Moorish Sovereign Citizens

Moorish sovereign citizens are a collection of groups, networks and individuals that emerged in the early 1990s as a largely Black offshoot of the anti-government extremist sovereign citizen movement. Moorish sovereign citizens combine long-standing sovereign citizen beliefs and tactics with some newer, primarily Afrocentric notions, including a number of beliefs from the Moorish Science Temple religious sect. Among the new ideas spread by Moorish sovereigns are the notions that African Americans have special rights because of a 1780s treaty with Morocco, that African Americans are descended from African "Moors," and that African Americans are also a people indigenous to the Americas.

This database provides an overview of many of the terms and individuals used by or associated with movements and groups that subscribe to and/or promote extremist or hateful ideologies.