Two years ago, Issa Ali’s mother took all her belongings and left her family to join followers of the charismatic church leader Paul Mackenzie Nthenge in the Shakahola forest in south-east Kenya. “He told them that’s where Jesus’ second coming…[Continue Reading...]
NAIROBI, May 1 (Reuters) - Pathologists started autopsies on Monday on more than 100 bodies linked to a Kenyan religious cult whose leader allegedly instructed them to starve themselves to death in order to be the first to go to…[Continue Reading...]
With the country still coming to grips with the mass killings in Shakahola in Malindi, more questions continue to be raised but with little or no answers at all. For instance, the pregnant question that remains unanswered is why Pastor…[Continue Reading...]
For years, the small Mormon enclave of Rexburg in east Idaho has proudly dubbed itself 'America's family community' - a slogan that's emblazoned on municipal buildings around the city as a symbol of its fierce embrace of traditional values. But…[Continue Reading...]
Mormonism is a religion practiced by millions around the world. And yet, many who are unfamiliar with it sometimes rely on vague stereotypes and pop culture references to define it. In reality, it’s a theologically complex religion with an unusual…[Continue Reading...]
It is the anti-vax, anti-Establishment, anti-government group that is targeting local councils with a campaign of conspiracies and disruption so fierce some have had to shut their doors to the public. But, at first glance, My Place seems like any…[Continue Reading...]
LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Jurors at the rape retrial of actor Danny Masterson heard from the second of three accusers Friday as she described going through a Scientology "Ethics Program" after Masterson allegedly raped her for the first time in…[Continue Reading...]
Former members of a Korean doomsday cult are sounding a warning that the religious sect is turning its focus to Pacific nations. Melanie Earley investigates. Undeterred by public scrutiny in Aotearoa, a secretive religious group is expanding into the Pacific…[Continue Reading...]
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — A Taiwanese man was arrested in Thailand’s Chonburi Province on Saturday (April 29) along with four Chinese nationals in connection to a religious cult that was also operating an illegal business. A 60-year-old Taiwanese man surnamed…[Continue Reading...]
Ezekiel Odero is being detained and investigated for murder, aiding suicide, abduction, radicalisation, genocide, crimes against humanity, child cruelty, fraud, money laundering and being an accessory to crimes His lawyers said their client is not linked in any way to…[Continue Reading...]
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