From: NUnet
Date: Apr 10, 2008 5:15 AM
Noble Drew Ali was born Timothy Drew Jan. 8, 1886. He returned to the Essence July 20 1929 his remains are located in Chicago’s Burr Oak cemetery. There are many accounts regarding Noble Drew’s parentage. One account says his mother was Cherokee Indian and his father was Moroccan, another states his parents were ex slaves, and yet another claimed his father was a Moabite and his mother a Canaanite.
At any rate, sometime around or a little while after his 7th birthday, he was adopted and raised by Cherokee Indians
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Noble Drew manifested in Simpson North Carolina, the city was Greenville (not to be confused with Greensville or Greeneville), the county of Pitt. Drew was born near a mysterious triangle of Moorish sounding locations, to the northeast of Greenville there in lies Mooresville North Carolina to the northwest lies Morristown Tennessee and Morganton N.C. This area is not where Drew was raised (western N.C.). Which is the mountainous terrain that many so-called renegade Cherokees escaped during the “Trail of Tears”. In 1839 President Andrew Jackson signed the Indian removal Act to relocate the western tribes west of the Mississippi River. Cherokees would flee to northwest N.C. to escape capture. Interesting enough to the south of Simpson N.C. there is a crossroads called Ham’s. The prophet Noble Drew Ali was a man of small stature and medium in complexion and skin tone. Drew has been described as a self-taught man of eloquence and urban savvy.
Noble Drew’s teachings appealed to me because the teachings did not come from one doctrine. Studying the teaching of Drew Ali I was personally brought to an education outside of the mainstream educational system. His teachings stimulated me in the direction of esoteric disciplines (Theosophy, Hermeticism, Rosicrucianism, Sufism, Alchemy, Freemasonry etc.). Noble Drew Ali didn’t have much of a conventional education; which was a blessing, he didn’t have to deal with the obvious contradictions with mainstream his-story and the story of the Moors/Muurs. Until Drew Ali compiled his special teachings, some of which is found in the “Aquarian Gospel of Jesus the Christ” and “Unto Thee I Grant” the Moors and the larger aboriginal community had no real concept of the Christ’s life between the ages of 12 and 30. Nor did they have a sense of their true self and identity.
Noble Drew has often been accredited with bringing Islam to North America. I believe he is that and much more. Nobel Drew brought North American Moors (aboriginals) a new way of thinking. He opened doors to other knowledge centers that weren’t necessarily Christian in it’s doctrine, when Drew implored recognition and respect for Muhammed, Christ, Confucius, Buddha and all the Prophets on his nationality cards, it brought about a certain awareness to other cultures and sciences (namely the Moroccan Empire). Noble Drew’s Masonic background illuminated esoteric avenues the people might never have found. So it was not just Islam only, but for all the higher sciences. He brought about the awareness of self (know thy self and the Father God Allah). Drew made people realize it is your responsibility to maintain good health, he did this through his Moorish Manufacturing Corporation, Drew produced the Moorish Bath Compound, herbal tea, and Moorish Mineral and Healing Oil. The products mentioned I have personally used, with successful results. I believe these elixirs are the epitome of science in the physical world. The Manufacturing Corporation provided jobs for Moorish Americans; this was one of Drew Ali’s plans.
Noble Drew always had the best interests of humanity in mind. Drew established the Young People’s Moorish National League and the Moorish National Sisters auxiliary, both established in 1928. Noble Drew in his creed doctrine states “When ye separate into the world remember the relationship that bindeth you to love, and unity and prefer not a stranger before thy own blood. If thy brothers in adversity assist him, if thy sisters in trouble forsake her not. So shall the fortune of thy father be contributed to the support of his whole race, and his care be continued to you all your love to each other”. Noble Drew provided a platform that encouraged establishment of collectively owned small businesses, and other ventures in strengthening the economic wherewithal of the Moors. This manifested in grocery stores, coffee shops, laundromats, restaurants, variety stores, grocery stores, and shoe repair shops. This sounds simple but in the year 2004 we have very little in the way of small businesses; it seems like all we do is consume. Noble Drew lived through the Jim Crow Laws, prejudice and discrimination (there was said to be over 1800 reported lynchings between 1891 and 1911). Drew passed on to the next realm the same year the Great Depression began (1929). This is why he made the statement “It takes finance to uplift a nation” Noble Drew’s original Temple in Newark New Jersey preceded World War I by one year. Nobel Drew believed adults should reach the youth as early as possible with activities to keep their minds occupied with something positive. In our days of cut funds for youth programs, we can see why the youth of today has run amok. Drew believed the making of upright youths makes for upright adults.
