Thanks! [61], The Southern Poverty Law Center classifies Moorish sovereign citizens as an extremist anti-government group. 16 March 2016. Such sovereign Moors, whose actions range from declaration of secession to rejection of drivers or marriage licenses, advance legal discourse rooted in historical narratives, tailor their legal thinking toward practical instruction and efficacious results, and appeal to etymology to further authorize their claims. In The Aquarian Gospel, Dowling described Jesus' supposed travels in India, Egypt, and Palestine during the years of his life which are not accounted for by the New Testament. "Respectability and Representation: The Moorish Science Temple, Morocco and Black Public Culture in 1920s Chicago", Scopino, A. J. Jr. (2001). [31] Despite the official report, many of his followers speculated that his death was caused by injuries from the police or from other members of the faith. The first 19 chapters are from The Aquarian Gospel of Jesus the Christ, published in 1908 by esoteric Ohio preacher Levi Dowling. 31 Chris, March 12, 2013 (4:14 a.m.), comment on Azeem Hopkins-Bey, Subject of Exposition: Free National Name?, Operation Proclamation, March 11, 2013, http://operationproclamation.org/subject-of-exposition-free-national-name.html. That's the crux of all of this, a piece of paper that has never existed says it's all good. Abu Shouk, Ahmed I. when the Romans invaded North Africa. ", "Photos, video: the Interstate 95 standoff", "Massachusetts armed group arrested after stand-off with police", "Rise of the Moors member sued Danvers police, then sought to pay filing fees with a silver coin", Learn how and when to remove this template message, "Before the Fez- Life and Times of Drew Ali 1886-1924", Terrorist Recruitment in American Correctional Institutions: An Exploratory Study of Non-Traditional Faith Groups Final Report, Five Percenter Rap: God Hop's Music, Message, and Black Muslim Mission, FBI on the Moorish Science Temple of America, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Moorish_Science_Temple_of_America&oldid=1142341456. We use cookies to distinguish you from other users and to provide you with a better experience on our websites. The key of civilization was and is in the hands of the Asiatic nations. The ten men and one teenager were charged with various violations of Massachusetts guns laws as they drove from Rhode Island to armed "training" in Maine. [50] Scholars are divided over the nature of the relationship, if any, between El Rukn and the Moorish Science Temple of America. [39], Kirkman Bey went on to serve as Grand Advisor of one of the most important factions until 1959, when the reins were given to F. As a sovereign, Stroud argues that the United States is a corporation. 21 Drew Ali, A Warning from the Prophet in 1928. The peculiarities of language use are Drew Ali's. See also, Robert B. Vale, Islam Calls in Lombard St., Philadelphia Sunday News, October 21, 1934, which details how thousands flock to see the Chicago mystic who proclaimed himself as a reincarnation of both Muhammad and Drew Ali. Tactics used by the group include filing false deeds and property claims,[63] false liens against government officials, frivolous legal motions to overwhelm courts, and invented legalese used in court appearances and filings. [52], In 1984 the Chicago congregation bought a building from Buddhist monks in Ukrainian Village, which continues to be used for Temple No. 20 See El Bey v. Moorish Science Temple of America, Inc., 765 A.2d 132 (Md. ARTICLE VII [4] Adherents of this movement are known as "Moorish-American Moslems" and are called "Moorish Scientists" in some circles. 1 split from the Moorish Science Temple of America. The founding of the Nation of Islam by Wallace Fard Muhammad in 1930 also created competition for members. 30 Elijah N. Pleasant-Bey, The Divine Constitution of Moorish America (defined), n.d., http://moorishamericangov.org/TheDivineConstitutionExplained.pdf. Because we're the pics that ruled Europe, which is why the pope has a Moor in his coat of arms. If you would like to change your settings or withdraw consent at any time, the link to do so is in our privacy policy accessible from our home page.. It was also a way to claim and proclaim a new identity over that lost to the enslavement of their ancestors. Moorish National Republic Federal Government North East Amexem Territories and Dominions YeSharon Akasha El Rose Bey, Supreme Judiciary Pennsylvania Republic Branch: c/o 1300 Macdade Boulevard, Suite 2 #439 Folsom, Pennsylvania Republic [19033] Phone: (856) 362-4392 / Fax: (856) 200-8857 Email: MoorishAmericanConsulateNE@gmail.com A man who declared himself a "sovereign citizen" as a result of his "Moorish" heritage is in fact not a sovereign citizen who is exempt from taxes, the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals wrote in a Friday opinion that delved into the history of the Moorish-American movement that has been the source of "difficult litigation." Just as they have saddled on the Moorish Americans the name negro they have also given him a religion that was made to enslave him and stop his progress. El-Amin cites the 1914 edition of Bouvier's Law Dictionary to draw a contradistinction between the term traveler and driver, defined as One employed in conducting a coach, carriage, wagon, or other vehicle, and which El-Amin glosses as emphasizing one who is employed in conducting a vehicle. For example he defines consent as [v]oluntary compliance with government. Bey signed the document as: A Free Moorish American national and citizen of the free National Government of Morocco, I am, Rashad Bey. Fellow travelers follow similar tactics, like Randy Stroud of http://sovereigntactics.org/. By late morning, Massachusetts State Police had lifted the shelter-in-place order and reopened the interstate. An archived version of the site containing the quoted material from January 11, 2016, is available through the Internet Archive at https://web.archive.org/web/20160111205409/ http://operationproclamation.org/. Timothy Drew, known to its members as Prophet Noble Drew Ali, founded the Moorish Science Temple of America in 1913 in Newark, New Jersey, a booming industrial city. Or are those of us who are ultimately defrauded just now more susceptible to the guiles and brilliance of successful frauds? They are instructions on how to live, and the education and duties of adherents.[13]. 75 Amen A. El, The Passion and Resurrection of the Moorish Hiram: Or the Metaphysical Subjugation and Posthumous Emancipation of the So-Called Black Race (Bloomington: Authorhouse Publishing, 2007). This is the well-known remedy for deliverance from illegal confinement, called by Sir William Blackstone the most celebrated writ in the English law, and the great and efficacious writ in all manner of illegal confinement. In religious texts, adherents refer to themselves racially as "Asiatics", as the Middle East is also western Asia. Ali put together elements of major traditions to develop a message of personal transformation through historical education, racial pride and spiritual uplift. Stop referring to yourself as negro, colored and Black for you are neither. In most cases, when defendants refuse to accept the legitimacy of the . 8 Fathie Ali Abdat has recently argued, based on the discovery of a World War I draft registration card with an address matching that in the Prof. According to Ali, this area included other countries that today surround Morocco. (715 ILCS 5/) The original Moorish Charter of the HONOBLE Noble Drew Ali And Title to HIS Vast Estate Express Trust: Form 1099 . Timothy Drew was believed to have been born on January 8, 1886, in North Carolina, United States. Gorton began by ruling that Bey had given him no reason to intervene in the ongoing criminal case in state court, especially given past rulings that federal judges should steer clear of state cases where defendants have ample opportunity to make their case, which he said was the case here. After the . kmulvane . It is also known as the "Circle Seven Koran" because of its cover, which features a red "7" surrounded by a blue circle. Moorish Americans, also known as Moorish sovereign citizens, believe themselves to be the inheritors of a fictitious empire that they say stretched from the presentday kingdom of Morocco to. In others, he says that the priest considered him a reincarnation of Jesus, the Buddha, Muhammad and other religious prophets. The Washitaw Nation, a Moorish branch, is tied to a group in Poverty Point, Louisiana. The rest of the group, identifying themselves as "Moorish American Arms," fled into a wooded area. [54], During the 1990s, some former followers of the Moorish Science Temple of America and the Washitaw Nation formed an offshoot of the sovereign citizen movement which came to be known as Moorish sovereign citizens. [2][3], One primary tenet of the Moorish Science Temple is the belief that African Americans are of "Moorish" descent, specifically from the "Moroccan Empire". Abdat, Fathie Ali, Before the Fez: The Life and Times of Drew Ali, 18861924, Journal of Race, Ethnicity, and Religion 5, no. 22 Azeem Hopkins-Bey, What is Our Free National Name?, Operation Proclamation, March 11, 2013, http://operationproclamation.org/subject-of-exposition-free-national-name.html. "[33][34], The death of Drew Ali brought out a number of candidates to succeed him. These actions are manifesting in front of the daughter and wife of Jamhal Talib Abdullah Bey (photo below). affidavit of fact cause of action complaint, affidavit of fact authentication of service, moors / muurs the ab original and indigenous natural peoplesand true inheritors of the lands (territories), north america,central america, south america, and the adjoining islandsal moroc / ameru / americana, south east amexem & uk territories and dominions, moorish national republic federal government, north east amexem territories and dominions, north west amexem territories and dominions. Their beliefs are usually based on convoluted readings of commercial law and the 14 th Amendment, conspiracy theories involving the U.S. Treasury, some wishful thinking, and misinformation from other defendants who promise them that "it really works." The Moorish Defense got its name from the religious group the Moorish American Science Temple. Tarik Bey has his own notions of conspiracy and hegemony: Masonry is Islam, the science, he says, and it is through the science of Islam that Europeans (so-called whites) rule the world, but what he shares with the majority of contemporary Moorish Science thinkers is this emphasis on etymology as revealing the forgotten or concealed truth of words. NBC Universal, Inc. Snake oil salesman and Jim Bakkers are always around. 695. Massachusetts State Police Col. Christopher Mason said that . He based it on the premise that African Americans are descendants of the Moabites and thus are "Moorish" (sometimes also spelled "Muurish" by adherents) by nationality, and Islamic by faith. It would seem likely that at some point in the near future the conservative US Supreme court knocks down all or most state laws regulating gun ownership. Accompanied by two Moorish Science members, the police visited the home of Johnson, when they were met by gunfire. 128 in Wakefield after an armed standoff with State Police. 131; 3 Steph. Total loading time: 0 Montivilliers Abbey (French: Abbaye de Montivilliers; Latin: Monasterium Villare) is a former Benedictine nunnery, founded between 682 and 684 (1339 years ago) () by Saint Philibert in the town of Montivilliers in Normandy, in the present department of Seine-Maritime, France.It was suppressed during the French Revolution, but many buildings, including the church, have survived. He alleged his arrest was unlawful and filed a federal lawsuit against the police, which was dismissed after he tried to pay the court fees with a silver coin, saying U.S. currency was unconstitutional because it was "not backed by anything of value".[75]. Hamm (p. 25) states otherwise: "Fort tried to join the Moorish Science Temple in Milwaukee but Temple elders refused to have him. Relatione, _____ Page 1 of 6 With the support of several temples each, Mealy El and Givens El both went on to lead separate factions of the Moorish Science Temple. [16] This claim does not align with scientific studies of human history, such as the genetics of African-Americans and genetic history of sub-Saharan Africa. There is widespread irregularity in the practices of spelling and grammar among Moorish writers. More mystically, he sees occult meaning in the antiquated prophecy of the book of Revelation, referencing as it does the leaves of a curious unnamed tree [through which] the health of a nation might experience restoration. He writes, Etymological research has revealed that words like leaf, tree, branch, root, folio, liber and other such appelatives from the rich vernacular of Botany, has, since remotest antiquity, been employed by diverse cultures when referencing the varied instruments and technical formats of graphic communication or language, a scientific claim that allows him, via some more comparative readings of texts, to reveal the secret of the Trees of Paradise, of Knowledge, and of Life (11). [55] The number of Moorish sovereign citizens is uncertain but possibly ranges between 3,000 and 6,000 organized mostly in small groups of several dozen. 10 The vision of vine and fig tree is from Drew Ali's Holy Koran. In September 1953, the Department of Justice determined that prosecution was not warranted for the alleged violations. The investigation failed to find any substantial evidence, and the investigations were dropped. ARTICLE VII The Moorish Americans Freedom and legal rights in the Christian union Court Room Moorish Americans, also known as Moorish sovereign citizens, believe themselves to be the inheritors of a fictitious empire that they say stretched from the present-day kingdom of Morocco to North America, with Mexico and Atlantis thrown in for good measure.