Oakland, Fremont police descend on Your Black Muslim Bakery

By Michelle Malkin  •  August 3, 2007 09:43 AM

Several Bay area readers are sending word of breaking news there this morning that may be tied to the awful execution of a veteran Oakland journalist yesterday:

Oakland and Fremont police have surrounded the Your Black Muslim Bakery in Oakland.

Television stations KPIX and KTVU report that S.W.A.T team negotiators and various high-ranking police officials are at the scene.

The incident is happening along San Pablo Avenue near the border of Oakland and Emeryville. A command center has been set up in Emeryville, but there are few other details at this hour…

…longtime Oakland journalist Chauncey Bailey was reportedly researching an investigative piece into Your Black Muslim Bakery before he was shot and killed just yesterday morning.

It remains unclear whether that killing is connected to today’s heavy police activity at the bakery.

The bakery’s website is here. If it sounds familiar, you’ve probably read of the store owners’ tangles with law enforcement. The SFChronicle reported in 2005:

An Oakland bakery with a cheery red sign out front — “Your Black Muslim Bakery” — was thrust into the criminal spotlight again Tuesday when police arrested one of founder Yusuf Bey’s sons in connection with vandalism to two liquor stores.

Bey created the bakery in 1968 and built a powerful enterprise based on baked goods, Muslim faith, local politics and, police say, strong-arm tactics.

For decades, members of Bey’s religious sect have been suspected of using violence and intimidation to secure their business interests, which include four bakeries, a Muslim school, a security business and an apartment building across from the main bakery on San Pablo Avenue in northwest Oakland where many of Bey’s relatives and bakery workers live.

Bey died of colon cancer in October 2003 while awaiting trial on 27 counts of sex crimes, including at least one count in which DNA identified him as the father of a child of a 13-year-old girl. His followers have claimed he fathered more than 40 children.

A real practitioner of the ROP, he was:

Bey’s followers have been accused of assaulting people with whom they had religious or business differences, and such stories have circulated in Oakland for decades.

In 1994, members of the organization allegedly beat an Oakland man with a police officer’s heavy-duty flashlight and threatened to kill the white police officers who came to investigate.

The same year, Bey ran for mayor and received 5 percent of the vote, and his 21-year-old son Akbar was shot and killed outside an Oakland night club. At the time, his father said the death was over “nothing important.”

More on Chauncey Bailey’s murder here.

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  1. #112245
    On August 3rd, 2007 at 10:03 am, inherited insanity said:

    So, is THIS a hate crime?

  2. #112247
    On August 3rd, 2007 at 10:10 am, Lindsay said:

    Never fear, CAIR is here.

  3. #112250
    On August 3rd, 2007 at 10:14 am, ThackerAgency said:

    Bey died of colon cancer in October 2003 while awaiting trial on 27 counts of sex crimes, including at least one count in which DNA identified him as the father of a child of a 13-year-old girl.

    It’s nice that Islam gives these child molesters a ‘religious freedom’ out from facing criminal charges. How utterly ridiculous and strange to name your store, “Your Black Muslim Bakery”. I never attribute baked goods to anything religious unless it’s ‘unlevened bread’. Kosher bread? Halal bread? Doesn’t make sense to me.

    It could only happen and even be mildly successful in the San Francisco area.

  4. #112256
    On August 3rd, 2007 at 10:23 am, jrlingreenbay said:

    From reading some of the details, this sounds like an ‘on-going criminal enterprise’ – RICO statute anyone?

    Amazing what some people will tolerate when the perpetrator is black / muslim or another minority.

    Discrimination / hate against gays, child molestation, etc….
    And this guy gets 5% of a mayoral vote?

    Sounds like a situation they have going on in Milwaukee, where Michael McGee Jr., city alderman, with a history of hate speech, racism, illegal activity, threats against others, etc., keeps getting re-elected by his constituents and held on a pedestal. Finally, however, he’s under indictment by the feds and seems to be going away for a long time.

    Unfortunately, many in his community are still rallying around him claiming persecution.

  5. #112265
    On August 3rd, 2007 at 10:34 am, huggybear said:

    It could only happen and even be mildly successful in the San Francisco area.

    You’ve obviously never been to Detroit.

  6. #112268
    On August 3rd, 2007 at 10:35 am, Brian72 said:

    The authorities in Oakland should start a RICO investigation on this place. It sounds to me like the Al-Sopranos. Complete with sharia enforcement by thug violence. Does Calypso Louie ever frequent this joint?

  7. #112269
    On August 3rd, 2007 at 10:37 am, Brian72 said:

    Ha-jringb beat me to the punch! RICO…polo…….RICO…….polo

  8. #112274
    On August 3rd, 2007 at 10:42 am, jrlingreenbay said:

    I can see it now – the movie version – instead of ‘Casino’, it’ll be called ‘Bakery’…..

    Maybe get Tony ( Monk ) Shalhoub to play the big boss….

  9. #112277
    On August 3rd, 2007 at 10:43 am, shooter said:

    little “mecca’s” popping up everywhere.

    nice people. s/

  10. #112292
    On August 3rd, 2007 at 10:53 am, desertdweller said:

    Is anybody surprised?

    Roll the “Your Black Muslim Bakery” victim script in 3 .. 2 ..

  11. #112297
    On August 3rd, 2007 at 10:58 am, truthseekerseamus said:

    I wonder if the banner “a taste of the hereafter” scrolling across the screen on their website is a metaphor of what happened…

  12. #112308
    On August 3rd, 2007 at 11:10 am, Nosferightu said:

    There has been a snack cart in the Oakland Airport for years with this name (in the terminal, past the scanners).

  13. #112309
    On August 3rd, 2007 at 11:10 am, theroc5156 said:

    If his Bakery was called “Your White Christian Bakery”, it would have been forced out of business years ago and labeled racist.

  14. #112310
    On August 3rd, 2007 at 11:10 am, theroc5156 said:

    It could only happen and even be mildly successful in the San Francisco area.

    You’ve obviously never been to Detroit.

    Or Paterson, NJ.

  15. #112311
    On August 3rd, 2007 at 11:12 am, Lindsay said:

    DHS just reported that this is not terrorism as there were no hijacked jets involved.

  16. #112312
    On August 3rd, 2007 at 11:13 am, jrlingreenbay said:

    Ok…gotta ask….

    Do you think this bakery sells Bagels? Or white bread?

    Forgive my sarcasm…it’s Friday.

  17. #112321
    On August 3rd, 2007 at 11:28 am, RevJim said:

    It could only happen and even be mildly successful in the San Francisco area.

    Or beautiful Baltimore, Maryland.

  18. #112324
    On August 3rd, 2007 at 11:28 am, pressto said:

    This is a nice article about the reporter who was executed.

    http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/08/03/MN28RC9E32.DTL

    It appears he lived in the worst part of Oakland to cover Black Stories. Guess that Bakery needs to change it’s name to just Muslim Bakery instead.

  19. #112328
    On August 3rd, 2007 at 11:34 am, walterc said:

    If his Bakery was called “Your White Christian Bakery”, it would have been forced out of business years ago and labeled racist.

    With the help of the ACLU, Jesse Jackson & Al Sharpton.

    Still waiting on Al to show up and demand . . .whatever

    So how’s those gun control laws working out for ya?

  20. #112340
    On August 3rd, 2007 at 11:48 am, feebiebabe said:

    OK, not sure if this is related to the “Bakery” on 17th and WEbster in Oakland, CA. Regardless, I’ve been past a “Your Black Muslim Bakery” on my way to my FAVORITE vietnamise restaurant on more than a few occassions.

    This particular bakery’s employees are extreamly hostile. (They can be spotted easily hanging on the sidewalk right outside their bakery in long white robes and some type of white cap…) I have a friend who says (i do not know this first hand) but they will NOT sell anything to “whites” and/or “non-muslims” and they will kick you out of their store promptly if you are either.

    What I CAN tell you first hand is that they were very intimidating men who worked there who would Glare at my friends and i as we passed along the sidewalk. Almost intimidating us as if we were walking through “their” territory.

    It was definately a 10 on the tension scale. They seemed to be very angry people.

  21. #112347
    On August 3rd, 2007 at 11:56 am, feebiebabe said:

    Retailers that support their business:

    http://www.ybmb.com/Retailers.htm

  22. #112349
    On August 3rd, 2007 at 11:59 am, jrlingreenbay said:

    Sounds like a version of the famous Seinfeld ‘Soup Nazi’……

    ” No Bread for you!!!!”

    But – typical of this radical Muslim-type…. Intimidation through any means possible.

  23. #112356
    On August 3rd, 2007 at 12:12 pm, Boomer said:

    The religion of intolerance, suppression, and murder strikes again. Quick where is CAIR to denounce this case of domestic terrorism or will they charge the murdered reporter with a hate crime. Seems they forgot the part about freedom of the press in the pesky 1st Amendment they beat us over the head with when calling us all Islamiphobes.

  24. #112380
    On August 3rd, 2007 at 12:37 pm, truthseekerseamus said:

    KNBC Channel 4 in Los Angeles reports that 4 sites were raided (YBMB included)

    http://www.knbc.com/news/13813438/detail.html?rss=la&psp=news

  25. #112381
    On August 3rd, 2007 at 12:38 pm, inherited insanity said:

    I love the crawler at the top of the ybmb website…”A Taste of the Hereafter”.

    Nice.

  26. #112390
    On August 3rd, 2007 at 12:45 pm, Brian72 said:

    I would like to give them a taste of the FBI:)

  27. #112396
    On August 3rd, 2007 at 12:49 pm, Dersu said:

    We need gun control there in Oakland, two handed grip that is.

  28. #112417
    On August 3rd, 2007 at 1:08 pm, gunslingerpatriot said:

    Can we have a Master Card moment here please..

    Fathering babies out of wedlock-0 years
    Intimiation and facing 27 sex crime counts-Life times 3
    Dying of colon cancer-Rotting in hell
    Being flamed on MM by her fans-Priceless!

  29. #112428
    On August 3rd, 2007 at 1:25 pm, jrlingreenbay said:

    From the Elijah Educational Center website, linked from the Bakery website:

    http://www.ybmb.com/school.html

    Interesting to note the emphasis on mandatory parent involvement, as well as full-year schooling, dress code, and strict disciplinary codes. Also ‘Close Order Drilling for Discipline’.

    Compare this to public schools in this country and how they are run and supported.

    It is no wonder that these supporters are so adament in their beliefs and disciplined in their actions.

    If Catholic schools were this strict, there’d be ‘expose’ stories of the apparent brain-washing of our children.

  30. #112452
    On August 3rd, 2007 at 2:18 pm, twoninerkilo said:

    Master Card moment#28 LOL

  31. #112457
    On August 3rd, 2007 at 2:28 pm, pressto said:

    If his Bakery was called “Your White Christian Bakery”, it would have been forced out of business years ago and labeled racist.

    Oh this would be great if Michelle could get Rev. Sharpton on and ask if he would support a business called this. :-)

  32. #112487
    On August 3rd, 2007 at 3:15 pm, BOB said:

    On August 3rd, 2007 at 2:28 pm, pressto said:
    Oh this would be great if Michelle could get Rev. Sharpton on and ask if he would support a business called this.

    I think he would say something like “Sure, if the bread was good”………..but that would be another lie of course.

  33. #112561
    On August 3rd, 2007 at 6:58 pm, laelaps said:

    Michelle is probably prepping for The Factor just now. I hope she brings this story up. She’ll scoop everyone else who is ignoring it.

  34. #112584
    On August 3rd, 2007 at 9:11 pm, normsrevenge said:

    Police raids linked to journalist’s slaying

    OAKLAND, Calif. Police said Friday “firearm evidence” confiscated during a series of early morning raids, including one at a bakery linked to a black Muslim group, was connected to the slaying of an Oakland journalist.

  35. #112586
    On August 3rd, 2007 at 9:14 pm, guerro said:

    Did this murder really have to happen in order for Americans to understand the evil that lies within the Black Muslim Movement ?

  36. #112592
    On August 3rd, 2007 at 10:00 pm, Leatherneck said:

    Just another example of the religion of peace.

    ROPMA

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