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has gloss | eng: The Moorish Science Temple of America is an American religious organization founded in the early 20th-century claiming to be a sect of Islam but having equal influences in Buddhism, Christianity, Freemasonry, Gnosticism and Taoism. Its primary tenet was the belief that African Americans had descended from the Moors and thus were originally Islamic. Elements of major traditions combined within the organization to develop a message of personal transformation, racial pride and uplift. |
lexicalization | eng: Moorish Science Temple Of America |
instance of | c/Religious organizations established in 1913 |
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has gloss | fra: Le Moorish Science Temple of America (le temple de la science maure dAmérique), ou Moorish Holy Temple of Science est une organisation religieuse fondée en 1913 à Newark dans le New Jersey, et se voulant musulmane. En pratique, le groupe est un syncrétisme puisant certaines de ses sources (outre lislam), dans le bouddhisme, le christianisme, la franc-maçonnerie, le gnosticisme et le taoïsme. |
lexicalization | fra: Moorish science temple of america |
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media:img | Moorish Science Temple 1928 Convention.jpg |
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