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Dwight York(Redirected from United Nuwaubian Nation of Moors)
Founder of various religious and black nationalist groups, fashion consultant, author, musician, convicted child molester
BackgroundNote: York's biography is difficult to determine, as much of the story he and his followers have revealed is mythical rather than historical. York's own story about his background is disputed and contains some mythical elements. Here is how he tells it:
He served three years in prison in the mid-1960s for resisting arrest, assault and possession of a dangerous weapon. In the late 1960s York, calling himself "Amunnnubi Rooakhptah," invented a quasi-muslim black nationalist movement based on something called the "Science of Nuwaubu." (One description says that Nuwaubu consists of right knowledge, right wisdom, and right "overstanding" — "To know is knowledge. Knowledge is mental power. Knowledge is correct information and now out-formation. Of course, knowledge can be thought, spoken, or written. Knowledge is the best information. Wisdom is knowing how and when to use knowledge. Overstanding is receipt of knowledge by the mind and is the unity of knowledge and wisdom.") He changed his name to "Imaam Isa" and started his "Ansaar Pure Sufi" ministry to the "Nubians" in Brooklyn. The group became the "Nubian Islaamic Hebrews" in 1969. After York returned from a pilgrimage to Egypt, the group went through additional name changes, becoming "Jazzir Abba," then the "Ansaaru Allah Community" in 1970 (which a 1993 FBI report accused of being a "front for a wide range of criminal activity, including arson, welfare fraud and extortion."). York's groups later took on a new array of names and functions — religious, fraternal, and tribal — including the "Yamassee Native American Tribe," the "Washitaw Tribe," "The International Egyptian Church," "The Holy Tabernacle Ministries," "The United Nuwaubian Nation Of Moors," the "Holy Seed Baptist Synagogue" and "the Ancient Mystic Order of Melchizedek," and York himself tried on a myriad of handles, including The Supreme Grand Master Dr. Malachi Z. York, Dr. Malachi Z. York-El, Nayya Malachizodoq-El, and Chief Black Eagle (the Nuwaubian Moors are descendents of the Olmecs via Egypt over an ancient land bridge to Georgia). A Musical CareerYork claims to have worked as a studio musician with groups like Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes, The Delfonics and Evelyn 'Champagne' King. Then, as "Dr. York," he sang vocals on a solo project and for a band called "Passion," hoping to "reach a mass majority of my people through my music." He later frequently exaggerated his musical contributions, and stated at one point that "you were listening to my hits back in the 60’s and did not know it, nor did you know that songs which were considered 'message music' in the 70’s were written by me." Religious & Philosophical Doctrine & PracticeLike his name, his affiliations, and his costume, Dwight York's philosophy is multifarious and ever-changing. A doctrine passionately stated in one place may be off-handedly dismissed in another. Black Nationalism / RacismSome of York's thinking borrows from Moorish Science and the Nation of Islam. His racial philosophy explicitly indicates the supremacy of blacks, or "Melanites," who are superior in fact as well as in descent ("The Melanin-ites, the original woolly-haired, dark skinned Muurs, or 'Moors,' came along with the original creation"). Other "species of Rizqiyians" include "species of Melanin-ites Nubian called Negroids... 3 species of Mongoloids, and 2 species of Caucasoid, all growing out of the original Nubians." The "Tama-Re" CompoundThe "Tama-Re" compound in Georgia was established in 1993. According to one page:
Another source says: "The group's lodge houses busts of King Tut and Queen Nefertiti and a glass tomb holding an alien-like creature with a huge head and bulging eyes." Tama-Re issued its own passports and license plates. The compound was the focus of much legal wrangling between the Nuwaubians and the government of Putnam County during the late 1990s and up to the time of York's arrest, much of it centered on zoning issues, and York claimed this as racially-based harassment. Civil rights personalities Al Sharpton, Tyrone Brooks and Jesse Jackson spoke out on the Nuwaubians' behalf. As of March 2005, this flamboyantly-arrayed compound is being sold under government forfeiture. Illyuwn and RizqYork claims to be an extraterrestrial from the planet Rizq, in Illyuwn (the 19th galaxy). In his over-capitalized way of putting it: "I Am A Being From The 19th Galaxy Called ILLYUWN. We Have Been Coming To This Planet Before It Had Your Life Form On It. I Manifest Into This Body To Speak Through This Body. I Am A Entity An Etheric Being. We Watched The 3 Other Cycles Of 18,000 Years, Two Moons And One Sun Which Is Part Of Your 24,000 Year Cycle, The Equinox; The Removal Of The Dust Cloud From Light To Darkness Then To Light Again. I Incarnated Into This Realm From Time To Time. My Incarnation As An Ilah Mutajassid Or Avatara Was Originally In The Year 1945 A.D. In Order To Get Here I Travelled By One Of The Smaller Passenger Crafts Called SHAM Out Of A Motherplane Called MERKABAH Or NIBIRU." York came to Earth on March 16, 1970. (Comet Bennett , which was visible on that date, is said to have really been York's spacecraft):
York told his followers that a spacecraft from Illyuwn would return on May 5, 2003 to take him and 144,000 Nuwaubians to the planet Rizq. That date, which landed while York was in jail during his child molestation trial, passed without incident. The superficial similarity of these beliefs to those of the Heaven's Gate cult led to many a worried newspaper article after that cult's mass suicide, but York's cosmology seems to have more resemblance to that of the less-suicidal Frank Chu. Another source says: "York's scripture claims our human ancestors originally came from the planet Rizq. They later moved to a planet called Kesiyl in the Orion constellation, then to Mars (the canals on Mars was said to have been built then), then to Pluto and finally to Earth." CostumeOne of the Nuwaubian's own sites contains "The Ourstory (history) of the Holy Tabernacle Ministries!" [Taken from The Holy Tablets Chapter 19:AL KHIDR, MURDOQ Tablet 6-Zodoq:Melchizedek Pages 1643-1648(in part)]. It's mostly an explanation for why the various clothing-related taboos and requirements of the cult changed so radically throughout the years, and why this is not an indication of the instability of the Nuwaubian doctrine.
Convicted of Child MolestationIn 2002, York was arrested and charged with over a hundred counts of sexually molesting dozens of children, some as young as four years old. He pled guilty in 2003 in a plea bargain that was later dismissed by the judge, and then was convicted on 23 January 2004 — the judge having rejected his desire to be returned for trial to his own tribe: "All I am asking is that the court recognize that I am an indigenous person. I am a Moorish Cherokee, and I cannot get a fair trial if I am being tried by settlers or Confederates." Additional Information
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