Local Moor speaks against racial slander in Fort Wayne County

We are experiencing an extreme amount of slander in Fort Wayne County Indiana. This attention is great because it opens the eyes of the people. Our brothers in Fort Wayne addressed this issue and I will also be posting a follow up letter. 


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Local Moors speak out, deny tax fraud

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - A group of Fort Wayne Moors are denying any attempts to commit tax fraud after they claimed Moorish nationality over U.S. citizenship.
Since December, the Allen County Recorder's office has served at least 13 people who claimed to be Moors.
Recorder John McGauley called the encounters "interesting." He said the group of people brought lots of "strange" documents to be recorded. Some of the documents are titled "The Moorish Divine and National Movement of the World." They claim allegiance to the "Moorish Empire" and declare name corrections. Other documents claim power of attorney, but none of the documents carry any legal weight.
Now, some local Moors are speaking out. NewsChannel 15 met with two men who said they're Moorish sheiks and that they're not trying to create any trouble.
"We're not here to try to cause conflict." said Ptah El-Ali. "We're not here to try to overthrow the government. We will work with the government. But we just want to ensure and secure our rights."
He and another sheik, Jabbar Gaines-El, said the Moorish people are the same people normally referred to as "black" or "African-American."
"Moors is a race of people of the Earth. The wooly haired, the thick lips, big nose, copper tone skin," explained El-Ali. "Moors is a group of people. It's not a club. it's not a religious group. It's actually a race of people that has been here for since the ancient times. Actually from the ancient Moabites."
However, it's more than just an ethnicity for the two men and other Moors like them. It's a nationality that trumps any other.
"We never was a U.S. citizen to begin with," said El-Ali.
Following that idea, the two men conclude that Moors don't have to obey U.S. laws or fulfill any U.S. obligations like paying taxes. When NewsChannel 15's Aishah Hasnie asked the two men if they pay U.S. taxes, El-Ali declined to answer. Gaines-El said he did.
"I pay taxes, but I do so under the threat of arrest or coercion," said Gaines-El.
While they don't believe in U.S. laws, they said they record documents at the Allen County Recorders office to inform others of who they are.
"It's just given proper notice so that if we do get involved with some type of trouble, they would know our status," said El-Ali.
We asked them how realistic is it to live in a country and not follow its laws? The men said they follow the U.S. constitution and are confident any judge would side with their argument.
NewsChannel 15 intends to follow up on this story by speaking to a judge about Moorish ideas.