Moorish Science Temple of America
A living tradition within Islam. The disagreements in the sources are shown rather than settled.
Moorish Science Temple of America is a living tradition within Islam. Also written Moorish Holy Temple of Science.
Origin
Founder named in the sources: Noble Drew Ali. No founding year is given below, because the sources read do not agree on one and a date has not been chosen for them. Named in WRSP's account of the Nation of Islam as the body on whose teachings Fard built, and included in the Brill Handbook's Part 5 among Part 5, 'In Between and on the Fringes of Islam'. No founding year, founder's dates or account of current status was verified in this pass; retained at low confidence rather than dropped.
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Citation
English
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John Shaqi. “Moorish Science Temple of America.” English version. 11 August 2026. https://johnshaqi.com/articles/sect-moorish-science-temple-of-america.
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}The word count is counted from this edition. The minute estimate uses 238 words a minute, the silent reading rate for English non-fiction reported by Brysbaert (2019). The Urdu, Hindi and Roman Urdu editions carry a word count and no estimate, because no comparable rate has been published for those scripts.