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Moorish Scientist
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Moorish Science Temple of America
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Noun
Moorish Scientist
An adherent of the Moorish Science Temple of America, a religion founded in the early 20th century by Timothy Drew on the claim that African Americans descended from Moors and were originally Islamic, and centered on personal transformation and racial pride.
See also
en Moorish Science
en Nuwaubian
en Nation of Islam