I am not a member of the Moorish Science temple.......
However, I have studied the work of Prophet Noble Drew Ali........
"What makes you different from other Muslims?"
The teachings of Noble Drew Ali are unique.........
Both Faud and Elijah Muhammad were once members of his temple.........
However, after this, the Moorish Science Temple began to split into sects or factions, one headed by Noble Drew's chauffeur another by Elijah Muhammed, who abandoned his Moorish Science origins and taught a pseudo-science of race hatred disguised as the "Nation of Islam". Until Elijah's death, many Moors expected him to recant.
I made a thread dropping the first chapter of the Circle 7 Koran, "The Creation & Fall of Man" I will bump it........
-- How in the hell do you figure that "We" are descendants of the North & West African Moors?
(West Africa is far too diverse culturally to make such a statement in my opinion)
How not????
I think you have to look a context here......
There has been a debate as to the "blackness" of Northern Africans........
However the earliest histories of this region shows that Ethiopians or blacks were native to the region.......
The region is vast, but most African Americans are descended from West/Central Africa.........
Noble Drew Ali was attempting to give African Americans a nationality / a uniting flag................
-- What is the culture of the Moors? (Meaning language, dress etc).
Noble Drew Ali and his followers all wore traditional "moor" garments/robes & a Fez hat.....
I think they would say that they were cut off from their original language and customs...........
I got a lot of stuff on this(mostly his teachings), feel free to ask more questions........
Portsmith, VA. I swear to all Gods it was like going back to a 1943-version of Mobile, Alabama. Black folk looked like they never heard of the modern era, let alone live in anything remotely close to it.
Yeah Portsmouth, VA ......
Ran all the way thru their little "projects".........