When Moreen Jenkins was eleven years old, her father told her he was God.
She believed him, of course; her teachers at Chicago's University of Islam, run by the Nation of Islam, had already taught her that Allah is a man. And Royall Jenkins had an aura of godliness about him whenever he returned home between long-distance trucking jobs. He wore a starched white shirt, his hair was neatly trimmed and he often spoke to his children about righteousness. But after he declared that he was God, things were never quite the same in the Jenkins household.
The revelation caused a rift between Royall Jenkins and his wife, says Moreen, now 39. Her parents divorced not long afterward; the children rarely saw their father after that. Moreen sometimes looked for him when she heard he was passing through town on his trucking route, but he would tell her it wasn't time for them to be together. Today she is in hiding from him and claims to be afraid for her life.
Royall's inauspicious beginnings offered no sign that he would become the center of such family turmoil -- or such later celebrity. Born in 1942, he and his twin sister, Ellaray, went into foster care and were adopted at age four by a Christian family named Jenkins. The children grew up in a rural area near the small town of San Domingo, on the eastern shore of Maryland.
"They were real nice people," recalls Avery Walker, who went through elementary and high school with Royall. "The father was a very stern, meticulous-type individual, and the mom was a very loving type of person."
When Royall was sixteen, he met a young girl named Juanita at a church picnic, Walker says. She was thirteen and lived in a nearby town. In no time, she got pregnant, and the couple married before their son was born. A second child came before Royall graduated high school; eventually they had six daughters and four sons. Moreen was the fourth child.
After high school, according to his autobiography on the United Nation of Islam's Web site, Royall Jenkins moved to Brooklyn, New York, and found work as an auto mechanic, gas station manager and truck driver. It was there, in the late 1960s, that the family converted and joined the Nation of Islam, headed by Elijah Muhammad, "The Messenger," who had taken over in 1934 from mysterious founder W.D. Fard. Muhammad inspired millions of African-Americans to convert to Islam, teaching that white people were "blue-eyed devils" whose race was created in ancient times by an evil scientist named Yacub.
By the time Moreen was eight, in 1971, the family had moved to Chicago so that Royall could work at the Nation of Islam headquarters. He spent most of his time on the road delivering crateloads of the Nation of Islam's weekly newspaper, Muhammad Speaks. The family settled in a small house on Chicago's poor South Side, and Moreen and her brothers and sisters attended the University of Islam, where Muhammad himself -- a tiny, frail man with pale skin and a rasping cough -- would occasionally visit and talk to the children.
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This is an amazing story. It contradicts everything I was lead to believe about the UNOI and Kansas City, KS. Yet, it reaffirms everything I believed in my heart. I have a Sister, Brother in law, neices & nephews there. They have been there for over 12 years. My Sister was a very strong woman with a very strong belief in God. For her to be manipulated in ANY way was unimaginable. So, to learn that she and her family have decided to live this way was mind boggling and extremely shocking to us all. She will not come out without her family. So, we pray that her Husband leads them out for his family's sake and for their souls. I don't understand how a person such as Royall could do this for so many years without the government intervening. Is it easier for the Mayor of Kansas City to donate & donate to this community to keep them seperate from the rest of the population and/or to simply not deal with the problem? What about these children who have never been immunized, seen a physician, dentist, etc? Is this not neglect? I have a million questions but as many have found, there aren't many answers. God bless all of those in the UNOI and their loved ones who fear and pray for their safety everyday.
This was a truly sad yet informational story. I have friends that are a part of UNOI and I am very scared for them. Scared for their physical and emotional well being, but more so for their spiritual well being. It is unbelievable that intelligent, well educated, good people can be so easily influenced and misguided. I wish that the UNOI would be exposed more by previous members and the media. The world needs to know the truth.
The united nation of Islam have ruined innocent lives and stunted the progression of growth. Royall is an evil man who is prophesized about in scripture refering to the antichrist that claims to come in the flesh. Christ is our high Priest not Royall and he is misleading people into the pits of hell. I joined the united nation of Islam in 2003 and left in 2007. I was mistreated threatened. Misunderstood and most of all my child suffered the consequences of this abuse as well. These are the most jealous hateful beings i have ever known. They seek to destroy everything that is good in a person and blot out thier light permanantly. People have died of heart attacks,cancer,and from minor things that could have been avoided all due to stress. Christ says i am the way the truth and the life and no man comes to the Father but through me. It's unfortunate that many people will have to be decieved before it is too late. I pray for everyone to come out. GODSPEED.
The united nation of Islam have ruined innocent lives and stunted the progression of growth. Royall is an evil man who is prophesized about in scripture refering to the antichrist that claims to come in the flesh. Christ is our high Priest not Royall and he is misleading people into the pits of hell. I joined the united nation of Islam in 2003 and left in 2007. I was mistreated threatened. Misunderstood and most of all my child suffered the consequences of this abuse as well. These are the most jealous hateful beings i have ever known. They seek to destroy everything that is good in a person and blot out thier light permanantly. People have died of heart attacks,cancer,and from minor things that could have been avoided all due to stress. Christ says i am the way the truth and the life and no man comes to the Father but through me. It's unfortunate that many people will have to be decieved before it is too late. I pray for everyone to come out. GODSPEED.
I am so sorry for what has happened. The devil runs an Empire of False Religion and the Nation of Islam is one. My husband was once a member. We now know that his education is not accredited by the US Dept. of education, so his GED is worthless in the real world. He had terrible fungus on his feet and his reading and analytical skills were off. But Jehovah is our provider and Psalms is how we pray. May Jehovah bless your family. Neither will mourning nor outcry nor pain be anymore for the former things have passed away. This is sad to hear. I never knew it was this deep and I am meeting more people with problems like not knowing where their children are in the nation. I shall fear no man. Royall is a man, not God, for no man can see the face of God and yet live. However, he may be a god, and of course there are many gods, but only one true God.
I am so sorry for what has happened. The devil runs an Empire of False Religion and the Nation of Islam is one. My husband was once a member. We now know that his education is not accredited by the US Dept. of education, so his GED is worthless in the real world. He had terrible fungus on his feet and his reading and analytical skills were off. But Jehovah is our provider and Psalms is how we pray. May Jehovah bless your family. Neither will mourning nor outcry nor pain be anymore for the former things have passed away. This is sad to hear. I never knew it was this deep and I am meeting more people with problems like not knowing where their children are in the nation. I shall fear no man. Royall is a man, not God, for no man can see the face of God and yet live. However, he may be a god, and of course there are many gods, but only one true God.
I was part of the KC, KS United Nation of Islam for about 1 yr back in 1998 and I am so glad that I had the sense to get away from the "CULT"!!
James 2x is someone who was looking for another wife to add when I was there (like a vulchar); the rules were like none I've ever heard of! I had the pleasure of meeting and speaking with the then Mother of Civilization and I always like her...it breaks my heart that she has passed on.
Bless you Maureen!
I was part of the KC, KS United Nation of Islam for about 1 yr back in 1998 and I am so glad that I had the sense to get away from the "CULT"!! James 2x is someone who was looking for another wife to add when I was there (like a vulchar); the rules were like none I've ever heard of! I had the pleasure of meeting and speaking with the then Mother of Civilization and I always like her...it breaks my heart that she has passed on. Bless you Maureen!
Every Blackman has the potential of being a God. Whenever a situation or question arises, the God with the most knowledge and understanding of that particular subject becomes Allah because he is the best knower of it. However, that doesn't make him any greater than the next God for the next God will be the best knower of the things he is most familiar with. However, all together, we ,
make up the supreme God.
Royal has the basic understanding of what makes the Blackman God but misses the boat completely to tell others he is the only God who has arrived to the level of Self Allah Recognition. Indeed, many Gods have grown, developed and matured into the thinking of the original God thereby becoming one with him. What Royal has done, many other Gods have done and have been doing since Clarence 13X recognized and proclaimed himself 'Allah' and produced the Nation of Gods and Earths in 1964. Gods all over the planet are producing nations similar to the UNOI. Solomon always challenges others to show him these nations, though many are already recognized by him. He shows the error of his thinking when he says that he is not the same Allah that occupied the body of Clarence 13X, Son of Man, Minister Farrakhan, Silas Muhammad and many, many more. The wise know that there is only one God whose proper name is Allah and comes in the persons of many Gods, both nationally and internationally and the fact is Royal tries to isolate himself from this phonomenon and this is what causes the wobble in his motion.
Like so many before him, Royal professes to be the only Allah because he seeks to hold his members and keep them from leaving his heaven on earth. The problem is he does not teach them to become self sufficient and to build their own nations but rather to subjugate themselves to working on behalf of that which he has created because he has not the wealth to produce his nation alone. If he taught his people the knowledge of producing for themselves and how to become wealthy in all aspects of the word including finance, then he would have the necessary funds to support his nation and would not have to depend on its members, thus allowing each member to become wealthy within their own right. The sooner Royal realizes that the wealth on his nation does not lie in the manipulation of his members but rather within the members themselves and that he should teach them how to bring forth their personal wealhs from within, thereby making his nation truly wealthy beyond his civil imagination, the sooner he will see his nation strive forward, utilizing its greatest assets, the wealth of its membership.
Every Blackman has the potential of being a God. Whenever a situation or question arises, the God with the most knowledge and understanding of that particular subject becomes Allah because he is the best knower of it. However, that doesn't make him any greater than the next God for the next God will be the best knower of the things he is most familiar with. However, all together, we , make up the supreme God. Royal has the basic understanding of what makes the Blackman God but misses the boat completely to tell others he is the only God who has arrived to the level of Self Allah Recognition. Indeed, many Gods have grown, developed and matured into the thinking of the original God thereby becoming one with him. What Royal has done, many other Gods have done and have been doing since Clarence 13X recognized and proclaimed himself 'Allah' and produced the Nation of Gods and Earths in 1964. Gods all over the planet are producing nations similar to the UNOI. Solomon always challenges others to show him these nations, though many are already recognized by him. He shows the error of his thinking when he says that he is not the same Allah that occupied the body of Clarence 13X, Son of Man, Minister Farrakhan, Silas Muhammad and many, many more. The wise know that there is only one God whose proper name is Allah and comes in the persons of many Gods, both nationally and internationally and the fact is Royal tries to isolate himself from this phonomenon and this is what causes the wobble in his motion. Like so many before him, Royal professes to be the only Allah because he seeks to hold his members and keep them from leaving his heaven on earth. The problem is he does not teach them to become self sufficient and to build their own nations but rather to subjugate themselves to working on behalf of that which he has created because he has not the wealth to produce his nation alone. If he taught his people the knowledge of producing for themselves and how to become wealthy in all aspects of the word including finance, then he would have the necessary funds to support his nation and would not have to depend on its members, thus allowing each member to become wealthy within their own right. The sooner Royal realizes that the wealth on his nation does not lie in the manipulation of his members but rather within the members themselves and that he should teach them how to bring forth their personal wealhs from within, thereby making his nation truly wealthy beyond his civil imagination, the sooner he will see his nation strive forward, utilizing its greatest assets, the wealth of its membership.
Farewell My Beloved Sister Moreen
The love that I have for my sister Moreen will live forever; my sister lived a hard life since she was a teenager till her death. Moreen died from a broken heart at the hands of our own father because he kept my sister away from what matters to her the most in life, was the love she had for her children. This is our first lost in our family that really hit close to home. I hope that everyone who cared and loved my sister while she was alive will understands that she is in a much better place now (no more suffering or sadness). Moreen will live forever in our hearts. Moreen inspires forgiveness, understanding, and love and, happiness in her teachings. Her work will also live on until eternity. Pray for those who suffered enormous pain through their lives because you�ll never know when it will be the last time you will ever see that love one again. I truly miss and love you my beloved sister Moreen may your soul finally be at peace with the true God in heaven.
God Bless,
Sis Nieemah Jenkins
The Family in Atlanta Georgia
Farewell My Beloved Sister Moreen The love that I have for my sister Moreen will live forever; my sister lived a hard life since she was a teenager till her death. Moreen died from a broken heart at the hands of our own father because he kept my sister away from what matters to her the most in life, was the love she had for her children. This is our first lost in our family that really hit close to home. I hope that everyone who cared and loved my sister while she was alive will understands that she is in a much better place now (no more suffering or sadness). Moreen will live forever in our hearts. Moreen inspires forgiveness, understanding, and love and, happiness in her teachings. Her work will also live on until eternity. Pray for those who suffered enormous pain through their lives because you’ll never know when it will be the last time you will ever see that love one again. I truly miss and love you my beloved sister Moreen may your soul finally be at peace with the true God in heaven. God Bless, Sis Nieemah Jenkins The Family in Atlanta Georgia
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