A look at the Sufi Branch of the Religion of Islam as pertaining to the Moors in America.

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2. TABLE OF CONTENTS
WHAT IS A MOOR?..........................................................4
THE ORIGIN OF THE NAME “MOOR”………………6
RELIGION OF EL ISLAM………………………………8
THE PROPHET MUHAMMAD…………………………12
ISLAM PRIOR TO THE PROPHET MUHAMMAD….15
THE COMING OF THE PROPHET MUHAMMAD…..15
THE NORTH AND SOUTH ARABS…………………….17
THE PROPHECY OF MUHAMMAD…………………...18
THE SPREAD OF ISLAM BY AFRICAN MUSLIMS…19
THE FALL OF THE MOORISH KINGDOM…………..20
DOES NATIONALITY MATTER?....................................21
THE MOORISH HERITAGE………………….…………22
SUFISM…………………………………………………….23
THE ORIGIN OF THE NAME “MOROCCO”…………24
THE ROOT OF SUFI BELIEF…………………………...25
THAWBAN ABU AL FAYD IBN IBRAHIM…………...29
THE PROPHECY OF NOBLE DREW ALI…………….33
THE NATION OF ISLAM………………………………..37
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4. WHAT IS A MOOR?
All brothers and sisters who come under the teachings of the New
Moorish Nation must declare their nationality. This must be done
along with the oath and obligation of the member that "My
Prayers, My Sacrifices, My Life and My Death are all for Allah, the
Sustainer of the Worlds. No Partner has He and He has
commanded me to be the first of those who are Muslims".
What do we mean by Nationality and why is it important to declare
one's Nationality. In the first place, the very word Nationality
comes from the ancient Egyptian symbol NTR. This symbol is
represented in the three sides of the pyramid and represents God,
the Divinities and the Ancestors. The three when placed side by side
represent the Naturu and this to the ancients of Cush represented
the three forces of creation. From this ancient symbol, we get such
words as Nationality, Nature, Nativity, Natural and the like. So the
very, word Nationality came to mean the assembly of the Gods as to
our forefathers of ancient Cush in Northwest and Southwest Africa
considered that this power of the Naturu was responsible for all
creation and in absence of knowledge-of this creative power there
could be no peaceful existence with the powers of existence. So as
you can see, the root of the word Nationality is divine and the
meaning from which the word Nationality comes is creative and
represents the root cause of existence.
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5. We are not Negroes, Black folk or Colored people and these names
do not identify our existence. Such names do not refer to
Nationality and are but signs of our dead and unconscious state
while we endure the pains of this captivity. All Nations have some
land, some place that they can call home. All Nations have
ancestors whose history is in the name and word of those ancestors.
Where is Negro-land or Black-land? Where is colored-land? These
are not Nationalities but slave names given to a people that lost
their culture, their God, their Ancestors and their religion. There
are those who say that the Name Negro comes from the Niger
River. So be it. How many people do you know who are named
after a river. Rivers are named after a people and not the reverse is
true. When we search out the true history, we find that until the
latter half of the 15th century around 1440, the European called all
rivers of Africa the Nile. The people who dwelled around the Nile
(Niger River) were not called Negroes but were called Azar Negus
and Garamantians. Only after the founding of the Europeans
fortresses on the west coast of Africa do we find the-use of the name
Negro as applied to a people.
When the King of Spain sent Christopher Columbus and other
ships to explore the west coast of Africa, his prime reason of
sending them was to determine the power of the Moors in other
parts of the world. The European of Portugal was very familiar
with the nation of Moors because they had recently been delivered
from the rule of the Moors which lasted for 400 years in Portugal
and 700 years in Spain. Although these people were the direct
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6. ancestor of those who live now in American cities and jurisdictions
and call themselves by the name of Negroes, black and colored,
such names were not applied to the Moors until after the African
descent into slavery. There is no evidence that there was ever a
Negro nation prior to slavery.
The word Black comes from the European word "blac" and this
word was used to describe something that is filthy, unclean, dead,
foul, smelly, of no account. Never did the European apply this word
to the peoples of Northwest or Southwest Africa for it is written in
the history that the ancient European saw the "Ethiopian" as being
kindred to the Gods themselves and the "Deng” as many of the
Moors were called were so highly regarded that to see one in'-
person was felt to be a blessing from the Creative God Himself. So
how is it now that we are' referred to as black? Because we in fact
became what that name signifies when we lost the true knowledge
of ourselves our God, and our true religion.
THE ORIGIN OF THE NAME “MOOR”.
Then from what source sprang this Holy and Divine name applied
to our ancient forefathers? What is the origin of the name Moor?
In order to understand the true origin of Moor it is necessary that
you understand that the ancients, those who were filled with the
wisdom and knowledge used three letter symbols to represent ideas
especially when those ideas pertain to Divine sources. I have
explained to you in several paragraphs of these pages how that the
three sided figure (the triangle) represented the (3) three prime
sources of Creative Powers. We have that same idea expressed in
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7. the origin of the name Moor. In ancient Persia where multitudes of
our forefathers settled under the name Elamites the sacred symbol
of all creation was a three letter symbol and those three letters were
MHR. The first letter “M” represented the creative waters.
These were the same creative waters that in ancient Egypt were
called Mu or Nu. The second symbol H represented the seed stage
of all creation and the archaic or ancient H resembled the number
six. The third symbol R represented creation manifest that is man
erect as the vicegerent or deputy of the Creative God. The symbol
R in archaic or ancient writing resembled the number nine. From
the order of this Divine triad (three symbols) we get the Divine and
sacred numbers of almost every religion and those numbers are
369.Three the beginning, six the seed and nine the final expression.
This expression of the creative power came to be the ancient
Persian word for the Sun and Love. There is no question that the
ancients saw the sun as the center and initiator of all creation and
in some primitive societies, the sun was actually worshipped as the
earthly expression of God Himself. The ancient Greeks, who were
the wisest of the European nations and by whom the basic doctrines
of early European religion originated, made Mu the 12th letter of
their alphabet the number 12 being a symbol of the resurrection as
well as the twelve signs of the Zodiac. These are the 12 disciples of
Jesus, Mithras and many of the early prophets.
Thus, it can be seen that the name Moor has a well defined link
with the creative powers and is a Divine symbol of Creative
Expression. It represents 360 degrees (a full circle) of creative
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8. energy and within that name is hidden the very mystery of God.
The national name Moor and the history of that name tell us what
we might expect from the nation of people who bear that symbol as
an expression of nationality. The acceptance of such a high and
sacred me that the whole of ancient civilization applied to our
ancient forefathers make it necessary that each Imam, each officer,
and each member strive to make his or herself truly worthy of so
great a calling. It demands that we who bear and accept that
creative name be ever conscious that name alone does not make a
Moor but creative action; harmonious action; brotherly action;
good deeds; right thought; well tempered minds; truthfulness;
loyalty; compassion; kindness; and manliness. These are the
qualities cultivated by him that calls himself by the Name Moor. So
great a people the world has never known; So Divine a people the
Gods have never blessed. Therefore, strive towards perfection in
those deeds that are uplifting and seek not the confusion that is of
that lower being, that demonic self. Then shall we honor our
fathers and mothers; then shall we honor those who foresaw the
trials that we have endured; then shall we honor our God and most
of all we will honor our true selves that higher self which is the
creative expression manifest.
THE RELIGION OF EL ISLAM
Now it is my purpose to briefly outline the facts concerning the
Religion of El Islam and the life of the Prophet Muhammad Ibn
Abdullah. In order to progress, we must above all know the truth
for it is well said that only the Divine Truth will make you free.
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9. All members of the Masjid must declare their belief in the
Prophecy of Muhammad and the doctrine of One God, Allah. In
today's order of established religion, those declarations are what
make us Muslims or one who submits to the Divine Will of Allah.
Who is Allah? Above all, Allah is the Creative Power, the
Sustaining Power, and the Power of mastery over the Day of
Judgment. What is that Will of Allah that we seek to command
ourselves or to which we submit? It is the Will that those natural
tendencies associated with creation, those beastly qualities that are
necessary for a worldly existence be overcome by and separated
from Divine Life Principles of Creative Wisdom, Creative
Consciousness, and Creative Energy. Simply stated, Allah is that
Power that orders the chain of events that govern each of our lives.
The Divine Name Allah is an ancient one. The Prophet Muhammad
did not invent the Name Allah. The Arabs did not first place the
Name Allah before the nations as the Supreme God. Allah was the
God of the South Arabian original Arabs thousands of years before
the Prophet Muhammad was born. In Ancient Cush, the Power of
Creative Energy was known as the fields of Alu. Among the
Elamites, the Creative power was called Ta Allah and when the
European conquerors deciphered the ancient writings’ throughout
Southern Arabia, they found the Name Allah throughout the land
on monuments that predate the birth of the Prophet Muhammad
by thousands of years. The three lettered symbol HLH, pronounced
Allah, was used among the dark olive tribes of South Arabia before
and during the reign of Akil El Murar (Akil the Moor) the MLK
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10. (Malik=King) of the southern tribes in the 4th century A.D. prior to
the birth of the Prophet Muhammad. These truths are a matter of
recorded history but it is not profitable or expedient for those in
power to provide you with these truths for we are ruled over
because we have not the knowledge of the past
By leave of Allah, the Divine Name can be traced beyond its use
among the dark peoples of South Arabia. And where do you think
that we find the earliest use of that Name? It is in Southwest Africa
along the coastal region that we first come in contact with the Name
Allah. Among the Yoruba people of Southwest Africa today, the
chief God of Creation is called Oloduduwa a name meaning God,
the Highest Creative Power. It was these same ancient Moors, these
same dark olive Africans who built a Holy City between the cities of
Sus and Morocco in Northwest Africa. That Holy City was built
approximately 10,000 years ago and the name of that Holy City was
Meca. That same ancient city of Meca was visited and raided by
Antam Gonsalvez, a Portuguese explorer around 1500 A.D. and at
that time he took into capture some 15 Moors (Africans) who were
trapped there at that time. There is historical evidence that the
Meca of North west Africa was the first city to be called by the
name Meca and within the walls of that city was a stone said to
have been sent from heaven and the name of that stone was Kabat.
There can he no question of the fact that the Divine Name Allah
predated the birth of the Prophet Muhammad by thousands of
years. Furthermore, the roots of the codified religion of El Islam
sprang from among the African peoples and many of the laws and
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11. codes that are contained in the modern day Islamic Religion were
in wide use in the customs of African Tribes and peoples. For
instance, the ancient children of Ham, the Cush, and the African
peoples that dwelled in what is now called Ethiopia all had a ban
against the use of pork as food. Prayers were offered to the God at
specified times during the day and the order of the prayer
resembled the movements and postures that are used in the Islamic
Religion of this time. The practice of circumventing the Kaaba
at the Holy City of Mecca in Arabia was a religious rite used by
African people and is referred-to by modern day historians as
being a remnant of a once "Pagan" religion.
The Divine Name of Ta Allah used by both the ancient Elamites
and the Sumerians was born out of the combination of Ptah, the
stoneworker God of ancient Egypt, and Allah. The combining of
two separate Gods into one God was a common custom of ancient
peoples who dwelled near each other. When one nation was
conquered by another, the name of the God of the victorious nation
was oft-times placed alongside of the God of the conquered nation.
There was Amon-- Ptah Tamin-Horus-Ra, Ptah-Osiris..all of these
names being a combination of two Gods that were melted into one
God having a part of the histories and ceremonies of each
individual God. Thus was the name Christos (Wisdom) of the
Greeks combined with Jesus (the planet Mercury of the ancient
Romans) to form one expression of God in European theology
(Jesus Christ).
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12. We are Muslims not because of an adoption of a religion given to us
by another people, but because the customs and beliefs that are
incorporated in the Religion of El Islam are the ways that were
followed by our ancient forefathers. We are Muslims because our
very nature calls us to be so if we are to progress and fulfill our
obligation to our God, Religion and self. To the members of this
Masjid, Religion and Truth are one idea that aids us in moving
from ignorance of mental death to the light of knowledge. Allah
never said that our struggle would be easy, but the work must be
done, the sacrifice must be made, the vows must be kept that Love,
Truth Freedom and Justice prevail upon the earth.
All members of the New Moorish Nation must declare their belief
in the Divine mission of the Prophet Muhammad. This declaration
is to be remembered by all who call themselves Muslims and who
subscribe to the five pillars of the religion of El Islam. The
declaration in Arabic is "La illaha ilala, wa Muhammad Rasul
Allah" Translated the declaration means There is no God but Allah
and Muhammad is His Messenger. This first pillar of Islam is the
very foundation of the religion and all members of this Masjid must
declare and respect with rigor that saying that gives this religion its
essence.
THE PROPHET MUHAMMAD
What do we know of the Prophet Muhammad' First, we respect the
Prophet because above all else, he was a Prophet of Allah. Second,
respect is given to the Prophet because of the great works that he
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13. performed in causing Al Qu'ran to be placed before all peoples
regardless of race, creed, or color. Third, we respect the Prophet
Muhammad because he was of our Nationality, our kindred and
our blood.
Now the present day attitude is that the Nationality and kindred of
the Prophet Muhammad makes no difference. And such a
statement is true if we first have correct knowledge of that
Nationality. When Nationality is established nationality, it makes
no difference; for above all he was a Prophet. But, it is necessary
that we have the facts concerning the Prophet Muhammad as other
nations have those facts and have denied that truth to you that will
make for your freedom.
The Prophet Muhammad was born of the clan Hashirn and of the
tribe Mudar. There is some question as to the exact date and year
of his birth but most historians place the year around 570A.D. at
the Holy City of Mecca. The Arab historian Al jahiz states that the
grandfather Abd-l-Muttalib was an African andfurther that the
sons of Abd-l-Muttalib were also African. The historian Makkara
says very sharply and to the point that the Sons of Abd-4-Muttalib
were very dark in complexion and undoubtedly of African heritage.
The Prophet's father, Abdullah was one of the 13 sons of Abd-l-
Muttalib and was married to Amina of the Zurhites who later was
to give birth to the Prophet. The Zurhites, or Zurites, were relatives
of the great triba of Kinda called Hawazin who were remnants and
offspring of the ancient African and ancient African-Arab
(Original Arab) empires of Elam and Ethiopia. The Zurhites were
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14. based at Taif in Arabia and that same Taif, at the time of the
Prophet's birth, the Taif was a colony of and was populated by the
dark skinned South Arabian and Abyssinian (African) Shortly
after the birth of the Prophet, his father is said to have gone on a
trading expedition to the north (towards Syria) and to have never
returned. It is believed that he was killed or died during this time.
Shortly after the death of Abdullah, Amina, the Prophets mother
also is said to have died thereby leaving the Prophet an orphan.
At this point, the history and life of the Prophet becomes confused:
However, it is certain that the North Arab powers, backed by the
Christian forces of Greek and Roman Empires, were at war with
the South Arabian tribes. These were not wars concerning religion
but were wars for the control of the Red Sea trading routes along
the coasts of Northwest and Southwest Arabia. These Omiyad
powers made war against the South Arabian tribes and had pushed
all the way to the Holy City of Mecca shortly after the birth of the
Prophet.
When the Prophet was about 5 years old, his uncle Abu Talib sent
him to live with the Hawazin Tribe and it is reported by historians
that the Prophet was reared by a "Negro" by the name of Halima.
It was during this stay with Halima of the Hawazin tribe that
Muhammad first came to believe that Allah had endowed him with
special gifts and that those gifts were to be used for the uniting of
the Religion of El Islam. There is much confusion as to how the
Prophet came to live with the African Tribes of Kinda if we read
the accounts of some present day authors. One account says that
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15. the Prophet's mother, Amina, had no milk in her breasts after the
birth of the Prophet. So, as the "story" goes, one day there were a
group of black slave women from the tribe of Sad Hawazin going
about the Holy City looking for babies to nurse. According to the
"story", Halima was among these 'servant women and when she
saw the Prophet, her teats became filled with milk' and so she
turned the blessed baby over to Halima to nurse.
How utterly ridiculous! Such a story defies imagination and the
only reason for such printed nonsense is to conceal and cover-up
the real truth regarding the Prophet and his ancestry. The fact is
that Amina, as stated, was a relative of the tribe of Sad Hawazin.
Further, the Tribe Mudar was an affiliate tribe of all of the tribes
of South Arabia called Kinda. Further, Abdullah, the father of the
Prophet was African and the African tribes were aligned with the
Great Tribe Kinda. The chief of the Tribes of Kinda was called the
Marabout who was regarded as the Saint and Missionary and the
leader of his tribe. The Marabouts were Moors from Ancient Persia
and at the time of the birth of Muhammad was one such Marabout
called Musalama who preached one God, Allah, forbade the eating
of pork made the pilgrimage to Mecca, and deemed himself a
Prophet of Allah. Later in history during the Muslim's conquest of
Spain and Morocco, these Moors of the tribe Sad Hawazin called
themselves Sharif (descendants of the Prophet Muhammad) and no
one at that time and during that period questioned whether or not
such a claim wa S true. It is only in recent history that we find
historians attempting to disconnect Muhammad from the dark
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and mission of Muhammad. Also, at the time of the birth of the
Prophet, there was in Yemen in Southwest Arabia another
worshipper of the one God Allah. He was called Duhl Himar or the
Donkey Rider. Himar toured the greater part of Southwest Arabia
from the mouth of the Red Sea to Oman near the Tigris River. He
preached that there was no God but Allah and that Allah had
breathe into him the breath of Wisdom and that that Wisdom from
Allah was to be taken throughout Arabia by another who was to
come.
ISLAM PRIOR TO THE PROPHET MUHAMMAD
Other Muslims also were in long existence at the time of
Muhammad’s birth. From about 1800 B.C. the Hanifs (Orthodox,
Original) had dwelled in the deserts and mountains of Arabia.
These dark olive Hanifs belief was that they were the sons of
Abraham (Ibrahim) and that Ibrahim had resurrected the religion
of the One God Allah. The Hanifs forbade the eating of pork,
stressed cleanliness in all religious activities, and had an elaborate
set of rules of conduct by which they were guided. Thousands of
these Muslims exist today under the name Hanafi Muslims in South
and Central Arabia and they are in possession of some of the texts
and instructions that predate the birth of the Prophet Muhammad.
The point here is that at the time of the birth of the Prophet, Mecca
was surrounded by those who were worshippers of the One God
Allah and that this Name of the Di vine God was well known among
the dark nations of people. So those who would say that the
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17. Religion of El Islam is the Mohammadan religion or that the
Prophet Muhammad brought the Religion before the nations are
either lacking in knowledge or trying to conceal what the truth
really is.
THE COMING OF THE PROPHET MUHAMMAD
According to history, Muhammad as a young boy was filled with
the thought and idea that the One God Allah had called him to
preach the gospel of Peace to all nations At the time of his youth,
much of Arabia had fallen under the sway of Greek and Roman
ideas. These ideas had entered into Arabia through Asia Minor and
had made their way down the coast of the Red Sea and infected the
thinking of a large portion of the Arabian people. Drunkenness was
common. Prostitution was fast becoming a way of livelihood for
women. Labor suffered because men, instead of facing the
problems of the times, turned to Hashish and other drugs. The
killing of infants was a common occurance no merchant was safe
from the thief and robber. These are the conditions that faced
Muhammad and these are the problems of his day. At Mecca, there
was Hubal, the black ebony God and his 360 consorts, Hubal , born
of a virgin; Hubal and his 12 disciples; Hubal who was crucified to
save mankind; Hubal, the lamb of God who taketh away the sins of
the world; Hubal, who turned the water into wine and who died
and was raised on the third day; Hubal , born on December 25
at the winter solstice. Yes, Hubal was there in all of his glory
The Prophet Muhammad began his fiery teaching when he was
about 33 years of age. The aristocracy (high class people) at Mecca
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18. rejected his teaching and warned his uncle Abu Talib that he had
better quiet Muhammad or Muhammad would be killed. But
Muhammad continued to preach and finally the long awaited
conversions began to occur. In order to fully understand the
problems facing the Prophet Muhammad, it is helpful to know
something concerning the background of the peoples that inhabited
Arabia during his time. The South Arab, Abyssinian and Ethiopian
claimed that they were the original inhabitants of Arabia tracing
their inheritance from Joktan, ancestor of Eber who was the
ancestor of the Prophet Ibrahim (Abraham). They fur- claimed
that Ala (God) had given them the land of Arabia and that they
were the Sons and daughters of the one Great God Tribe of Jabez
(Shabazz). They looked upon the North Arabian as being intruders
on their land and called them the MustaAriba or the false Arab due
to the fact that they were heavily mixed with Greek, Roman, and
Armenian stocks. In history, the North Arabian became to be
known as the Qays (Kais) while the South Arab was called Kalbs or
Kalbites. Moreover, the South Arab population consisted of
primarily agricultural labor while the North Arab was noted for
commerce and trade. To be a man of the soil was a shame to the
North Arabian who loved the freedom that commerce, trade, and
nomadic labors gave. These different attitudes and modes of
livelihood so deeply fixed in the minds and habits of both the
North and South Arab that it was difficult for them to live at peace
with one another and that animosity between the two remains even
in this day and time.
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The North and South Arab also differed as to culture patterns. The
South-Arab maintained a strong religious institution at the head of
which was the MLK (Malik) or King. There was no such King that
governed the North Arab and until recently in recorded history the
word King was used in Arabia by the Tribes of Kinda alone. The
basically nomadic life style of the .North Arabian was not
conducive to submission to a central governing authority. The
South Arab had extremely high respect for women and treated
them as equals. History records that among the South Arab there
were Queens and heads of governments and nations. The North
Arab, under the influence of the Babylonian rule and habits,
secluded their women, veiled them and treated them as second class
persons. Moreover, the inheritance rights of the offspring were
governed by the matriarchal (mother) line in South Arabia and
Africa while in North Arabia the father’s line of ancestry was used.
Furthermore, the South Arab nations consisted of the remnant of
ancient Neolithic Southwest and Northwest African Nations who
were builders and workers in both metal and stone. The Original
South Arabian, who migrated from the land of Cush to the mouth
of the Red Sea from which he spread throughout Asia under the
name Elamites and Amu (Amorites), were builders of great stone
works such as the dam at Marib in Southwest Arabia. These same
west Africans reentered Africa under siege from the Assyrian and
Babylonian forces crossing back over into Africa at the time of
King Menes who united Egypt. There is no evidence that the North
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of the South Arabian.
THE PROPHECY OF MUHAMMAD (Peace and Blessings)
Surrounded by such different peoples whose cultures varied
greatly, Muhammad continued teach his doctrine. The first large
body of people that converted to his cause and to the cause of Allah
was members of his own clan, the Hashim. According to history,
these were 84 souls who believed in the message being delivered by
the Prophet. Among the early converts was one Jafar ibn Abi Talib
a relative of the Prophet who the leader of those 84 converts when
the Prophet fled to Abyssinia from the face and attack of the
Quraish Tribe from North Arabia. Upon reaching Abyssinia, it is
recorded that Jafar was spokesman for those who fled and set up a
meeting with the Tubba (King) there in hopes of finding a
permanent refuge for the Prophet and the converts.
Jafar ibn Abi Talib, who was undoubtedly African, stated to the
Tubba that his people had fallen to idol worship and every evil
deed. Jafar further stated that Allah had risen up from among
them,"from among us, whose ancestry we know", a Prophet to guide
them to the straight way. The Tubba, being under the influence of
the Christian forces and loyal to the cause of the Roman legion, was
not converted and the Prophet and his converts were forced to
leave and return to Mecca. There Muhammad made temporary
peace with the Quraish but
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21. that peace was to be short lived for the Quraish were determined to
assassinate Muhammad whenever the conditions permitted such a
deed.
Muhammad finally was forced to flee Mecca in 622 A. D. and this is
known among Muslims as the flight or Hijrah. Muhammad fled to
Yathrib (Medinah) which at that time was inhabited by the Auws
and Kharaz Tribes, who were South Arabians and Africans who
professed the Jewish religion. These Tribes accepted the doctrine of
Islam as preached by Muhammad and played a great role in the
spreading of the Religion of El Islam throughout Arabia.
THE SPREAD OF ISLAM BY AFRICAN MUSLIMS
Upon the death of Muhammad, the ugly hate that existed between
the North and South Arab again surfaced. The South Arabian
wanted Ali to become the Caliph as Ali was cousin to the Prophet
and the bloodline of leadership would be kept. However, the
Quraish or North Arab claimed that Muhammad had said that
only members of the Quraish were worthy of the Caliphate. The
two contenders met at Siffin near Bagdad but no agreement was
made. A large part of Ali's forces were disgusted with Ali because
they saw no reason for Ali to submit his right to the Caliphate to
challenge by the Quraish. This predominately African force felt
that any qualified person had a right to the Caliphate whether he
be North or South Arab. When Ali persisted in placing his right to
be Caliph before a committee, this African force, in protest,
withdrew from the support of Ali and appointed a Caliph of there
own whose name was Ar Rasibi. From that time forth, they became
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22. known as the Kharajites (Turkish Moors) and later became
instrumental in fighting against the Ommyad Quraish powers in
North Africa . These same forces gave birth to offspring who fought
with Tarik Ibn Ziad who conquered Spain in 711 A. D. These were
the 12,000 warriors known as Moors who conquered Spain with
Tarik and estab1ished a rule that lasted over 700 years.
THE FALL OF THE MOORISH KINGDOM
The rule of Spain by the Moors which began in 711 A.D. ended in
November, 1492 when Abu Abdallah (Boabdil of European history)
surrendered Granada to the Christian forces. Those who escaped
swarmed into Africa where they established kingdoms at Morocco
and Mauretania. Those who did not escape were persecuted by the
Christian forces and made to adopt European names, customs and
religions. Thousands of these Moors were eventually transported to
America where they (we) were reduced to slavery and given new
names (Negro, black, colored etc. ). In 1774, the Continental
Congress ended all reference to the Moors as a nation of people and
at that time the word Negro became the official name of the once
Moorish people.
Thus we have reviewed the early history of the Prophet
Muhammad and some of the history, however brief it must be, of
the spread of the Religion of El Islam. In accepting any religion, it
is necessary to know something about the background of that
religion if we are to speak intelligently concerning it.
You have now been given the truth concerning the birth and early
history of the Prophet. There is no need to cover the life of the
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23. Prophet further as the Holy Qu'ran and the various Hadiths are
the great sources of information concerning facts related to every
stage of his development. But there are certain facts about the
Prophet that are not being stated in most of the materials that are
permitted to enter into North America and therefore many
Muslims are getting a very slanted opinion of what the religion is
all about. As Moors and keepers of the true and proper knowledge,
it is necessary that you be prepared to know what the truth is that
you may understand why we are in the degraded position in which
we find ourselves.
DOES NATIONALITY MATTER?
Again, let me caution you that there are various sects of Muslims
that do not have this information concerning the Prophet. And you
will come in contact with those who will say that who and what the
Prophet was makes no difference. You are going to meet those
among the foreign element that will become angry at the fact that
we have the truth and are Unafraid to teach it. But these same
factions will put forth a great argument against you if you would
deny that Jesus was a Jew or that Moses Maimonides was a Jew.
They will spend millions of dollars coming to America and learning
that Christopher Columbus was an Italian. If it is important to the
European that Columbus was an Italian, that St. Patrick was Irish,
that Pope John Paul is Polish, that Socrates was Greek, that Caesar
was Roman, that Hitler was German, that Gandhi was Indian, that
Sadat was Egyptian, that Abraham Lincoln was American; then
why should it in turn be unimportant that Muhammad ibn
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24. Abdullah was of African descent, that Sonni Ali the great hero of
the 15th century in West Africa was a Moor; that Ahmad Baba
(who authored over 1000 books on the subjects such as Shariah
Law, Mathematics, Chemistry, Science, Astrology and Astronomy)
the renown scholar and historian from Guinea in West Africa was
a Moor; that Ibn Sina (Avicenna) one of the world's greatest
scientist was a Moor; that Harun Al Rashid, 9th century Caliph at
Bagdad was a Moor; that Kiriba El who saved all of Arabia from
Greek march through Arabia in the 7th century B.C. was a Moor;
that Yada El who saved Arabia from the plunder and savagery of
the Greek forces and stopped them at Negrana in Southwest Arabia
was a Moor; that Abū Sulaymān Khālid ibn al-Walīd ibn al-
Mughīrah al-Makhzūmī who saved Arabia from the advance of the
Roman legions in the seventh century and stopped them at
Yamamah in Southwest Arabia near the Holy City of Mecca was a
Moor; that Tarik ibn Zaid who saved the Jews from persecution by
the Christian forces in Spain in 711 A.D. was a Moor, and that
Abdul Mumin the first purely African to be recognized as the
Caliph of Islam by all Muslims throughout the earth and leader of
the Almohads in the 12th century A.D. was a Moor.
THE MOORISH HERITAGE
"We are what our forefathers were without doubt or contradiction'
So spoke the Honorable Nobie Drew Ali founder of the Moorish
Science Temple of America. So as all other nations of peoples are
proud of their heritage and make that heritage a part of the
knowledge of every following generation, we must be no less
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25. insistent that our true and Divine heritage be known. And if any
would claim that the Moorish part of us has been so diluted that no
true Moor any longer exists, let them explain to you how it is that
the Europeans of Spain were under African and Arab domination
for over 700 years and yet there is no denial that there are
Europeans that are from Spain who are pure. Let them also explain
how it is that China was under the power of the European forces
for over 100 years, but no one denies that that are pure Chinese.
Let them explain how is that the Indians were under European
British domination for over 200 years, but no one denies that there
are pure Indians. Challenge ignorance with truth and truth will not
fail.
SUFISM
The members of this New Moorish Nation are Sufi Muslims. First
of all, a Sufi is a Muslim and, as stated before, must declare belief
and carry out the requirements of all other Muslims. Sufism is not
a different religion but a different way of looking at religion in
general. In order to fully understand Sufism and its relation to our
nation, we will now look into the background and history of Sufism
and its connection with African peoples.
First of all, you will probably hear it stated that Sufism is an
offshoot from the Christian religion and that when the Christian
Monks came into contact with the peoples of Arabia, Sufism was
born. Nothing could be further from the truth. You will hear it
stated that Sufi Muslims practice the witchcrafts, voodoo, and juju
It is true that Sufism seeks to understand the causes and effects
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26. underlying existences, but it is not true that Sufies are either
witchdoctors or medicine men. Sufis are the original Shamans and
Marabouts of both Africa and Asia. and are the creators of the
foundations of ALL present day religions. Being Sufi Muslims,
there will be those among the so called orthodox sects that attempt
to discredit the understanding that is contained in Sufism especially
the North Arabian and those of North America who are under their
teachings. Some Muslims do not like Sufi Muslims and claim that
they are a secret order outside teachings of the religion of El Islam.
The fact of the matter is that the Sufi a various times throughout
history have charged that the Islamic Religion is based upon Sufism
and that further the Prophet Muhammad was himself a Sufi.
There is no beginning or end to the doctrine of Sufism. The God of
every Sufi is called Al Hagg and to the Sufi Al Hagg is Allah
Supreme, the Absolute, the Reality The word Sufi can be traced to
Northwest Africa and its root (Suf) is a West African word
meaning wool. The root of Suf is still another Northwest and
Southwest African word (Su) meaning black or very dark. An
example of this prefix is clearly observed in the word “SUDAN”
which means the land of the Blacks. During the Neolithic period
about 12,000 years ago, the ancient tribes of Africa came into
contact with the European nations who had settled along the shores
of the West African Coast near what is now Morocco These ancient
Africans drove the European back across the Sea into the land
which now called Spain.
THE ORIGIN OF THE NAME “MOROCCO”
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27. Among the Africans who drove the European nations out of North
Africa and replace the European civilization with a more advance
civilization of their own were an African people among whom were
men of great knowledge and wisdom concerning the movements of
the heavens, the nature of earthly things, and how causes are relate
to the effects produced. These people were called Mbaraca. This
word, Mbaraca came to mean the voice of the speaking God. The
largest portion of these Africar who settled in that North African
territory, because of the great knowledge that they possessed
concerning the nature of existences and the powers that came fort
from that knowledge, came to be referred, to as the Mbaraca and
that word is the r and beginning of the present name of that land
located in Northwest Africa called today Morocco. The Mbaraca
were the first inhabitants of Morocco and that name, Morocco. had
its first use as referring to that people, the Mbaraca.
Going back further into the word Mbaraca and its association with
African peoples we find that the origin of the word was first used
for the name of a rattle. This rattle used by the Northwest and
Southwest African contained a number of beads or stones and was
made of a plant called the gourd. The proper name of this rattle
was the gourd rattle and it was used and still is used by West
African diviners under the present name Opele. This rattle was the
first Mbaraca and over the spread of a number of years the user of
this rattle also came to be called after the name of the rattle. The
gourd rattle or Opele, as it is now called in the Ila Ife Divination
System in use by the Yoruba People of West Africa, was shown to
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28. have the power to fore-tell the future and to have a good or evil
influence upon nations and peoples at the will of the user.
Members of the Masjid must understand that in the very early
stages of history, the movement of peoples was fluent. Due to the
changing climatic conditions, and due to the constant conflict of the
early West African with the European nations and tribes from the
north, African peoples spread far to the east and founded many
civilizations such as the Elamite and Sumerian empires. Trade and
commerce between West African and Southeast and Southwest
Arabian and Abyssinian peoples is a historical fact and many West
African words found their way into the languages of the Southwest
dark and light olive population. Such was the case with words such
as Sufi, Elamite, and Imam which are but variations of three West
African religious divination system words Suf (Wooly hair), Elimi
(The high or great Spirit) and Emim (The Owner of Spirits). So
that it can be seen that the word used in the Religion of El Islam in
today’s time for the prayer leader (Imam) actually had its
foundation and formation among the Suf of West Africa who were
the Emim or owner of the Spirit.
THE ROOT OF SUFI BELIEF
At the root of the Sufi belief is the doctrine that everything existing
has within it a Spirit and that Spirit is one with the Absolute Spirit
of God. In the West African religions, there is no doubt that this
belief is at the foundation and was at the foundation long before it
is said that Sufism became an established form of religious
doctrine. Sufism is unquestionably in the image and likeness of the
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29. ancient African religions. To the Animist, created beings are but
extensions of the all powerful creative force and that same attitude
towards the construction of the world and the existences thereof is
one of the main tenants of the Sufi belief.
The Sufi believes that man cannot come into Divine Unity with the
Supreme Being by intellectual activities (Exoteric) but must
experience that spirituality that comes only from within (Esoteric).
God, to the Sufi, can be reached only through spiritual disciplines
and must be led into the proper method of performing these
disciplines by a leader usually called a Sheik. The student (MURID)
must follow the teachings of the Sheik if he is to be successful and
reach that unity with the Creator and experience the wisdom and
bliss that can only be experienced when one is one with that
Absolute Creative force.
Although the European historians would have the dark olive
nations of people to believe that Sufism as well as the Islamic
religion grew out of the Christian religion, there is no actual basis
for such a distortion. In fact, when one studies the ancient religions,
it is quite apparent that Christianity grew out and was an offspring
of far more older religions and that most of the beliefs that are
underlying the Christian religion were ancient at the time that it is
said that Christ was born.
For instance, if I were to give you these facts: That this divine being
was born of a virgin on or about December 25; That a divine
person was born in a cave or stable because there was no place for
him in the inn; That a divine person was rejected by those to whom
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30. he preached and was later crucified whereupon he was raised from
the dead on the third day, no doubt the majority of the persons
hearing such information would say that I was giving them the
story of Jesus as it is contained in the Holy Bible. But, I have not
referred to Jesus. The fact of the above were parts of very ancient
religions called Mithraism which was the established belief of
millions of ancient dark olive Persian nations over 5,000 years
before it is said that Jesus was born.
I brought out the above in order to demonstrate to you some of the
fallacies and misleading remarks that are contained in the histories
of the present day.
Sufism did not grow out of the Christian religion but the reverse is
true. The belief in Angels, the Day of Judgment, the day of
Atonement, the establishment of a trained and highly organized
priest or minister, the belief in demons and the offerings of food to
the Gods, are all deep seated characteristics of ancient northwest
and Southwest African religions. Wherever the African went he
took with him 3 necessities: His God, his Griot (historian) and his
religious leader and it was extremely difficult to have the African to
change any of those three necessities. In fact, available information
shows that until very recent in history the African was the changer
and creator of other religions while changing very little in the
foundation of his own beliefs.
Believers in the Sufi schools of thought understand that nature and
the heavens are but the true histories of all that is created and that
further God is All and All is God. The existence of material
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31. creation is but an expression of the Ever-present God reflected in
and embodied in that which we call matter. Man is Al Hagg’s most
excellent creation for Man is both Angel and Devil. In Man exists
all of the natures of creation and in order to understand that which
is the Truth (Al Hagg) Man must first study and know Self. Self
discipline is the key that unlocks the door that leads to that Truth
which is God and without that key Man must suffer and be bound
by Justice. Labor is the outer- court (Suffix) that leads to the door
and if Man is to cross the threshold of light his labors must be
many and his motivations pure for purity is the first obligation of
the Sufi. Love is the possessor of the room (heart) and Man cannot
become one with God unless he is first one with Love.
THAWBAN ABU AL FAYD IBN IBRAHIM
Contained within the doctrine of Sufism are vast secrets and stores
of knowledge accumulated over thousands of years of diligent labor
by the Sufs of Africa. It would not be a good idea for me to go into
many of the mysteries of Sufism in this writing and any instructions
concerning the rites and ceremonies of the Sufi will
be given to the Imams and Sheiks as each advances to a desired
degree of understanding.
I will not close this section of the writing without paying tribute to
one of our great Qubts (Wheels) of the Universe. May Allah bless
the Divine Name of the Master and founder of our New Moorish
Nation Thawban al Fayd ibn Ibrahim. Thawban al Fayd ibn
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32. Ibrahim (also called Dhu al Nun al Misri translated as The Son of
the Fish of Egypt) was born in the ninth century A.D. in the
Southern part of Egypt. At an early age,Thawban became
interested in developing himself in all the knowledge of the religion
of El Islam as his parents were Moors and Muslims of the Sufi
order and doctrine.
By the age of 12 years old, he had memorized Al Qu'ran and one
day as he was coming home from school, Thawban met with an
Angel of Allah who same to him in the form of a man.
Thawban received instructions in the meaning of the writings and
secret texts carved in the walls and tombs of Egypt and taught in
the arts of reading the movement of the heavens and the relation
that such movement had upon the natures of existences on earth.
He wandered about Egypt reading the hieroglyphics (sacred
writings) and through self discipline was given the power to
understand the inner meaning of those texts.
By the age of 21 years, Thawban began to teach among his family
and friends and it became his deep desire to spread the knowledge
that he had received throughout the world and create the peace and
harmony that had been so absent in the land of Egypt during his
boyhood. One day, Thawban called several of his Muslim friends
together and stated to them that Allah had given him the power to
disappear. When his friend expressed doubt that such a feat could
be done, Thawban immediately became invisible after repeating a
formula that he said had been taught to him by the Angel Gabriel.
After that time, there was little doubt among his students that
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33. indeed Allah had granted him and blessed him with powers beyond
the knowledge of man and his following increased rapidly as word
of this feat spread.
Thawban al Fayd ibn Ibrahim was a Sufi and being a Sufi was
concerned about the divisions that existed in the Religion of El
Islam. He began to preach against the many sects that were
developing contending that it was the purpose of Allah that the
created existences should strive to dwell together in peace and
harmony and that Allah had no love for temples, churches,
mosques or synagogues unless true and divine love should abide
within and Thawban saw not this true and Divine love among the
several factions of man. Thawban taught that Allah dwell only
within and the Gods without are but demons of man' s creation.
The people became roused at his teachings for there were many
who professed the love of idols and statutes living around his village
at that time. So Thawban was forced to flee and take refuge in the
land of Tibesti where he lived among the Moors there. R. A.
Nicholson, one of the noted historians who did quite a bit of work
concerning the religion of El Islam and the Sufi doctrine in his
book on Sufism says that Thawban Abu al Fay ibn Ibrahim was
lecturing at Gizeh on the Sufi doctrine when he was. challenged by
a group of Muslims who did not believe what they had heard about
the master. Thawban said to them, " If I should command the
furniture to move about in this room, it will obey me". Being
skeptics of the powers of a Sufi, the onlookers laughed and mocked
at Thawban. Before the smiles had left their faces, the challengers
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34. were shocked by the sight of the tables and chairs as they began to
move upon the command of Thawban and by the power of the
Absolute Mind Thawban suspended the furniture in mid air where
it remained until he ordered it to return to the original position.
This is only one of many feats that it is reported that Thawban did.
Thawban ibn Ibrahim taught beneath the pyramids of Gizeh for
about 40 years and during this period he codified and organized the
Sufi doctrine. He outlined the seven steps of Makamat and
explained in detail how the actions of Istinbat would lead to
Marifah (estasy). His students oft times prompted him to construct
a Mosque in his name but Thawban resisted telling them that Allah
(Al Hagg-The Truth) had created the whole earth to be one Masjid
Ul Salaam (Mosque of Peace) and that his students (Murids) should
not refer to him as their teacher out were to call themselves his
children (Banu Zhu al Nun). This they did and formed a
brotherhood consisting of over 20,000 Sufis all of whom referred to
themselves as Moors.
Thawban ibn Ibrahim brought forth and resurrected the teachings
of the Great King Akhenaton of whom he taught was one of the
greatest leaders of the past. He taught from the teachings of
Akhenaton about Knowledge, Understanding, Misery, and the
trials of Horus and Osiris. These writings of Akhenaton had been
stolen from Egypt during the reign of Alexander the Great
according to Thawban. And the European had taken these sacred
texts and applied the name of their God (Jesus) to them in the place
where that should read Horus. Part of the texts read,"We are the
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35. Children of one Father, provided for by his care, and the breast of
one Mother hath given thee suck. Another section of the sacred
texts read, " The gift of Understanding are the treasures of God".
Another section of the sacred texts read, “Know Thyself and thou
shalt know God who is Thy Father".
Shortly before the death of Thawban ibn Ibrahim, he sent a large
detachment of his followers to Spain to aid the Moors there who
were under attack from the Christian forces from the North. This
detachment went to Spain where they became based at Seville.
Upon arrival there, they became very influential due to the vast
knowledge that they possessed. They vanquished the Christian
forces from Seville and renamed Seville, Marrakush'(The land of
the Cush). However, the Arabs of Toledo, Ceuta, and Granada
rejected the renaming of Seville and banded together with the
Christian forces of Leon . The Banu Duh al Nun were crushed
between the Arabs of Southern Spain and the Christians to the
North and had to take refuge in Fez in Morocco just before the fall
of Granada in 1491 In about 860 A.D., Thawban Abu al Fay ibn
Ibrahim took ill in the city of Gizeh in Egypt. Many hundreds of his
students rushed to Gizeh in order to be by the aster's side. Some of
the leading Sufis of his day, all of whom recognized Thaw- ban as
the Major Qubt (Axis) of the Universe came to pay their respects.
Upon. seeing so many Muslims gather, Thawban is reported to
have remarked,” Why have so many of you come here? Is it to see
whether or not death can overtake me? Nay, but death cannot
overtake or me for I but go away in this form. I must go now for
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36. does not the sun set westward? And as the sun doth set in the
westward sky and riseth once again, so shall I and this shall ye see.
My God hath appointed this rest for me but it shall last but a
thousand years and I shall come again for my children shall be in
dire need of me. And I shall come to them and teach them of truth
and they shall know of me by the words that I shall speak to them.
For surely as the sun shall rise in the east, so shall I, Thawban of
the Fish, rise in the west and they shall hear me. From Allah came
I, and to Allah I return but remember the words that I speak for
after 1000 years shall I appear Westward in the land of Death and
there shall I began a great work". With the saying of those words
that were recorded by the Muslims, Scribes, and Griots from
Northwest and Southwest Africa, Thawban's final words were
Allah Akbar (God is Most Great). The tale among the Sufis of
Northwest Africa is that a bright ray of light surrounded the
Master and the cot upon which he laid became suspended in the air
to the height of about 7 feet. And through that light went. forth a
shadow towards the heaven in a shaft of pure light. And it is said
that that light surrounded the dead body of the Master for 7. hours
and that during this time, no man could approach that body.
Thawban Abu al Fay ibn Ibrahim was buried at Gizeh in 860 A.D.
THE PROPHECY OF NOBLE DREW ALI
On January 8, 1884, one thousand and twenty-four years after the
death and transformation of Master Thawban Abu al Fay ibn
Ibrahim, a son was born to the Drew family who resided in Salem,
North Carolina. As with the Prophet Muhammad and the life of
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37. Master Thawban, the early life of Noble Drew Ali is shrouded in
mystery. From the travels and works of your Grand Imam while
serving in the capacity as National Grand Governor of the Moorish
Science Temple of America, I was able to piece together some of the
events in the life of Drew Ali and his early teachings.
From word of mouth reports and research, I have been able to
establish that the Honorable Noble Drew Ali at an early age
became concerned about the problems facing the people of the west
called Negroes, Black folk, and Colored peoples. Noble Drew Ali
had within his heart the idea of raising our nation of so called
blacks from the fallen state to a state of knowledge about
themselves, their God and their ancient religion.
As pushed by some mysterious force, Noble Drew Ali read and
studied all of the available history that he could (even though some
have tried to deny that Ali could read apparently attempting to
copy from the life of the Prophet Muhammad). From his studies
and meditations, Drew Ali became filled with the idea that he
indeed was a Prophet of Allah and that it was his duty to and he
was sent forth for the purpose of raising fallen humanity.
In 1913, with this goal in his heart, Noble Drew All founded the
Ancient Canaanite Temple at Newark, New Jersey. He taught that
the so called Negro is really the ancient Moor and that none of the
names such as Negro or Black applied to our Nation. He formed a
small group of former Negroes and this group of Canaanites was
the forerunners of the Moorish Science Temple of America. The
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38. first chartered Temple was established with headquarters at
Chicago, Illinois in about 1915.
The Honorable Noble Drew Ali, in search of his true self, had been
inducted into the Prince Hall Free and Accepted Masons but soon
found that however diligent that he was in the Masonic Order, his
soul was not satisfied with knowledge for which a great price had to
be paid. The Order had one good effect in the life of the Prophet in
that it opened his mind to the many different philosophies that
lurked within the minds of men. It introduced him to knowledge
that was hidden from the multitude; however, there was no
spiritual fulfillment and soon Noble Drew Ali found himself at odds
with the Order. Ali determined that the true religion of the so
called Negro is the Religion of El Islam and that the Christian
Religion was given to the European for their own salvation. He
determined that our true and Divine Creed is the Creed of Islam
and that our Holy Book is Al Quran which is the Mother of the
Books. It is reported that the Honorable Noble Drew All traveled
extensively throughout the United States of America and that
during his life he attended one of the meetings of the Organization
of African Unity in Cuba. The exact dates that he is said to have
attended these meetings are unavailable.
At least one source stated to me that Noble Drew Ali went to the
Holy City of Mecca and that upon his return from Mecca, he
visited both Egypt and Morocco. I was not able to verify those
travels; However, since it is apparent from the early writings and
letters authored by Ali and sent forth to the membership (copies of
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39. which are presently in the possession of Brother Love El who
resides in Michigan)confirms his total commitment to all of the
requirements of the Religion of El Islam, it would be very difficult
to believe that a Muslim of his reputation and statute did not visit
Mecca.
The Honorable Noble Drew Ali resurrected to ancient teachings of
King Akhenaton as did our Master Thawban Abu al Fay ibn
Ibrahim. He brought forth the Fez, turban, and the Divine Books
that pertain to the Religion of El Islam. The ancient teachings of
King Akhenaton were compiled and recorded by the Honorable
Noble Drew Ali
under the name The Holy Qu'ran of the Moorish Science Temple of
America. These teachings are the same as those that were used by
the ancients of Egypt before they were pilfered by the European
and recorded under the title The Aquarian Gospel of Jesus. Prior
to their publication in the Aquarian Gospel, those same teachings
appeared among the books studied by the Order of the Knights of
the Rose Cross or Rosicrucian’s and are presently published by
that order under various titles.
Ali met with much difficulty in establishing the Moorish Science
Temple of America. During that era, the N.A.A.C.P. had recently
been founded and they resisted and condemned the teachings of
Ali. Ali had powerful political enemies, especially in Chicago,
Illinois and these enemies were constantly trying to cause confusion
in the temple. Then there were the reverends, preachers, and
ministers who saw Ali as a threat to their livelihood and set about
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40. to obstruct Ali at his every turn. One such enemy was Sheik Green
El who, while Ali was away on business, moved the Prophet's
belongings from his office on Wabash Avenue in Chicago, was
rumored to have had had the current Grand Sheik at that time
murdered, and proclaimed himself the leader of the Moorish
Science Temple. However, that leadership was short lived as upon
the return of Ali, Sheik Green El and seven of those members who
assisted him in the taking over of the movement were found
floating in Lake Michigan and the leadership of the Prophet was
re-established. Ali was detained by the police concerning those
deaths but was not convicted of any complicity.
Ali died in Chicago, Illinois on July 20, 1929. His cause of death
was listed as respiratory failure.
THE NATION OF ISLAM
Immediately upon the death of Ali, a struggle began for the control
of the Moorish Science Temple leadership. One faction was in
Detroit lead by (according to Louis Lomax in his book on (Black
Nationalism) one W.D. Fard who claimed to be the reincarnation of
Drew Ali. Also a member of the Detroit Temple at that time was
Elijah Poole El (The Honorable Elijah Muhammad). In Chicago,
Illinois two factions sprang forth one of them claiming to represent
the re-incarnated Prophet Ali and the other rejecting the doctrine
of reincarnation and setting up a temple aligned with the temple at
Michigan. Monies accumulated by Ali for the uplifting of fallen
humanity disappeared from the banks. Property belonging to the
Moorish Science Temple was sold and the transaction hidden from
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41. the membership. Writing of Ali were destroyed and other writing
put forth as being that of Ali. Evil stories began to circulate about
Ali. One such temple preached that Ali did not confirm to the
religion of El Islam; that Ali ate pork and drank wine and this pork
eating by Ali was the reason that he brought forth the oil, teas, and
compounds for the purification of the system. In the celebration
of Ali’s birthday, this very same temple which was known as
Temple #1 located at 957 East 75th
Street in Chicago, Illinois served
wine, whiskey, beer, and malt liquor while the menu consisted of
ham hocks and greens, pork chops, green peas with bacon, and
sliced ham all in celebration of a Master Muslims birthday.
But Ali had, in his supreme wisdom, predicted that these injustices
and misleading of the membership would occur. Many times, it is
reported, he said that those to whom he spoke did not understand
the message that he came to deliver. In many of his speeches, he
referred to the membership as his children as did Master Thawban.
It was claimed that like Master Thawban, Ali was secretly initiated
into the Illuminati or those who possess supreme light. None of
these claims were verified by The Honorable Noble Drew Ali
himself. Ali came forth at a time that Master Thawban predicted
that one would come forth. Ali often told the membership that he
came for the unborn and that the knowledge that he taught would
be understood not by them but by those who were yet unborn and
it is they who would recognize and establish his works.
All Islamic organizations that are teaching today among the so
called black man are either directly or indirectly an offshoot of the
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42. Moorish Science Temple of America. The Nation of Islam; The
Final Call being from the Nation of Islam; The World Community
of Al Islam being an offshoot from the Nation of Islam that was
founded by both Master W.O. Fard Muhammad and The
Honorable Elijah Muhammad both of whom were Moors of the
Moorish Science Temple of America in Detroit, Michigan. Temple.
In conclusion, I say that all members and officers of the New
Moorish Nation should seek to understand what duties and
obligations that we have set before us. All members of the Masjid
must make a commitment to bring about the Love, Truth, Peace,
Freedom and Justice that was the goal of every Muslim leader that
has come before us. You should be clean in your thoughts and
habits, respect those to whom respect is due, remember the vows
that you have taken and seek to understand what is right and
good. .and then do it. A True Moor is first true to Allah his God;
second, he is true to him/her Higher Self and all peoples of this
earth.
We are the children of one Father, provided for by his care, and the
breast of one Mother has given us all suck. So we must be bound by
affection that Peace and Brotherhood shall dwell in our Fathers
house. Moors are not noted for the gerry curl of the hair but the
contents of the head which the hair covers. Not by marching,
singing or violence will the Moors be delivered from the iron hand
of oppression, but by intelligent conversation and the powers of
reason, consecration to the GOOD and the Mentalism of rapid
thought . Not by the outer garments that are upon your backs shall
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43. you be recognized but by the Spirit that is wrapped within them. I
give you a mystery: Your body is but as the circle and the Supreme
God Allah is that Point within the circle. Then let your
concentration be towards that center point. Let you mind he
towards that point within. Draw in the senses from external desires
for the world belongs to those who seek it not. And lastly, be
considerate and courteous to each and every man . Even your
enemy will be at peace with one who shines forth the true light of
God. Be constant in your devotions and let no man turn you away
from truth. Read, study, and learn and put all evil or vengeful
thought far away from you. That is the way to the victory that you
seek and it is the way of God..
RISE UP! YOU MIGHTY MOORS
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