United Nation of Islam leaders sentenced in child forced-labor conspiracy
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Evidence status
Convicted
Authority role
founder claiming divine identity, organizational leaders
Organization
United Nation of Islam, The Value Creators
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The cited record identifies religious indoctrination, isolation, physical punishment, and unpaid labor as the material spiritual doctrine, practice, authority, or pretext connected to the documented harm. The relevant authority role is founder claiming divine identity and organizational leaders.
- Institutional obedience or isolation
Evidence structure
Proceedings
2025-04-18 · sentences
U.S. District Court, District of Kansas. Six former leaders received federal prison sentences.
Documented coercion mechanisms
- religious indoctrination
- isolation
- physical punishment
- unpaid labor
Cited record
Sources
- prosecuting authority disposition U.S. Department of Justice, “Six Former Cult Members Sentenced for Years-Long Forced Labor Conspiracy” (Apr. 18, 2025).
The Justice Department reports that leaders compelled children to work through physical abuse, isolation, and religious claims by a founder who represented himself as Allah.
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- https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/six-former-cult-members-sentenced-years-long-forced-labor-conspiracy-compel-labor-multiple Corpus classification: prosecuting-authority; evidentiary role: disposition. SHA-256 948cc110d82748410c5891aaa202ddc940f02a8ae23068b669383a5f6c5891ad
- Retrieval
- 2026-07-20 · Preserved
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