Courts have banned as “extremist” Internet postings the church had long since removed. These are steps preparing New Life’s Russian-style “liquidation.”
From the World
What Will Happen to Jiji Bheel? 11-Year-Old Hindu Girl Kidnapped, Rescued, but Not Safe
In yet another case of abduction for forced conversion to Islam and marriage, the police freed the girl but her future fate remains unclear.
50th Anniversary of Tolkien’s Death: A Previously Unknown Letter, C.S. Lewis, and Inter-Christian Dialogue
The great English writer died on September 2, 1973. An important testimony emerges from an unpublished letter of January 1969.
Odesa Transfiguration Cathedral. 2. An International Uproar
The world condemned the criminal Russian missile strike. It should now help Ukraine to rebuild the historical church, UNESCO said.
Odesa Transfiguration Cathedral. 1. After the Russian Bombing, Help Is Needed for Reconstruction
On July 23, 2023, a criminal Russian attack badly damaged the illustrious monument. Italy and Greece have promised help, but more is needed.
Russia Claims that Ukrainian Counter-Offensive Uses “Gay Super-Soldiers” Created by “Cults”
Academic Sergei Markov absurdly claimed on prime-time state TV that Ukraine cooperates with Neuro-Linguistic Programming to brainwash soldiers who become homosexual, zombie-like, and invincible.
Argentina: Government Promotes the Pseudo-Scientific Theory of Brainwashing
Theories about “coercive persuasion” most scholars of religion regard as debunked from decades are officially advocated by governmental agencies.
An American Scholar Looks at Scientology in France—and at the Sonia Backès Saga
A scholarly article notes how in France “political power can be weaponized against minority religions with the backing of the state.”
Misusing Anti-Trafficking Laws Against Spiritual Minorities: The Case of PROTEX in Argentina
A statement by “Bitter Winter” editor at a closed-door session on freedom of religion or belief of the 2023 Parliament of the World’s Religions in Chicago.
Pakistan: Mob Burned Churches, Police Arrests—Christians
The real instigators of the attacks against Christian places of worship have not been arrested. Two Christian brothers are in jail accused of blasphemy.