India's Mathura cult clashes raise disturbing questions
BY GAUTAMAN BHASKARAN on JUNE 4, 2016 ASIA TIMES NEWS & FEATURES, INDIAWhen cops clashed with a cult of 3000 heavily armed men and women at Mathura in the central Indian state of Uttar Pradesh on...
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ICSA Annual Conference 2017 - Call for Papers - Bordeaux, France
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Psychologists are trying to determine why otherwise rational individuals can make the leap from "prudent paranoia" to illogical conspiracy theoriesJuly 6, 2016The GuardianOlga OksmanAccording to a...
View ArticleMagistrate Judge Unseals Documents in Falun Gong Case
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View ArticleWhat happened in Colonia? Inside the terrifying Nazi cult that inspired Emma...
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View ArticleAccused Cult Leader Charged with 59 Counts Criminal Sexual Conduct
KSTP.comMatt Belanger07/05/201 A hearing took place Tuesday in Pine County District Court for 54-year-old Victor Barnard, who is accused of sexually abusing girls who were followers in his alleged...
View ArticleSister Found Guilty of Manslaughter in Fatal Beating at 'Killer Cult' New...
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The controversial 2006 documentary about an evangelical church camp outraged secular audiences, but its subjects have mixed memoriesThe GuardianJosiah HesseWednesday 6 July 2016 Ten-year-old Andrew...
View ArticleWord of Life 'Cult' Defendant Found Not Guilty of Murder
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View ArticleScientology leader meets one-on-one with city officials over key downtown...
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View ArticleJehovah's Witnesses face £1m legal bill after young girl was sexually abused...
Leicester MercuryBy Merc ReporterJuly 08, 2016 The Jehovah's Witnesses face a million-pound legal bill after a young girl was sexually abused by one of its members.The victim, now aged in her 20s, was...
View ArticlePOLYGAMY IS NOT A CULTURAL CONCEIT. IT IS AN AFFRONT TO WOMEN
Sunday 10 July 2016The GuardianCatherine BennettA plan to get around the British bigamy law has had a surprisingly respectful response. From non-MuslimsWhat with being illegal in this country, and so...
View ArticleSwiss ruling overturns Muslim pupils' handshake exemption
School had allowed two brothers to refuse to shake teachers’ hands after they said touching opposite sex was against beliefsThe Swiss understood quite clearly that this was more than a little quarrel...
View ArticleHare Krishna community celebrates 50 years as religious movement
ABC NORTH COAST SAMANTHA TURNBULLJuly 11, 2016Fifty years ago, a 70-year-old monk travelled from India to the United States in the hope of starting a spiritual revolution.His name was Bhaktivedanta...
View ArticlePublic funding for schools associated with Church of Scientology revealed
The Sydney Morning HeraldJuly 12, 2016 Eryk BagshawEducation Reporter Schools associated with the Church of Scientology are receiving more government funding per student than hundreds of Australian...
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