Members of the Riga-based Word of Faith church, which once praised Putin’s anti-LGBT agenda, have been arrested as “agents of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.”
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The Family Survival Trust 2022 Report on “Cults”: Reviving the Dead Horse of “Brainwashing”
The British affiliate of FECRIS calls for extending legislation on “coercive control” to new religious movements. In fact, it tries to resurrect the discredited theory of brainwashing.
Calling A Stag a Horse: Fake News on the Abe Assassination
When new religious movements are victims of violence, “it is their fault” campaigns are immediately started by their opponents.
Nicaragua: Catholic Bishop “Kidnapped,” USCIRF Denounces Widespread “Persecution”
The crackdown particularly continues to target the Catholic Church, the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom says in a comprehensive report.
Shahbaz Bhatti: A Public Park Is Named After Him in Canada
The Catholic martyr of Islamic ultra-fundamentalist terrorism is honored by the city of Brampton. His process of canonization continues.
Pakistan: Punjab’s Ruling Party Wants to Ban Ahmadis from a Whole District
Rather than protecting them against mob violence, the Vice President of Punjab’s Pakistan Muslim League-Q wants to expel them from Khushab District.
Pakistan, USCIRF: “Religious Liberty from Bad to Worse”
The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom denounces the “dire condition” of religious minorities.
Ata Zholy: Crackdown on a Kazakh Islamic Religious Movement in Russia
Falsely qualified as “pagan” by anti-cultists, the groups was born from popular Islam and mediums who claimed to channel Sufi saints.
Shincheonji: Korean Supreme Court Confirms Leader’s Acquittal from COVID Charges
It is now definitively confirmed that the movement and its leader Chairman Lee did not breach any COVID regulation.
Maharaja Ranjit Singh: Both Lahore Statue and Man Who Vandalized It Attend Their Fate
The monument has been restored, but may not be re-installed where it once was. The man who attacked it has confessed he planned to kill an Indian politician.