PROGRESS April 21 1972 By The Honorable Elijah Muhammad

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The White Man taught you the only way to heaven, you have to be poor!

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We today are going to work to build up the Southside!

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By Eugene Majied I am happy that Mr. Muhammad let the people know some of his aims and purposes as well as we, Muslims.

We believers know that he has been planning for some time to commercialize the South side of Chicago and had made those economic plans that he exposed last Saturday.

He wants to make the South side for Black people only, like the North side has for the whites.

If you could see some of the sketches Mr. Muhammad has for Black people here on the South side, everyone would rise up and try to help put this great program over.

Just think over it — if only 5 0 0 , 0 0 0 would help weekly with just fifty cents (50<p) or one dollar ( $ 1 . 0 0 ) , Mr. Muhammad would have the South side changed immediately for you.

He has not been able to get the money to do so — only from our believers backing him up.

If you would do what they would do we'd have it tomorrow morning.

Let us help Mr. Muhammad, dear Brothers, to make the South Side YOUR OWN.

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instead of love for those other than of your own!

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The Messenger of

M u s l i m

This is the question asked most frequently by both the whites and the b l a c k s . The answers to this question I shall state as simply as possible.

1. We want freedom. W e want a full and complete freedom.

2. We want justice. Equal justice under the law. We want justice applied equally to all, regardless of creed or class or color.

3. We want equality of opportunity. We want equal membership in society with the best in civilized society.

4 . We want our people in America whose parents or grandparents were descendants from slaves, to be allowed to establish

a separate state or territory of their

own—either on this continent or elsewhere. We believe that our former slave masters are obligated to provide such land and that the area must be fertile and minerally rich. We believe that our former slave masters are obligated to maintain and supply our needs in this separate territory for the next 20 to 25 years—until we are able to produce and supply our own needs.

Since

w e cannot g e t along

w i t h t h e m i n peace a n d

equality, after giving t h e m 4 0 0 years of our sweat and blood

Presents

P r o g r a m

THE HONORABLE ELIJAH M U H A M M A M E S S E N G E R OF A L L A H

justifies our demand for complete separation i n a state or territory of our o w n .

5. W e w a n t f r e e d o m f o r a l l B e l i e v e r s o f I s l a m n o w h e l d i n federal prisons. W e w a n t f r e e d o m f o r all black m e n a n d w o m e n n o w under death sentence i n innumerable prisons i n the North a s well asthe South.

W e w a n t every black m a n and w o m a n t o have t h e f r e e d o m to accept o r reject being separated f r o m the slave master's children and establish a land of their o w n .

We know that the above plan for the solution of the black and white conflict is the best and only answer to the problem between two people.

6. W e w a n t a n i m m e d i a t e end t o t h e police b r u t a l i t y and mob attacks against the so-called Negro

throughout the

United States.

W e believe that the Federal government should intercede to s e e that black m e n a n d w o m e n tried i n w h i t e courts receive justice i n accordance w i t h the l a w s o f the l a n d — o r a l l o w u s t o build a n e w nation for ourselves, dedicated t o justice, f r e e d o m and liberty.

W e d o not believe that atter 4 0 0 years o f free or nearly free labor, s w e a t a n d blood, w h i c h h a s helped

people s h o u l d have t o subsist o n relief, c h a r i t y or live in poor houses.

8. W e w a n t t h e g o v e r n m e n t o f t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s t o exempt o u r people f r o m A L L taxation a s long as w e a r e deprived of equal justice under t h e l a w s of t h e land.

9. W e w a n t e q u a l e d u c a t i o n — h u t s e p a r a t e s c h o o l s up t o 1 6 f o r b o y s and 1 8 f o r girls o n t h e c o n d i t i o n t h a t t h e girls be sent to w o m e n ' s colleges and universities. W e w a n t all black children educated, t a u g h t and t r a i n e d by their o w n teachers.

Under such schooling system w e believe w e will make a better n a t i o n of people. The United States g o v e r n m e n t should provide, free, all necessary text books and equipment, schools and college buildings. T h e M u s l i m teachers shall b e left free to teach and train their people i n the w a y o f righteousness, decency and self respect.

1 0 . W e b e l i e v e t h a t i n t e r m a r r i a g e or r a c e m i x i n g s h o u l d b e

7. A s l o n g a s w e are n o t a l l o w e d t o e s t a b l i s h a s t a t e o r

prohibited. W e w a n t the religion o f Islam taught w i t h o u t hinderance or suppression.

and receiving i n return some o f t h e w o r s t t r e a t m e n t h u m a n

territory of our o w n , w e demand not only equal justice under

beings have ever experienced, w e believe our c o n t r i b u t i o n s t o

the laws

this land and t h e s u f f e r i n g f o r c e d u p o n u s by w h i t e A m e r i c a ,

opportunities—NOW!

for our people in N o r t h America.

separation o f t h e s o -called N e g r o e s and t h e s o -called w h i t e

for the separation f r o m the w h i t e s of this nation.

1. WE BELIEVE in the One God Whose proper Name is 2. WE

o f t h e United States, b u t equal

employment

Americans. W e believe t h e black m a n should be freed i n

Allah.

BELIEVE

in the Holy Qur an and in the

Scriptures of all the Prophets of God. 3. WE BELIEVE in the truth of the Bible, but we believe that it has been tampered with and must be reinterpreted so that mankind will not be snared by the falsehoods that have been added to it.

4. W E BELIEVE in Allah's Prophets a n d the Scriptures they b r o u g h t to the people.

5. W E B E L I E V E i n t h e r e s u r r e c t i o n o f t h e d e a d — n o t i n physical r e s u r r e c t i o n — b u t i n mental resurrection. W e believe t h a t t h e s o -called N e g r o e s a r e m o s t i n need o f m e n t a l r e s u r r e c t i o n : t h e r e f o r e , t h e y w i l l be r e s u r r e c t e d first.

Furthermore, w e believe w e a r e t h e people o f God's choice, a s i t h a s been w r i t t e n , t h a t God w o u l d choose the rejected a n d the despised. W e can f i n d n o other persons

professed

freed f r o m the n a m e s imposed upon h i m b y his f o r m e r slave

dividing up A m e r i c a w i t h their slaves.

masters. N a m e s w h i c h identified h i m a s being the slave

We

d o n o t believe that America will ever be able t o

master's slave. W e believe that if w e are free indeed, w e

furnish enough jobs for her o w n m i l l i o n s o f unemployed, i n

should g o i n our o w n people's n a m e s — t h e black peoples o f

a d d i t i o n t o j o b s for t h e 2 0 , 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 black people a s w e l l 10. W E BELIEVE that w e w h o declared ourselves t o be

the earth.

8. W E B E L I E V E i n j u s t i c e f o r a l l . w h e t h e r i n God o r n o t ; w e believe a s others, that w e are due equal justice a s h u m a n beings. W e believe in e q u a l i t y — a s a n a t i o n — o f equals. W e do not believe that w e are equal w i t h our slave m a s t e r s i n the status of "freed slaves".

We

recognize

and

respect

American

citizens

as

independent peoples and we respect their laws which govern this nation.

9 . WE

BELIEVE

righteous M u s l i m s , should n o t participate in w a r s w h i c h take the lives o f humans. W e do not believe this nation should force u s t o take part i n such wars, for w e have nothing t o gain f r o m i t unless America agrees t o give u s t h e necessary territory w h e r e i n w e may have something to fight for.

11. W E BELIEVE

our women

of

integration

is

year -old open enemies of freedom, justice and equality

6. W E B E L I E V E i n t h e j u d g m e n t ; w e b e l i e v e t h i s f i r s t j u d g m e n t w i l l t a k e place a s God revealed, in A m e r i c a . . .

are,

deceive the black peoples into believing that their 4 0 0 -

should

be respected a n d

protected a s the w o m e n o f other n a t i o n a l i t i e s are respected and. p r o t e c t e d .

12. W E B E L I E V E

that the offer

the righteous.

i n history f o r t h e

If t h e w h i t e p e o p l e a r e t r u t h f u l a b o u t t h e i r

friendship t o w a r d t h e s o -called Negro, t h e y can prove i t b y

hypocritical and is made by those who are trying to

this is t h e time

These are some o fthe things that we, the Muslims, w a n t

n a m e a s w e l l a s i n fact. B y this w e m e a n that h e should b e

fitting this description i n these last days m o r e than t h e so called Negroes i n America. W e believe i n the resurrection o f

7. W E B E L I E V E

America

become rich and p o w e r f u l , t h a t so m a n y t h o u s a n d s o f black

that Allah (God) appeared

in t h e

Person o f Master W . Fard M u h a m m a d , July, 1 9 3 0 ; the long-awaited

"Messiah"

o f t h e Christians

and

the

"Mahdi" of the Muslims.

W e believe further a n d lastly that Allah is G o d a n d

all of a sudden, their "friends". Furthermore, we

besides H I M t h e r e i s n o God and H e will bring about a

believe that such deception is intended to prevent black

universal g o v e r n m e n t o f peace w h e r e i n w e all can live i n

people from realizing that the time in history has arrived

peace together.