Page:1965 FBI monograph on Nation of Islam.djvu/7

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because this publicity tends to magnify the cult's position out of all proportion to its importance.

The public news media generally refer to all Negroes claiming cult membership as Black Muslims, and this name apparently has been accepted by Elijah Muhammad and the NOI, but attention should be given to the fact that not all persons classified by the press as Black Muslims are actually members of the NOI.

This monograph will clarify some of the distorted images of the cult and reveal the true consequence of this organization.

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