Yahweh Ben Yahweh, who had a following of thousands as the leader of a violent black supremacist sect in Miami and who later spent years in prison for conspiracy to commit murder, died May 7 of ...

The first time Khalil Amani saw religious sect leader Yahweh ben Yahweh deliver his sermon as “the Son of God,” Amani truly believed he was in the presence of someone divine. The Nation of Yahweh ...

Yahweh Ben Yahweh and 15 followers eventually were convicted on counts that included murder, attempted murder, racketeering, arson and extortion In October 1990, the mayor of Miami presented Yahweh ...

When investigators in West Dade, Florida, discovered the decapitated corpse and head of Aston Green, they knew the killers wanted the victim to be found. “If you find a head near the body, it’s to ...

During a secretive reign of terror and killing carried out by his followers across Miami in the 1980s, a charismatic cult leader appeared to revel in his ability to ...

After a 1986 double-murder, the Miami-based Nation of Yahweh was at risk of losing its good name among city leaders, who saw the religious sect as champions for the poor. When police showed up at the ...

In hip-hop years, Sam Ferguson was geriatric. True, on that molasses-sticky August afternoon in 2009 as he whistled north on Florida’s Turnpike, he was still three months shy of his 48th birthday. But ...

Yahweh Ben Yahweh doesn't fall far from the typical, charismatic list of American cult leaders. He spoke his mission loud, one that promised to bring salvation to Miami's black communities but what ...

Cult or religion? Community saviors or criminals? Yahweh Ben Yahweh and his followers dominated the Miami criminal justice system in the early 1990s. After a years-long investigation, the ...

The politicians who got support from Yahweh Ben Yahweh were not deterred by years of rumors that he had a penchant for ordering murders. They weren't deterred last year when a former sect member ...

The Miami-based sect's leader eventually was sentenced to 18 years for conspiracy to commit murder After a 1986 double-murder, the Miami-based Nation of Yahweh was at risk of losing its good name ...

After a 1986 double-murder, the Miami-based Nation of Yahweh was at risk of losing its good name among city leaders, who saw the religious sect as champions for the poor. When police showed up at the ...