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Top court upholds TV preacher’s sentence, orders confiscation of TL 5 billion in assets

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Turkey’s top appeals court has upheld the conviction and 8,658-year prison sentence of Adnan Oktar, a controversial TV preacher, while also ordering the confiscation of his assets worth an estimated 5 billion lira. The Supreme Court of Appeals’ 1st Criminal…[Continue Reading...]

Heart-Rending Testimony as Court Hears Child’s Account of Shakahola Cult Ordeal

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An eight-year-old child testified about his ordeal in Shakahola Forest alongside his siblings setting a grim mood that permeated Shanzu Law Courts. Under state protection, the child bravely recounted his experiences in a secure environment, highlighting the gravity of the…[Continue Reading...]

Heart-Rending Testimony as Court Hears Child’s Account of Shakahola Cult Ordeal

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An eight-year-old child testified about his ordeal in Shakahola Forest alongside his siblings setting a grim mood that permeated Shanzu Law Courts. Under state protection, the child bravely recounted his experiences in a secure environment, highlighting the gravity of the…[Continue Reading...]

“I thought he was very unique. He really had something crazy, something great.” How meeting infamous cult leader Charles Manson inspired Neil Young to write a song so dark that his own bandmates refused to play it live for almost 30 years

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“Well, I hear that Laurel Canyon is full of famous stars / But I hate them worse than lepers and I'll kill them in their cars...” As song-closing lyrics go, the final couplet on Neil Young's Revolution Blues are certainly…[Continue Reading...]

Shakahola Cult Trial Witness Breaks Down Narrating Heartbreaking Tale in Mackenzie Case

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Shanzu Senior Principal Magistrate Leah Juma was compelled to adjourn the testimony of a key witness in the trial against suspected cult leader Paul Mackenzie in Mombasa. The witness, a senior consultant surgeon, provided an emotional recount of the profound…[Continue Reading...]

Mackenzie lured victims on social media, promised them land before killing them – Court told

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Controversial preacher Paul Mackenzie leveraged technology and social media to lure victims into the Shakahola forest where they were massacred, a witness has told the court. According to a statement by the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP),…[Continue Reading...]

Suspect in Fatal Shooting of Shinzo Abe Surprised at Measures Against Harmful Religious Practices

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The man accused of fatally shooting former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told his lawyers he was surprised that measures against harmful religious practices had been implemented in the wake of the incident. Monday marked two years since Abe was killed…[Continue Reading...]

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