Editing Nuwaubian Nation (section)

===The Holy Tabernacle Ministries===

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In 1992, York disbanded the Ansaaru Allah Community.{{sfn|Palmer|2010|p=7}} The group's publications then began referring to the movement as the Tents of Abraham and the Tents of Nubia,{{sfn|Knight|2020|p=22}} and in 1993 it reestablished itself as the Holy Tabernacle Ministries.{{sfnm|1a1=Palmer|1y=2010|1p=7|2a1=Knight|2y=2020|2p=23}} In this form, York's group increasingly emphasised Hebrew and Jewish-derived themes,{{sfnm|1a1=O'Connor|1y=2000|1p=120|2a1=Palmer|2y=2010|2p=7}} with various observers calling this the movement's "Jewish" phase.{{sfn|Knight|2020|p=22}} Increasingly, York also began referring to his teachings as "Factology,"{{sfn|Palmer|2010|p=63}} and gave increased attention to the themes of ancient Egypt and of extraterrestrial civilizations.{{sfn|Knight|2020|p=23}} He presenting himself as Yaanuwn, an extraterrestrial from the planet Rizq in the galaxy of Illyuwm.{{sfn|Palmer|2010|p=7}} 

Islamic elements to the group were pushed aside: York distributed a lecture tape titled "Islam is Poison,"{{sfn|Knight|2020|p=23}} in one incident threw a Quran to the floor and stamped on it,{{sfn|Palmer|2010|p=63}} and maintained that Sunni Arabs would never accept the equality of African American Muslims.{{sfn|Knight|2020|p=23}} The rejection of Islamic themes may partly have been down to what York believed was a planned attempt on his life by the Egyptian Muslim militant [[Sayid Nosair]] in 1992.{{sfn|Palmer|2010|p=68}} He began to state that the group's earlier Islamic identity was never intended to be permanent and would increasingly place the community in danger as Americans increasingly associated Islam with terrorism.{{sfn|O'Connor|2000|p=121}} Despite these shifts, York still wrote of how he was restoring Islam to its "pristine purity," used the Quran as a source in his teachings, and spoke positively of Muslim-identified figures he admired like Elijah Muhammad and Daoud Faisal.{{sfn|Knight|2020|p=23}}

York largely abandoned his Arabic names and began calling himself Dr Malachi Z. York,{{sfn|Knight|2020|p=22}} or elsewhere Rabboni Y'shua Bar El Haady.{{sfnm|1a1=Gabriel|1y=2003|1p=151|2a1=Knight|2y=2020|2p=22}} He ceased referring to himself as the Mahdi.{{sfn|Palmer|2010|p=7}} The Jazzir Abba retreat was renamed Mount Zion,{{sfn|Knight|2020|p=22}} while the group established a ceremonial sanctuary that they claimed was modelled on the [[Temple of Solomon]].{{sfn|O'Connor|2000|pp=131-132}} Islamic dress styles were abandoned;{{sfn|O'Connor|2000|p=120}} instead, members adopted what they considered the "attire of the Israelites", which included a nose ring and a light veil over the head and shoulders for women, and a long-sleeved split tunic with loose trousers, skullcap, and golden girdle or sash for men.{{sfn|O'Connor|2000|p=133}} The group began observing Jewish holidays,{{sfn|O'Connor|2000|pp=129-130}} and celebrating [[bar mitzvah]]s for adolescent males.{{sfn|O'Connor|2000|p=131}}
It was also in 1992 that York founded an inner fraternal order for male Nuwaubians, the Lodge 19 of the Ancient and Mystical Order of Melchizedek;{{sfnm|1a1=O'Connor|1y=2000|1p=120|2a1=Palmer|2y=2010|2p=20}} York identified [[Melchizedek]] as being the same figure as Khidr.{{sfn|Knight|2020|p=178}}