Melissa Block talks to Spencer Dew, assistant professor of religious studies at the Centenary College of Louisiana, about the history of Moorish Science and some of its followers' beliefs that they ...

The Rhode Island group’s leaders are a mish-mash of theology and misinterpreted law, mixed up with claims of sovereignty and allegiance to a Moorish nation, chief minister says PAWTUCKET, R.I. — The ...

BOSTON (CBS) – The Rise of the Moors, the group charged in the highway standoff with police in Wakefield, is causing confusion and anxiety for another group. The Moorish Science Temple of America said ...

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Editors' note: This story was originally published on Feb. 22, 2008. Syracuse, NY -- Jakada Makkah Bey begins Friday prayer services for Syracuse's Moorish Science Temple of America by raising all ...

RALEIGH, N.C. – From New Jersey to California, police, courthouse officials and real estate agents are being confronted with a baffling new problem: bogus legal documents filed by people claiming to ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — From New Jersey to California, police, courthouse officials and real estate agents are being confronted with a baffling new problem: bogus legal documents filed by people claiming ...

MATTHEWS, N.C. — Two homes listed as being owned by the "Moorish Holy Temple" might have been granted religious exemptions by error, according to Meckleng County tax officials. A search of properties ...

Moorish Science followers trace their faith back to 1913 and revere its founder, North Carolina native Timothy Drew, as a prophet. They call him the Noble Drew Ali. The faith blends aspects of Islam ...