This movement was founded in 1979, in Miami by Hulon Mitchell Jr., he who by the name Yahweh Ben Yahweh. Nation of Yahweh is a predominantly African-American religious group, and is closely related to the Black Hebrew Israelites line of thought. Their goal is to return African Americans, whom they see as the original Israelites, to Israel. The group departs from mainstream Christianity and Judaism by accepting Yahweh Ben Yahweh as the Son of God.
The group has encountered lots of controversy, due to legal issues of its founder and has also faced accusations of being a black supremacist cult, by the Southern Poverty Law Center and The Miami Herald. Many have criticized the beliefs of the Nation of Yahweh as racist, stating that the group believed blacks are “the true Jews” and that whites are “white devils.”
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