Arizona sun., 1961-12-14
PEOPLES
VOICE
Dear Editor:

Dear EQlt0r:
The Honorable Elijah Muham-
mad, who is known throughout
America and the Muslin world
as the Messenger of Sllah, to the
Lost Found Nation of Islam $50
called Negroes) here in the wilds
of North America, arrived in Phoe-
nix, Arizona and was welcomed
with open arms by his Minister
Bashie Van Muhammad and the
believers of Muhammad's Mosque
511 S. 10th Street, Phoenix.
Mr.. Muhammad has been sui
fering from a prolonged case OF
bronchitis and came to Phoenix
for his health. Although when he
arrived he was not welcomed to
the community by the Religious
Leaders of the city, but just the
opposite. Instead of being attacked
by the white man, he was attack
ed by the blackman. Fifty tw o
members of the Ministerial Alli-
ance, who. boast of being the
proud leaders of eighty percent
of the Negro Population in Phoe-
nix denounced the honorable Eli
jah Muhammad and rejected his
moving to Phoenix. Lquote a state
ment made to the white press the
PHOENIX GAZETTE Nov. 9, 1861
by Rev. l.. j. Harper who is the.
President of the Negro Ministerial
Alliance (SIn this Country religi-i
Gus freedom is granted; therefore
anyone may live or set up a reli-
gious opposition wherever it pleases
within law of the land, but. we
Negro Preachers) are wondering
why the Nation of Islam is moving
its headquarters to Phoenix, when
its leader is only here for the
winter. believe that at time
when most of the forces in Ameri-
ca are turning toward bringing
the people of America together
this group that will teach separa-
ton. The citizens of America is not
in the interests of "Our Country" "
He says, 1--WE The Negro Preach
ers want it known that WE Negro
Preachers do not believe in any
separate place for any American
Citizen nor do WE Negro Preach
ers' want deportation of any Of its
citizens.
| must remind you, that this
was blackman talking and a
leader of the Negro People. He
says: "OUR COUNTRY" and still
begging for freedom, justice and
equality, still a second class citizen.
What star on the flag represents a
State belonging to the Negro? He
says although the whiteman want
to give us the muslin some States
to people who never had anything
for over 400 years here in America
but the hand-me-downs, will re-
fuse to accept it. If he (America)
wants to give us some land of our
own the Negro $50 called} preach
.ers say theywilL oppose H-He is
saying that all they want for the
(so-called) Negro citizen is to
remain a slave begging the
whiteman. The black citizens OF
Phoenix and throughout America
should jump and shout for joy,
that the Honorable Elijah Mu-
hammad is here to expose this
Uncle Tom Anemic Leadership and
free his people from the yoke of
bondage and get freedom, justice
and equality for them instead of
slavery suffering and death.
The Honorable Elijah Muham-
mad teaches us that before we the
so called Negro can gain respect
from other nations of the world,
we first must unite, them, then we
must separate from the whiteman,
then we must have some of this
good earth that we can call our
own, we must return back to our
True and Living God and Religion
and give the whiteman back his
religion and God.
We are taught that God blesseS
the child that has his won. We as
$50 called Negroes don't have our
own and if you don't have your
own and is not blessed, then you've
cursed. We as Negroes have a.
name that belongs to the white
man. We have a language that
belongs to the whiteman. We have
a religion that belongs to the white
man and we have a God that be-
longs to the whiteman.
The Honorable Elijah Muham-
mad teaches us that the time has
arrived when we must have our
own, and he has been sent with
our own by Almighty God Sllah and
all we have to do to get our own is
to go to the Mosque of Islam.
Unite and follow the Honorable
Elijah Muhammad.
BaShie Van Muhammad.