Issue: archive index
  

International Cultic Studies Association
Article News Summaries

Vol. 1, No. 1, 2002

News Summaries: December 15, 2001 to January 15, 2002

Red House Muslims / Al Fuqra

Rural Muslims Draw Attention

Federal prosecutors believe that a Red House, VA mobile home compound of African American Muslims is linked to a violent Muslim sect called Al Fuqra. The community is one of a handful established across the country by followers—300 all told— of the Muslims of Americas, a group that promotes advanced studies in Islam and encourages its members to live in small villages, "free from the decadence of a godless society."

After the Sept. 11 attacks, federal officials arrested three Muslims of the Americas on gun charges, and prosecutors linked them to Al Fuqra, which they say has committed firebombing and murders in the past two decades. Muslims of the Americas considers accusations of terrorism as manifestations of a Zionist conspiracy to target Muslims.

The Red House Muslims, who deny the very existence of Al Fuqra, say they are law abiding citizens and followers of Sheif Mubarik Ali Shah Gilani, a cleric in Pakistan who used the Koran to treat illness and who founded Muslims of the Americas in 1980.

Red House resident Abdul Jabbar, 26, a chemist, said he came from South Philadelphia to escape crime, not commit it. Local law enforcement officials say they have had peaceful relations with the Muslims. (Jo Thomas with Ralph Blumental, New York Times, 1/3/02, Internet)

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News Summaries - group

News: by organization ∆* News: added: 2002 - 03.01 ∆†*News: by topic ∆‡* News: by group ^ Last, First x. Ph.D.: "Title" ∆‡ Attleboro sect: "Judge Keeps Corneaus in Jail" - posted: 03/28/02 ∆‡ Aum: "New Aum, (Aleph) Leader / Japan" - posted: 03/28/02 ∆‡ Aylmer Church of God (posted 3/28/02) ∆‡ Falun Gong: "Falun Gong Hijacks TV Time " - posted: 03/28/02 ∆‡ Falun Gong: "Foreign Protesters Detained / China" - posted: 03/28/02 ∆‡ Hare Krishna (posted 03/28/02) ∆‡ House of Prayer (posted 03/28/02) ∆‡ Kashi Ashram (posted: 03/28/02) ∆‡ Life Space (posted 03/28/02) ∆‡ Operation and Reconnaissance Agents (posted: 03/01/02) ∆‡ Raelians (posted: 03/28/02) ∆‡ Rasheen Nyah Family (posted: 03/28/02) ∆‡ Scientology: "Photo Exhibit on Scientology Founder" - posted: 03/28/02

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Issue: archive index
  

International Cultic Studies Association
Article News Summaries

Vol. 1, No. 1, 2002

News Summaries: December 15, 2001 to January 15, 2002

Red House Muslims / Al Fuqra

Rural Muslims Draw Attention

Federal prosecutors believe that a Red House, VA mobile home compound of African American Muslims is linked to a violent Muslim sect called Al Fuqra. The community is one of a handful established across the country by followers—300 all told— of the Muslims of Americas, a group that promotes advanced studies in Islam and encourages its members to live in small villages, "free from the decadence of a godless society."

After the Sept. 11 attacks, federal officials arrested three Muslims of the Americas on gun charges, and prosecutors linked them to Al Fuqra, which they say has committed firebombing and murders in the past two decades. Muslims of the Americas considers accusations of terrorism as manifestations of a Zionist conspiracy to target Muslims.

The Red House Muslims, who deny the very existence of Al Fuqra, say they are law abiding citizens and followers of Sheif Mubarik Ali Shah Gilani, a cleric in Pakistan who used the Koran to treat illness and who founded Muslims of the Americas in 1980.

Red House resident Abdul Jabbar, 26, a chemist, said he came from South Philadelphia to escape crime, not commit it. Local law enforcement officials say they have had peaceful relations with the Muslims. (Jo Thomas with Ralph Blumental, New York Times, 1/3/02, Internet)

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News Summaries - group

News: by organization ∆* News: added: 2002 - 03.01 ∆†*News: by topic ∆‡* News: by group ^ Last, First x. Ph.D.: "Title" ∆‡ Attleboro sect: "Judge Keeps Corneaus in Jail" - posted: 03/28/02 ∆‡ Aum: "New Aum, (Aleph) Leader / Japan" - posted: 03/28/02 ∆‡ Aylmer Church of God (posted 3/28/02) ∆‡ Falun Gong: "Falun Gong Hijacks TV Time " - posted: 03/28/02 ∆‡ Falun Gong: "Foreign Protesters Detained / China" - posted: 03/28/02 ∆‡ Hare Krishna (posted 03/28/02) ∆‡ House of Prayer (posted 03/28/02) ∆‡ Kashi Ashram (posted: 03/28/02) ∆‡ Life Space (posted 03/28/02) ∆‡ Operation and Reconnaissance Agents (posted: 03/01/02) ∆‡ Raelians (posted: 03/28/02) ∆‡ Rasheen Nyah Family (posted: 03/28/02) ∆‡ Scientology: "Photo Exhibit on Scientology Founder" - posted: 03/28/02

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Issue: archive index
  

International Cultic Studies Association
Article News Summaries

Vol. 1, No. 1, 2002

News Summaries: December 15, 2001 to January 15, 2002

Red House Muslims / Al Fuqra

Rural Muslims Draw Attention

Federal prosecutors believe that a Red House, VA mobile home compound of African American Muslims is linked to a violent Muslim sect called Al Fuqra. The community is one of a handful established across the country by followers—300 all told— of the Muslims of Americas, a group that promotes advanced studies in Islam and encourages its members to live in small villages, "free from the decadence of a godless society."

After the Sept. 11 attacks, federal officials arrested three Muslims of the Americas on gun charges, and prosecutors linked them to Al Fuqra, which they say has committed firebombing and murders in the past two decades. Muslims of the Americas considers accusations of terrorism as manifestations of a Zionist conspiracy to target Muslims.

The Red House Muslims, who deny the very existence of Al Fuqra, say they are law abiding citizens and followers of Sheif Mubarik Ali Shah Gilani, a cleric in Pakistan who used the Koran to treat illness and who founded Muslims of the Americas in 1980.

Red House resident Abdul Jabbar, 26, a chemist, said he came from South Philadelphia to escape crime, not commit it. Local law enforcement officials say they have had peaceful relations with the Muslims. (Jo Thomas with Ralph Blumental, New York Times, 1/3/02, Internet)

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News Summaries - group

News: by organization ∆* News: added: 2002 - 03.01 ∆†*News: by topic ∆‡* News: by group ^ Last, First x. Ph.D.: "Title" ∆‡ Attleboro sect: "Judge Keeps Corneaus in Jail" - posted: 03/28/02 ∆‡ Aum: "New Aum, (Aleph) Leader / Japan" - posted: 03/28/02 ∆‡ Aylmer Church of God (posted 3/28/02) ∆‡ Falun Gong: "Falun Gong Hijacks TV Time " - posted: 03/28/02 ∆‡ Falun Gong: "Foreign Protesters Detained / China" - posted: 03/28/02 ∆‡ Hare Krishna (posted 03/28/02) ∆‡ House of Prayer (posted 03/28/02) ∆‡ Kashi Ashram (posted: 03/28/02) ∆‡ Life Space (posted 03/28/02) ∆‡ Operation and Reconnaissance Agents (posted: 03/01/02) ∆‡ Raelians (posted: 03/28/02) ∆‡ Rasheen Nyah Family (posted: 03/28/02) ∆‡ Scientology: "Photo Exhibit on Scientology Founder" - posted: 03/28/02

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Issue: archive index
  

International Cultic Studies Association
Article News Summaries

Vol. 1, No. 1, 2002

News Summaries: December 15, 2001 to January 15, 2002

Red House Muslims / Al Fuqra

Rural Muslims Draw Attention

Federal prosecutors believe that a Red House, VA mobile home compound of African American Muslims is linked to a violent Muslim sect called Al Fuqra. The community is one of a handful established across the country by followers—300 all told— of the Muslims of Americas, a group that promotes advanced studies in Islam and encourages its members to live in small villages, "free from the decadence of a godless society."

After the Sept. 11 attacks, federal officials arrested three Muslims of the Americas on gun charges, and prosecutors linked them to Al Fuqra, which they say has committed firebombing and murders in the past two decades. Muslims of the Americas considers accusations of terrorism as manifestations of a Zionist conspiracy to target Muslims.

The Red House Muslims, who deny the very existence of Al Fuqra, say they are law abiding citizens and followers of Sheif Mubarik Ali Shah Gilani, a cleric in Pakistan who used the Koran to treat illness and who founded Muslims of the Americas in 1980.

Red House resident Abdul Jabbar, 26, a chemist, said he came from South Philadelphia to escape crime, not commit it. Local law enforcement officials say they have had peaceful relations with the Muslims. (Jo Thomas with Ralph Blumental, New York Times, 1/3/02, Internet)

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News Summaries - group

News: by organization ∆* News: added: 2002 - 03.01 ∆†*News: by topic ∆‡* News: by group ^ Last, First x. Ph.D.: "Title" ∆‡ Attleboro sect: "Judge Keeps Corneaus in Jail" - posted: 03/28/02 ∆‡ Aum: "New Aum, (Aleph) Leader / Japan" - posted: 03/28/02 ∆‡ Aylmer Church of God (posted 3/28/02) ∆‡ Falun Gong: "Falun Gong Hijacks TV Time " - posted: 03/28/02 ∆‡ Falun Gong: "Foreign Protesters Detained / China" - posted: 03/28/02 ∆‡ Hare Krishna (posted 03/28/02) ∆‡ House of Prayer (posted 03/28/02) ∆‡ Kashi Ashram (posted: 03/28/02) ∆‡ Life Space (posted 03/28/02) ∆‡ Operation and Reconnaissance Agents (posted: 03/01/02) ∆‡ Raelians (posted: 03/28/02) ∆‡ Rasheen Nyah Family (posted: 03/28/02) ∆‡ Scientology: "Photo Exhibit on Scientology Founder" - posted: 03/28/02

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