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Mayor of Beit Shemesh rescued from violent ultra-Orthodox protest at school opening ceremony

Published August 30, 2023 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Israel, riots, ultra-Orthodox, ultra-Orthodox Jews, violence

Beit Shemesh Mayor Aliza Bloch had to be rescued by Israel Police Tuesday night after hundreds of ultra-Orthodox protesters violently protested her appearance at the opening of an ultra-Orthodox school in the city. The protesters threw rocks, smashing her car…[Continue Reading...]

Local group protests alleged sexual abuse by member of Kent Jehovah’s Witnesses church

Published August 30, 2023 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged abuse allegations, Jehovah's Witnesses, Ohio, protest

Due to accusations of prior sexual abuse by a current leader, about ten people protested against the Kent Jehovah’s Witnesses church recruiting downtown in a march off Franklin Avenue Saturday. Anna Ciano-Hendricks, co-organizer of the event and former Jehovah’s Witness, said…[Continue Reading...]

Ex-Roman Catholic cardinal, now 93, not competent to stand trial in sex abuse case, judge rules

Published August 30, 2023 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Clergy Abuse Tagged Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, clergy abuse, incompetent, trial, unfit

Former Roman Catholic Cardinal Theodore McCarrick is not competent to stand trial on charges accusing him of sexually assaulting a teenage boy in Massachusetts decades ago, a judge ruled Wednesday. Following Judge Paul J. McCallum's ruling, for which McCarrick appeared…[Continue Reading...]

Former Bob Jones University students describe experience, exit from evangelical college

Published August 30, 2023 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Bob Jones University, fundamentalists, LGBT, student expelled

Two weeks after he publicly came out as gay, former Bob Jones University student Andrew Pledger heard a knock on his door. It was his final semester of his senior year. He was resting in his dorm room during the…[Continue Reading...]

Is MLM fraud back in disguise?

Published August 30, 2023 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Bangladesh, MLM, muti level marketing

It's disturbing to learn of yet another mass-market-level consumer fraud that was reportedly committed exploiting legal financial channels to defraud thousands of people in various districts. According to a report by Prothom Alo, the group behind this is a multi-level marketing…[Continue Reading...]

Is Friend.Tech a Pyramid Scheme? Uncovering the Similarities

Published August 30, 2023 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Friend Tech, multi-level marketing, pyramid schemes

A product of Web3 developers known in X, formerly Twitter, as oxRacerAlt and Shrimppepe, this platform is creating buzz worldwide. Yet, as the user base grows, so do concerns about its business model. Many argue friend.tech looks strikingly similar to…[Continue Reading...]

City Builders, the Pentecostal cult driving the Liberal Party to the far right and beyond

Published August 30, 2023 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Australia, City Builders, Pentecostal sect, political influence

Moderate Liberal Party members in Victoria will move this week for what they hope is a decisive blow against the party’s infiltration by an ultra-conservative religious network. Andrew Gardiner reports. An investigation by Nine Media and ABC journalists into the…[Continue Reading...]

Former members of ultra-secretive Christian ‘cult’ Two by Twos lay bare heinous abuse within the underground sect – accusing the group of harboring sexual predators while allowing them to prey on underage victims

Published August 29, 2023 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged abuse claims, Cooneyites, cult, sect, two by twos

Ex-members of an underground Christian 'cult' have laid bare the harrowing abuse that they suffered at the hands of its leaders - and accused the organization of harboring a slew of sexual predators and failing to report them to the…[Continue Reading...]

Sweden to increase measures against radicalisation, terrorism

Published August 29, 2023 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged government response, radicalisation, radicalization, Sweden

Sweden will strengthen cooperation between authorities to prevent radicalisation and the spread of violent terrorism in response to the deteriorating security situation following several Quran burnings, Justice Minister Gunnar Strömmer said at a press conference on Monday. The government has…[Continue Reading...]

The Rise and Fall of the Mormon King of Beaver Island

Published August 29, 2023 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged "Mormon pirate", James Jesse Strang, Michigan, Mormons

In the northern reaches of Lake Michigan, the Emerald Isle ferry—departing from Charlevoix at the northern tip of the Lower Peninsula—takes about two hours to reach the lake’s largest island. As it approaches, homes, a lighthouse, and a red-roofed research…[Continue Reading...]