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27 Feb 2024, 11:22 pm by Katelynn Minott, CPA & CEO
While they are subject to taxes at the same rates as Americans who live within the US, they can often erase their US tax bill with the help of tax breaks. [read post]
29 Dec 2022, 4:00 am by Howard Friedman
As a result of this reduction in worship time, Dykes-Bey, a Moorish American Moslem, was unable to read the proclamation or conduct the closing prayer at four weekly meetings of the Moorish Science Temple of America....Finding no 1st Amendment violation, the court said in part: Dykes-Bey sufficiently alleged a sincerely held religious belief or practice—reading the proclamation and conducting the closing prayer at meetings of the Moorish Science Temple… [read post]
4 Jul 2021, 5:07 am
"'... and often as well the belief that African Americans were also a people indigenous to the Americas.' On its website, the group says that 'sovereignty and nationality can be considered synonymous,' and that it considers Moorish Americans to be the 'aboriginal people of the land.' In a video Saturday morning, an unidentified member of the group disputed the sovereign-citizen moniker, saying, 'We are not anti-government. [read post]
The Council on American-Islamic Relations, Michigan chapter (CAIR-MI) filed a lawsuit Monday against the Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC) for making Muslim and Moorish Science women remove their hijabs for mugshots. [read post]
7 Dec 2020, 5:30 am by Kevin
“Some believe they have diplomatic immunity because they’re members of these North American fictitious tribes, that they’re descended from them,” the expert said. [read post]
25 Aug 2020, 4:00 am by Howard Friedman
., Aug. 20, 2020), the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals rejected a "Moorish American Moslem" inmate's claim that his rights under the Free Exercise clause and RLUIPA were violated when his request for a pork-free diet was denied. [read post]
21 Apr 2020, 9:30 pm by Karen Tani
A description from the Press:“Citizenship is salvation,” preached Noble Drew Ali, leader of the Moorish Science Temple of America in the early twentieth century. [read post]
25 Apr 2019, 4:00 am by Howard Friedman
However it denied his request to change his race from "Black/African American" to "Moor/Aboriginal American national. [read post]
26 Feb 2019, 2:42 pm by Malkia Cyril
The document also focuses heavily on the convergence of what it calls “Moorish [Muslim] sovereign citizen ideology” and Black radicalization as reasons for heightened law enforcement targeting. [read post]
25 Nov 2018, 1:22 pm by Howard Friedman
LEXIS 196327 (D CT, Nov. 19, 2018), a Connecticut federal district court allowed a Moorish-American inmate to move ahead with claims that he was not permitted to purchase a fez or receive a book, "Nationality, Birthrights and Jurisprudence. [read post]
29 Jul 2018, 11:05 am by Howard Friedman
LEXIS 122116 (D CT, July 22, 2018), a Connecticut federal district court dismissed for failure to exhaust administrative remedies a Moorish American inmate's complaints about barring his obtaining a particular book and refusing to approve his ability to purchase a fez.In Miller v. [read post]
8 Jul 2018, 12:16 pm by Howard Friedman
LEXIS 111750 (D CT, July 5, 2018), a Connecticut federal district court allowed a Native American inmate to move ahead with his 1st Amendment free exercise claim that he was denied adequate winter clothing to wear during his smudging rituals. [read post]
10 Jun 2018, 8:03 am by Howard Friedman
Plaintiff alleged discrimination against him for being a "Moorish-American" by seizing legal petitions.In Murphy v. [read post]
13 May 2018, 8:24 am by Howard Friedman
  The story details the difficult decisions involved where parents, who are Moorish-Americans, want, consistent with their religious beliefs, to use herbal treatment instead of chemotherapy on the inoperable tumor. [read post]
29 Apr 2018, 6:00 am by Howard Friedman
LEXIS 69527 (ED KY, April 24, 2018), a Kentucky federal district court dismissed an inmate's complaint that a correctional officer made derisive comments about his being a Moorish-American Muslim.In Irsan v. [read post]
15 Apr 2018, 9:25 am by Howard Friedman
LEXIS 59995 (WD NC, April 6, 2018), a North Carolina federal district court dismissed an inmate's complaint that he was sanctioned for writing his cousin about the Moorish American faith.In Chila v. [read post]
11 Apr 2018, 6:53 am by Jonathan Holbrook
Appx. __, 2018 WL 1252115 (4th Cir. 2018) (unpublished) (defendant’s sovereign citizen arguments “ha[d] no conceivable validity in American law” and “did not support the conclusion that the district court lacked jurisdiction over his prosecution”). [read post]
9 Apr 2018, 4:00 am by Howard Friedman
LEXIS 56249 (D CT, April 2, 2018), a Connecticut federal district court allowed a Moorish-American inmate to move ahead with his complaint regarding denial of access to a particular book and refusal to allow him to purchase a fez. [read post]