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ERE ID
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10753
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URL of title group
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yahwehbenyahweh.com
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Stated purpose
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he Nation of יהוה believes that there is one God, יהוה, the Father of all men. That the Holy Bible and יהוה בּן יהוה are the Great Light and the rule and guide for faith and practice of the laws, statutes, judgments, and commandments of יהוה, and those who believe in Him and His name are immortal. Character, integrity, and morality determine destiny. The love of moral men is next to love of יהוה and His Son, יהוה בּן יהוה, man’s first duty. That prayer and communion of man with יהוה is helpful.
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Parent organization URL
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Black Hebrew Israelite
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Date established
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1979
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Established by
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Yahweh ben Yahweh (Hulon Mitchell, Jr.)
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Membership
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Thousands across 1300 cities and 16 countries (official website)
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Google Trends shows spikes in interest for "Yahweh ben Yahweh" in Oct. 2006, May 2007, and March 2019. https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&geo=US&q=yahweh%20ben%20yahweh
Google Trends shows similar, but much smaller (about 10%), spikes in interest for "Nation of Yahweh" at the same points in time.
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Recent tweets discuss court cases against the Nation of Yahweh and the "Blacks for Trump" man standing behind Trump at his rallies, who apparently is a member of the Nation of Yahweh.
Twitter references to a TIME Magazine article.
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Research note
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"The Nation of Yahweh welcomes adherents from all races and ethnic groups."
Potentially accommodating to outsiders, but generally seems closed-off.
Potential for physical violence?
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Leader Yahweh ben Yahweh is associated with 14 murders, according to the SPLC.
Former members mentioned in articles, etc: Patricia Albert, Khalil Amani (formerly Lloyd Clark),
https://www.oxygen.com/uncovered-the-cult-of-yahweh-ben-yahweh
Podcast by former member Khalil Amani https://www.audible.com/pd/Khalil-Amani-Ex-Yahweh-Ben-Yahweh-Cult-Member-on-Blacks-for-Trump-Podcast/B09JJNW828
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Publications about the group
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http://crdl.usg.edu/people/y/yahweh_ben_yahweh/?Welcome
Brother Love: Murder, Money and a Messiah by Sydney P Freedberg
Discovery Channel Documentary
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Perceived enemies
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The politicians, who create the rules; the rich, who can break the rules as long as they bribe the politicians; the "ruthless, vicious, and jealous federal government,"
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Key URLs about the group -- not by the group
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http://crdl.usg.edu/people/y/yahweh_ben_yahweh/?Welcome, https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&geo=US&q=yahweh%20ben%20yahweh, https://www.oxygen.com/uncovered-the-cult-of-yahweh-ben-yahweh, https://www.audible.com/pd/Khalil-Amani-Ex-Yahweh-Ben-Yahweh-Cult-Member-on-Blacks-for-Trump-Podcast/B09JJNW828, https://wiki.harvard.edu/confluence/display/GNME/United+States+v.+Yahweh+Ben+Yahweh, https://www.nytimes.com/1986/11/27/us/violence-brings-sect-under-scrutiny.html
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Outsider views of the group
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"You have to admit you are being punished in America. You are being punished by your oppressor..." (Yahweh Ben Yahweh)
"Horsemen of the Apocalypse ran the multinational corporations - a time when America’s citizens were waking up to a future of no money and no jobs..." (from official website)
"...the Government’s best methods and practices, for the re-enslavement of "the rest of us!”" (official website)
"warlike strategies have been employed against the nation of yahweh to foster and incite hatred and violence against it"
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Dehumanizing speech by group
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Recorded court evidence that Yahweh ben Yahweh rejoiced upon hearing decapitation of former member. TW FOR GRAPHIC DESCRIPTION OF MURDER, INJURY. https://wiki.harvard.edu/confluence/display/GNME/United+States+v.+Yahweh+Ben+Yahweh
Referred to Martin Luther King, Jr. as “that dead dog preacher" (New York times article). https://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/09/us/09yahweh.html
''I teach everyone is the devil.'' (New York times article)
"the knowledge of this white man as the devil, Satan, serpent and beast.''
"Synagogue of Satan.''
https://www.nytimes.com/1986/11/27/us/violence-brings-sect-under-scrutiny.html
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