Falun Gong, Griffith Uni's Fraser at odds over organs
SIAN POWELLThe AustralianJULY 25, 2018A spiritual leader’s criticism of a Griffith University academic in a parliamentary hearing was one of the few public skirmishes in a hard-fought battle behind the...
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R. Kelly Addresses Sex Cult Allegations, Spotify Ban on 19-Minute Song 'I Admit'
R. Kelly“They brainwashed, really? / Kidnapped, really? / Can’t eat, really? / Real talk, that sounds silly,” singer says of sex cult allegationsDANIEL KREPSRolling StoneJuly 23, 2018R. Kelly addresses...
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Are decades of needless child deaths a thing of the past for the Followers of...
Travis and Sarah MitchellBy Aimee GreenThe Oregonian/OregonLive July 15, 2018 Prosecutors hope a groundbreaking statement by the young parents who failed to summon medical help before one of their...
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NXIVM in Court: State Worries Alleged Cult Members Will Tamper With Witnesses
Clare BronfmanAt a federal hearing, a judge also pushed the trial date back to January 2019AMELIA MCDONELL-PARRYRolling StoneJULY 25, 2018At a hearing in Brooklyn today, a federal judge agreed to move...
View ArticleConfucius Institutes: Academic Malware and Cold Warfare
Confucius Institutes and classrooms installed in colleges and K-12 schools the world around function as propaganda branches of the Chinese government, writes Marshall Sahlins.Marshall SahlinsInside...
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The Billionaire Yogi Behind Modi's Rise
Ramdev with Finance Minister Arun JaitleyBaba Ramdev built a business empire out of mass yoga camps and ayurvedic products. But is his pious traditionalism a mask for darker forces?Robert F. WorthNew...
View ArticleA chronology of doomsday cult and its founder
Japan TimesJuly 26, 2018The following is a chronology of events related to the Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult and its founder, Shoko Asahara, whose real name was Chizuo Matsumoto:March 2, 1955 — Matsumoto...
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Convicted Bountiful polygamists unrepentant: court documents
Winston Blackmore (left) and James Oler (right)Two Mormon fundamentalists told probation officers they feel no remorse for multiple marriagesTREVOR CRAWLEYTerrace StandardJuly 26, 2018 Pre-sentencing...
View ArticleApostasy | Official UK Trailer | Curzon
In Cinemas & On Demand 27 July.Former Jehovah’s Witness Daniel Kokotajlo announces himself as one of Britain’s brightest new filmmaking talents with his unique, moving and insightful debut,...
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Jim Jones' lover: inside the mind of the cult leader's right-hand woman
‘Oppressively brilliant’ Carolyn Layton was the mistress of cult leader Jim Jones and a central member of his Peoples Temple. Writer Laura Elizabeth Woollett tells the author of The Family why she was...
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Expulsion order carried out for group of Hasidic Jews in Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts
Expulsion order carried out for group of Hasidic Jews in Sainte-Agathe-des-MontsGiuseppe ValianteGlobal NewsJuly 26, 2018 Most of the young, Hasidic Jewish men who were court-ordered out of homes they...
View Article12Tribes Czech Republic-English subs
July 16, 2018German reporters travel to Skalna, home of the Twelve Tribes in the Czech Republic where they have settled after leaving Germany.
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"Apostasy" is a heartbreaking look at life as a Jehovah's Witness
Written and directed by Daniel Kokotajlo, a former believer, the film is clear and courageous on the organisation’s failingsThe EconomistProsperoJuly 25, 2018THE most sinister aspect of Jehovah’s...
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'It's definitely a cult,' says ex-Johnston church member where Sunday school...
Amanda LambWRAL July 24, 2018BENSON, N.C. — It began with the arrest of a Sunday school teacher on 13 charges of sexually assaulting children earlier this month.Now, investigators with the Johnston...
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Remaining members of Japan's doomsday cult executed
Aum Shinrikyo cult membersEuan McKirdy, Yoko Wakatsuki and James GriffithsCNNJuly 26, 2018WATCH VIDEOTokyo (CNN) Six members of a Japanese doomsday cult held responsible for the deaths of dozens of...
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His parents fell for a spiritual guru. In “Dear Franklin Jones,” he wants to...
Adi DaAshley McKinlessThe AmericanJune 29, 2018PODCASTGiven the success of true-crime and mystery podcasts like “Serial,” “S-Town” and “Missing Richard Simmons,” Jonathan Hirsch’s investigation of his...
View ArticleHanged ex-AUM guru said 'wait a minute' when asked about handling of his body
MainichiJuly 27, 2018The words and actions of Shoko Asahara, former leader of the AUM Shinrikyo cult, shortly before his execution at the Tokyo Detention Center in early July have emerged from...
View ArticleBroke sex cult bookkeeper told to find a new job
Emily Saul and Ruth BrownNY PostJuly 27, 2018The longtime bookkeeper for upstate sex-slave cult Nxivm was ordered Friday to find a new gig while she is out on bail awaiting trial for her role in the...
View ArticleElizabeth Smart reportedly tried to save Catherine Oxenberg's daughter from...
New York PostJuly 28, 2018Famed kidnapping survivor Elizabeth Smart tried to save actress Catherine Oxenberg’s daughter from the Nxivm sex-slave cult, according to a new report.Smart — who was held...
View ArticleAum executions fail to end debate over cult’s motives
PHILIP BRASORJapan TimesJuly 28, 2018The execution of 13 members of the religious group Aum Shinrikyo in two rounds on July 6 and 26, including the group’s 63-year-old leader, Shoko Asahara (whose real...
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