Can terrorists act in the name of religion, or do they follow 'political'...
September 21, 2016 GETRELIGIONBy Terry Mattingly Throughout the era defined by 9/11, most journalists in the West have struggled to follow two basic concepts while doing their work.The first concept...
View ArticleThe secret to Jehovah's Witnesses' RE success? Maintenance and patience
Religious organization moved to Warwick after having made $1.3B on over 20 buildings September 22, 2016 The Real Deal Magazine The Jehovah’s Witnesses are packing their bibles and are in the process of...
View ArticleThe Globetrotter's Guide to Exorcism
VICEBy Lance HigdonSeptember 12, 2016In Marcel Camus's Black Orpheus, a retelling of the Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice set in Brazil, the entire film's plot turns on an inadvertent exorcism. The...
View ArticleLeader of Fiji religious sect found guilty of rape
September 23, 2016RNZThe leader of a religious sect in Fiji has been found guilty of four counts of rape by court assessors.75-year-old Iowane Vakadranu has been on trial at the High Court in Suva, and...
View ArticleFirm tied to polygamous group denies new child labor charges
Washington TimesBy LINDSAY WHITEHURST - Associated Press - Thursday, September 22, 2016 SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - A Utah concrete company with ties to a polygamous group argued prosecutors are using old...
View ArticleThe business behind Christ-centered energy healing
Daniel WoodruffSeptember 21, 2016 (KUTV) “Dear Father in Heaven,” Robin Johnson says as she kneels with her patient. “We pray that this session will go well.”This isn't a doctor's office. Johnson is...
View ArticleBILLIONAIRE BABASOne of India’s newest billionaires is an ayurveda expert who...
Suneera TandonQuartzSeptember 23, 2016Acharya Balkrishna’s Twitter tips on how to use natural, homemade remedies to keep your gums from bleeding or joints from aching have earned him over 31,000...
View ArticleFLDS Members On Trial Don't Have To Testify At Upcoming Hearing
Sep 23, 2016Associated PressPolygamous sect members accused of food stamp fraud won't be required to testify at an upcoming hearing in which they will attempt to persuade a judge they were following...
View ArticleThe Supreme Court probably won't approve polygamy. Here's why.
KEVIN JONESIN: NATIONSeptember 23, 2016 Washington D.C., Sep 22, 2016 CNA/EWTN News.- A polygamous family featured on a reality TV show has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to strike down a law intended to...
View ArticleForced into his cult-like Ontario church as a teen and abused, woman spent...
National PostJonathan Sher, Postmedia NewsSeptember 24, 2016 Following in the footsteps of his father, Fred King led a church near Owen Sound where members were beaten and humiliated by the man they...
View ArticleInside the Rise & Fall of A 1970s Upper West Side Cult
September 21, 2016GothamistJake Offenhartz in Arts & EntertainmentOn the evening of July 29th, 1985, members of a mysterious group called the Sullivan Institute broke into and terrorized an...
View ArticleLev Tahor sect in Guatemala resettles, claiming harassment
By AFPThe Times of IsraelSeptember 25, 2016Members of an Orthodox Jewish community put a label from the "International Rescue Committee for Jewish Families of the Lev Tahor Settlement" on the window of...
View ArticleREGIONAL DEPUTIES ASK FOR BANNING OF JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES
by Ivan SnegovParlamentskaya Gazeta20 September 2016The Sakhalin provincial duma supported the appeal of the Arkhangelsk provincial assembly of deputies to the prosecutor general's office and the...
View ArticleIt's looking increasingly like his highly anticipated feature film, My...
Entertainment.ieSeptember 25, 2016The film has a UK distributor, Altitude and is set to be released over there on October 14th. However as we reported earlier this year, an Irish distributor has yet to...
View ArticleFringe Jewish sect relocating within Guatemala after police raid
September 26, 2016Jewish Telegraphic Agency (JTA) — A haredi Orthodox sect that has been living on the outskirts of Guatemala City for the last two years has relocated to a village in eastern Guatemala...
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Steve Cannane's book reveals disturbing new claims about the Church of...
NEWS.com.auSEPTEMBER 26, 2016Gavin Fernando news.com.au@GavinDFernandoIN 2008, Jose Navarro was sent to Australia as a form of punishment.It was 15 years after the then-35-year-old Venezualan joined...
View ArticleChina: Members of banned 'cult' jailed amid religious movements' crackdown
September 27, 2016ReutersChina's officially atheist Communist Party has particularly taken aim at cults, which have multiplied across the country in recent years.China has jailed members of what the...
View Article'It was miraculous': Couple help people recover from abusive groups
South Coast TodaySundaySep 25, 2016 By Debra RyanThe Rev. Bob and Judy Parsons have dedicated themselves to helping former cult members retake their lives.“The residents know for real that we care...
View ArticleLeading US exorcists explain huge increase in demand for the Rite - and...
Telegraph.co.uk· Rachel Ray, washington 26 SEPTEMBER 2016 In the US, over the past 10 years, the number of official priest exorcists has more than quadrupled from 12 to 50.But for two of...
View ArticleChina jails members of banned "cult" amid religion crackdown -Xinhua
Thomson Reuters FoundationReutersTuesday, 27 September 2016 BEIJING, Sept 27 (Reuters) - China has jailed members of what the government calls a cult for causing deaths, organising the group and...
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