All Moroccans ! The Moorish Science Temple of America

Translated from the French Original by Katy Albiston We have already described in two posts the Moorish Science Temple of America (MSTA), a racio-religious cult claiming to be based on Islam, founded in 1935 by Noble Ali Drew, alias John Walter Brister. For long an artist in travelling shows, a ‘hindu’ magician, and a master of the art of disguise and passing, Noble Ali Drew gave his followers in the Temple a new identity, Moorish–Americans. He them busied himself reinforcing this identity, ...