How Bob Dylan Became a Jews for Jesus Icon
THE FORWARDSam KestenbaumOctober 26, 2016When Bob Dylan became the first musician to win the Nobel Prize in Literature this month, Jewish fans celebrated. Dylan, born Robert Zimmerman, was seen as a...
View ArticleA Jehovah’s Witness and her deadly devotion
Did a Jehovah's Witness die after refusing a blood transfusion, and should the state have let it happen?Macleans.caMartin PatriquinOctober 28, 2016Éloïse Dupuis had a foot in two very different worlds....
View ArticleTwo Childhood Rape Survivors Are Ending a Cult Leader's Terrifying Reign
October 28, 2016New York MagazineBy Catie L'HeureuxOf all the abuse, manipulation, and horrifying crimes that religious cult leader Victor Barnard committed, no one could have predicted his youngest...
View ArticleCall for Papers: ICSA Annual Conference. Submission Deadline: October 31, 2016
Theme: Cultic Dynamics and Radicalization Bordeaux, France June 29 — July 1, 2017 More Information: http://www.icsahome.com/events/callforpapersThe International Cultic Studies Association (ICSA) is...
View ArticleMormon Sect Tries to Fend Off U.S. Involvement
October 28, 2016By JAMIE ROSS Courthouse News Service PHOENIX (CN) — The federal government should allow twin towns dominated by a fundamentalist Mormon sect on the Arizona-Utah border to police...
View ArticleWatchdog investigates British charity's alleged cult connections
EXCLUSIVE: British charity is allegedly linked to cult whose leaders are wanted by Interpol. UBy Tom PorterOctober 27, 2016 Britain's charity watchdog is investigating whether a second-hand clothing...
View ArticleIn testimony, polygamous towns' police chief fights to keep his job
October 27, 2016Salt Lake TribuneBy jamie ross Courthouse News Service Phoenix • The federal government's effort to dismantle a police department dominated by a fundamentalist Mormon sect on the...
View ArticleLeah Remini’s Scientology Docuseries Gets Premiere Date on A&E
Oriana SchwindtVarietyOctober 27, 2016“Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath,” Remini’s eight-episode docuseries about the Church of Scientology, has been given a premiere date by A&E: Nov. 29...
View ArticleSecret advisers, nepotism and even rumours of a murky religious sect: the...
James Rothwell The TelegraphOCTOBER 29, 2016Three years ago, she was hailed as South Korea’s saviour after becoming its first female president and adopting a tough stance on the North’s brutal...
View ArticleChurch of Scientology defends use of Sydney school children in advertising
· OCTOBER 29, 2016The Sydney Morning HeraldEryk Bagshaw The Church of Scientology has defended the use of NSW schoolchildren in an ad promoting the church, as the self-described "advanced...
View ArticleSwirling Scandal Involving Shamanistic Cult Threatens S. Korean President
October 29, 2016NPRELISE HU Tens of thousands demonstrated in cities across South Korea on Saturday, demanding President Park Geun-hye step down from office. Her approval rating has hit an...
View ArticleMinnesota Cult Leader Victor Barnard Sentenced to 30 Years
New York MagazineOctober 28, 2016By Catie L'Heureux On Friday, two rape survivors ended Minnesota cult leader Victor Barnard’s reign. The 55-year-old was sentenced to 30 years in prison for sexually...
View ArticlePressure mounts on Korean president
Bangkok PostOctober 29, 2016SEOUL: Pressure mounted Saturday on beleaguered South Korean President Park Geun-hye over a personal and political scandal, as prosecutors raided the homes of senior aides...
View ArticleConnecticut suit accuses another Legion of Christ priest of sex abuse
The Associated PressSaturday, Oct. 29, 2016HARTFORD >> A former top official for the scandal-plagued Legion of Christ sexually abused a teenage boy in the early 1990s, according to a lawsuit...
View ArticleCIA Will Place Its CREST Database Online
Secrecy NewsOctober 27, 2016 in CIA, Declassification by Steven AftergoodThe Central Intelligence Agency said this week that it will post its database of declassified CIA documents online, making them...
View ArticleReligion guards against radicalization among Quebec’s CEGEP students: study
Jeff LagerquistCTVNews.caOctober 29, 2016A new study is dismissing the role of religion as a driving force behind radicalization within Quebec’s publically funded pre-university college system.The...
View ArticleIs Lyle Jeffs in Mancos?
Despite obvious signs of human activity, those who closely watch the FLDS compound north of Mancos rarely see people on site. It’s in FLDS doctrine to hide from outsiders, and the property boasts...
View ArticleForeign student population breaking records
Over 100,000 for the first time, schools work to accommodateBY LEE SUNG-EUNKorean JoongAng DailyOctober 31,2016Eating out in Korea is never easy for Nurul Atiqah Binti Maarut. A Muslim from Malaysia,...
View ArticleJury acquits leaders of Malheur wildlife-refuge standoff
October 27, 2016 Standoff leaders Ammon and Ryan Bundy and five others were found not guilty of conspiring to impede federal workers from doing their jobs at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in...
View Article6 facts about U.S. Mormons
Pew Research CenterAleksandra Sandstrom, Becka A. AlperSeptember 30, 2016Twice each year, in April and October, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints holds its General Conference in Salt Lake...
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