Cults and Sects
CULTS AND SECTS. The terms cult and sect are regarded as stereotype-loaded terms that are associated with new or unpopular religious movements, and these terms are thus mostly avoided ...
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Jakarta (dpa) - Indonesian authorities plan to ban a Muslim sect,
accusing the group of deviant teachings after its leader claimed
himself to be a prophet after Mohammed, me...
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Jakarta (dpa) - A group of masked men attacked the settlement
of an Islamic sect on the main island of Java, damaging
several homes and mosques, local media reports said Mon...
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Dressed in white and spattered in blood, members of the tiny Samaritan sect gathered until the early hours of Tuesday for one of the Holy Land's most colorful religious ceremonies _ the nighttime P...
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A polygamous sect leader on Friday refused to divulge the location of an ex-follower's wife and child, an attorney said.Warren Jeffs was questioned by attorneys for Wendell Musser in the Washington...
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Paramilitary police fired tear gas Wednesday in a Nairobi slum believed to be a hotbed for an outlawed sect accused of terrorizing Kenyans and leaving behind a string of beheaded corpses, including...
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After Jacques Robidoux was charged with murder in the starvation death of his infant son, he refused to be examined by a psychotherapist, citing his belief that modern medicine was one of Satan's "...
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The polygamous-sect leader convicted of being an accomplice to rape is asking the judge who heard the case for a new trial.Attorneys for Warren Jeffs filed the motion Tuesday in state district cour...
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A banned religious sect is terrorizing villagers on the outskirts of Kenya's capital, leaving behind a trail of beheaded corpses and raising fears of a resurgence in violence ahead of this year's e...
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Prosecuting Warren Jeffs on charges of rape as an accomplice could enhance, not diminish, the way the polygamist sect leader is revered by faithful followers, historians say.The case against Jeffs,...
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Police stormed a Nairobi slum in search of members of a shadowy religious sect accused in a string of beheadings _ killing 22 suspects and arresting 100 during overnight gunbattles, officials said ...
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Cults and Sects
Indonesia to ban Muslim sect
