Sudan Threatens to Arrest Church Leaders
Sudan’s Ministry of Guidance and Religious Endowments has threatened to arrest church leaders if they carry out evangelistic activities and do not comply with an order for churches to provide their names and contact information.
The warning arrived a few days after Sudan President Omar al-Bashir told cheering crowds that the country’s constitution will [...]
Somali Convert from Islam Whipped in Public
A Somali convert from Islam was paraded before a cheering crowd last month and publicly flogged as a punishment for embracing a “foreign religion,” sources said.
Sofia Osman, a 28-year-old Christian from Janale city in Somali’as Lower Shabelle region, had been taken into custody by Islamic extremist al Shabaab militants in November; the public [...]
Ex-cultist arrested for harboring Aum Shinrikyo’s Hirata
A former AUM Shinrikyo follower who turned herself in to Tokyo police early Tuesday was arrested later in the day on suspicion of harboring Makoto Hirata — a former senior member of the cult, who was apprehended on New Year’s Day after surrendering to the police.
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Imprisoned Ex-Aum Shinrikyo cult members questioned over Hirata’s role in 1995 case
Tokyo police have questioned a former AUM Shinrikyo cult member as part of their investigation into a case involving another former leading member who turned himself in to police over the weekend after almost 17 years on the run.
Other convicted Aum members are being questioned as well.
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Destiny Church town plan draws cult accusations
Brian Tamaki’s Destiny Church’s plans to build a ten-acre ‘town’ in South Auckland, New Zealand, has many describing the movement as a cult.
Tamaki has long been controversial for among other things his high life style, his demands for loyalty, and his promotion of un-biblical theology.
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Calvary Chapel congregation stunned as Chuck Smith announces that he has lung cancer
The congregation at Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa, California, were stunned last Sunday when Pastor Chuck Smith, its senior pastor, announced during his Sunday morning services that he has lung cancer and will have a biopsy on Tuesday and surgery the following week.
Chuck Smith, now in his eighties and the father of the Jesus [...]
Former Aum fugitive says cult leader should hang; cult victim says he should not
Aum Shinrikyo fugitive Makoto Hirata, who turned himself in to police late Saturday believes guru Shoko Asahara should hang for his crimes.
But one of the cult’s victims has called on the Japanese government to abandon the looming execution of the group’s leaders.
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