is practiced beyond words _to describe.
In 1942,Elijah Mohammed colorfully described the American
flag as follows:The flag you see here is the flag of the white devil.The white that you see, and notice that you dontsee any black any where on it, represents the whiterace; the red represents the blood that they lose-41- ' A ».-- ---I.- "J.--Y
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akeeping it tor the white devil alone, the blue background,the white stars represent justice to the whites, not thered men or the black men but only tor the white devils. '
Be told his people not to display the ag oi the white devil,because the ag meant nothing to them but a banner with starsand stripes and a piece oi blue cloth, but the flag oi Islam meant
their very salvation. _There seems to he a great desire to see RosAsiatic countries destroy the continent oi North America. whensia and the
the United States was at war with Japan, the Cult considered the
b thers" and gleefully predictedJapanese their little brown rothe victory oi the Land oi the Rising Sun. m 19'42,1=:1um Mohammedreportedly made the following statement at a temple meeting:
The Japanese ag is similar to our {lag oi Islamth likeness is because the Japanese are our '
and ebrothers and they are the only ones who will give
us justice, ireedom and equality.At the outbreak of war in Korea, the Cult immediately allied
with the cause of North Korea and spoke in glowing
its sympathiesterms oi the strength and prowess oi their Korean brothers.
When the Asiatic man Negro! enters the UnitedStates Army, he is sent to Korea where he is _required to iight against his own brother. -
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They have con1, gugsia, and, while there is no evidence to prove affiliation with '
SCommunist Party, many of the leadersthave lost no occasionthe .to rise, verbally, to the defense of the Soviet Union in any matter _: . - 1involving diiiiculties between the United states and Russia.The United States has undertaken more than they can 4ed to bully Russia, since they =_handle when they attempt l it Russia nor would the ' . ;
found they could not exp o Russians allow themselves to be pushed around by anation of devils. The Russians are brothers of the 1Muslims and are completely Asiatic in origin. ,ars the Cult has taken particular delight in teaching .
For ye is continually circling the continent of North aw: a
that a "mother plane uction of the Planet Earth. OneAmerica, and threatening destr
variety of description is set forth below:lane from theThere are brilliant black men on this p 25. it is made of the strongest materials -. e .
ages of 12 toin the world and cannot be bombed by any devil becaus it flies 800 feet above the distance any plane has climbed. 1 ;Allah has carefully planned every detail and the pilots know _ every stop in the country and any place where there are 1 ' devils. It has the capacity of throwing thirty bombs to " 5 earth, each of which travels fifty square feet. when ~ " i_each bomb comes to a stop it releases a highly poisonous ' will not allow a man to breatlg after this Allah
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I hue to the nature oi this organization; there seems to be an~
unequally divided opinion among the speakers and leaders as to whether or
not the MCI is sympathetic to the cause oi Soviet Russia and the Communist
lhrty. Apart irom the irequent references to the Russians as "brothers"
. l d the Muslims, there have been instances when individual leaders throughout
. the United States have evidenced either pro-Russian or anti-Russian sentiments.
- The sentiments expressed seem to depend on the personal ieelings of the
individual speaker. In l958,it was reported that an otficial d the Cult stated
Russia is actually a brother nation but, ii the fact became known, the Muslims
would be branded as Communists.. In 1954,iniormation was received which indicated that an diicial
oi the MCI had stated that the Cult is not a Communist group but that the
~ ' Communist Party was working indirectly ior the Cult, since it intends to
E : take over the Government by iorce and violence and thus should aid the main
purpose of the MCI.
In 1952,it was considered that the MCI was being used to advancei .
- the interests oi the Soviet Union.
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It is obvious um w. n. Fard, the founder oi mé Cult, selected
tenets oi the orthodox religion of Islam which would lend themselves ,
~ those_ wdilution with Congo passion. As far as the ideology oi this movement
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. . as close to the realm of fanatical, insane . , _E 5 oi them, fully conscious oi the psychological make-up oi their listeners,
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092 the "true Prophet oi Allah" and titular head oi the MCI. : _
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_ At5 Q whom nothing is independent, and upon whom we alld nd. He iorgets us not, nor is he beguiled. ,
Weis th kingdom And I hear witness nothingNone y .deserves to be worshipped or served besides Allah. u
thineAnd I bear witness to Elijah Mohammed he isservant and apostle. Amen. .t
Elijah Mohammed was sent to North America by Allahto lead the Muslims in the destruction of the deviland to prepare tor the coming of Allah to this country.
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2. original race on earth.oi Asiatic origin and nature and is the
i8l The original man is the Asiatic black man, creatorGod and owner t.he universe and iather oi civilization.It took John the Baptist 600 years to make a whiteman out oi a colored man. A black-man and a blackwoman gave birth to two black children, one beingdark complected and the other light. John theBaptist then kept using the two lightest complectedchildren until aiter 600 years he made a paleiaced white and blue-eyed devil, who was weakand wise. John and the other white devils werelater exiled to the island oi Palom. They had tomarch 2000 miles across the burning desert oiArabia and they had been stripped oi their clothesduring the time they were on the island oi Pslomior hundreds oi years. They made their way intoEurope where they mated with animals and livedlike dogs, but the white devils emerged strong and
started a thriving civilization.8. ' The white rac_e is always referred to as the "devils."There ain't no other devil on the planet earth orhite man. And theresunder the earth but the wno history to prove no other devil but the white mamThere is nobody that can prove the existence oi noother devil but the white man. Not even the Bible.
Allah iurther taught that the dark people will haveuble maker that is the" devils,peace when the tro , or white man, is separated irom the peaceiul. .
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All oi the original race who accept Islam register with Allah's '
apostle, Elijah Mohammed, and thereaiter owe allegiance only
to Islam.None oi the original men presently residing in NorthAmerica, owe any allegiance to the United Statessince they are oi Asiatic origin and owe allegiance
only to Islam.The "white devils allotted time to rule the world has passed,
and the iast approaching "War oi Armageddon" will result in
Asiatic world ownership and the emulation oi the Muslim practices
and way oi liie over all other ways.
In a very short time Allah will institute a war forthe "righteous" against the "white devils, whichwill involve the entire world. The black man willwin this war due to the tact that the white man's
time to rule expired in 1914.
The war that is being shaped up is the War oi 'Armageddon, and the war ct the gods againstthe devils, the white man against the black man.
The "white devils" have withheld irom the so-called Negroes
the history of their true identity and culture, and have imposed
slave names. After joining the Cult, the slave name is replaced
' with the surname with the letter X. '
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The white people kept the colored people slaves ior310 years through trickery. The colored peoplereproduced and the white people kept the colored* babies but killed oii the old people. Thereiore,the colored people could not account ior 65 years.
:1'he Principles oi islam_ - . -a. Beliei in Allah and his apostle Eliiah Mohammed
b. Beliei in the prophets and in the scriptures
1. The Bible
2. The Holy Koran
c. Prayer iive times a day
d. Charity, in its broadest sensee. Fasting, mostly during the month oi Ramadan considered
as ialling yearly in the month oi December!
B. Practices oi the MCI _Other than prayer, charity and tasting, incorporated in theabove-mentioned iive principles oi Islam, members oi the Cult are urgedto practice the virtue oi cleanliness which they consider essential as
being physically able to tight in the War oi Armageddon.
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members oi the Cult are bound to overcome: _-
1. Use of pork which is 99% evil C2. Smoking which is an evil instituted by the white devils to {mu
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8. Fornication and adultery
c. Com arison oi Certain Tenets oi the Orthodox Religion oi Islamwith ililnoriodox HIT 'An eiiort has been made in the iollowing paragraphs to clarity
the position oi the MCI as a mongrelized product oi the orthodox religionl elected which lend themselves readilyoi Islam. Certain aspects have been s
to a clear comparison.
l Belief in Allah and the Prophets
Orthodox -
The orthodox Muslim sincerely believes in Allah as the
and expresses his faithSupreme Being who created the universe,by complete submission to the Divine Will. He believes that_Mohammed was the Messenger, and the greatest and last oi the
prophets, to whom Allah revealed certain patterns for human
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' asperfection on this earth. and happiness in eternity.The religion of Islam requires .a belief not only in the Holy
Koran hut in all the books of God, granted to all the nations of
the world. YAnd those who believein that which has been revealedto thee and that which was revealed hefore thee, andare certain of the Hereafter. *
Unorthodox MCI pAlthough the Cult members profess a belief in Allah,
and preface their meetings with orthodox Moslem prayers
soliciting Allah's aid, their methods of worship are extremely-3unconventional. Allah, together with unexplained digits and
psuedo-scientific data, has become merely a name to bememorized. This lack of perception ha! led them to at times H5.1% '
fuse Allah with the prophet, W. "D. Fard, and to attribute to I-ard -.a "divine" significance." -The Messenger, to whom Allahnot a revered figure in history, but Amade his revelations", is
a man they know who lives in Chicago, Illinois.
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Christianity belies this profession of belief. _
Joseph was the father of Jesus. Jesus wasborn like any other man, just like any otherman. But after the people over here who callthemselves the most intelligent people finisheddoctoring this book which you call the holyBible, and when you call it the holy Bibleyou don't know what you're talking about' because when I ask you to define the wordholy you probably cannot tell me what the
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2. awn HatredOrthodox Q1
Nowhere in the tenets of the orthodox religion oi Islam
does there appear any indication oi racial prejudice. On the ,s
; contrary, to the Muslim the religion of Islam is considered as it
' - being an international religion which has as its ideal the complete _'. t equality of all races and the unity of mankind. There is no color jor race prejudice and no distinction between an Arab and non-Arab. 37 _
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Unorthodox MCI._,_.-¢~-'$*_'__-- 'As previously indicated, this aspect is the very foundation
oi all oi the teachings of the Cult. The white man is indeed the »
scapegoat, upon whom is vented a hatred so tinged with primitivism
that it has almost regressed to savagery. It is to the white race
that these Negroes gladly throw the blame ior all at their social,
economic and cultural ills, and it is from the preachings oi their
leaders that they receive the food for their emotional appetites.
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can be found in the Koran. The Moslems, _ though allowed to
fight in seli-deiense to preserve their national existence, were
iorbidden to provoke war; however, they were commanded toorutilize their maximum strength in the event war was iorced upon
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?ersonal violence, such as murder and revenge, are
sins against society and are punishable under Moslem law. True
nobility lay in forgiveness and those who restrain their anger
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committed by the Cult, the element of desire for violence appears
to be an emotional stimulant for every practicing member. Well
aware of the emotional needs oi their audiences, the leaderslose no opportunity to advocate a bloody revenge against the white
race in the "War oi Armageddon. " Armageddon, the peatbattlefield where, in the last times, the powers oi evil will tight
the powers of good, has been redeiined in Cult terminology to
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ground where the doctrines' mankind are put into practical working, and the community iseducated on all questions oi its weliare. Once a mosque has -been built, it is open to Moslems oi all persuasions and no one- has the right to prohibit Moslems oi a certain persuasion or sect - t
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In the Cult.no one but a Negro is allowed access to the 1 ,inner sanctum oi the temple, and many dire threats have beenentry. 5, .,made against any member ot the white race who attemptsWhether the man is a Moslem or non-Moslem makes no apparentdifierence; the color oi his skin is the sole bar to his entry.
It ts too late for the devils to come intoIslam tor the door is closed. I don t carewho he is or what he is, not one devil can
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5. Prayer .
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i and before sunrise.2. Zuhr, or the early afternoon prayer, is said
. when the sun bemns to decline.8. Asr, or the late aiternoon prayer, is said whenthe sun is about midway on its course to setting.4. lllaghrib, or the sunset prayer, is said immediately _after the sun sets.
5. Isha, or the night prayer, is said when the redglow in the west disappears. 32
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used as a measure of opening and closing meetings. One oithe most striking aspects of the prayers repeated by Cult members
is an absolute lack oi devotion and fervor. The form oi prayer
seems to vary with the feelings oi the particular leader.
5 times dayly if can '7 times 1 before sun up. 2. 10 clock it cannext 12 or lnext3or4iicanneXlafter sun down ii 7 prayers the 5prayer Just before sun down 6 after Iin the Bed you do not hatter get upjust lay on your side either way.
Charity and Fasting
Orthodoxl th These practices, together with prayer, enab e e
Moslem, through self-mastery, to attain the apex oi dignity, v
human conduct_and elevation oi the mind. Charity accentuatesI
the virtues of generosity and forgiveness. Fasting accustomsa man to face the hardships oi lite and increases his powers
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O ye who believel Fasting is prescribed for you,even as it was prescribed tor those beiore you,that ye may ward cti evil!. "
Unorthodox MCI _Charity and tasting are accepted by the Cult as being
embodied in their five principles at Islam. On certain occasions,charity among themselves has been strongly advocated and teeblyattempted; however, charity as a means to spiritual perfection
is virtually unknown in the teachings at the Cult.All oi the members are periodically reminded that tasting
nin the month oi Ramadan is highly desired; however, it is doubted -;.3that many oi the members 0! the Cult, including most oi theleaders, have any clear perception oi the signiiicance ot Ramadan,much less the reason for the necessity oi tasting. Their failure -to believe that Moharnmed was the last cf the prophets, which g.
is one oi the basic beliefs oi Islam, invalidates their adherence
to the regulation demanding tasting during Ramadan-
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inward purity, he must first purity his body. Ite body is the watchword of Islam-"has been said
that "a pure mind iri a purThis effort is directed by a sincere desire for a nearness to God.
Surely Allah loves those who turnbmuch to ~Him, and He loves those who purify themselves. * 'The um condition of bodily purification is a partial V
of the bodyahlution which entails the washing of certain parts
before prayer.O you who believe! when you rise up to prayerwash your faces and your hands as far as theelbows, and wipe your heads, and wash! your
feet to the ankles. "
Thus, in the religion of Islam, the strivingphysical purification is motivated by a spiritual force. 34toward
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building up oi his character, and hence it was necessary that
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to by orthodoxhioslems, particularly the abhorrence of swine.
In connection with drinking, the juice oi fruits can be -
used only up to the time they become intoxicating; however, except
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The MCI has adopted from the religion oi Islam the idea
oi iood restrictions, and formulated rules in keeping with their
own tastes and tendencies. In connection with the ahhorrence
oi swine, ielt deeply by the orthodox Moslem, the regulations
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beauty appearance.' In addition to pork, the leaders oi the Cult have
prohibited the iollowing: -
Clams, sweet potato, white bread
Smoking and chewing gumThe Four devils which are: Caucasian,v drinking, smoking and pork. Keep away Q from them they are dangerous and may meang sudden death to you.
9. Science and Mathematics _
; i Orthodox 'During the height oi the hioslem civilization, from the
I 8th through the llth centuries, great contributions were madeto the studies oi mathematics, geography, medicine, astronomyand physics. in the Moslem world today, this intense interest in' science still prevails. For instance, a tremendous inuence isascribed to the planets and the sky, and it is considered that thestars work directly on all terrestrial events. Great stress isplaced on numerology. This science is considered to be present;-g in every soul and requires only study to be known. 36I . '1 _64_ .
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t The total Atoms equa11o,oo0,oo0,o0o,ooo,ooo,oo0,o00,ooo,o0o,ooo,oo0,oo0,oo0, /000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, O00, 000,000,000, 000, 000, 000. How many Atoms are there in
North America?
llast Judgment and Eternitl
Orthodox _ -This heliet in the last iudgment and eternal reward orpunishment is a very important part oi a tigue Moslem s faith.It is because oi this belie! that his entire lite is directed towardsthe periectihilitv oi his nature. From Allah heeomiort oi knowing that whatever happens to hlm,it is tor hisown pertectton, and attained all virtues through good worksreceives the
he condently awaits the Last Day. 37Lo! those who believe in that which is revealed unto dthee, Muhammad!, and those who are Jews, anChristians, and sabaeans--whoever helieveth in Allah
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they grieve. *
Unorthodox MCI -Nowhere in the ravings oi the Cult is there anything but. H ll! The good works d
t the hate principles- its members comprise strict adherence 0' come to signiiy the means by which the white man will be
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Negro will have attained the enviable supremacy oi the whiteman without the necessity oi competitive exertion. Hell tor themis the here and now -- the inferior position they occupy in theofiace oi the world. The Last Day is the last day oi the WarArmageddon when the clouds oi battle will dissolve and reveal the
' ruler oi the universe -- the Negro.n. -rue not in Relation to other Islamic Cults in the United statesIn February 1954, an individual, who at that time was president
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whose teachings are calculated to engender racial hatred.. Among the other groups in the United States not acceptableindividual listed the Moorish Science Temple oiAmerica, previously described in this monograph, and Ahmadyyia, which
on recognizes a living prophet in India called Ahmad.
= E1 P - He stated that all lloslem groups had one "common denominator "é to orthodox Nloslems, this
A which was that they are all striving to bring knowledge and acceptance oi_ Eastern culture to Asiatics throughout the world. As a reason tor the l~iegrosinterest in the religion oi Islam, he related that it provides members of thei
" " origin and heritage.Negro race with a satisfactory explanation oi their true
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Dear Mr. Mohammed, _"In the name oi Allah, the merciiul, all holy, praise is to Allah,the lord oi the world. I have been attending the teachings oi Islam by oneoi your ministers, and I believe in Islam, my own religion, and I desirethis old slave name oi the devil andto claim my own. Please take away _ give me my own holy righteous name. My slave name and address is as
follows.
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"As Salaam Alaikum:"In the name oi Allah, and in the name oi his divine Messenger, Mr.
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"Dear Brother:"Your letter seeking to be united again to your own has passed ourinspection. it now awaits the inspection oi Almighty God, Allah. Untilhe gives to you your holy name you will be known among us as Brother X. '-
"We are enclosing your next lesson oi which you are to answer 100%
correctly. Upon completion oi same, return.
i "As I say unto you in the name oi Allah, and his divine Messenger.
As Salaam Alaikum"
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1, The students must study his assignment Lesson #1. Each student _would copy the answers oi Lesson #1, oi Minister Elijah Mohammad, and mdy until the student is able to memorize by heart all answers to oi said
Lesson #1. - _ y I2. Each student must quaiiiy his or herseli ior position awaiting them. Assignment oi oices will be made immediately aiter eaaminition and on completion oi his or her laborer course. Consideration tor the labors oi islam will be taken under analysis in the near iuture by our Prophet, W. D.
Fard ldohammed.
Eules oi Instruction to the Laborers oi lslam_3. me laborers must speak and use grarnmatic pronunciation oi words andsyllables in past, iuture, and present periect tense. The laborers answers to all lessons, must be in the above language other will not be considered. -4. The Laborers must practice the above language with all new converts.The Laborer is liable to punishment ii ionnd using baby language. At alltimes, the laborers must greet a registered Muslim in his own way.5. EISTAKES SHALL NOT EB'l' AHONG THE LABQRERS OF ISLAM
AT NO TIME. .6. The Minister's Class, must study and prepare themselves ior examini-tion as soon as they are able to. Everyones iinal enminaon will be beiore Master W. D. Fard hlohatnmed, which will include all oi the Forms,Lesson #1 answers, and all oi the problems and a general review oi the3 1/2 years oi labor. Absent in the Minister-s Class always must be investigated. Every hiuslim should know all this by heart, it is all hisand hers. 'I'he time is ripe ior us to reclaim our own, which all equipped vhysically and mentally to accomplish the oi said above with little study. Barry, and everybody study: young and old, she and he, the hi. G. '1. and G. C. C.should study along with the trainins. Report their progress along with the rest.
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ted time story to their children. - 0I. Application for enlistment in the Fruit oi Islam, will be accepted onapproval oi their Holy Names. Names of devils are not counted any value
h the Fruit oi Islam. Devils must stay away.ill. The Restrictive Law, is our success. At any time anyone tails to beMi» to the law, shall be dismissed from his or her post.ll. Brothers and sisters, you all get busy and help me arise the deadanion, and place them on the top oi civilization. hiy greatest desire ish give everyone his or her own. I do not want importance among thedlicials, neither the laborers. Do not do other than yourseli. Do not take0 mix instruction other than our assignment. _ "ii The Muslim Girls Training and General Civilization Class, I can sitI top oi the world and tell anyone that the most beautiful nation is theIilderuess oi North America, but do not let me catch any sister otherthan her ownseli in regards to living the life and weighing properly.
13. Big iield is awaiting ior the wide awake man to work out, arise theltd by the thousand. me dead nation must arise for the time is at hand.look in your poison book, work cheerfully and tear not. . pYOU Ans 1-an mosrsous, -ms snsr, mo ran POWERFUL
By our Saviour, Master W. D. Fard Iliohammed
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§tudent Enrollment l0 Quest:lons!__
1. Who is the original man?
2. who is the colored man? '8. What is the population at the original in the Wilderness oi North. »America and all over the planet Earth? " p .;4. What is the population oi the colored people in the Wilderness oi North America and all over the planet Earth? " 7'5. what is the square mileage oi Earth, how much is land? How much I
is water?6. what is the square miles oi usetull land used every day by the entirepopulation oi the planet Earth?I. what is the square miles ot useful land used by the Original Man?8. what is the square miles at useful land used by the Colored Man? _
0. wmu is the birth record oi ma nation oi Islam? '"10. what is the birth record ct said other than Islam :?_ _- Z2 - V
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The OL or the planet Earth, God oi the Universe and Father oi Civilization. _The Colored Man is the so-called white man or eaucasian, Yacobs_ graited devil, skunk ct thepplanet Earth. The population of the Original Nation in the Wilderness at N013! . .
. _ ;_I America is a little over 11,000,000 lost-iounds, plus 2, 000, Indians making a total 01 19, 000, 000 and all over the planet Earth4,400,000,000. .1, The population oi the Colored People in the Wilderness oi North AmericaF is 103, 000, 000 and all over the planet Earth, 400, 000, 000.- 1
5. The square mileage oi the Earth is 196,940, 000 square miles. , 51,255, 000 square miles is land, 189,685, 000 square -miles is water.l. the square miles oi useful land used by the entire population everyday
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My name is W. F. ld0ha.mmed-
1.2. I came to North America by myseli. .My uncle was brought over here by the Trader, three hundred seventy-
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4. My uncle cannot talk his own language.5. He does not know that he is my uncle.6. He likes the devil because the devil gives him nothing.
I. Why does he like the devil?Because the devil put tear in him when he was a little boy.
8.9. Why does he {ear now since he is a big man? 1Because the devil taught him to eat the wrong iood. ~
10.ll. Does that have anything to do with the above question Number 10?12. Yes, sir, that makes him other than his owneelt.vvnatlu ma. owneli? " V
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Approximately Three Million.How many Original Iloslems are there in North America?
_A little over seventeen million.Did I hear you say some 65 the seventeen million do not know that -
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Yes, sir.l hardly believe that unless they are blind, deai and dumb.Well, they were made blind, deai and dumbby the devil when they
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Can the devil fool a lloslem?Not now a days. .D0 you mean to say the devil tooled them three hundred seventy
nine years ago? _Yes, the Trader made an interpretation that they receive gold tor theirlabor, more than they were earning in their own country.
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swim 9, 000 miles.' $3. Why didn't their awn people come and get them?
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85. When did their own people {ind out they were here?
86. -Approximately sixty years ago.
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14 Questionsl. Why isn't the devil settled on the best part of the Planet Earth?Answer: Because the earth belongs to the Original Black Man andknowing that the devil was wicked and there would not be any peaceamong them, He put him out in the worst part of the earth and keptthe best part preserved for himself every since he made it. Thebest part is in Arabia at the Holy City llecca. The colored Han orCaucasian is the devil. Arabia is in the iar east and is bordered by
the Indian Ocean on the South.Why did Moses or ldossa have a hard time to civilize the devil
200° B. C. 7Because he was a savage Savage means a person that hasAnswer: . lost the knowledge of himself and who is living a beast life. Hoseawas a half original man, and a prophet. Two thousand B. C. means it in the eleven thousand yearbefore Christ. In the Asiatic world was . Civllize means to teach the knowledge and wisdom oi the human family
or the Planet Earth-8. Why did we let half original man Columbus discover the poor part of
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Why did we run Yacob and his made devil from the root of civilization,over the hot desert, into the cave of West Asia, as they now call itEurope? What is the meaning of Eu and Rope? How long ago? What didthe devil bring with him? What kind of life did he live and how long ibefore Mossa came to teach the devil of the forgotten Tricknolleg] _
Answer: Because they had started making trouble among the righteouspeople telling lies. They accused the righteous peoples, causing them ito fight and kill one another. Yacob was an original black man, and wasthe father of the devil. He taught the devils to do this devilishment.The root of civilization is in Arabia at the Holy City Mecca, wE{cE meanswhere wisdom and knowledge of the original man first started. When theplanet was found, we ran the devils over the Arabian Desert. We tookfrom them everything except the language and made him walk every stepof the way; it was twenty-two hundred miles. He went savage and livedin the caves of Europe. Eu means hillsides and Rope is the rope tobind in. It was six thousand and nineteen years ago. llossa came twothousand years later and taught him how to live a respectful life, 'how to build a home for himself and some of the tricknollegy that Yacobgaught him. which was devilishment, telling lies, ste5Ii'g, and howto_ master the original man. ossa was half original, a prophet whichwas predicated by the twenty-three scientists in the year one, fifteen
thousand nineteen years ago, today.Why did we take Jerusalem from the devil? How long ago? eAnswer: Because one of our righteous brothers, who was a prophet bythe name of Jesus was buried there, and he uses his name to shield hisdirty religion, which is called Christianity, also to deceive the peoplee -1a- - A
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" 7. Why does the devil keep our people illiterate? _
Answer: So that he can use them for a tool and also a slave. Hekeeps them blind to themselves so that he can master them. illiteratemeans ignorant. -
8. Why does the devil keep our people apart,'-irom his social equality?F Answer: Because he does not want us to know how filthy he is t and all his affairs, he is afraid because when we learn about him I we will run him from among us. Socialist means to advocate. Asociety of men or groups of men for one common cause. Equality
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1 9. Why does llohammed make the devil study from thirty five to fifty, years before he can call himself a lloslem Son? And wear thegreatest and only Flag of the Universe? And he must add a sword.-on the upper part oi the Holy and Greatest Universal Flag of Islam?
Answer: Bo that he could clean himself up. A lloslem does notlove the devil regardless to how long he studies, after he has devoted _thirty five or fifty years trying to learn and do like the Original man. _
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or tampered with in any iorm.Why does Mohammed and any Moalem murder the devil? What is theduty oi each Moslem in regards to tour devils? what reward does la Moslem receive by presenting the tour devils at one time?Answer: Because he is one hundred percent wicked and will not keepand obey the laws oi Islam. His ways and actions are like a snakeoi the graited type. So Mohammed learned that he could not reiormthe devils so they had to be murdered. All Moslems will murder the devil because they know he is a snake and also ii he be allowed tolive, he could sting someone else. Each Moslem is required to bring tour devils, and by bringing and presenting tour at one time his rewardis a button to wear on the lapel oi his coat, also a iree transportation _to the Holy City Mecca to see brother Mohammed.Have not you learned that your word shall be Bond Regardless oi
whom or what?Answer: Yes, My word is bond and bond is lite and I will give myliie beiore my word shall tail.
What is the meaning oi F. O. I?Answer: The Fruit oi Islam, the name given to the military train-ing ot the men that belongs to Islam in North America. -
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Answer: Captain and Lieutenant. The duty of captain is to give "orders to the lieutenant and the lieutenant's duty is to teach the
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14. What is the meaning ct M. G. T. and G. C. C. ? _
Answer: Moslem Girls Training and General Civilization Class. V
This was the name given to the training of women and girls in ,North America how to keep house, how to rear their children, howI to take care of their husband, sew, cook, and in general, how to act; at home and abroad. These training units were named by our prophetQ and leader of Islam, W. D. Fard. '
Ii Set forth below are two lists, entitled "Actual Facts" and '
"Facts," which are part of the teachings oi the Cult. It has been stated
that the purpose of these so-called "Facts" is to impress the members
and potential members of the Cult with the supreme wisdom of their teacher, ,
and the great knowledge they can obtain by being members oi the MCI and
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. Actual Facts '
The Original Man's brain weighs '1 1/2 ounces, 1 1/2 ounce 5-IE2.'Ihe Colored Mans brain weighs 6 1/2 mmces. .1.
Over 6, 000 years ago Yacob graited the colored man from theOriginal Man. It took him 600 years to complete this job. 600
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4.Weight of the Planet Earth is 66
European-Caucasian Cave Man-- Nordic!
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Jesus justice came 2, 000 years later. Jesus was a halt originalman, born in the month oi September NOT in the month oi December. Jesus was a Prophet! Nimrod was born in the month oi December,
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7.Jonah dwelled in the belly oi the whale for three days and nights.
It stayed dark from 6 to 9 hours. .
Jesus body is guarded by 10, 000 Muslims by day and 10, O00 by night.Jesus body lies in the Temple of Omar in Jerusalem.
Remember the Crusades?
The white devil tries unsuccessfully to take the body of our brother
Jesus, by laying siege to Jerusalem. A
Esau Yusei-v Jesus!
The root oi Civilization is at the Holy City, Mecca. Mecca is inthe far east and from Mecca comes all wisdom. All good things had
their beginning in Mecca.
Allah means Peace and reversed, it means Halla, Joy. Have younot heard Christians cry HALLALUJAH while supposedly happy irom
the religion oi a skunk. HALLA=-ALLAH!
Christians speak of lite and eternity with God after, death. Theysay, "I'm going to make Heaven my home." Their own so calledHoly Bible, tells me, Hosea Chapter 13, and 4th verse say, I amthe Lord thy God irom the land of Egypt, and thou shalt Know, no
God but me, for there is no saviour beside me.
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Where is Egypt? In the tar east.
What is Egypt's principal religion? Islam
Our ioreparents were brought over here by the trader in the yearoi 1555, the Bible tells me that the lost sheep oi and from thehouse of Israel, would be completely lost of all knowledge ct selifor approximately 400 years. Matthew tells me that if we were
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Baal rode the Jackass until the Angel of the Lord appeared, and he stoppedand would not go any further, then Baal hit the ass three licks then the assturned and said, "Why hittest thou? and Baal became frightened and
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Q Islam has 1, 296 short cuts in mathematics.
Water Weights
One pint of water weighs 1 lb.One gallon of water weighs 8 lbs.One Cubic ioot of water weighs 62 1/2 lbs.
How to eat and live
24 hours . . . . . 150 years
48 hours . . . . . 300 years
72 hours . . . . . 450 years
4days . . . . . 600years7days . . . . .1,050 years _
Methuselah lived to be 960 years old, ate once every seven days.
English originated in 1382.Christianity originated in 1522.
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Sound travels at the rate, oi l, 120 feet per second.Light travels at the rate od 186, 000 miles per second.Thought travels at the rate 24 billion miles per second.
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The Original Man has 14, ooo, ooo brain cells. pOne of our brothers from Asia came to Detroit and outran a street
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Moon History 'We were once called the moon people, but Thank! be to Allah, that 66 trillion earswe were not on the other part at the time oi the separation _ yago. At that time a scientest wanted all the people to look alike, so hedrilled a tube 3, 000 miles I5 the Earth and filled it with high explosionand set it oft, and moon part slipped oii and the moon part turned over andt and that is why we have 8/4 water and 1/4all the water fell on this par ,land giving us a greater lite since water is liie, and all things are oi thewater and nothing can exist without it. _ V
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Wali Mohammed Ale was born 20 miles 1, 448 while living he killed
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L Selections from;This book teaches the Lost FoundNation of Islam. A thoroughknowledge oi our miserable state oi condition in a mathematical way,' when we were iound by our saviour¢w. n. Fard.
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Problems
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other me e pe . i animal sounds the mental power. One-wise Moslem Sons, that po son sixtieth of an ounce per every ten ounces of poison animal. if theaverage person contains seven and one-half ounces oi brain, thenMr. Mohammed wants to know how long will it take to sound theseven and one-half ounces at the above eating rates?The average person can be robbed successfully with one-third of then how long will a devil have to wait to rob of saidunsound brain, , ,al t r at the above rates? It is, also known to thethe poison anim ea e civilized world that ten ounces of the poison animal destroys three of on.one-hundredths percent oi the beauty appearance a pers
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We are ghting for Islam, and we will surely win;With our saviour Allah, the Universal King,We are United with our Nation, and called by his name;
So let us rise ye Muslims, Fight tor your own.
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Fight O ye Muslims, Fight ior your own;Fight O ye Muslims, and we will all be tree,Fight 0 ye Muslims, fight for your own.
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Freedom, Justice, Equality, we now must have;Four-Hundred years in slave by the devil, lost from our own,
So let us rise, ye Muslims, Fight for your own.
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The Earth belongs to the righteous, Fight for your own;Allah, gave to you and I for a National, theSun, the Moon, the Stars. The best oi his
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Antiwhlte, All-Negro Cult in United States!
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PREFACEQOIQIIIOIOOOOIIIOIIOOOI.
SUMMARYANDCONCLUSIONS ... . . . . . . . . . . .
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B. ConcIua1ons.................
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? H. ORGANIZATION--¢.¢-..-..¢...-¢¢.
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. Business Enterprises . . . . . . . . . . .
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8.Membersh1pProcedurol.............. 39,
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B. Protectionotilljahlluhammad.......... 45
C. DLscip11neandTr1a1sofMemberl......... 47 i
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1. Allah Himself Appointed Mummmad
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3. Whltalla.nIltheDev11andOurln0my. 58
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" This is the study oi a fanatical, all~Negro cult in the United Btates
which is based on a distorted interpretation oi the religious principles of
hlam and is motivated by hatred oi the white race. At varions times, it
has been known as the Muslim Cult of Islam and the Allah Temple of Islam
and since December, 1956, has been described, on a nstional basis, an the
; Nation of Islam N01!. individual temples of the cult generally have been
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Within the past year, considerable publicity has been afforded -
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the Nation of Islam. The writings of its leader, the so-called "Messenger of t
Allah, " Elijah Muhammad, have appeared kn columns end nczeticles in Negro
newspapers; various cult leaders hsve made television
oi the cult have become involved in incidents with police authorities; and
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its e. result of this publicity, a confused piemre of
1 Been presented to the ptblic. Reports of the many contradictory statements
Imade both by NOI leaders andby unenlightened writers concerning the number
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M.cllslamvaryirom 70,000to more than 250,000. While these estimateeare
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members is the ever -present threat of violent action initiated by the members.
' The teachings oi Muhammad and his ministers are ambivalent in
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nature. On one hand, they teach the followers doctrines which iname and
incite hatred oi the white race and, on the other hand, they restrain and repree.
them into doing nothing to violate the laws cl the United States Government.
Contradictory teachings oi this kind produce frustrations, and frustrations very
easily can express themselves in acts oi violence. .
Material utilized in this study has been compiled from both public ant
condential sources; The public sources are identified by footnote, while ttw
Qonfidential sources have been retained by this Bureau. No atftemptt. has
made to correct or point out errors in grammar, spelling, punctuation, et cete:
l which appear in cult material that has been quoted. '
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The fanatical all-Negro cult, now called the Nation of Islam,
originated in Detroit, Michigan, in the early 1930's as the result oi the
preachings of one W. D. Fard who claimed he was "the Supreme Ruler d
the Universe. " In reality, he was an ex-convict who ind served s three- '
year sentence at San Quentin Penitentiary for s drug violation. In the
Spring of 1988, after the arrest of one oi his followers who had murdered
a man in s human sacrifice, Fard was ordered om oi Detroit and has since
completely disappeared. Pard's leadership oi the cult was taken over by s
Georgia-born Negro named Elijah Poole. Poole began calling himself
Elijah Muhammad and 8Xpl2.ln9d to cult followers that Ferd Md been Allah
himseli and had appointed him the "Messenger oi Allah" to lead "the
so-called Negroes in the wilderness oi North America" out oi the slavery
imposed on them by the white race. -
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moved to Chicago. From there, it has grown throughout the United Btates
into an organisation having 30 numerically designated temples and
numerous wher grolme of cult memb-ere who hold regular
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members are rigidly disciplined and well-organized iollowers of-_- }=, .
through their violent teachings, keep in s coniused mental state out readiness
tor the "War oi Armageddon, " which Muhammad says is coming soon and
through which be says they will go forward and destroy the white race to avenge
the injustices they feel they now suiier. ' p . _ '
Within each oi Muhammad's Temples oi Islam, the male members
are segregated into an organization called the Fruit oi Islam, and the female
members, into a group called the Muslim Girls Training. Bach group is
organized along military lines under the leadership of a captain and several
lieutenants, who maintain strict discipline at all times. '
The Nation oi Islam-conducts two so-celled universities, one at e-tr
and the other at Chicago. These schools are attended by children iwm the age
cl four up to their late teens. Bach temple also conducts several business
enterprises and encourages its members to patronize only these businesses.
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throughout the country, Muhammad and his ministers give long,
vindictive speeches against the white race and the Federal Government.
These many gatherings are used as a means of both spreading the message
of Muhammad and collecting donations irom Neg-oes who attend. The
Nation oi Islam further publicizes its activities and teachings through
Negro newspapers and its own publications.
Recently, prison inmates claiming to be followers of Muhammad
have caused trouble within several penal institutions. Other members oi
the Nation of Islam have been involved in incidents with local law
enforcement officers in some of the larger cities. Muhammad and his
ministers take pride in the fearless nature of the members involved in
these incidents and make constant reference to them in their speeches and
writings.
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the Government, and all Negroes who do not accept his teachingswill be
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Conclusions
1. The Nation oi Islam, an a11Negro organization purporting adherenceto the religious principles oi Islam as interpreted by Elijah Muhammad, -is ostensibly dedicated to the spiritual and physical uplift of the Negroes;however, constant emphasis on the vinctive doctrines oi the cult
results in the propagation of haired oi the white race.
2. Elijah Muhammad, through his preachings oi superiority oi the "black .man" and his demands ior complete independence from the white race, _has furnished many dissatisfied Negroes with a nev pride and purposetn life through the militant and arrogant black unity within the Nation d
the oi oitemples made of bound iogehher in aof the white race by the teachims oi Elijah Muhammad conveyed
by his dedicated ministers.
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are bound to impress other Negroes living in these areas. Thereiore,
t as long as racial inequity continues, the militant and arrogant manner
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Southern States became attracted to the northern industrial cities, such as -
Detroit, Pittsburgh, and Chicago. They believed implicitly that the North,
unlike the South, presented rare opportunities to improve the economic and
cultural standards 0! the Negro. As a result oi the prevalent illiteracy among
these people and the large numbers of them who immigrated to the North,
possibilities for employment diminished. The depression period completely
dispelled the rest at their hopes and reduced greatly their living standards.
During these years, many militant and cultist groups arose which reflected
the Negroes intense desire for racial improvement and recognition and
which based the position oi the Negro in American society on the treatment
afforded him by the white people. .
One out the more violent and enduring oi these groups was the
Ration oi Islam NOD, known at various times as Allahs Temple of inlem,
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meetings vere being held under the guidance oi the peddler, knovn nrioully
"a w. tn. lard, Prophet w. n. lard, 1. n. Ioard, an-. Wall rm-ad,
Professor Ford, Hr. Farrad Mohammed, and Hr. I. llommmed Ali. To, .
- A law eniorcement authorities, he was known as Wallace Don Yard, FBI #56062,i who had served a three-year sentence in San Quentin Penitentiary ior violation .
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when the number d l"ard's followers increased to the point where
private homes were no longer large enough to accommodate all who desired
to hear his teachings, a temple service was begun. This first temple,
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- Fard at lirst utilized the Bible, inasmuch as most oi listeners
, _ were familiar with its teachings but, as his following increased, he became
more and more inammatory in his remarks against the whites and denounced
the Bible in shocking terms. Racial hatred became more pronounced than
it had been in similar organizations, and it was evident that Fard was actually ~
cementing this factor into the foundation oi his organization.
Fard then introduced the Koran as the most authoritative of all
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the Arabic text, which he translated and explained to his believers. His people,
thereto:-e,'were completely dependent upon his interpretations.
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prominent member of the cult, one Robert Harris, somehow inchced higi"
roomer, John J. Smith, to present himseli as a human sacrifice so tint he
migli become "the Saviour oi the world. " At the appointed hour oi the
sacrifice, Harris plunged a knife into Smith's heart as he lay waiting on the
improvised altar. When Harris was arrested and subsequently adjudged insane,
it became known that several women social workers had been slated as his
next victims. h . s
In May od 1983, local authorities ordered Fard to leave Detroit, and
he has since completely disappeared. However, Fard's departure tailed to bring
the activities of the cult to a conclusion. V "- i
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Ready, willing, and able to assumeleaderehip oi the growing cult was
Elijah Poole, haven variously es Gulen Bo@ne, Gulam Em, and liohammed
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these lean years, Blah Poole met W. D. lard, who acquainted him with the
tenets of the cult, and who, according to Poole, personally took him "out of
the gutter in the streets of Detroit and taught him in three and one-half years
the knowledge of Elam. h
After Fard left Detroit, Poole referred to himself as Elijah~ .1
ahammad. He explained to his followers the disappearance of Fard and
me change in cult leadership as follows: Ferd was in reality Allah himself,
who left Detroit to travel to Mecca, leaving the cult in the capable hands
of his apostle, Elijah Muhammad, the "Messenger of Allah. " L
Eliiah Mulls. I-eaer taught in Detroit until September, 1934,
when, because of local pressure, he moved to Chicago. hi Chicgo, he
established another temple of the cult, whlch remains the national headquarters
of the NU and is designated as Temple Number 2.
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temples in the United States from two to 13. In the past live years, this number
' ins grown to 80, not counting numerous undesignated groups oi Negroes who _
regularly meet and study the teachings cl the "Messenger." M
No explanation has been given for Elijah Muhammad's numbering of the
temples. Some temples are numbered; others are not. When a temple becomes
defunct, its number is usually reassigned to a new group. Temple Number 1 is _
in Detroit. Temple Number 2 is in Chicego. The rest, through Number 30, are l
spread throughout many areas of this country. Not all oi these are vibrant centers
of cult activity. Oi the 30 numerically designated temples, seven have fewer than
$0 active members. One has no members at all.
Actually, the most active temples are located in the following cities:
Chicago, Washington, D. C., Los Angeles, Detroit, New York City, Boston,
Philadelphia, Cleveland, Milwaukee, and~Baltimox-e.
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' As mentioned in the Preiace, u public estimates oi total membership,. .,.__-___v . -
in the N01 have been excessive, ranging between 70, 000 and 250, 000 members.
The secret nature d the cult makes an accurate estimate very difficult. Many
casual visitors attend various cult gatherings out oi curiosity; others attend
rallies and only a iew meetings. However, persons considered to be members
are those individuals who have attended regular meetings, written their letters
d application to the "Messenger at Allah, " answered the required questions,
given up their "slave" names, and received their "original" X names. These
procedures will be discussed more fully later in this study.
. _ " Even the leaders of the NOI itself would have diiculty in
ascertaining aecurate membership gures at any given time because of the
emstam turnover of the membership. Between many of the individual temples
and the Chicago headquarters, there is a lack oi close communication.
The ministers oi the individual temples are in complete control of the members
IitMn their own temples. They suspend or ezmel members for numerous
to Elijah Muhammad and as long as the required monetary contributions irom
Twrefore, changes in the number oi active members are not readily appment.
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play sale and be on the books just in case that portion oi the N01 teachings ~
prove true--about the 'War od Armageddon, ' when Allah is going to destroy
North America and all white mankind together with all black men who arenm
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Elijah Muhammad Elijah Poole! is the absolute leader at the NO!
and so-called "Messenger oi Allah. " He is described by his followers and
his press as "the bravest and boldest black man in America. " While
speaking before the 1960 N01 convention, he himseli bragged: I am not
trembling. I am the man. I am the messenger. You should be glad to
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and domineering leader much feared by members of the N01.
. ' Wallace n. llnhammad is a eon of Elijah Muhammad and "
travels extensively l.lL1'O92i.@Ot the United States in fnrthernnce oi HG!
activities. Wallace has been considered by many to be the heir apparent
to encceed Elijah lluhammad. Wallace has been "free on bond pending
appeal" oi a three -year prison sentence he received in April, 1960, for
tiling to report for civilian duty at a state hospital as ordered by his
dnftboard. i
. llaicolm X Little is the Minister of MTI Number 7, New York,
and acts as liaison man for Elijah Muhammad. He also travels
extensively on N01 business. Many members feel that Malcolm X is
"In eager beaver" who in striving to promote himself into the number
one position in the N01. From 1946 to 1952, he was imprisoned at a
hineeechusette Etste pi-is-on on a breaking and entering conviction. Frior '
to this sentence, he had been a confirmed user of marijuana. Q
Herbert Muhammad in a eon of Elijah Muhammad and has been
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It can be seen that the iamily oi the "Messenger oi Allah" is well _
represented in the hierarchy oi the not.
The number oi local odiicers in each temple varies according to the
size oi the temple. Each oi the ministers is supposedly appointed by lliah
lluhammad. The minister is responsible for the immctioning of his respective
temple and within this temple is in complete control. According to the size cl
the individual temple, the minister designates assistant ministers, secretaries
and investigators. Each temple also has a Captain oi the POI and the Muslim
Girls Training HGT!, and each has as many lieutenants and secretaries as are
needed for the particular temple.
D. Fruit cl Islam POI!
The Fruit oi Islam is composed oi the male members within the hietic
oi Islam. Each temple has its F01 nnit, which is under the leadership oi a capt
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way oi showing the men how to use foul play. One POI captain told his __members they were not taking physical training just for tun but reminded
them that they were soldiers. He said they should not expect the cotmtry
to surrender to um Muslims without 1 ght. He ma there would be much
head cracking before it is over." A judo instructor in another temple recently
zhmonstrated two "arm locks" stating "thin is how to break the white devil:
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It Instance, 1'0! members up to 16 years are in one group; those 16 to
86 areis another group; and those over 38, in still another. Some smaller
templea have only two groups, while some mclud-e all in one
R. Muslim mi-1; mam; H_<i'i7 H
Grls Training is the organization composed of the female ~
within each temple oi the NOE. E la the female cosmterpart the
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Each nor member u supposedly bound by the following prohibitions
under the "Rules or Laws oi Islam": ' ' . .
" Do not use lipstick or makeup '
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Do not smoke or drink
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Many temples also have a Junior MGT, which is composed oi the iema
members of the temple between 15 and 19 years of age. Prior to 1957, "these
younger female members on! the cult were embodied in s separate goup called th
General Civilization Class GCC!. '
I. University od Islam -
The cult presently operates two schools for the children oi its follower
Although the schools are named the Univereiiiiz 12;? l*?z:u:r;1%:t° 1 in Detroit net!
University of Islam Number 2 in 1 If 1 fmztzre
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school, and about 300 attend the Chicago school,
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