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The curious case of the prophets
Prophet BushiriMwansa BesaLusaka TimesMay 22, 2017Prophet Bushiri prayed for all African nations and their leaders ‘to ensure that peace prevails on the continent’.The last few decades have seen a...
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How to Identify a Dangerous Cult
Stephen JohnsonLifehackerMay 23, 2017It starts innocently: Maybe the new guy at work asks you to play bass in his indie rock band. A friend-of-a-friend invites you to a free vegan brunch. Your...
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Inside West Africa's vanishing voodoo rituals
Anisha Shah, ContributorBusiness InsiderMay 15, 2017West Africa is fast gaining recognition for its wildly beautiful barren beaches, hypnotic African beats, vibrant fashions and strong cultures, which...
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Preachers of Prosperity—Faith as Business
Pastor Chris Oyakhilome of NigeriaAarni KuoppamäkiAllAfrica Deutsche Welle (Bonn) 22 MAY 2017Five centuries ago, Martin Luther reformed the Christian church to prevent the marketing of religion. But in...
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'Neo-Nazi' in Florida National Guard arrested after explosives found at Tampa...
Tony Marrero and John MartinTampa Bay TimesMay 22, 2017 TAMPA — A man accused of shooting his two roommates Friday in a Tampa Palms apartment told police he shared neo-Nazi beliefs with the men until...
View ArticleJehovah’s Witnesses turn to Council of Europe over Russia’s refusal to...
RAPSIMay 22, 2017MOSCOW, May 22 (RAPSI) – The Jehovah's Witnesses organization banned in Russia as extremist has filed a complaint with the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe over Moscow's...
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'Breatharians' Believe You Can Survive on Air Alone
Layla HaidraniBroadly ViceMay 23, 2017 For Ana-Maria Stefania, discovering breatharianism was "love at first sight. The less solid food I consume, the better and more present I feel." The Cyprus-based...
View ArticleGraduation day is a milestone for the students and a polygamous town
NATE CARLISLEThe Salt Lake Tribune May 22, 2017Hildale • The graduates wore gowns, and they wrote and drew on the tops of their mortarboard caps just like teenagers anywhere."Pomp and Circumstance"...
View ArticleColumns Leave the Men of Gold Alone!
Michael ChishalaMay 24, 2017Lusaka TimesThe Folly of Regulating ReligionWe have reached an interesting situation in Zambia where we apparently need the government to “protect” us from crooked...
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A giant ark is just the start. These creationists have a bigger plan for...
Karen Heller Washington PostMay 24, 2017 WILLIAMSTOWN, Ky. — Ken Ham built an ark, a Noah-sized ark, in the verdant, landlocked hills of the American heartland.At the sight of the wooden vessel,...
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Deradicalization centre wants to expand to Quebec City to fight far-right...
CPRLV director Herman Deparice-Okomba wants to set up an office in Quebec City. Mayor Régis Labeaume won't back plan, saying city has no radicalization problem to fixCBC News May 30, 2017 A surge in...
View ArticleDisfellowshipping is Hard to Do
Drache Aptowitzer LLPLexologyMay 23 2017On April 13, 2017 the Supreme Court of Canada granted, to the Judicial Committee of the Highwood Congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses and the Highwood...
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The growing business of religion in India
The growing business of religion in IndiaImprovement in tourism infrastructure at religious places can unlock the economic potential of religious tourismPranav Gupta Sanjay KumarLive MintMay 20...
View ArticleThe Book of Mormon Gets the Literary Treatment
Grant ShreveRELIGION & POLITICS May 23, 2017The Book of Mormon is a wholly American Scripture. It is the sacred text for the 15 million-strong Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It’s the...
View ArticleMan who almost died after refusing blood transfusion hits out at 'harmful'...
Rebecca LumleyIrish IndependentMay 25 2017 A man who almost died after refusing a blood transfusion has hit out at the “harmful” practices in the Jehovah’s Witness religion that prohibited him from...
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Prison Fellowship Speaks Out After Amanda Knox Claims Brainwashing Cult...
Amanda KnoxSTOYAN ZAIMOVCHRISTIAN POST REPORTERMay 25, 2017America's largest Christian ministry serving those in prison is speaking out after Amanda Knox, a writer who spent four years in an Italian...
View ArticleRussian Supreme Court upholds liquidation of Jehovah's Witnesses chapter
MOSCOW, May 26, 2017(RAPSI) – The Supreme Court of Russia has upheld a ruling declaring a branch of Jehovah’s Witnesses religious organization in Cherkessk extremist and liquidating it, RAPSI learnt in...
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A closer look at Jehovah's Witnesses living in the U.S.
MICHAEL LIPKAPew research centerAPRIL 26, 2016The death of superstar musician Prince has prompted many reflections on his life – including his religious faith. Prince, who was raised as a Seventh-day...
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Jury selection begins for minister accused in member beating
Brooke Covington, a member of the Word of Faith Fellowshipchurch in Spindle, N.C., leaves a hearing at RutherfordCounty Courthouse MITCH WEISS AND HOLBROOK MOHR, ASSOCIATED PRESSABC NewsMay 30,...
View ArticleDanish Jehovah's Witness arrested after Russia raid
The arrest comes after Russia banned the Jehovah's Witnesses and seized the organisation's property earlier this year because of alleged extremism.SBSMAY 30, 2017 Russian security forces have raided a...
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