It was 1985 when Khalil Amani kissed his two children goodbye, told his wife he loved her and ran off, hopping on the first city bus he saw to escape a religious group that he believed would kill him.

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 ...

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 1992, cult leader Yahweh ben Yahweh — born Hulon Mitchell Jr. — was found guilty in connection with the plotting of 14 murders, two attempted murders and a firebombing. While many would describe ...

The story of Yahweh Ben Yahweh is ripe for a 2019 revisit. Born Hulon Mitchell Jr., Yahweh Ben Yahweh founded the namesake Nation of Yahweh in 1979, a loose branch of the Black Hebrew Israelite ...

In October 1990, the mayor of Miami presented Yahweh Ben Yahweh with a key to the city in recognition of the local religious leader’s contributions to the region and his sect’s efforts to revive ...

A cult leader linked to mutilation murders in the 1980s was released from federal prison and returned to Miami after serving nearly 11 years of his 18-year sentence. Yahweh Ben Yahweh paid a fine of ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 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 ...