PROGRESS February 11 1972 By Messenger Elijah Muhammad

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Messenger Muhammad desires to build these buildings which consist of a Mosque and School, this Spring, 1972. His Plans for Phoenix are like the Prophet Isaiah says: "Make the desert to bud roses."

Phoenix will be proud of the Messenger's Building Plans. He wants to dignify the Black man and Black woman in Phoenix. We must remember that his Plans will produce employment for quite a few people.

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This Community Center will have some of the best and highest quality merchandise, from food to clothes. This will be one of the most distinguished buildings for the Black man of Phoenix that he ever witnessed. The dignity of these Plans of the Messenger for Phoenix will dignify the Black man in Phoenix seventy five percent (75%) to his present dignity.

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Honorable Elijah M u h a m m a d !

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TO D I G N I F Y T H E B L A C K MAP

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ARIZONA CONSULTING ENGINEERS

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We must do this type of farming on a greater scale!

MESSENGER M U H A M M A D ' S TEACHINGS

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Earth to call o u r o w n !

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We must have plenty of timber for building!

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MUHAMMAD SPEAKS

Messenger Muhammad's Program... Employment

MUHAN NAD'S TEMPLE [XT]

Jobs are becoming a premium almost overnight now!

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ROLL UP YOUR SLEEVES, AND HELP M E T O BUILD THIS MIGHTY NATION! MESSENGER M U H A M M A D ' S

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The Messenger o f Allah

Presents

The Muslim Program

This is the question asked most frequently by both the whites and the blacks. The answers to this question I shall state as simply as possible.

1. We want freedom. We 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 400 years of our s w e a t and blood and receiving i n r e t u r n some of t h e w o r s t t r e a t m e n t h u m a n beings have ever experienced, w e believe o u r c o n t r i b u t i o n s t o t h i s land and t h e suffering forced u p o n u s by w h i t e America,

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

2. WE 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 wHI not be snared by the falsehoods that have been added to it.

4. W E BELIEVE i n Allah's Prophets a n d t h e Scriptures t h e y brought t o t h e people.

5. W E BELIEVE i n t h e resurrection 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 m e n t a l resurrection. W e believe t h a t t h e so -called Negroes are m o s t i n need o f m e n t a l resurrection: therefore, t h e y w i l l be resurrected first.

F u r t h e r m o r e , w e believe w e are 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 G o d w o u l d choose t h e rejected a n d t h e despised. W e c a n f i n d n o other persons f i t t i n g t h i s description i n these last days m o r e t h a n t h e so called Negroes i n America. W e believe i n t h e resurrection o f the'righteous.

6. WE BELIEVE in the judgment; we believe this first judgment will take place as God revealed, in America. . .

7. WE BELIEVE this is the time in history for the

j u s t i f i e s o u r demand f o r complete separation i n a state o r t e r r i t o r y of our o w n .

5. W e w a n t f r e e d o m f o r all Believers of I s l a m n o w held in federal prisons. W e w a n t f r e e d o m f o r a l l black m e n a n d w o m e n n o w under death sentence i n i n n u m e r a b l e prisons in the N o r t h a s w e l l as t h e S o u t h .

W e w a n t every black m a n and w o m a n t o have the f r e e d o m to accept o r reject being separated f r o m t h e 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 brutality and mob a t t a c k s against t h e so -called Negro t h r o u g h o u t t h e United S t a t e s .

W e believe t h a t t h e Federal g o v e r n m e n t should intercede to see t h a t black m e n and w o m e n tried i n w h i t e courts receive justice i n accordance w i t h t h e l a w s of t h e l a n d — o r a l l o w us t o build a n e w n a t i o n f o r ourselves, dedicated t o justice, f r e e d o m and liberty.

7. A s long as w e are n o t a l l o w e d t o establish a state or territory of our o w n , w e demand n o t only equal justice under the l a w s o f t h e United S t a t e s , b u t equal e m p l o y m e n t opportunities—NOW!

separation of t h e so -called Negroes a n d t h e so -called w h i t e Americans. W e believe t h e black m a n should be freed i n name a s w e l l as i n fact. By t h i s w e m e a n t h a t he should be freed f r o m t h e n a m e s imposed upon h i m by h i s f o r m e r slave masters. N a m e s w h i c h identified h i m a s being t h e slave master's slave. W e believe t h a t if w e are free indeed, w e should go i n our o w n people's n a m e s — t h e black peoples of the earth.

8. W E BELIEVE i n justice f o r all. w h e t h e r i n God o r n o t ; w e believe a s others, t h a t w e are due equal justice as h u m a n beings. W e believe i n e q u a l i t y — a s a n a t i o n — o f equals. W e do n o t believe t h a t w e are equal w i t h o u r slave m a s t e r s i n the s t a t u s of "freed slaves".

We recognize and respect American citizens as independent peoples and we respect their laws which govern this nation.

9. WE BELIEVE that the offer of integration is hypocritical and is made by those who are trying to deceive the black peoples into believing that their 400 year-old open enemies of freedom, justice end equality are, all of a sudden, their "friends". Furthermore, we believe that such deception is intended to prevent black I that the time m history has arrived

THE HONORABLE ELIJAH M U H A M M A D M E S S E N G E R OF A L L A H ' W e do n o t believe t h a t after 400 years of free or nearly free labor, s w e a t a n d blood, w h i c h h a s helped 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 of black people should have t o subsist o n relief, charity 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 United S t a t e s t o exempt o u r people f r o m A L L t a x a t i o n a s long a s w e are deprived of equal justice under the l a w s of t h e land.

9. W e w a n t equal e d u c a t i o n — b u t separate schools up t o 1 6 for boys 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 t o w o m e n ' s colleges and universities. W e w a n t a l l black children educated, taught and trained by their o w n teachers.

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

1 0 . W e believe t h a t intermarriage or race m i x i n g should be prohibited. W e w a n t t h e religion o f Islam taught w i t h o u t hinderance or suppression.

T h e s e are some of t h e t h i n g s t h a t w e , t h e M u s l i m s , w a n t for our people in N o r t h America.

for the separation from the whites of this nation.

If t h e w h i t e people are t r u t h f u l about their professed friendship t o w a r d t h e so -called Negro, t h e y can prove i t by dividing up America w i t h their slaves.

W e do n o t believe that America w i l l ever be able t o f u r n i s h enough j o b s f o r her o w n m i l l i o n s of unemployed, i n addition t o j o b s f o r t h e 20.000.000 black people as w e l l .

10. W E BELIEVE t h a t w e w h o declared ourselves t o be righteous M u s l i m s , should n o t participate i n w a r s w h i c h take the lives o f h u m a n s . W e do n o t believe t h i s n a t i o n should force us t o take part i n such wars, f o r w e have n o t h i n g t o gain f r o m i t unless America agrees t o give us t h e necessary t e r r i t o r y w h e r e i n w e m a y have s o m e t h i n g t o f i g h t for.

11. W E BELIEVE o u r w o m e n should be respected and protected a s t h e w o m e n o f other n a t i o n a l i t i e s are respected and protected.

12. WE BELIEVE that Allah (God) appeared in the Person of Master W. Fard Muhammad, July, 1930; the long-awaited "Messiah" of the Christians and the "Mahdi" of the Muslims.

We believe further and lastly that Allah is God and besides HIM there is no God and He will bring about a universal government of peace wherein we all can live in