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We are Moorish Americans dedicated to educating new Moors and influencing our Elders

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Our Mindset

We Moorish Americans are not asking for hand-outs; we are not attempting to “cheat the United States government out of anything” and we have no interest of staying on government assistance nor “overthrowing the government of the United States.”.

We are asking for one thing, to be given that which is owed to us. In estate law, this is known as the heirs right of claim and the right to reversion, whereby the belongings of an heir are returned to them. This can be explained simply with an example of what a “lost and found box” is. Where one’s items are placed in a box, waiting for the rightful owner to lay claim to it. Once the owner can prove ownership, the items must be returned.

Since it has already been declared in HR 0689 and HR 1203, amongst other documents, whereby the United States have declared and publicized the official recognition of Moorish Americans as aboriginal and indigenous to continental land masses of North, South and Central America, to include the Island, thanks to the works of Prophet Noble Drew Ali. We have the rightful heirship claim to the land and the US must recognize all claims made thereto.
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Thus, the Rise of the Moors organization is established to continue the civic and religious/spiritual work of Drew Ali and teach what is necessary to the descendants of the ancient Moabites who, due to the Europeans colonization of the Americas, now think they are negro, blacks, colored, Hispanics and Indians. We must teach them what is necessary to make them better citizens of our own free national government. To which, the US has already recognized that we are a separate nation and government from them based on the afore mentioned House Resolutions. Thus, the mentally freed Moorish Americans must be taught their civic duties, and from the teachings of the Rise of the Moors civic organizations, the Moors will be able to elect their own Mayors, Councilmen and statesmen that will be charged with, among other things, maintaining a military for national security and, via the treaty established by our ancestors, maintain or cause to be maintained the peaceful intercourse with the US and other nations and quasi-nation states.

Since the US, their officials and informants are responsible for continuously waging a war against the denationalized-Moors, as customary after a series of conflicts and war, the US is responsible for making of amends for the wrongs they have perpetrated, by paying money to or otherwise helping those who have been wronged. This does not mean providing housing, it means allowing Moorish Americans to lay claim to their own or other abandoned properties with the US and the several states assisting in the repair and maintenance of said properties until the Moorish people are self-sufficient, maintain self-autonomy, and are able to provide for ourselves without assistance from outside countries.

In closing, our mental freedom must always reflect our physical freedom, one must not be compromised over the other. In order to get the land back, we must first get our minds back, once we get our minds back, we can physically secure and protect all that is ours: together.
House Resolution 0689 State of Illinois
 WHEREAS, The indigenous Moorish Peoples of the Americas are
9now united in order to again link themselves with the family of
10nations; and
 
WHEREAS, The Moorish Americans, being aboriginal to the
territories of the North, Central, and South Americas, have
formed a sovereign theocratic government guided by the command
principles of love, truth, peace, freedom, and justice through
virtue of the universal right to self-determination as well as
with the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
guaranteed in the Charter;
House Resolution 1203 State of Georgia
 WHEREAS, the Moorish Americans are teaching their people their true nationality and  divine creed that they may become better citizens and know they are not Negroes, colored  folk, black people, nor Afros because these names were given to slaves by slave holders in  1779 and lasted until 1865; in this era of time as all nations are seeking peace, the indigenous  Moorish Peoples of the Americas are now united to link themselves with the family of  Nations; and  WHEREAS, the Moorish Americans, being aboriginal to the territories of North, Central, and South Americas, have formed a sovereign Theocratic Government, and guided by the command Principles of Love, Truth, Peace, Freedom, and Justice through virtue of the universal right to self-determination as well as with the Declaration on the Rights of  Indigenous Peoples guaranteed in the Charter of the United Nations;

Mission Statement

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The main focus of Rise of the Moors is to perform all things relating to and appropriate to portraying the overall history of our ancestors - the Olmecs, Moabites, Canaanites, Hittites etc.; Informing all Moors of their political status here in the Maghreb Al Aqsa (America – Morocco the most extreme west); Enlighten the minds of the fallen Moors, restoring them the their ‘In Full Life,’ ‘In Propria Persona Sui Juris’ status, as opposed to the mentality of a minor who is ‘Civil liter Mortuus’; to promote a collective of Moorish Americans and connecting them to the Rise of the Moors social and economic platform; to promote the use of moral principles and the branches of knowledge dealing with ethical awareness; to encourage all Moorish Americans to believe in the capacity of each other to succeed in business, to encourage, support and provide patronage in our affairs.
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Our business endeavors will achieve its highest in fulfillment and confidence with the cooperation and patronage of all nationals and especially emphasized whenever possible between other Moorish Americans.


The name "rise of the Moors" simply indicates the rise of our people. Jamhal Talib Abdullah Bey and Janaya Rasha Adwa Awa Nymeria El founded the “Rise of the Moors / RISE OF THE MOORS” non-profit civic organization circa 2016-17 to be the body that helps assist in the actual rise of the Moors / our people. Janaya El, around late 2019 decided to pursue her education and could no longer manage the affairs of the organization while studying for college.

The RISE OF THE MOORS is a civic organization and is therefore tax-exempt.  In Erie Endowment v. United States, 316 F.2d 151, 156 (2d Cir. 1963), the court, in defining a civic organization, summed up the matter by stating that "the organization must be a community movement designed to accomplish community ends."
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Civics is the study of the rights and obligations of citizens in society. The term derives from the Latin word civicus, meaning "relating to a citizen".

Civic education is the study of the theoretical, political and practical aspects of citizenship, as well as its rights and duties. It includes the study of civil law and civil codes, and the study of government with attention to the role of citizens―as opposed to external factors―in the operation and oversight of government.

America named after an Italian?

Between 1497 and 1504, Amerigo Vespucci allergen participated in at least two voyages of to the western Hemisphere. First on behalf of Spain (1499–1500) and then for Portugal (1501–1502). Clearly this doesn’t make sense because it is claimed that Christopher Columbus discovered America. Normally the statement is simply made that America is named after Amerigo with zero explanation as to how or why the man who didn’t even claim to have discovered the continent gets his name stamped on it.

Let’s remember the crusades and the inquisition. Let’s remember that Spain and Portugal followed Moorish routes. Let’s remember that Christopher needed Moors to navigate his ships and translate the language of the people found in America.

Let’s remember that the Italian-Roman-Pope declared that everything discovered would belong to the discoverer so long as they paid homage and felty to the Roman Papacy.

But more so, let’s remember all the lies Europeans have told in the narration of history are not mere omission, But rewriting!

Every honest historian knows that during the Islamic-Arabic rule of the Moslem Moors of Al-Andalusia (Spain), all sciences, including the art of navigation and literary studies were in the Arabic language. This includes the Sicilian (Italian) Emirate.

The word Morocco is linguistically derived from the name of the city of مراكش Marrakesh, which was the capital of the Almoravid dynasty and the Almohad Caliphate of the Moorish Empire. The origin of the name Marrakesh is disputed, but it most likely comes from the Berber phrase amur n Yakuš, where amur can have the meanings "part, lot, promise, protection "and Yakuš and its variants Yuš and Akuš means "God". The expression amur n Rab where Ṛab is a word for ‘Lord’ from arabic رَبِّي (rabbī) "My Lord") means "divine protection". The modern Berber name for Marrakesh is Mṛṛakc. Egyptian and Middle Eastern Arabic literature before the mid-20th century, the name commonly used to refer to Morocco was Murrakush مراكش.

The name Morocco comes from the Berber word “amerruk”, diminutive of “amurakuc” which means “land of god”. It is also the original name of “Marrakech”. Before mentioning the name “Morocco”, one spoke of the Maghreb Al Aqsa, that is to say the extreme western Maghreb (“Al Maghrib” the setting, “Al Aqsa” extreme), at the time of the Moorish expidition, around 700 AD. Before that, about 2000 years ago, at the time of the Romans, there was talk of Mauritania, the country of the Moors (western Maghreb), “mauri” in Latin meaning Berber of Mauritania, or Numidia (Maghreb in general), with its Numidians (nomadic or semi-sedentary).

From here, we can see how the word America, is from the ancient Berber word (4th century BCE) “amurakuc” which predates Amerigo who was born 1451, a difference of over 1,800 years. Referring to the West as Marrakesh is the same as identifying the United States as Washington DC, it’s capitol. In fact, the laws of the US specify that the US is located in DC.

“Code of the District of Columbia § 28:9–307. Location of debtor. (h) The United States is located in the District of Columbia.” https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/28:9-307

Therefore, we can see that since the city of Marrakesh was, at various times, the seat of Moorish Berber power, and so, the entire extent of the Empire was called Marrakesh or in English: Morocco. Exactly how the United States is only located in Washington DC, but the entirety of land is erroneously called: The United States.

For the sake of identity, we are the same as the Moors, Moroccans, Berbers, Saracens etc. and by default, our culture must be the same. This, in essence, is the purpose Moorish movement, to return the black Americans to their proper identity and culture based on historical facts. This mental liberation and identification, like all other people who claim a national identity, creates a certain political standing amongst our people. As an example, when Chinese nationals come to north America and set up business, they have certain Treaty rights regarding tax exemptions. This could lead to a major economic shift in our people for the better, where we are taxed approximately 37% of everything we make. This puts a Chinese national’s business in a better position financially. If there is a Chinese business and a Black business that both make $200,000 a year. At the 32% tax, the black business looses $64,000, while the Chinese business keeps the full $200,000.

“Berber, self-name Amazigh, plural Imazighen, any of the descendants of the pre-Arab inhabitants of North Africa. The Berbers live in scattered communities across Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Mali, Niger, and Mauritania. They speak various Amazigh languages belonging to the Afro-Asiatic familyrelated to ancient Egyptian.” https://www.britannica.com/topic/Berber

“The Numidian, Mauri or Moor, and Libu populations of antiquity are typically understood to refer to approximately the same population as modern Amazigh or Berbers.” https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Names_of_the_Berber_people

The word Moor is linguistically related to ancient Moabites.
Moabite: 𐤌𐤀𐤁‎ Māʾab; Hebrew: מוֹאָב‎, Modern: Mōʾav, Tiberian: Mōʾāḇ; Ancient Greek: Μωάβ Mōáb; Assyrian: 𒈬𒀪𒁀𒀀𒀀 Mu'abâ, 𒈠𒀪𒁀𒀀𒀀 Ma'bâ, 𒈠𒀪𒀊 Ma'ab; Egyptian: 𓈗𓇋𓃀𓅱𓈉 Mū'ībū

“Moabite, member of a West-Semitic people who lived in the highlands east of the Dead Sea (now in west-central Jordan) and flourished in the 9th century BC. They are known principally through information given in the Old Testament and from the inscription on the Moabite Stone. The Moabites’ culture is dated by scholars from about the late 14th century BC to 582 BC… In Old Testament accounts (e.g., Genesis 19:30–38), the Moabites belonged to the same ethnic stock as the Israelites. Their ancestral founder was Moab, a son of Lot, who was a nephew of the Israelite patriarch Abraham. https://www.britannica.com/topic/Fang-people
 
According to the Old Testament, many Moabites left Moab during the reign of Joshua, after Moses died, and traveled West.

“The earliest references to the peoples of Moab appear in two inscriptions from the reign of Ramesses II. While Egyptian sources offer nothing regarding Moab during the Iron Age, fortunately, other sources, such as the Bālū˓ Stele and the Mesha Inscription, step in. On the whole, the evidence suggests that Moab was a larger political factor than historians have realized.” https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.2307/3210625?journalCode=biblarch
 
“Moab as a land is first mentioned in the reign of the Egyptian pharaoh Ramses II (circa 1270 B.C.E.).” https://www.bibleodyssey.org/places/main-articles/moab/
 
“In 247 B.C., the year Hannibal Barca was born, the Carthage empire was about 500 years old. Known as one of the greatest strategist in military history, the battles of Hannibal would strike a turning point in the history of the continent that would be called Africa.

Carthage had been settled by Phoenicians as a city-state in North Africa near the current Tunis. In his 1961 work, French Historian Gabriel Audisio comments that he considered "Hannibal to be neither a Phoenician, nor a Carthaginian, nor a Punic, but a North African... The majority of the Punic populace seems to have had African, indeed Negroid, ancestry." Whether described as Carthaginians, Phoenicians, or Punics of North Africa, according to Audisio's research they were certainly a mix of aboriginal North Africans that included the native Berbers, Moors and other groups.
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The Phoenicians were a Semitic language people. English writers and speakers can thank the Phoenicians for the current English phonic system. The English Alphabets were borrowed from the Phoenician script. Their cultural influence was wide throughout the Mediterranean Sea nations. They were known as skilled sea merchant traders. They ruled in pre-Roman and pre-historic Iberia (currently Spain and Portugal nations on the Iberian Peninsula), until losing against Rome in the Third Punic War.” http://www.blackhistoryheroes.com/2012/07/hannibal-barca-of-carthage-north-africa.html?m=1
 
“The ancient Phoenicians were Moors, or a majority of highly Melanated or dark skinned people, and a mixture of some less melanated people, whose empire spans from about 1500 BC to 300 BC. This former world superpowers Origin began in ancient Canaan or in what is now known as Lebanon.” https://reelnagas.com/pages/phoenix-moors
 
Encyclopedia Britannica; or, A Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, Compiled upon a new plan. In Which The different Sciences and Arts are Digested into distinct Treatises or Systems; And The Various Technical Terms are explained as they occur in the order of the Alphabet. By a Society of Gentlemen in Scotland. M.D.C.C.LXXI (1772)
Page 134.
 Amergo, or Mergo, A city of Africa, in the kingdom of Fez, three leagues from Beni-Tudi.
America, one of the four parts of the world, and by much the largest, extending near 9000 miles in length, and about 3000 in breadth… unless some conjectures, much more ancient, be admitted, that it was visited by a Carthaginian fleet, who afterwards visited Mexico… They have all originally a red copper colour…


Organizations, such as charities, seeking Federal tax exemption are required to file an application with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).  Other organizations, such as social welfare organizations, may file an application but are not required to do so.
 - https://www.treasury.gov/tigta/auditreports/2013reports/201310053fr.html#background

The IRS defines a social welfare organization as: [A]n organization is operated exclusively for the promotion of social welfare if it is primarily engaged in promoting in some way the common good and general welfare of the community.  - https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-tege/eotopici03.pdf

The Internal Revenue Code provides for the exemption of different types of organizations with their own distinct qualification requirements. They are:
Social welfare organizations: Civic leagues or organizations not organized for profit but operated exclusively for the promotion of social welfare, and
Local associations of employees, the membership of which is limited to the employees of a designated person(s) in a particular municipality, and the net earnings of which are devoted exclusively to charitable, educational or recreational purposes.

https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/other-non-profits/types-of-organizations-exempt-under-section-501c4

Exempt Organization Types
https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-types
Organizations organized and operated exclusively for religious, charitable, scientific, testing for public safety, literary, educational, or other specified purposes and that meet certain other requirements are tax exempt under Internal Revenue Code…
 
26 U.S. Code § 501 - Exemption from tax on corporations, certain trusts, etc.
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/26/501
List of exempt organizations
Corporations, and any community chest, fund, or foundation, organized and operated exclusively for religious, charitable, scientific, testing for public safety, literary, or educational purposes, or to foster national or international amateur sports competition (but only if no part of its activities involve the provision of athletic facilities or equipment), or for the prevention of cruelty to children or animals, no part of the net earnings of which inures to the benefit of any private shareholder or individual, no substantial part of the activities of which is carrying on propaganda, or otherwise attempting, to influence legislation (except as otherwise provided in subsection (h)), and which does not participate in, or intervene in (including the publishing or distributing of statements), any political campaign on behalf of (or in opposition to) any candidate for public office.

Civic leagues or organizations not organized for profit but operated exclusively for the promotion of social welfare, or local associations of employees, the membership of which is limited to the employees of a designated person or persons in a particular municipality, and the net earnings of which are devoted exclusively to charitable, educational, or recreational purposes.

501(d) – Religious or apostolic organizations with the purpose of operating a religious community where the members live a communal life following the tenets and teachings of the organization. The organization's property is owned by each of the individuals in the community but, upon leaving, a member cannot withdraw any of the community's assets. The organization's income goes into a community treasury that is used to pay for the organization's operating expenses and supporting members and their families.


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All rights reserved and retained. No part of any book or publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means: electronic, mechanical or otherwise without the prior written permission of Jamhal Talib Abdullah Bey, his heirs, descendants or his estate.

[1] All rights reserved. The applicable law governing all contracts, books, and declarations may be, pursuant to Article PART 3. of the Uniform Commercial Codes, the Uniform Commercial Codes to include any and all applicable State, Federal and International Laws to include Treaties. § 1-202. Notice; Knowledge. § 1-206. Presumptions. § 1-305. Remedies to be Liberally Administered. § 1-307. Prima Facie Evidence by Third-Party Documents. § 7-104. Negotiable and Nonnegotiable Document of Title.
[2] COPYRIGHT. The right of literary property as recognized and sanctioned by positive law. An intangible, incorporeal right granted by statute to the author or originator of certain literary or artistic productions, whereby he is invested, for a limited period, with the sole and exclusive privilege of multiplying copies of the same and publishing and selling them. In re Rider, 16 R.I. 271, 15 A. 72; Mott Iron Works v. Clow, C.C.A.Ill., 82 F. 316, 27 C.C.A. 250; Palmer v. De Witt, 47 N.Y. 536, 7 Am.Rep. 480; Stuff v. La Budde Feed & Grain Co., D.C.Wis., 42 F.Supp. 493, 497; Schill v. Remington Putnam Book Co., 179 Md. 83, 17 A.2d 175.
[3] COMMON-LAW LIEN. One known to or granted by the common law, as distinguished from statutory, equitable, and maritime liens; also one arising by implication of law, as distinguished from one created by the agreement of the parties. The Menominie, D.C.Minn., 36 F. 197; Tobacco Warehouse Co. v. Trustee, 117 Ky. 478, 78 S.W. 413, 64 L.R.A. 219. It is a right extended to a person to retain that which is in his possession belonging to another, until the demand or charge of the person in possession is paid or satisfied. Whiteside v. Rocky Mountain Fuel Co., C.C.A.Colo., 101 F.2d 765, 769; Goldwater v. Mendelson, 8 N.Y.S. 627, 629, 170 Misc. 422.
[4] COMMON-LAW REMEDY. This phrase, within the meaning of U. S. Judicial Code 1911, § 256 (Act March 3, 1911, c. 231, 36 Stat. 1100, see Historical and Revision Notes under 28 U.S.C.A. § 1333), was not limited to remedies in the common-law courts, but embraced all methods of enforcing rights and redressing injuries known to the common or statutory law. Kennerson v. Thames Towboat Co., 89 Conn. 367, 94 A. 372, 375, L.R.A. 1916A, 436. See, also, Northern Pacific S. S. Co. v. Industrial Acc. Commission of California, 174 Cal. 346, 163 P. 199, 202.
[5] COMMON-LAW TRADE-MARK. One appropriated under common-law rules, regardless of statutes. Stratton & Terstegge Co. v. Stiglitz Furnace Co., 258 Ky. 678, 81 S.W.2d 1, 3.
[6] COMMON-LAW COPYRIGHT. An intangible, incorporeal right in an author of literary or artistic productions to reproduce and sell them exclusively and arises at the moment of their creation as distinguished from federal or statutory copyrights which exist for the most part only in published works. Common law copyright is perpetual while statutory copyright is for term of years. Equitable relief is available for violation of common law copyright. Edgar H. Wood Associates Inc. v. Skene, 347 Mass. 351, 197 N.E.2d 886.
[7] 17 U.S. Code § 401. Notice of copyright: Visually perceptible copies. 17 U.S. Code CHAPTER 5— COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT AND REMEDIES.

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Organizations, such as charities, seeking Federal tax exemption are required to file an application with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).  Other organizations, such as social welfare organizations, may file an application but are not required to do so.  - https://www.treasury.gov/tigta/auditreports/2013reports/201310053fr.html#background

The IRS defines a social welfare organization as: [A]n organization is operated exclusively for the promotion of social welfare if it is primarily engaged in promoting in some way the common good and general welfare of the community.  - https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-tege/eotopici03.pdf

RISE OF THE MOORS is a civic organization and is therefore tax-exempt.  In Erie Endowment v. United States, 316 F.2d 151, 156 (2d Cir. 1963), the court, in defining a civic organization, summed up the matter by stating that "the organization must be a community movement designed to accomplish community ends."

While some activities promote social welfare only if the community as a whole is the recipient of services, a membership organization is not automatically precluded from exempt status. In the exceptional case, an organization whose services are made available solely to its members may qualify. In such cases, it must be clearly established that making the service available to the membership benefits the community as a whole. Social welfare organization may engage in some political activities, so long as that is not its primary activity. 

Murdock v. Pennsylvania, 319 U.S. 105 (1943).
https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/319/105/

The mere fact that the religious literature is "sold", rather than "donated" does not transform the activities of the colporteur into a commercial enterprise.

A State may not impose a charge for the enjoyment of a right granted by the Federal Constitution.

A community may not suppress, or the State tax, the dissemination of views because they are unpopular, annoying, or distasteful.

But the mere fact that the religious literature is "sold" by itinerant preachers, rather than "donated," does not transform evangelism into a commercial enterprise. If it did, then the passing of the collection plate in church would make the church service a commercial project. The constitutional rights of those spreading their religious beliefs through the spoken and printed word are not to be gauged by standards governing retailers or wholesalers of books. The right to use the press for expressing one's views is not to be measured by the protection afforded commercial handbills. It should be remembered that the pamphlets of Thomas Paine were not distributed free of charge. It is plain that a religious organization needs funds to remain a going concern. But an itinerant evangelist, however misguided or intolerant he may be, does not become a mere book agent by selling the Bible or religious tracts to help defray his expenses or to sustain him. Freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom of religion are available to all, not merely to those who can pay their own way. As we have said, the problem of drawing the line between a purely commercial activity and a religious one will, at times, be difficult. On this record, it plainly cannot be said that petitioners were engaged in a commercial, rather than a religious, venture. It is a distortion of the facts of record to describe their activities as the occupation of selling books and pamphlets. And the Pennsylvania court did not rest the judgments of conviction on that basis, though it did find that petitioners "sold" the literature. The Supreme Court of Iowa, in State v. Mead, 230 Iowa 1217, 300 N.W. 523, 524, described the selling activities of members of this same sect as "merely incidental and collateral" to their "main object, which was to preach and publicize the doctrines of their order." And see State v. Meredith, 197 S.C. 351, 15 S.E.2d 678; People v. Barber, 289 N.Y. 378, 385-386, 46 N.E.2d 329. That accurately summarizes the present record.

Those who can tax the exercise of this religious practice can make its exercise so costly as to deprive it of the resources necessary for its maintenance. Those who can tax the privilege of engaging in this form of missionary evangelism can close its doors to all those who do not have a full purse. Spreading religious beliefs in this ancient and honorable manner would thus be denied the needy. Those who can deprive religious groups of their colporteurs can take from them a part of the vital power of the press which has survived from the Reformation.
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