cvaldez1975
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wow.. we now know he is a bad dude but he literally got 15 years on his first felony which was non violent....
I think he said himself he studied it in prison.
(i don't want to listen to him again, maybe someone else who does could provide receipts.)
In any case RYAN, SHANNON Inmate 00235282: Alabama Prisons (DOC)
Shows his inmate number. To demonstrate that the next document concerns SR as well and not a name-mate.
https://ecf.almd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show_public_doc?2015cv0678-5
Which as i understand shows he wanted "to grow a beard of not more than 1⁄2 inch in length", which he would be allowed as a member of the Moorish Science Temple of America,(Thus the -EL addition to his name which Wikipedia told me was a thing ; and as a sidenote since he didn't pay 350$ + 50$ to file the complaint, nor did he ask for in forma pauperis status, which would have waved the fee if attributed, the complaint was dismissed.)
Anyhow. So i searched for a link to witchcraft and the Moorish temple, while it does bring up a bunch of results, those pages are often a mickmack of non information.
Occult however seems more directly related and i found this :
"Teachings of the Moorish Science Temple
While the Moorish Science Temple of America can claim to be America’s oldest known Islamic organization, “Moorish Science” is certainly not the Islam that predominates from Morocco to Malaysia, but a mixture of Indian beliefs, the occult, Freemasonry, and Christianity."
Source : https://www.panafricanalliance.com/noble-dre-ali-moorish-science-temple/
(I wanted to back my claims, I believe the quotes and links are allowed as they are public documents and not social media, and short enough in regards to copyright.
I also think it is within guidelines since SR is a poi.
If ever it isn't conform guidelines, feel free to inform me to adapt, or report it) .
As for my opinion, either he started this in prison, or maybe even before.
One could wonder if he joined the temple out of beliefs or to gain priviliges, before evidently making it into a business.
Then whatever the true reasons, he does run multiple pages, with numerous post each day (before his arrest obviously) and even if it's partly a copy paste job, it seems like an awful lot of work to me for a scam and kind of defeats the purpose of running a scam in the first place imo.
But since i think he is not the brightest star in the sky... Who knows...
And I guess the half inch beard wasn't worth 400$...