37 Facts About Dwight York

Dwight York founded numerous religious movements under various names between the 1960s and 1980s.

Dwight York last called his group the United Nuwaubian Nation of Moors, Nuwaubian Nation, or Nuwabians.

The community was intensively investigated after numerous reports that Dwight York had molested numerous children of his followers.

Dwight York was convicted in 2004 of child molestation and violations of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act.

Dwight York's case was reported as the largest prosecution for child molestation ever directed at a single person in the history of the United States, both in terms of number of victims and number of incidents.

Dwight York says that he was raised in Massachusetts, and at the age of seven went to Aswan, Egypt, to learn about Islam.

Dwight York called it "Ansaar Pure Sufi", or the "Ansaaru Allah Community", c 1970.

Dwight York instructed members to wear black and green dashikis.

Dwight York later traveled to Africa, to Sudan and Egypt in particular.

Dwight York met and persuaded members of Mohamed Ahmed Al-Mahdi's family to finance him to set up a cell of their organization in the United States.

Dwight York began to develop the claim of his "Sudanese" roots in order to authenticate his American branch of the sect.

Dwight York was based in Coney Island for a time, and operated a bookstore and a printing press on Flatbush Ave.

Dwight York launched his own record label, named Passion Productions, recording as the solo artist "Dr York".

Dwight York released Passion on his York Records and Passion Records imprint.

Dwight York's groups had a variety of names and functions: quasi-religious, fraternal, and tribal.

Dwight York promoted a design featuring an ankh in the middle of a six-pointed star of Judaism and Islamic crescent, a symbol used by the Ansarullah Community.

Dwight York changed his name legally in 1990 to "Issa al Haadi al Mahdi" when he was still living in Brooklyn.

Dwight York claimed to materialize sacred, healing ash in front of his followers, much in the fashion of Sathya Sai Baba.

In 1988 Dwight York was convicted of obtaining a passport with a false birth certificate.

Dwight York left Brooklyn with an estimated 300 followers around 1990.

In 1996, Dwight York published the Nuwaubian holy book, The Holy Tablets.

In 2005 federal government officials acquired the property of Tama-Re through asset forfeiture after Dwight York was convicted and sentenced to prison for 135 years.

Dwight York urges his female followers to pattern themselves on the Islamic paradigms of the wife and the mother, apparently desiring the creation of stable family units.

In 2003, Dwight York entered into a plea bargain that was later dismissed by the judge.

Dwight York was convicted by a jury on January 23,2004.

The judge rejected his plea to be returned for trial to his own "tribe", after Dwight York claimed status as an indigenous person:.

Early in 2004, Dwight York was convicted in federal court by a jury of multiple RICO, child molestation, and financial reporting charges.

Dwight York's case was appealed to the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, which upheld the convictions on October 27,2005.

Dwight York believes that his betrayal, arrest, trial and imprisonment were foretold in chapter 10 of Zecharia Sitchin's The Wars of the Gods and the Men, with Dwight York being represented by Mar-duq in that story.

Dwight York's followers have said that since 1999 Dwight York has been a Consul General of Monrovia, Liberia, under appointment from then-President Charles Taylor.

Dwight York has taught an ever-changing and multifaceted doctrine over the years, with influences and borrowings from many sources.

Dwight York has claimed to be an extraterrestrial master teacher from the planet Rizq.

Dwight York has had a variety of stories about his ancestry and birth, including that he was born in Omdurman, Sudan.

Dwight York has claimed that his biological father was a man called Al Haadi Abdur Rahman Al Mahdi, whom his mother ostensibly met while studying in Sudan.

David and Mary Dwight York had four other children together: David, Dale, Debra and Dennis.

Dwight York has claimed, without documentation being found, that his father was descended from "Ben" Dwight York, an enslaved African American who took part in the Lewis and Clark Expedition.

Dwight York has been known by a multitude of aliases over the years, many of which he used simultaneously.