Space is the Place [the United Nuwaubian Nation of Moors]

The strange transformation of a Qu'ran study group into a UFO doomsday cult whose members believed they were psychic ancient alien Egyptian astronaut mound builders. With a quick break in the middle for their founder to catch disco fever. https://order-of-the-jackalope.com/space-is-the-place/ Key sources for this episode include Susan J. Palmer's Nuwaubian Nation: Black Spirituality and State Control; Theodore Gabriel's "The United Nuwaubian Nation of Moors" from UFO Religions; Abu Ameenah Bilal Philips's The Ansar Cult in America; and contemporary newspaper reports from the Atlanta Constitution by Bill Osinski and Bill Torpy. Part of the That's Not Canon Productions podcast network. https://thatsnotcanon.com/ Discord: https://discord.gg/Mbap3UQyCB Twitter: https://twitter.com/orderjackalope Tumblr: https://orderjackalope.tumblr.com Email: [email protected]