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Falun Gong practitioners plan vigil outside Chinese consulate over arrest of...
Charlie SmithStraight.comMay 8, 2017 While many British Columbians will be practising their constitutional right to vote on Tuesday (May 9), others will be exercising their rights to freedom of...
View ArticleWhen Truth is Complex - On Telling the Story of My Upbringing in the...
Cara E. JonesHuffington PostMay 4, 2017I tell other people’s stories for a living. Maybe, in part, because I’ve been avoiding telling my own. I’ve been holding onto this for too long now.So that’s me....
View ArticleRELIGIOUS FREEDOM, BROUGHT TO YOU BY ANIMAL SACRIFICE AND PEYOTE
BECAUSE OF TINY RELIGIOUS GROUPS TAKING A STAND, ALL AMERICANS HAVE THE RIGHT TO PRACTICE THEIR FAITH (OR NOT)JANE COASTONMTV.comMay 9, 2017The term "religious freedom" has been the hobby horse of...
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Former plural wife in Utah seeks birth certificates for children born in...
By NATE CARLISLEThe Salt Lake TribuneMay 08, 2017 Polygamy » Tale of secret births sheds light on practices at the South Dakota FLDS compound.The first daughter was born at 1:50 p.m. on a windy day at...
View ArticleShifu Sunkriti case: No proof that sex and drugs cult leader Sunil Kulkarni...
Kulkarni was arrested after parents of two sisters from Malad, in their early 20s, filed a petition in the Bombay high court claiming Kulkarni had “entrapped” their daughtersRahul MahajaniHindustan...
View ArticleSex cult 'doc' tried to set up business in follower's name
Gautam S. MengleThe HinduMAY 09, 2017 Crime Branch finds MoU with Bhopal-based ice cream company in Kulkarni’s houseMumbai: Self-proclaimed psychiatrist Sunil Kulkarni, who propagated liberation from...
View ArticleNeighbors shocked after people found locked inside cabins at Tennessee rehab...
WZTVErika LathonMay 8, 2017WOODBURY, Tenn. - A Cannon County Scientologist, who opened a rehab facility, is out of business for good after a court-ordered shut down. A judge ordered the facility shut...
View ArticleScientology: Genesis, Exodus, and Numbers – Fake News about Scientology...
Massimo IntrovigneCesnurHow many Scientologists are there in the world, and in the U.S.? And is Scientology gaining or losing members? These questions may seem simple, but aren’t. First, the answer...
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Who are Jehovah's Witnesses?
Jehovah’s Witnesses spend a substantial amount of time on Bible study and evangelizing door to door.Mathew SchmalzAssociate Professor of Religion, College of the Holy CrossTHE CONVERSATIONMay 4,...
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Nicaraguan pastor jailed for burning woman to death in 'exorcism'
Pastor Juan Rocha (with head in hands) and his four followers were tried in the town of ManaguaBBC NEWSMay 10, 2017From the section Latin America & CaribbeanAn evangelical Nicaraguan pastor and...
View ArticleSchool Accidentally Hired Church of Scientology-Backed Group to Teach Drug...
The program promotes a zero-tolerance policy of scare tactics and worst-case scenarios, an approach experts describe as ineffective.Daily BeastMay 14, 2017KELLY WEILLAfter a drug-related tragedy,...
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Exodus of the FLDS: After a century, polygamists are leaving their home on...
Nate CarlisleSalt Lake TribuneMay 13, 2017Colorado City, Ariz. • Shannon Darger’s belongings were packed. Her family members have decided to leave their home and move to Oklahoma.A lot of her neighbors...
View ArticleVerdict date set for B.C. polygamy trial
The Canadian PressGlobal NewsMay 16, 2017A date has been set for a verdict in the trial of two British Columbia men accused of polygamy.A B.C. Supreme Court judge in Cranbrook will issue her ruling...
View ArticleFugitive Agape cultist Rocco Leo fails to front court as ordered, $9 million...
Sean Fewster, Chief Court ReporterThe AdvertiserMay 17, 2017 THE Supreme Court is still standing despite fugitive pastor Rocco Leo’s warning the “hand of God” would come down on those opposing his...
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The Online Radicalization We're Not Talking About
Alice Marwick and Becca LewisNew York MagazineMay 18, 2017When you hear the word radicalization, what usually comes to mind is young people turning to Islamic fundamentalism. The internet has proven to...
View ArticleNow and Then: Fleeting Memories of the Alamo Foundation
Linda Pedersen Santa Clarita GazetteMay 18, 2017Good and evil. Black and white. Those contrasts ran through my mind while reading about the recent death of infamous cult leader Tony Alamo. Tony, his...
View ArticleSince ban, persecution of Jehovah's Witnesses is 'worse than ever'
Lauren Markoe Religion News ServiceMay 18, 2017(RNS) Since the Russian Supreme Court labeled Jehovah’s Witnesses an “extremist” group, vandals have targeted followers and their banks accounts have been...
View ArticleAustralia does what U.S. won't: Investigate Jehovah's Witness cover-up
Trey BundyRevealMay 18, 2017A former Jehovah’s Witness in Australia is scheduled to appear in court this week to face charges that he sexually abused four teenage boys between 1993 and 2013, according...
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Amish receive warm welcome as more move to Prince Edward Island
Ross Lord Global National AtlanticMay 15, 2017Even by the pastoral standards of eastern Prince Edward Island, it’s a strikingly wholesome image.A group of children, of various ages, playing baseball on...
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Report: International Religious Freedom Worsening in both 'Depth and Breadth'
THOMAS D. WILLIAMS, PH.D.Breitbart NewsMay 16, 2017The U.S. Commission for International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) offers a grim assessment of the state of religious liberty worldwide in its 2017...
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