Moorish Science Temple of America

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The Moorish Science Temple of America is an early 20th-century African American religious and cultural movement that teaches Black people in the United States are of Moorish descent and promotes a blend of Islam, mysticism, and racial uplift.

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Moorish Science Temple of America canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf African-American religious movement ⓘ
new religious movement ⓘ
religious organization ⓘ
coreBelief African Americans are Moorish Americans ⓘ
African Americans should reclaim Moorish nationality ⓘ
emphasis on economic self-help ⓘ
emphasis on moral uplift ⓘ
emphasis on self-knowledge ⓘ
use of the term "Moorish American" instead of "Negro" or "Black" ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
ethnicFocus African Americans ⓘ
linked to: Black Americans
foundedBy Noble Drew Ali ⓘ
founder Noble Drew Ali ⓘ
hasGoal economic empowerment of African Americans ⓘ
moral reform of African Americans ⓘ
redefinition of African American identity as Moorish American ⓘ
spiritual uplift of African Americans ⓘ
hasMainIdeology Black nationalism ⓘ
Moorish identity ⓘ
Pan-Africanism ⓘ
racial uplift ⓘ
hasPractices civic and community uplift activities ⓘ
collective meetings in temples ⓘ
observance of holy days ⓘ
use of religious titles such as "Noble" and "El" ⓘ
wearing of fezzes and turbans ⓘ
headquartersLocation Chicago ⓘ
Illinois ⓘ
United States ⓘ
inception 1913 ⓘ
influenced Black Muslim movements in the United States ⓘ
Nation of Islam ⓘ
language English ⓘ
movementOrigin early 20th century ⓘ
organizationalStructure network of local temples ⓘ
placeOfOrigin New Jersey ⓘ
Newark ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
Moorish Science ⓘ
sacredText Circle Seven Koran ⓘ
Holy Koran of the Moorish Science Temple of America ⓘ
selfDesignation Moorish American ⓘ
teaches African Americans are Asiatic ⓘ
African Americans are of Moorish descent ⓘ
theology Islamic mysticism ⓘ
esotericism ⓘ
syncretism ⓘ
usesText Circle Seven Koran ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Wallace Fard Muhammad → associatedWith → Moorish Science Temple of America ⓘ