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MACON, Ga. - Macon Mayor Jack Ellis has converted to Islam and is now working to legally change his name to Hakim Mansour Ellis. Ellis, who was raised Christian, said Thursday that he became a Sunni Muslim during a December ceremony in the west African nation of Senegal. Ellis said he has been studying the Quran for years and that his new religion was originally practiced by his ancestors before they were brought to North America as slaves. "Why does one become a Christian?" Ellis said. "You do it because it feels right. It's the right thing for you to...

This just in... Malachi York, famed Nuwaubian leader, has been found guilty of 10 of the 11 Federal charges filed against him. Wonderful news to get this pedophile off the streets!! stories here: http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1032881/posts http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1051566/posts http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1052264/posts http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1053027/posts

MACON, Ga. May 13 — The leader of a religious group molested dozens of children, some as young as 4, at the sect's compound over the past nine years, an FBI agent testified at a bail hearing Monday. Dwight York, founder of the United Nuwaubian Nation of Moors, and his partner, Kathy Johnson, are seeking bail on federal charges alleging they transported minors across state lines for sex beginning in 1993, the year the group settled in central Georgia. FBI agent Jalaine Ward testified that three children told her they were forced to perform oral sex and other acts with...