From
Juan Cole:
I just saw the spokesman for the Council on American Islamic Relations on CNN saying that the Miami cult members just arrested are not Muslims. I'd say that is a fair statement.
For one thing, they are vegetarians!
It seems pretty obvious that they are just a local African-American cult which mixed Judaism, Christianity and (a little bit of) Islam. It seems to be a of vague offshoot of the Moors group founded by Dwight York.
Of course, it is too early to know for sure, but the pattern of all the anti-terrorism cases brought by the Bush administration seems to be arresting a group of people who may or may not have any connection to terrorism whenever it is politically expedient to scare Americans into looking the other way at serious Bushista crimes, accuse the detainees publicly of ties to Al Qaeda, and then let the story fade and die as investigations and courts find no supporting evidence months later.
I await developments in this case with interest.