The group's stated religion was not muslim per se but rather a bizarre amalgamation of christian, judean, and muslim beliefs.

The religion they claimed to follow was started by a former african american circus worker, Noble Drew Ali.

Mr. Ali claimed to have mysical powers he learned from the native americans and Egyptians. He also claimed to be a prophet of Allah, when he founded his religion about a century ago.

The name of the religion is "The Seas of David" - not Islam.

That christian/jewish/islamic chimeric religion created by the former circus worker, and a statement by the ringleader (Narseal Batiste, 32) to his father in 1994 that he was "joining the muslims" when he became part of the Guardian Angels - seems to be the only publicly known link between them and anything remotely related to Islam.

Here are two articles on the story, which continues to get weirder by the moment this weekend.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2089-2242141,00.html
http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/leaders-say-accused-bombers-not-muslim/2006/06/24/1150845420090.html

Some people have said very differently recently, but not explained the facts behind their thinking. So, more revelations on the story will be coming out soon.