This one's worth a look and some web searching. In the late
60s Dwight York, calling himself Amunnnubi Rooakhptah,
invented a quasi-muslim black nationalist movement based on something
called the Science of Nuwaubu. 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, then the
Jazzir Abba, then Ansaru Allah Community and Yamassee
Native American Tribe and The International Egyptian Church,
then The Holy Tabernacle Ministries and The United Nuwaubian
Nation Of Moors and the Ancient Mystic Order of Melchizedek by
which time Rooakhptah/Isa had become The Supreme Grand Master
Dr. Malachi Z. York a.k.a. Dr.
Malachi Z. York-El, a.k.a. Nayya Malachizodoq-El,
a.k.a. Chief Black Eagle (the Nuiwaubian Moors are
descendents of the Olmecs via Egypt over an ancient land bridge to
Georgia).
According to another page:
The name of the Nuwaubians home is Tama-re, or the Egypt of the
West. At the entrance of Tama-re there is a large sign that
recognizes the Nuwaubians as a fraternity, Lodge 19 of the Ancient
Mystic Order of Melchizedek. Armed guards stand at the entrance to
Tama-re. Approximately 100 Nuwaubians live within 15 double-wide
trailers within this complex. There are approximately another 400 more
Nuwaubians within Putnam County (population 14,000). At this current
complex the Nuwaubians have constructed an Egytian-style village with
two pyramids, obelisks, and statues of Egyptian leaders. The two
pyramids are distinct in appearance and in usage. There is a gold
pyramid that serves as a trade center. Within this pyramid one can find
a bookstore and a clothing store. The other pyramid is painted black
with colorful Egyptian symbols painted on the outside. This structure
serves as a church. Within the church, loudspeakers play Egyptian chants
24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
and
There is a shared belief among most Nuwaubians in unidentified flying
objects (UFOs), however this belief is not shared by all
the members of the group. It is believed that Dr. Malachi York is an
extraterrestrial being from the 19th galaxy, called Illyuwn. York
arrived to the planet Earth on March 16, 1970. On this date, Bennett's
Comet was visible. However, it is said that this was not actually a
comet, it was York's spacecraft. York has prophesized that a spacecraft
from the planet Illyuwn will visit Earth on May 5, 2003. The spacecraft
will then take a chosen 144,000 Nuwaubians to the planet Rizq for
rebirth.
The best part of the tiny, geoshittys-bound site, is
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.
...in nineteen sixty and seven A. D... [o]ur official
garb at this time was a black tunic, we called a budlah and black loose
fitting pants, with a tarbush and shoes which became known as Romeos.
This was the year nineteen sixty and seven A. D. Then the
dress changed to African robes and the people, we called ourselves
Nubians. This was the year nineteen sixty and eight and nine A. D...
In nineteen sixty and nine A. D... the dress changed to a more
elaborate style of dashiki, a black fez and a small bone in the left ear
for those who wished to wear it and a ring in the right nostril.
We donned black tarbushes and our symbol was simply a crescent, a
six-pointed star and an ankh...
At this point we were wearing what had been established as the
international garb of the Ansaaru Allah Community, which consisted of the
thawb, dress and khimar, face veil for the female. This face veil which
was not apart of the Sudanese original dress was introduced by the women
of the community who mostly left immediately after and went back to
wearing western attire leaving the devoted women behind veiled. I told
them the day would come when his veil would have to be removed while
living in the West, and it has. And the jallaabiyya, a long white garment
and bantaluwn, loose fitting pants and immah, head covering for the male
with an azzaba.
Then on into adulthood, our code of dress changed from time to
time, to suit the time we were in. Our garb had mutated again in the year
nineteen ninety and two A. D., to the kathnuwth, tunic and bantaluwn,
loose fitting pants with a sash around the waist in various colors for
the male, and the budlah nubi of the female which also consists of a
tunic and bantaluwn and a shawl as a head covering of many colors.
The dress then changed to western attire in order to get everybody
away from doing their own thing; those that truly followed the Lamb
wherever he may lead them, trusted in him and wore western clothes and
even listen to country western music...
Now you are ready to move on toward the next level, and ready to
accept what I was giving you originally... So we are at the beginning
again with Sufi and fezes.
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