African Americans who hold sovereign citizen-type beliefs sometimes refer to themselves as moors or muurs.. Based on idiosyncratic readings of the Declaration of Independence and Bill of Rights . Choose My Signature. [42] When his leadership was rejected, Ford El broke away from the Moorish Science Temple. Police killed Long in the resulting confrontation. Incidents such as the 1996 case of the Montana Freemen, the 2003 Abbeville standoff . [74], A Rise of the Moors member had earlier been arrested in Danvers, Massachusetts, in 2019 on an outstanding warrant. 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. After some difficulties, Ali moved to Chicago, establishing a center there, as well as temples in other major cities. One of the many African American new religious movements to emerge from the Great Migration to northern cities, the Moorish Science Temple of America was founded as "a divine and national movement" by Timothy (or perhaps Thomas) Drew, who adopted the title Prophet Noble Drew Ali (1886-1929). MYTH: Moorish Americans can squat in or take possession of someone else's home or property The evidence against a Moorish American must be concrete proof beyond the shadow of doubt. The Southern Poverty Law Center says the Moorish sovereign citizen movement, a larger collection of independent organizations and individuals, is "an offshoot of the anti-government sovereign. 203, 207. On September 25, 1929, Kirkman Bey's wife reported to the Chicago police his apparent kidnapping by one Ira Johnson. The men in the Rise of the Moors group arrested in the July 4 weekend standoff on I-95 made several outbursts in court Tuesday, questioning the judge and even disputing their own names. 17 Drew Ali, All Registering, Moorish Guide, October 26, 1928, Moorish Science Temple Papers, 19261967 (box 1, folder 5), Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York Public Library, New York City. 35 Compare, for instance, similar historical narratives in sovereign texts such as David E. Robinson, Reclaiming Your Sovereignty: Take Back Your Christian Name (n.p. traveler; Ibid., driver.. For hours on Saturday, an armed group of men, members of the Rise of the Moors, faced off with police, bringing traffic to a halt on Interstate-95 in . A concentrated vote is ultimate power politically, and OPERATION PROCLAMATION is the movement to duplicate Noble Drew Ali's civic agenda for the first time in 84 years. Operation Proclamation, http://operationproclamation.org/ (site discontinued). Perkins cites "Standard Certificate of Death No. [55] Various groups and individuals identifying as Moorish sovereign citizens have used the unorthodox "quantum grammar" created by David Wynn Miller. During the 1930s and 1940s, continued surveillance by police (and later the FBI) caused the Moors to become more withdrawn and critical of the government.[46]. The whole thing. The De Jure Moorish American Nationals declare and command all cases for the said Moorish American Nationals are hereby removed from the OCCUPYING EUROPEAN CHRISTIAN UNITED STATES / U.S. pursuant to article 20 of the treaty of peace and friendship between his imperial majesty the emperor of morocco and the United States of America 1787 and 1836 recorded in the public statues at large of the UNITED STATES, volume 8 pages 100 through 104 and 484 through 487, the treaty known as treaty with morocco: if any of the citizens of the United States, or any persons under their protection, shall have any disputes with each other, the consul shall decide between the parties and whenever the consul shall require any aid or assistance from our government to enforce his decisions it shall be immediately granted to him. 128 in Wakefield after an armed standoff with State Police. [66] In June 2021, Hubert A. John, a self-identified citizen of the Al Moroccan Empire, was arrested and charged on with counts of criminal mischief, burglary, criminal trespass and terroristic threats after he occupied a house in Newark, New Jersey, claiming that it fell into the jurisdiction of the Al Moroccan Empire. "Respectability and Representation: The Moorish Science Temple, Morocco and Black Public Culture in 1920s Chicago", Scopino, A. J. Jr. (2001). The termMooris anexonym used by Christian Europeans to designate theMusliminhabitants of theMaghreb, theIberian Peninsula,SicilyandMaltaduring theMiddle Ages. As an exegete focused on the meaning of individual terms, he looks up words he associates with formativescriptural?textssuch as the Declaration of Independence. The rest of the group, identifying themselves as "Moorish American Arms," fled into a wooded area. Brother Edward Mealy El stated that he had been declared Drew Ali's successor by Drew Ali himself. Bey's filing to move case to federal court (3.8M handwritten PDF). [56][62] 22054, Timothy Drew, issued July 25, 1929, Office of Cook County Clerk, Cook County, Illinois". In these he wrote: The fallen sons and daughters of the Asiatic Nation of North America need to learn to love instead of hate; and to know of their higher self and lower self. i am the sovereign living justice kenya monique huston el in capitis diminutio nolo, in red ink, in propria persona sui juris, in proprio solo, and in proprio heredes. 33 Bandele El Amin, Nationality, Birthrights, and Jurisprudence: New Social & Cultural Blueprint for Melaninated Indigenous People (n.p. Not all Moors will agree about being druids or about the particular reading of pickaninny, or the meaning of the presence of the Moor's head on the pope's coat of arms, but all Moors, I submit, will agree that our concepts are wrong, as a whole, that the confusion of the present ageto which the prophet Noble Drew Ali came with the mission of correcting, of uplifting a nation by teaching them how to thinkis rooted largely in the terms used and misused, applied and misapplied to themselves, others, and the wider society. In the early 2000s, the temples in Chicago, Philadelphia, Detroit, and Washington, D.C., had about 200 members each, and many were older people. . The term initially denoted a specific Berber people in westernLibya, but the name acquired more general meaning during the medieval period, associated with \"Muslim\", similar to associations with \"Saracens\". 9 While many Moors (and many early scholars) speak of the founding of the Moorish Science Temple of America as dating to 1913 in New Jersey, this is the date for Drew Ali's earlier religious experiment, the Canaanite Temple, about which little is known. 4 (1983): 7. moorish american consulate gateway to the article iii moorish american consular court mailing location: care of 401 east 1st street #158 near. to publish public notices on this page contact vizier for public records tevalle9@gmail.com moroccan empire national flag Pan American Conference Havana Cuba 1928 International Law United States and Maryland Cause C08 The group published several magazines: one was the Moorish Guide National. The article also quotes an academic who has been advising authorities on how to distinguish registered Temple members from impostors in the sovereign citizen movement. [65], Some "Moorish" activists have practiced hostile possession of properties, citing "reparations" as a justification for their actions, even though their victims included other Black Americans. Some also believe that Black Americans are indigenous to the United States. when the forefathers of the Moorish Americans were first brought to this nation they had a nationality and a name, but in order to separate them from the achievements of their fathers a name was given them which had no connection whatever with the founders of civilization. } [67][68], In 2005, musician Roy "Future Man" Wooten pleaded guilty to income tax evasion, after having been indicted on charges in 2001 that he had not filed or paid taxes between 1995 and 1998. In 1976 Jeff Fort, leader of Chicago's Black P Stone Nation, announced at his parole from prison in 1976 that he had converted to Islam. 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 18 Hopkins-Bey, What Makes One a Moorish American?. Drew Ali taught that the earth's original single continent, called Amexem, was inhabited entirely by Moors. They are instructions on how to live, and the education and duties of adherents.[13]. According to the biography, the high priest trained Ali in mysticism and gave him a "lost section" of the Quran. 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]. The Moorish nation of 150,000,000 of the U.S.A., shall not be destroyed for lack of truth and knowledge of the law and constitution of the MOORS. The attack escalated into a shoot-out that spilled into the surrounding neighborhood. Strom Thurmond showed us that open secrets of personal hypocrisy never stopped his supporters from reelecting him. Our concepts are wrong: we are the druids! Taj Tarik Bey Black and White Is a Legal Status, 21:11. Each court is open to all citizens, nationals, and entities throughout the entire Dominion Empire. The Moorish sovereign citizen movement is a collection of independent organizations and lone individuals who emerged in the early 1990s as an offshoot of the antigovernment sovereign citizens movement, adherents of which believe that individual citizens hold sovereignty over, and are independent of, the authority of federal and state governments. He moved to Detroit, where he formed his own group, an organization that would become the Nation of Islam. There were congregations in numerous other cities where African Americans had migrated in the early 20th century. Propria Persona, Sui Juri, has identified herself as an aboriginal Moorish American national, and a citizen of the Moorish National Republic Federal Government, Northwest Africa, and as participant in the Moorish Divine and National Movement of the World-the North Gate. Prophet Noble Drew Ali Please CLICK on YeSharon to book a private consultation. Moving to Milwaukee, Fort associated himself with the Moorish Science Temple of America. Bey signed the document as: A Free Moorish American national and citizen of the free National Government of Morocco, I am, Rashad Bey. [23] In the late 1920s, journalists estimated the Moorish Science Temple had 35,000 members in 17 temples in cities across the Midwest and upper South. [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. He urged Americans of all races to reject hate and embrace love. The men claim to be part of a group called "The Rise of The Moors - The Moorish American Arms." It ended around 10:15 a.m. with a total of 11 people being taken into custody and charged. Moorish Americans are not exempt from laws that require driver's licenses, license plates, and vehicle registration. 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. Nance, Susan (Summer 2002). During the same period, sovereign citizen ideology was introduced into Canada and then gradually into other countries. His approach appealed to thousands of African Americans who had left severely oppressive conditions in the South through the Great Migration and faced struggles in new urban environments. The Massachusetts police got into a standoff with several members of an armed group on Friday night, which continued into Saturday morning, July 3, causing a closure of a part of Interstate 95 overnight and a shelter-in-place order for parts of the communities of Wakefield and Reading. [52], In 1984 the Chicago congregation bought a building from Buddhist monks in Ukrainian Village, which continues to be used for Temple No. all rise and stand and remain standing so you can hear and obey the commands from the living sovereign justices of the moorish american consulate of the moorish national republic federal government, as this is the sovereign living article iii moorish american (al moroccan) consular court action. 19 Arthur Fauset, Black Gods of the Metropolis: Negro Religious Cults of the Urban North (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1944), 4151. During the context of theCrusadesand theReconquista, the term Moors included the derogatory suggestion of \"infidels\".. A monster cannot inherit land, In reality none of us can inherit any land because [m]ost people pay property taxes, which means most people are inadvertently subject to being a monster. Randy Stroud, Blacks Law: Lesson 1, YouTube video, 0:383:45, 7:089:00, posted by General Zero, July 27, 2013, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rSgANcaess. tue of their alleged Moorish origin. 12 Moreover, slavery is presented as a universal aspect of humannot merely Moorishhistory: through sin and disobedience every nation has suffered slavery, due to the fact that they honored not the creed and principles of their forefathers. Drew Ali, Holy Koran, 131. Not having these things can result in arrest and confiscation of your vehicle which causes confusion. sumus de sanktam unum. Moorish American Consulate - Uplifting Fallen Humanity ~ The YeSharon Moabite Star Academy ~ "Changes lives, one mind at a time" "Nationality is the order of the Day". Lamont Maurice El, who is part of the "Moorish Americans," however, had "some experience with the Maryland court system." In 2013, he was convicted of multiple counts related to his attempt to illegally occupy a 12-bedroom mansion in the city of Bethesda. [71][72][73] An Instagram account belonging to the group says its goal is to continue the work of Noble Drew Ali. [43] The Nation of Islam denied any historical connection with the Moorish Science Temple until February 26, 2014, when Louis Farrakhan acknowledged the contribution(s) of Noble Drew Ali to the Nation of Islam and their founding principles. Manage Settings Render date: 2023-03-05T04:31:13.781Z when the Romans invaded North Africa. 7 Noble Drew Ali, A Warning from the Prophet in 1928 (Chicago: Young Men Moorish National Business League, 1928). They also consistently claim the 14th Amendment has no holding on them because it was declared null and void in Congress on June 12, 1967, when, in fact, no such thing happened, but a white-nationalist congressman from Louisiana gave a speech denouncing the 14th Amendment for leading to the Supreme Court's decision that morning to ban miscegenation laws. [citation needed], As Drew Ali began his version of teaching the Moorish-Americans to become better citizens, he made speeches like, "A Divine Warning By the Prophet for the Nations", in which he urged them to reject derogatory labels, such as "Black", "colored", and "Negro". [70], In 2016, Washitaw Nation affiliate Gavin Eugene Long ambushed six police officers and killed three of them in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Ex parte Kelly, 123 N.J.Eq. 695. 70 Pictures of Our Moorish Supreme Court of Equity and Truth, Moor News (blog), Moorish Science Temple, November 9, 2012, http://moorishamericannationalrepublic.com/news_categories/moor-news/page/9/. 15 Drew Ali, Political Slavery, Moorish Guide, February 15, 1929, Moorish Science Temple Papers, 19261967 (box 1, folder 5), Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York Public Library, New York City. In court papers, Midfirst Bank said it owns the property and has sued the "Rise of the Moors" in Providence County Superior Court to clear the title on the residence. 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. In 1913, Drew Ali formed the Canaanite Temple in Newark, New Jersey. He argues that the arrested development (psychologically, socially, of the individual and the nation) of African Americans manifests in their lingo, when they refer to their female partners as mama and uses such adolescent terms as crib for domicile! (325). [53], On July 15, 2019, Philadelphia mayor Jim Kenney, as part of a diversity program, proclaimed July 15 to be "Morocco Day". Snake oil salesman and Jim Bakkers are always around. 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. NBC Universal, Inc. sumus de sanktam unum. That's the crux of all of this, a piece of paper that has never existed says it's all good. [A]lthough Bey argues that removal [from state to federal court] is proper because he is a Moor-American National, such arguments have been consistently rejected by federal courts, and this Court finds Bey's argument without merit. HABEAS CORPUS AD SUBJICIENDUM. 3 Bl. His doctrine was also intended to provide African Americans with a sense of identity in the world and to promote civic involvement. Nick Named, Moorish Guide, September 28, 1928, Moorish Science Temple Papers, 19261967 (box 1, folder 5), Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York Public Library, New York City. No indictment was sworn for Drew Ali at that time. Abdat, Fathie Ali, Before the Fez: The Life and Times of Drew Ali, 18861924, Journal of Race, Ethnicity, and Religion 5, no. "Rise of the Moors". In April of 2011, Ali was cited by a [18] According to The Chicago Defender, he claimed the power to marry and divorce at will.[19]. Create your eSignature and click Ok. Press Done. 74 Eric Mungin Bey, Discover the Key to the Moorish Questions: A Study Guide for All Moorish Americans (Bloomington: Xlibris, 2009). Trump proved that it is not difficult today - at that level of money, power and pulpit - to wrap around himself massive illusion. There is widespread irregularity in the practices of spelling and grammar among Moorish writers. 88 Wessinger, How the Millennium Comes Violently, 160. [7] Sources differ as to his background and upbringing: one reports he was the son of two former slaves who was adopted by a tribe of Cherokee;[8] another describes Drew as the son of a Moroccan Muslim father and a Cherokee mother. Nelson-Bey. [61], The Southern Poverty Law Center classifies Moorish sovereign citizens as an extremist anti-government group. In 2017, a federal judge sentenced the "Grand Sheik" of a Moorish Temple in Chicago to 68 months in prison for scheming to defraud the Internal Revenue Service out of $3.2 million. He suggested that all Asiatics should be allied. Indeed, El-Amin is one of the more prom inent and prolific sovereign Moorish theorists. Moorish Americans are not sovereign citizens. moorish american consular court. You know why? [50] Scholars are divided over the nature of the relationship, if any, between El Rukn and the Moorish Science Temple of America. 29 Connally-Bey reprints C. M. Bey's Zodiac Constitution. A full text of C. M. Bey's version is available at http://moorishdirectory.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Zodiac-Constitution-by-CM-Bey.pdf. Three independent organizations developed from this ferment. 8 (2014): 23. ", Blakemore, et al. ("Asiatic" was the term Drew Ali used for all dark or olive-colored people; he labeled all whites as European. We and our partners use cookies to Store and/or access information on a device. [45], One-third of the members, or 10,000, lived in Chicago, the center of the movement. 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. An example of data being processed may be a unique identifier stored in a cookie. There are three variants; a typed, drawn or uploaded signature. They often append El or Bey to their last names. They're US citizens whether they want to be or not. It is also known as the "Circle Seven Koran" because of its cover, which features a red "7" surrounded by a blue circle. 62 Taj Tarik Bey Black and White Is a Legal Status, YouTube video, 10:24, posted by SaneterTV7, March 1, 2014, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=du_XmbL662Q.
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