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The Moorish Science Temple of America is an American national and religious organization founded by Noble Drew Ali (born as Timothy Drew) in the early 20th century. He based it on the premise that African Americans are descendants of the Moabites and thus are " Moorish " by nationality, and Islamic by faith. [1]
While the sovereign citizen movement was originally associated with white supremacism and antisemitism, it now attracts people of various ethnicities, including a significant number of African Americans. The latter sometimes belong to self-declared Moorish sects. The majority of sovereign citizens are not violent.
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Moorish sovereign citizens. The Moorish sovereign citizen movement, sometimes called the indigenous sovereign citizen movement, is a small sub-group of sovereign citizens that mainly holds to the teachings of the Moorish Science Temple of America, in that that African Americans are descendants of the Moabites and thus are "Moorish" by ...
MYTH: Moorish Americans' religion is Islam. . For Moorish Americans, Islam is not our religion but is a way of life. The Moorish Americans' religion is Islamism. Prophet Noble Drew Ali teaches us that "Islam" simply means "Peace." Our religion of Islamism is simply the practice of that Peace.
The Washitaw Nation (Washitaw de Dugdahmoundyah) is an African-American group associated with the Moorish Science Temple of America who claim to be a sovereign state of Native Americans within the boundaries of the United States of America.
The Moorish Holy Temple of Science was organized in 1925 and was legally incorporated as the Moorish Temple of Science in Illinois November 29th, 1926. The name was changed to the Moorish Science Temple of America, May 1928, in accordance with the legal requirements of the Secretary of the State of Illinois. The object of our Organization is to ...
Jul 29, 2010 · This obscure news item nicely highlights the tensions between American law and the religion of Moorish Science, as well as the situation of “sovereign citizen” groups in the United States. Sovereign Citizenship, Religion, and Law: The Case of Moorish Science by Spencer Dew - The University of Chicago Divinity School
