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Child Marriage and Religion in the United States
No major religion “actually promotes child marriage," experts say.ASHLEY BELANGER Teen VogueSeptember 7, 2017 Wedlocked is a Teen Vogue series about child marriage in the United States that examines...
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Eat, pray, live: the Lagos megachurches building their very own cities
Redemption Camp has 5,000 houses, roads, rubbish collection, police, supermarkets, banks, a fun fair, a post office – even a 25 megawatt power plant. In Nigeria, the line between church and city is...
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Chinese Consulate Warns California Not To Stand Up For Falun Gong
Falun Gong practitionersCBS San Francisco Bay AreaSeptember 8, 2017 SACRAMENTO (AP) — A California senator says Democratic legislative leaders are squashing his attempt to stand up for practitioners of...
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'It's not an easy job': Leah Remini fights back tears to praise the brave...
Leah ReminiFormer Scientologist bagged her first Emmy for A&E docu-series, Scientology and the Aftermath.Sutrishna GhoshInternational Business Times UKSeptember 11, 2017From taking shots at Tom...
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Why Is Mayor DeBlasio Turning A Blind Eye To The Hasidic Education Crisis In...
The views and opinions expressed in this article are the author's own and do not necessarily reflect those of the Forward.Yosef Newfield(Rabbi Newfield works for a boutique immigration law firm in...
View ArticleOpen Minds Foundation: Saving a Thousand Lives a Year: Reforming...
Lee ElderOpen Minds FoundationSeptember 11, 2017A brief history of Advocates for Jehovah’s Witness Reform on Blood (AJWRB) and Watchtower’s Blood Transfusion PolicyGrowing up as a Jehovah’s...
View ArticleInternational Religious Freedom Report for 2016
Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and LaborSwitzerlandDownload PDF: http://www.state.gov/j/drl/rls/irf/religiousfreedom/index.htm?year=2016&dlid=268874Executive SummaryThe constitution guarantees...
View ArticleTwo secret tunnels detected at sect chief quarters in Dera
India TodayPTISeptember 9, 2017 Sirsa (Har), Sep 9 (PTI) Two secret tunnels, including one that connected the Dera Sacha Sauda chiefs residence with the hostel for female disciples, and an illegal...
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Leslie Van Houten committed an act of terrorism. She should stay behind bars
Leslie Van HoutenThe Times Editorial BoardLos Angeles TimesSeptember 7, 2017Leslie Van Houten of Monrovia was just a teenager when she helped kill Rosemary LaBianca on Aug. 9, 1969. Her mind was...
View ArticleJudge talks with attorneys in child abuse reporting case
Associated PressSeptember 7, 2017DOVER, Del. — A lawsuit targeting elders of a Jehovah’s Witnesses congregation for failing to report suspected child abuse continues to wind its way through Delaware’s...
View ArticleDowntown Clearwater businesses get extra layer of storm protection from...
Tracey McManusTampa Bay TimesSeptember 11, 2017CLEARWATER — Alessio Zavaglia stopped by his Cleveland Street Cafe late Saturday night to do one last walk-through before Hurricane Irma's landfall.As he...
View ArticleHC seeks progress report from cops on probe against cult group
The court was hearing a petition filed earlier this year by a couple from Malad, alleging that their two daughters, both in their early 20s, had been trapped by the cult group and its leader Sunil...
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'Psychic' Accused of Swindling Maryland Woman Out of $82,000
Meagan FitzgeraldNBC WashingtonSeptember 12, 2017A Maryland woman who sought the help of a psychic to find love wound being swindled for tens of thousands of dollars.VIDEOThe victim, a woman in her...
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Jehovah's Witnesses appeal Russian decision on declaring them extremist...
Russian Jehovah’s WitnessesTASSSeptember 12, 2017In April, Russia’s Supreme Court declared Jehovah’s Witnesses to be an extremist organization.MOSCOW, September 12. /TASS/. The Jehovah’s Witnesses...
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Papers: Willem Vandenberg (Varnadi das)
Willem VandenbergWillem Vandenberg (Varnadi das) joined ISKCON in Amsterdam in 1990. He served in the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust in Sweden as a translator and editor and as a manager of one of its...
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Krishna Cult Awareness Foundation
Gaura Rader has a BS.C. in psychology and an M.A. in philosophy from the University of Florida. He was born in a Krishna cult and went to Krishna cult boarding schools and private schools until he...
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Betrayal of the Spirit: My Life behind the Headlines of the Hare Krishna...
Betrayal of the Spirit: My Life behind the Headlines of the Hare Krishna Movementby Nori J. Muster "A delightfully written narrative tapestry."- Dr. Larry Shinn Synopsis a chapter-by-chapter summary of...
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A Personal Message for Anyone Thinking About Getting Involved In Krishna...
Steven Gelberg"Guided by the principle that one should move through life with open eyes and some degree of self-awareness, and that one should share the fruits of one's insights and intuitions, I would...
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Hare Krishna Thing
Hare Krishna ThingSo, you’re thinking about giving this Hare Krishna Thing a try?Perhaps you got a book or visited a temple, it doesn’t matter — before you give it a try, please listen to us first....
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A Recovering Monk - Digesting My Extended Adolescence
Nitai JosephA Recovering Monk - Digesting My Extended Adolescence - Nitai JosephRecently, due to this newly released documentary and website created by a second-generation Hare Krishna member, the...
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