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September 25, 2013
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Historic Home Saved from Demolition
A turn-of-the-century Victorian bungalow is saved from demolition as it m akes its way Tuesday
be torn down from a site on North Albina Avenue in the historic M ississippi District to make rc
to get permits to move the structure to a new site 2 miles north at North Bryant and Michigan
A Sense of Belonging
life. The New Testam ent of th<
Holy Bible tells the story of Jesu:
referred to as ‘M oors’.
from his birth until he is 12 anc
The belief gains a foothold from then jum ps to his final years as ar
an undeniable part of Am erican adult at 31 before his passing ai
history. On Dec. 20,1777 Morocco 33.
became the first country to offi
The temple does not just accept
cially recognize the 13 colonies as those missing years as a “mystery”
an independent nation.
or unaccounted for. They aim to
M o o rs tr a d itio n a lly h a v e explain the missing years and dis
worked fervently to disprove com cuss what one of the world’s most
mon m isperceptions about Am eri enigm atic and beloved figures
can society and the world at large. stood for.
In Portland they are drawing on
Deciphering the true meaning of
the fam iliarity of African A m eri words and understanding math are
cans with Christian beliefs to dis essential ways Moors teach self-
cuss the 18 missing years of Jesus’ improvement and self-determina
tion. With a mastery of these sub
jects Moors hold it to be true that
the men and women of African de
scent across the globe will undoubt
edly perform to their true capacity
as has been demonstrated in the
past.
Along with other Portland mem
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bers, Sheik Lynch Bey plans to travel
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to the nation’s capital to celebrate
the 100th year of the Moorish Sci
ence Temple of America on Oct. 20,
where he will act as part of a security
Containers o f natural medi
d e ta il. He d ed u ces M oorish
cines, said to be derived from
Science’s teachings to building a
ancient African healing concoc
collective identity.
tions, are available for pur
“Everybody’s got a nationality
chase to the public from
except us,” he said. “If nationality
Portland’s Moorish Science
wasn’t important they would have
Temple.
never taken it from us.”
continued
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photos by D onovan
M. S mith /T he P ortland
O bserver
Temple leader Sheik Lynch
Bey (from left), Bro.
Lawrence Stanfill El, and
Bro. Naveed El gather in
traditional Moorish stances
at their temporary meeting
place at 4725 N. Williams.
The Moroccan and United
States flags are displayed
at every meeting to ac
knowledge their current
location in America and their
African ancestry o f Morocco.
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