guise of a scoop." In the same statement, Royall Jenkins is quoted as announcing "the time when those who conspire against the rise of the Blackman —including Black women—will no longer be tolerated." After her death, Jenkins described his daughter as a traitor, stated "the death of my daughter Moreen was more than justified" and exhorted his followers not to mourn. Human trafficking In September 2017, Kendra Ross filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court of Kansas which alleged she had been forced to work without pay in businesses run by the UNOI and live in their homes for 10 years; was forcibly separated from her mother at age 12; ordered to marry another group member at age 20; and shipped against her will to various cities in different states before she escaped the group at age 21. In May 2018, after the group and its founder Royall Jenkins failed to respond to Ross’s lawsuit, the Kansas District Court entered a default judgment awarding Ross nearly $8 million in damages, which is thought to be the largest amount ever awarded in a human-trafficking case in U.S. history. In June 2018, the United Nation of Islam was profiled on A&E's Cults & Extreme Belief, a television show where host Elizabeth Vargas and others interview former members of organizations considered cults, talking to them about how they became involved and their allegations of abuse. In the episode, former members talk about their allegations of human trafficking, neglect and abuse, and unpaid labor of children in the group. See also African-American Muslims Five-Percent Nation References Nation of Islam African-American Islam New religious movements Religious belief systems founded in the United States Organizations based in Kansas City, Kansas UFO religions African-American history of Kansas