Brother Noble Drew Ali & Brother Martin Luther King Jr.
-The Empire of Morocco gives honors to you for seeing beyond the choices that are people have learned to accept as a poor substitute for Decolonization Reforms.
-Happy Birthday to our Freedom Fighters, who were descendants of naturalized Moorish subjects of the Empire of Morocco, in accordance with Article 15, paragraphs 1 & 2 of the Madrid Convention of July 3, 1880.
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-"Before the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth, we were here. Before the pen of Jefferson etched across the pages of history the majestic words of the Declaration of Independence, we were here.”
- -Martin Luther King April 3, 1963
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- “…After the Emancipation Proclamation… One hundred years later, the negro is still languished in the corners of American society and finds himself an exile in his own land.”
- -Martin Luther King August 28, 1963
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-The Negros, Blacks, Coloreds, African-Americans, Moorish-Americans, Black-Indians, Moorish subjects, Hebrew Israelites, & Puerto Ricans etc., are in violation of the treaty obligations of Article 15, paragraph 1 of the Madrid Convention of 1880. The Moroccans commonly known as the “Moors” have delayed their own Justice by remaining [naturalized] due to procrastination, miseducation, consent, or acquiescence.
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-Morocco.
-Mr. Philip, charge d'affaires, to Mr. Root, Secretary of State, August 3, 1906.
-American Legation, Tangier, August 3, 1906.
-Sir: There are, strictly speaking, no Moroccan laws relating to citizenship of Moorish subjects in Morocco. The fundamental Taws of this non-Christian country are based entirely upon the Islamitic code, no part of which treats of the subject of citizenship.
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- There are, however, numerous treaties and conventions between the various Christian countries and the Moorish Empire, by means of which citizenship in this country is defined; but, as I understand, from the above-acknowledged instructions, that it is not the desire of the Department to call for a report upon such lines, I will therefore confine these remarks to general conditions existing, which may possibly be of some use in connection with the information desired.
-(1) Citizenship in Morocco may be said to be governed by the laws pertaining to the same in other countries, with the exception that all persons residing in Morocco who. can not prove foreign citizenship or protection are considered ipso jure as Moorish subjects.
-(2 and 3) Moorish subjects lost their nationality only by becoming naturalized in, or protected by, another country having treaty relations with the Moorish Empire. It was established by the Convention of Madrid, concluded July 3, 1880, as follows:
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-Article XV.
-Any subject of Morocco who lias been naturalized in a foreign country, and who shall return to Morocco, shall, after having remained for a length of time equal to that which shall have been regularly necessary for him to obtain such naturalization, choose between entire submission to the laws of the Empire and the obligation to quit Morocco, unless it shall be proved that his naturalization in a foreign country was obtained with the consent of the Government of Morocco.
-Foreign naturalization heretofore acquired by subjects of Morocco according to the rules established by the laws of each country, shall be continued to hetm as regards all its effects without any restriction.
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-The above ruling has never yet been acted upon, and should this at any time be contemplated seriously, a large number of naturalized people, American and others, residing in Morocco, would be affected thereby.
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-(4 and 5) Residence in foreign parts does not affect the nationality of Moorish subjects, and the Moorish Government has no means of protecting its subjects permanently residing in other countries, with the exception of a so-called Moorish consul at Gibraltar and a Moorish agent at Cairo, Egypt. I am, etc., Hoffman Philip.
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-“No one can see beyond, a choice they don’t understand.”
-1650s, "cooperation," in a specialized theological sense (now obsolete; see synergist), from Modern Latin synergia, from Greek synergia "joint work, a working together, cooperation; assistance, help," sometimes in a bad sense, "conspiracy." This is from synergos "working together, joining or helping in work," which is related to synergein "work together, help another in work; of the same trade as another," from syn- "together" (see syn-) + ergon "work" (reconstructed in Watkins to be from PIE root *werg- "to do").