Question: Ask the Nuwaupians is one of the names of their teacher, ‘Dwight York’?
Answer: Most Nuwaupians will say no he never used the name Dwight York.
According to a book written by their teacher going by the name As Sayyid Isa Al Haadi Al Mahdi in 1989 called The Ansaar Cult Rebuttal To The Slanderers is says…
“On October 1944 A.D. at the age of 19 my mother Faatimah Maryam traveled to Egypt from the United States. She met a young 20 year old man named Al Haadi, son of Abdur Rahman, who was attending school in Alexandria, Egypt. She didn’t know who he was nor about his royal descendancy. They established a relationship and at the end of the school year, in 1945 A.D., Al Haadi Abdur Rahman Al Mahdi had to return to Abaa Island, Sudan, leaving Faatimah Maryam with child. She traveled to Aswan, Wadi-Halfa, Nubia, and resided with her father’s family. Faatimah Maryam’s father’s name was Salah Hailak Al Ghalat, who was a merchant seaman.”
“In June of that same year, Fatimah Maryam went to Omdurman, Sudan, to meet Al Haadi Abdur Rahman Al Mahdi, but was unable to see him. On Monday, June 25, 1945 A.D., she went into labor in Omdurman, Sudan. At 12:00 midnight, on Tuesday June 26, she gave birth to me. I was given the Arabic name ‘Isa’ at birth by my grandfather, Salah Hailak Al Ghalat. As it is custom in the Sudan for the male members of the family to also have their father’s name, I also acquired my father’s name. My full name is Isa Al Haadi Al Mahdi and if you check the records in the Hall of Records of the Sudan you will see that my birth was indeed recorded.
However, no birth certificate was issued because, one was not yet required by law as a Sudanese. Even after I was born, my mother was not accepted by my father’s family. Thus, she was escorted back to the United States by her father to Boston and then New Bedford, Massachusetts. I was registered on Tuesday, July 3, 1945 A.D. as ‘male’ York and an American birth certificate was drawn up. The name ‘York’ comes from my mother’s previous marriage in 1941 A.D. to a Portuguese man from Boston, whose name was David York. As I grew older I was nicknamed ‘Dwight’ after my maternal grandmother’s (Leila Williams) father’s name because my mother’s family didn’t want to recognize my Arabic name.
This is the history of my Sudanese name, Isa Al Haadi Al Mahdi, and the American name I acquired while in the United States, Dwight York. This is the truth about the other names which you say I posses; and I add, if I was trying to hide the fact that one of my names is Dwight York, would I call myself Dr. York? Think now, since 1973 A.D. a picture of myself and the name Dr. York has appeared on posters, records, television videos, etc. I’m known by thousands of people as Dr. York, so ask yourself: ‘Is he trying to hide this name?’ The only logical answer if you’re honest, Bilal, is No!”
Their teacher tells them in their own books that he used the name Dwight York and didn’t even try to hide that fact.
According to a book written by their teacher going by the name Dr. Malachi Z. York called Does Dr. Malachi Z. York Try To Hide The Fact That He Was Imaam Issa? It says…
“In several of my publications , I have put my names and the reasons why I used these titles over and over again . Now, Once again in 1996 A.D. I am explaining myself again for those of you who are curious, Simply don't know or those who just wish to Cue in on something as minute as a name because you can't find fault in ( What I Am Teaching You . You can't debate about religion if you have never been apart of it . By that I mean, You just can't read three or four books about The Religion Islam and then go and debate with A Muslim . You have to learn to pray, That is make Salaat ( Koran 30 ; 17 ) , You even have to make Pilgrimage to Mecca , Hajj Koran 2 ; 196 or at least Umra ( Koran 2 ; 196 ) . You have to study The Qur'aan as a Muslim. As well as study their Hadiths and tradition as a Muslim from the inside in order for you to be able to make decision as to whether it is fact or myth. In my method of teaching, I made us become Christians and I revealed the name Reverend Dwight York.”
This changed after the Nuwaupians teacher was arrested when the Teacher and Nuwaupians started saying he never used the name Dwight York on audio and in pamphlets. According to an interview on audio CD called The Isle of Patmos, he changes his position and says that the name Dwight York is not his name and it was used to insult him. How is a person insulted if they are called by a name they had. You usually insult a person by calling them out of their name but Dwight York is one of their teacher’s names that he admitted. Nuwaupians put a lot of attention on his birth certificate having no first name. They say “it simply says York”. Its not uncommon for birth certificates to have only a last name. Some parents name their children after the birth certificate is written. If you look at Yorks birth certificate you can read where it said if the child is not yet named the mother can file a supplemental report. York did not go though life with no first name. At some point he was known by a first and last name including at school.
Some Nuwaupians will say his name was legally changed to Malachi York. That is true. A petition was filed on December 27th 1992 for a legal name change to Malachi York and this was made official on March 12th 1993 in Sullivan County NY case no. 76-93.
But Nuwaupians will hide that their teacher was legally known as Dwight York before a legal name change was made official on January 6th 1990 to Issa Al Haadi Al Mahdi. A petition was put in for that name change on June 7th 1989. This was done in Kings County NY Court case no. 22867-88.
What is interesting is you can read where York admits that he was born in Boston on both name changes, but that is for another question later. They also try to hide that before York moved to Georgia he purchased property later called Tamare from Arne and Sandra Lassen at 404 Shadydale Rd. The purchase agreement and deed was signed by York as Dwight York aka Isa Al Haadi Al Mahdi.
Nuwaupians try to say that Dwight York is Malachi York’s son and he bought the property. York has no son name Dwight York. He has a son name Dwight Totten to a Gloria Totten and he was named after his father Dwight York. Nuwaupians want you to believe that his son bought the property but in order to believe that they will have to explain how York transferred ownership of the property into the hands of 9 owners and later gave it to 3 owners. York would not have any authority to transfer property that he doesn’t own. Nuwaupians would also have to explain why York was involved in a lawsuit in Putnam County about the property if his son was the true owner. The fact is, one of York's names was Dwight York, which is a name that he used.
