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The Nuwaubian Nation or Nuwaubian movement is a religious organization founded and led by Dwight York. York began founding Black Muslim groups in New York in 1967, and has changed his teachings and the names of his groups many times. In the late 1980s, he abandoned the Muslim theology of his movement in favor of Ancient Egypt and extraterrestrial themes, in 1993 leaving Brooklyn for Eatonton, Putnam County, Georgia, where he built an ancient Egypt-themed compound called Tama-Re.〔"Nuwaubians Arrested in Common-Law Scam" (Southern Poverty Law Center ) (Winter 2003).〕 By 2000, the "United Nuwaubian Nation of Moors" had some 500 adherents,〔Adherents.com reports an estimated 550 adherents as of 1999 (), citing Copeland, Larry (''USA Today''). "Race, Religion, Rhetoric Simmer in Georgia Town", ''Salt Lake Tribune'', 18 September 1999.〕 and drew as many as 5,000 visitors attending "Savior's Day" (York's birthday). Adherence declined steeply after York was sentenced to 135 years in federal prison in April 2004, and the Tama-Re compound was sold under government forfeiture and demolished in 2005. The term "Nuwaubu" is found in "The Holy Tablets", a 1,700-page document published by York in 1996, as the term for "the way of life" of "supreme beings".〔''The Holy Tablets'' 1:6 "These supreme beings called Annunagi or Neteru, whose way of life was called Nuwaubu, were endowed by El Kuluwm 'the All' with a superior overstanding, 720 degrees in all." () Perhaps the term is derived from the Arabic word ''nubuwa'' (نبوة) "prophethood, prophecy").〕 Nuwaubian teachings are sometimes also referred to as ''Nuwaubu''/''Nuwaupu'', ''Wu-Nuwaubu'', "Right Knowledge", "Sound Right Reasoning", "Overstanding", "Blackosophy" or "Factology". It is classified as a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center.〔" York, founder and kingpin of the group Nuwaubian Nation of Moors, pleaded guilty in what prosecutors called the largest case ever mounted against a single child molester. () Some of York's cult members, taught to believe he was the target of a vendetta by white racists and 'house niggers,' have remained loyal. But several of the formerly faithful have denounced York. His driver during the 1970s, Saadik Redd, told the ''Macon Telegraph'' he hopes his daughter—still a disciple of York's—will join other Nuwaubians in leaving the group. 'I hope they can see the fallacy in him,' Saadik said, 'and understand that the whole thing was a lie.'" (Black Supremacist 'Savior' Guilty of Mass Molestation ), Southern Poverty Law Center, Intelligence Report, Spring 2003, Issue number: 109."〕 == Founder == (詳細はThe Mahdi, who is popularly believed to have been born in 1845. See also (York's birth certificate ) as shown on then uwaubian-hotep.net website.〕).〔Moser, Bob Savior in a Strange Land: A black supremacist cult leader meets his match in rural Georgia" Southern Poverty Law Center Intelligence Report 107 (Fall, 2002) ()〕 His ministry began in the late 1960s, from 1967 preaching to the Pan-African "Nubians" (viz. African Americans) in Brooklyn. York founded numerous esoteric or quasi-religious fraternal orders under various names during the 1970s and 1980s, at first along pseudo-Islamic lines, later moving to a loose Afrocentric ancient Egypt theme, eclectically mixing ideas taken from Black nationalism, cryptozoological and UFO religions and popular conspiracy theory. During the 1980s, he was also active as a musician, as "Dr. York" publishing under the "Passion Records" label. York published some 450 booklets (dubbed "scrolls") under numerous pseudonyms. During the late 1990s, he styled himself a messianic founder-prophet of his movement, sometimes claiming divine status or extraterrestrial origin, appearing on his Savior's Day celebrations at Tama-Re. York was arrested in May 2002, and in 2004 convicted to a 135-year sentence for transporting minors across state lines in the course of sexually molesting them, racketeering, and financial reporting charges. His convictions were upheld on appeal.〔''U.S. v. Dwight D. York, a.k.a. Malakai Z. York, etc.'' 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, D.C. Docket No. 02-00027-CR-CAR-5-1, October 27, 2005 ()〕 York's case was reported as the largest prosecution for child molestation ever directed at a single person in the history of the United States, both in terms of number of victims and number of incidents. The case was described in the book ''Ungodly: A True Story of Unprecedented Evil'' (2007) by Bill Osinski, a reporter who had covered the Nuwaubians in Georgia during the late 1990s. York is denounced by orthodox Black Muslims as a fake Muslim, a "Mahdi pretender" and "blasphemer". But some factions of the Black supremacist subculture in the United States appear to continue to support York, portraying his conviction as a conspiracy by the "White Power Structure". Malik Zulu Shabazz, chairman of the New Black Panther Party and York's lawyer, described York as "a great leader of our people (and ) victim of an open conspiracy by our enemy."〔Palmer (2010), p. 1.〕 There have been a wide range of terms used to describe the group, including Ansaru Allah Community, Holy Tabernacle Ministries, United Nuwaubian Nation of Moors, Yamassee Native American Moors of the Creek Nation, and Nuwaubian Nation of Moors. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Nuwaubian Nation」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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