Noble Drew Ali was born Timothy Drew on January 8, 1886, on a Cherokee reservation in Sampson, North Carolina. In 1925, Noble Drew Ali and his followers moved to Chicago and established the Moorish Science Temple of America.
In 1913, ?Noble Drew Ali established the Canaanite Temple in Newark, NJ. Noble Drew Ali was born Timothy Drew, January 8, 1886 on a Cherokee reservation in Sampson, North Carolina. There were immediate challenges to Noble Drew Ali’s leadership from within the Moorish community, and by 1916, internal disagreements caused a division of the Moorish-American nation into two groups. One group stayed in Newark, changing its name to the Holy Moabite Temple of the World. Moabite, is the ancient name for Moroccans. Noble Drew Ali and his followers moved to Chicago in 1925 and established the Moorish Science Temple of America. By this time, Drew Ali had established temples in Charleston, WVA; Milwaukee, WI; Lansing and Detroit, MI; Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, PA; Pine Bluff, AR; Newark, NJ; Cleveland and Youngstown, OH; Richmond and Petersburg, VA. Noble Drew Ali was, murdered in 1929 in Chicago, IL and buried in Burr Oak Cemetery.
Books & Sources
Book: https://blackthen.com/prophet-noble-drew-ali-founded-moorish-science-temple-america/
Book: “African American Islam,” by Aminah Beverly McCloud
Book: “Islam: In the African-American Experience,” by Richard Brent Turner
Book: “Islam, Black Nationalism & Slavery,” Adib Rashad
External Research and Sources
- https://blackthen.com/prophet-noble-drew-ali-founded-moorish-science-temple-america/
- https://www.encyclopedia.com/religion/legal-and-political-magazines/noble-drew-ali-1886-1929-religious-leader
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noble_Drew_Ali
- https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5129892/drew-alis-murder-case-and-young-wives/