Scientologists vs. Pravda.Ru
July 20, 2016Representatives of one of the largest and most notorious religious sects in the world (in fact, a dishonest commercial enterprise, as evidenced by numerous journalistic investigations and...
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And other lessons about the GOP's overblown, dangerous rhetoric about radical jihadi terrorism.· · Foreign Policy Magazine· BY LAWRENCE PINTAK· JULY 19, 2016· The...
View ArticleA Mormon Tycoon Wants to Build Joseph Smith’s Mega-Utopia in Vermont
David Hall is snapping up farmland to bring his vision of a sustainable high-density community to life. The neighbors are horrified. BloombergBy Caroline Winter | July 20, 2016Nicole Antal, a...
View ArticleIn Kerala, parents struggle to shake children from the influence of...
They say the growth of Salafism in the state has pulled their children away from mainstream life.Jul 18, 2016 Scroll.inNaveen Nair The news that 21 Muslims from Kerala have gone missing and were...
View ArticleBlack nationalist group Washitaw Nation distances itself from the Baton Rouge...
Los Angeles TimesJuly 21, 2016Jaweed Kaleem and Jenny Jarvie It was 7 a.m on Monday when Fredrix Washington got a call from a cousin with some news: Washington’s photo was on television in a segment...
View ArticleAnti-drugs campaign is Scientology in disguise: spies
22 Jul 2016The Local.deGermany’s domestic security agency has warned Hamburg residents to be wary of information stands with the slogan ‘say no to drugs - say yes to life’.While the slogan may seem...
View ArticleThe Gulen Movement Is Not a Cult - It's One of the Most Encouraging Faces of...
Huffington PostJuly 22, 2016Graham E. FullerFormer vice chairman, CIA’s National Intelligence Council; Author “Breaking Faith” Last week witnessed what may be the last act of an unfolding struggle...
View ArticleThe Right Chemistry: Brazilian 'healer' John of God leads cancer patients by...
JOE SCHWARCZ, SPECIAL TO THE MONTREAL GAZETTEJuly 22, 2016 “Up your nose with a surgical clamp!” That is Joao Teixeira’s prescription for treating breast cancer.I first came across this Brazilian...
View ArticleGroup Ramps Up Advocacy Against Idaho Faith Healing Exemptions
July 22, 2016Boise State Public RadioBy FRANKIE BARNHILL A group that wants to repeal laws exempting parents from child abuse prosecution is hard at work this summer. Bruce Wingate is the founder of...
View ArticleCalifornia governor denies parole for Manson cult follower
July 22, 2016CBS News· ACRAMENTO, Calif. -- California Gov. Jerry Brown denied parole Friday for Leslie Van Houten, the youngest follower of murderous cult leader Charles Manson who is serving...
View ArticleHow a Self-Taught Hacker Escaped a Cult
jULY 22, 2016GLAMOURBY ERIKA HAYASAKI The computer Shyama Rose got for her 14th birthday was a boxy Macintosh Quadra 650. The year was 1994. People didn't email; there was no Facebook; the founders of...
View ArticleStudy shows Mormon women fear eternal polygamy
Jonah Hicap ChristianToday23 July 2016The idea of polygamy being practiced in eternity by members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) is still hurting women and men even though the...
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LDS Church President Thomas S. Monson subpoenaed for deposition in sex abuse...
FOX 13 NewsBY BEN WINSLOWJULY 22, 2016 SALT LAKE CITY -- Attorneys have subpoenaed Thomas S. Monson, the President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, to give a deposition in a series...
View ArticleCan Ipso apply in countries with strict press regulation- and with none?
The GuardianPeter PrestonSunday 24 July 2016 The Mail Online’s Tom Cruise revelations expose the knotty problem of regulating global digital news on a national basis The problem Lord Justice Leveson...
View Article'Breakaway Amish' a first-person account of rogue Ohio sect
Author was one of Bergholz Beard Cutters in Amish community The BladeBy TK Barger | BLADE RELIGION EDITORJuly 23, 2016· In a new book, Johnny Mast tells an insider’s story of an unusual crime...
View ArticleRabbi caught on video admitting rape, plotting murder with students
Years-old footage released of newly extradited Eliezer Berland shows him explaining how he forced a married woman into sex BY TIMES OF ISRAEL STAFF July 27, 2016 A rabbi extradited from South Africa...
View ArticleWhat kind of person joins a cult or joins a terror group?
The ConversationJuly 27, 2016 1. Shane SatterleyResearch Assistant and PhD Candidate, Griffith UniversityThere are some striking similarities between cults and terror groups. An all-encompassing...
View ArticleManson Family: Where Are They Now?
Their terror brought a halt to the peace and love of the 1960s, but many members of the most infamous cult in American history live on Rolling StoneJuly 27, 2016By Elisabeth Garber-Paul Charles Manson,...
View ArticleMormons aren't alone in feeling devastated when people leave
OPINIONReligion News ServiceBy Jana Riess | July 26, 2016 In this guest post, author Jon Ogden draws from his new book When Mormons Doubt: A Way to Save Relationships and Seek a Quality Life,...
View ArticlePolygamists describe how to live in family with 27 wives and 145 children
July 28, 2016By NATE CARLISLE The Salt Lake Tribune The audience emitted a gasp when Edith Barlow told them she was a man's 13th wife.Barlow was used to it."People say, 'Thirteenth? Are you freaking...
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