{"id":2342542,"date":"2024-09-17T18:56:58","date_gmt":"2024-09-17T22:56:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-islamic-cult-forced-children-to-work-16-hour-days-without-pay-in-kansas\/"},"modified":"2024-09-17T18:58:56","modified_gmt":"2024-09-17T22:58:56","slug":"us-islamic-cult-forced-children-to-work-16-hour-days-without-pay-in-kansas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-islamic-cult-forced-children-to-work-16-hour-days-without-pay-in-kansas\/","title":{"rendered":"US Islamic Cult Forced Children to Work 16-Hour Days Without Pay in Kansas"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fus-islamic-cult-forced-children-to-work-16-hour-days-without-pay-in-kansas%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2342542&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Six members of a Kansas-based \u2064cult have \u200bbeen\u200b convicted for operating a scheme where children were subjected to forced labor in deplorable conditions. The group, \u2062formerly known as the United Nation of Islam, forced children\u200b to work long hours\u2063 without pay, often in overcrowded and unsanitary facilities. The defendants included high-ranking officials and relatives of the group&#8217;s late \u2063founder, Royall Jenkins, who had led the organization under a guise of false pretenses.<\/p>\n<p>After a 26-day trial, all six accused were found guilty of conspired to commit forced\u2062 labor, with one <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-could-face-federal-charges-related-to-prostitution-experts\/\" title=\"Hunter Biden Could Face Federal Charges Related To Prostitution: Experts\">facing additional charges<\/a>. Prosecutors revealed that children, some as \u2063young \u200das eight, endured physical abuse and severe restrictions, including\u2063 forced\u2064 dietary limitations. They were\u2064 made to work in various businesses across multiple states, living in environments \u200briddled\u2063 with rodents and\u200c mold.<\/p>\n<p>The group had \u200c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nypd-orders-all-cops-to-mask-up-regardless-of-vaccination-status\/\" title=\"NYPD Orders All Cops to Mask up Regardless of Vaccination Status\">previously faced scrutiny<\/a>, being labeled a cult\u2062 by a\u200c federal judge in 2018. Sentencing for \u200bthe convicted members is \u2064scheduled for February, where they\u200d could\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/minnesota-man-who-shot-officers-told-wife-it-was-his-day-to-die-according-to-complaint\/\" title=\"Minnesota man tells wife it&#039;s &#039;his day to die&#039; before shooting officers, complaint says.\">face significant prison\u200c time<\/a>; one\u2064 defendant could receive up\u2064 to 20 \u2064years.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> <script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Six members of a Kansas-based cult have been convicted in a scheme to house children in overcrowded, rodent-infested facilities and force them to work up to 16 hours a day without pay while subjecting them to beatings and other abuse.<\/p>\n<p>The defendants were either <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/here-are-four-democrats-who-fueled-vaccine-skepticism-while-trump-was-in-office\/\" title=\"Here Are Four Democrats Who Fueled Vaccine Skepticism While Trump Was In Office\">high-ranking members<\/a> of the organization formerly known as the United Nation of Islam and the Value Creators, or were wives of the late founder, Royall Jenkins, the U.S. Department of Justice said Monday in announcing the verdict.<\/p>\n<p>After a 26-day trial, jurors convicted all six defendants of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-former-mma-fighter-ronda-rousey-apologizes-posting-sandy-hook-conspiracy-online-11-years-ago\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">conspiracy<\/a> to commit forced labor. One of the six, Kaaba Majeed, 50, also was convicted of five counts of forced labor.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Under the guise of false pretenses and coercion, these victims, some of whom were as young as eight years old, endured inhumane and abhorrent conditions,&rdquo; FBI Special Agent Stephen Cyrus said in a written statement.<\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors said the group, which was labeled a cult by a federal judge in 2018, beat children and imposed severe dietary restrictions. One of the victims was held upside down over train tracks because he would not admit to stealing food when he was hungry, prosecutors said. Another victim resorted to drinking water from a toilet because she was so thirsty.<\/p>\n<p>  <script> \t\t\t\tif( ! getCookie( 'ff_subbed' ) ) if( typeof FFADS.replace_ict !='undefined' ) if( FFADS.replace_ict ) eval( FFADS.replace_ict ); \t\t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>Jenkins, who died in 2021, had been a member of the Nation of Islam until 1978, when he founded the separate United Nation of Islam. He persuaded his followers that he was shown the proper way to rule the Earth after being &ldquo;taken through the galaxy by aliens on a spaceship,&rdquo; according to the indictment. At one point, the group had hundreds of followers.<\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors said that beginning in October 2000, the organization ran businesses such as gas stations, bakeries and restaurants in several states using unpaid labor from group members and their children.<\/p>\n<p>Parents were encouraged to send their children to an unlicensed school in Kansas City, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/brutal-news-kansas-city-employee-doxed-harrison-butker-mayors-final-word-ends-career\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kansas<\/a>, called the University of Arts and Logistics of Civilization, which did not provide appropriate instruction in most subjects.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, some of the child victims worked in businesses in Kansas City, while others were trafficked to businesses in other states, including New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Maryland, Georgia and North Carolina, the indictment alleges.<\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors said the children lived in overcrowded facilities often overrun with mold, mice and rats. There were strict rules about what they could read, how they dressed and what they ate. Some were forced to undergo colonics. Punishments included being locked in a dark, frightening basement, prosecutors said.<\/p>\n<p>They were told they would burn in &ldquo;eternal hellfire&rdquo; if they left.<\/p>\n<p>In May 2018, U.S. Judge Daniel Crabtree called the group a cult and ordered it to pay $8 million to a woman who said she spent 10 years performing unpaid labor.<\/p>\n<p>Sentencing hearings are set for February in the child labor case. The convictions carry sentences of up to 20 years in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/assassination-attempt-suspect-appears-court-charged-crimes-carry-max-penalty-20-years-prison\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">prison<\/a> for Majeed and up to five years for the other defendants: Yunus Rassoul, 39; James Staton, 62; Randolph Rodney Hadley, 49; Daniel Aubrey Jenkins, 43; and Dana Peach, 60.<\/p>\n<p>Two other co-defendants previously pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit forced labor.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-style: italic;\">The Western Journal has reviewed this Associated Press story and may have altered it prior to publication to ensure that it meets our editorial standards.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\">  <\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> <label>* Name<\/label> <br \/> <input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> <\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> <label>* <\/label> <br \/> <input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> <\/div>\n<p> <label>* Message<\/label> <br \/> <textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea>  <\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> <input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\">  <\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> <script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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The defendants included senior members of the group previously known as the United Nation of Islam and the Value Creators, as well as wives of its late founder, Royall Jenkins, according to an announcement from the U.S. Department of Justice on Monday. Following a 26-day trial, jurors convicted all six on charges related to conspiracy for forced labor. One defendant, Kaaba Majeed, aged 50, was additionally convicted on five counts of forced labor.<\/p>\n<p>FBI Special Agent Stephen Cyrus stated that under false pretenses and coercion, these victims\u2014some as young as eight\u2014endured horrific living conditions. Prosecutors revealed that this group had been labeled a cult by a federal judge in 2018 and subjected children to beatings along with strict dietary restrictions. In one instance cited by prosecutors, a child was held upside down over train tracks for not confessing to stealing food when hungry; another victim drank toilet water due to extreme thirst.<\/p>\n<p>Jenkins had previously been part of the Nation of Islam until he established his own sect in 1978 after claiming he received divine guidance from aliens during an intergalactic journey. At its peak, his organization boasted hundreds of followers who were encouraged to send their children to an unlicensed school in Kansas City called the University of Arts and Logistics of Civilization\u2014a school lacking proper educational instruction.<\/p>\n<p>From October 2000 onward, prosecutors allege that this organization operated various businesses across several states using unpaid labor from its members and their children. Many child victims worked at local businesses or were trafficked out-of-state for labor purposes while living in overcrowded facilities plagued by mold and vermin. They faced strict regulations regarding reading materials, clothing choices, diet restrictions\u2014including forced colonics\u2014and severe punishments such as confinement in dark basements if they disobeyed rules or attempted escape.<\/p>\n<p>In May 2018, U.S. Judge Daniel Crabtree classified this group as a cult and mandated it pay $8 million restitution to one woman who claimed she spent ten years performing unpaid work for them.<\/p>\n<p>Sentencing hearings are scheduled for February regarding these child labor convictions; Majeed faces up to 20 years imprisonment while other defendants could receive sentences up to five years each: Yunus Rassoul (39), James Staton (62), Randolph Rodney Hadley (49), Daniel Aubrey Jenkins (43), and Dana Peach (60). 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