'We're indigenous Moors and we are taking the land back': Squatter who moved into a stranger's half a million dollar home claiming he 'had a right' to the property
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A man was arrested after he moved into a $500,000 home that another family had just purchased in Georgia.
Joel Fedd, 33, claimed the home in Gwinett County was his because he is an 'indigenous Moor' and as such had rights to the land.
Last Saturday, Fedd recorded himself and his nephew walking around outside the house on Settles Brook Court.
Fedd claimed they were entitled to live there because they were 'Moorish American'.
In the video which he posted on Facebook , Fedd states: 'Hey, you all can keep paying rent, you can think this is a game.
'You can think we are just cappin', but for real talk, we are taking the land back'.
Fedd told viewers police had no right to kick him out and even if they did come, all they would do is say the matter is a civil issue.
He added: 'I ain't encouraging, I ain't promoting anyone do to this, I feel it's my time to do this.
'When you get up in your level of consciousness and knowledge, who gonna come tell me I can't take it.
Fedd ends by saying: 'We are out for truth, peace and justice, we not black, we are Moorish Americans, go home'.
Neighbors said Fedd came back and moved in later this week in what police called a 'sovereign citizen' case.
Jack Campbell told WSB-TV that Fedd posted signs on the windows claiming ownership and warning others not to trespass.
He had all the blinds pulled down and also changed the locks on the doors.
'I’ve seen a lot of things in my 56 years, but this is the wildest', Campbell added.
In the video Fedd posted online, he gave advice to other would-be home scammers on how to claim property.
'First thing you want to do is make sure it's vacant,' Fedd said as his nephew stood behind him.
'Who's going to tell me I can't take it? Who's going to come take it from me? We are the law of the land, we are the landlords, we are the Moors'.
He posted the video with the caption 'Taking Back What’s Ours The Land #Moor #TheNewMoorsInMorocco'.
The video generated much comment on Facebook, with the majority telling Fedd that he was breaking the law by squatting in someone else's house.
Who are 'indigenous Moors'?
The Moorish sovereign citizens political movement emerged in the mid-1990s on the East Coast based off the teachings of the Moorish Science Temple, a religious sect dating back to 1913.
MST’s founder Noble Drew Ali taught that black ‘Moors’ were America’s original inhabitants and were therefore entitled to self-governing status.
He believed that all African Americans were descendants of the Moabites and are therefore Moorish.
Some Islamic historians believe that the Moors and Muslim groups reached the Americas before Christopher Columbus.
Moorish sovereigns believe this entitles them to claim immunity from federal, state, and local laws and can sometimes cite God’s law or common law over constitutional authority.
They come into conflict with federal and state authorities over their refusal to obey laws and government regulations.When Gwinnett County police arrived, Campbell said Fedd argued with them too.
He was arrested and charged with criminal trespass and making false statements.
Campbell is relieved Fedd has been removed from his neighborhood.
'At the time we were all worried about him. We've got small kids in this neighborhood so we were all scared'.
WSB-TV reported that the new owners have regained control of the house and are in the process of moving in.
Fedd is currently in prison and has, charged with criminal trespass and making false statements.
It is thought that Fedd claimed he had a right to claim the land as there is a theory that Moors had discovered the Americas before Christopher Columbus.
In 2013, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan generated much discussion when he claimed Muslim sailors reached the American continent 314 years before Columbus, in 1178.
In his memoirs, Christopher Columbus mentions the existence of a mosque atop a hill on the coast of Cuba,’ Erdogan said.
Some scholars have disputed the claim in Columbus’ writings, saying there is no archaeological evidence of Muslims having lived in the Americas before Columbus, an Italian, made his expedition in 1492 on behalf of the Spanish crown.
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Shades of the Bundy clan taking over a wildlife preserve in Oregon.
Really?
I guess you know nothing about either case then.
That's hillaryious.
Good tip...lol
In a libertarian paradise, anyone can claim ownership of any space or property they inhabit at the moment, pending some sort of arbitration by "the law'. Unfortunately one man's "law" might be another man's meaningless nuisance.
well know he can claim the jail he inhabits
I am descended from King John the First of Scotland. Does this mean I can go move into Sterling Castle and claim it as mine?
I know criminal trespass is a crime, but if making false statements is a crime there aren't enough jails in the world.
Detroit has plenty of vacant homes he can take back.
and those houses can be had for a song.
This is a guy who doesn't understand the definitions of "moor" or "indigenous." If he did, he'd be busting into somebody's house in Algiers.
Seems more like a moop to me.
Personally I wish there were less of these moors!
He does adhere to some strange mores.
I call shenanigans on this guys story.
The moors were N. African. This fella is clearly sub-Saharan.
BTW, another people were here much earlier than his date claim.
Their movement can be summed up into word: CRACKPOTS!
he is lucky it was georgia. around here he would now be claiming a burial plot.
Yeah, in my neck of the woods down here on the AZ/Mexico border, there is miles and miles of open empty stretches desert where no one would be found...