Posted on 06/24/2006 7:37:39 PM PDT by blam
Sect inspired 'leader of Sears Tower plot'
By Toby Harnden in Washington
(Filed: 25/06/2006)
The alleged ringleader of a terrorist cell that planned to blow up the Sears Tower in Chicago was an adherent of an obscure black Islamist sect that was first investigated by America's Federal Bureau of Investigation in the 1950s, relatives said yesterday.
According to an FBI indictment, Narseal Batiste, 32, wanted to build an "Islamic army" to "wage war against the United States government" and provide "material support to al-Qaeda". He and the six other accused lived in Miami.
Narseal Batiste
Relatives said that Batiste, described as a "Moses-like" figure who roamed his neighbourhood wearing a robe and carrying a crooked wooden cane as he recruited young men, based his teachings on those of the Moorish Science Temple of America.
Founded in New Jersey in 1913, the basic tenet of Moorish Science is that all black people are born as Muslims and are descended from the Moors, a nomadic North African tribe. In the 1950s, the FBI tried to infiltrate the Moorish Science Church's activities, believing it to be involved in disseminating anti-American propaganda, but the investigation proved inconclusive and was dropped.
Batiste is said to have called his branch of Moorish Science the "Seas of David". His followers wore uniforms bearing a Star of David, and met for Bible study and martial arts practice in a Haitian section of Miami.
The seven Florida arrests, which Alberto Gonzales, the US attorney general, cited as evidence of a "home-grown terrorist" threat, followed a sting operation in which an FBI agent infiltrated the group for six months.
Batiste was said to have talked about blowing up the Sears Tower and the FBI headquarters in Miami.
Another adherent of Moorish Science was Clement Rodney Hampton-El, who was convicted in 1995 of taking part in a failed plot to blow up New York city tunnels and landmarks with truck bombs.
Ahhhhhhh...so the facts are slowly coming out, but NOT in the American MSM.
Black Muslims who met for Bible study while wearing Star of David patches?
Gee, that makes perfect sense.
Oh, I've seen these nutjobs before:
http://www.moorishsciencetempleofamericainc.com/index.html
Ok, so Black Muslims wear a Star of David, study the Bible, and practice Eastern martial arts all while chanting 'Death To America' no doubt.
Let me guess. They're also MENSA members, right?
L
I have a feeling they will have no trouble pulling off an insanity defense.
ROTFLOL....not if "Brother Corey" is any example. :-)
L
bttt
Another ignorant dupe who was taught while in prison that Mohammed was a black brother.
The website of the Moorish sect shows a man with a star, but it is not a Star of David, a six point star. The star pictured is a five-pointed star.
Mover Mike
Read the article at the top of this freerepublic.com listing and you'll see that it says these yahoos in Florida wore Stars of David.
Hey, lighten up on us MENSA members. Those guys have room temperature IQ's.
She used to carry my membership card around with her in her purse. She never let me have it because she was afraid I'd lose it.
Go figure.
BTW my post wasn't intended as a slam at MENSA members in any way.
L
The language used sounded black Muslim rather than Islamocommie in that they wanted to kill the "devils', not necessarily the "infidels and crusaders." Still, peas in a pot as they say.
I think the saying is: 'Peas in a pod.'
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