CultNEWS101 Articles: 12/29/2016

KKK, SGA, Scientology, China, Maharishi University of Management, Ahmedi, Pakistan

A&E says 'Generation KKK' is about exposing hate to end it

"Generation KKK documents activists working to expose and end hatred,"A&E; reiterated in a tweet that shared the new clip. "In the KKK, hatred is passed down as legacy. It must stop."

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-entertainment-news-updates-a-e-says-generation-kkk-is-about-1482425736-htmlstory.html

ICSA: On Being Born and Raised in a High-Demand Group

Jill Mytton

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to stimulate awareness and discussion of the impact on child development of being raised in a high-demand group.

Watch "On Being Born and Raised in a high-demand group" on YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/shared?ci=h28LFsDGJGk

Watch "Sensibly Speaking Podcast #70: Scientology Stories with Pete Griffiths" on YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/shared?ci=c0IUQy-pTQQ

Raw Story:  Leah Remini calls Scientology’s bluff: If I lied about anything, sue me

“What I’m not going to stand for is an organization with this kind of money to continue to do things like that, and to bully people, and to harass people, to defraud people out of their lives their money but more importantly their families, and I’m just not going to sit around and watch it happen.

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https://www.rawstory.com/2016/12/leah-remini-calls-scientologys-bluff-if-i-lied-about-anything-sue-me/

Christian Post: China: Christians Arrested by Communist Regime, Accused of Belonging to 'Evil Cults'

Bob Fu, founder and president of China Aid, told The Christian Post in an interview that while he doesn't have systematic evidence that Christian prisoners are specifically being targeted in the organ-harvesting, the practice is very much a reality.

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http://www.christianpost.com/news/china-christians-arrested-accused-of-belonging-to-evil-cults-by-communist-regime-172331/

PRWEB: World Association for Vedic Studies (WAVES) Conducts a Successful, Joint International Conference on Scientific Aspects of Vedic Knowledge in Delhi, India

"Dr. Robert Schneider of Maharishi University of Management, Iowa, US, presented a paper on the subtle power of the mind and the use of consciousness that can give us the power to keep from aging. This power has practical value in healthcare."

http://www.prweb.com/releases/2016/12/prweb13946809.htm

Huffington Post: Why Minority Muslim Sects Are At Most Risk In Pakistan

"The biggest “crime” in Pakistan is to be what I call, “Non-Muslim” Muslims. Often such people are called “heretics”. So if you are an Ahmedi, Shiite, and even a believer in some Sufi Saint you will invariably be called Non-Muslim or “heretic” by some. However, this is not just a harmless thing as it has dire legal and more importantly even life threatening consequences."

http://www.cultnews101.com/2016/12/why-minority-muslim-sects-are-at-most.html

Screen Daily: How Louis Theroux’s 'My Scientology Movie' conquered cinemas

Following its world premiere at the BFI London Film Festival in 2015, Altitude Film Distribution acquired the doc in March this year and released it in the UK on October 7 in 26 cinemas, before expanding. The innovative release strategy centred on a live Q&A with Theroux at London’s Royal Festival Hall, which sold out in 24 hours, made $56,000 (£44,000) and was beamed via satellite to cinemas around the country.

http://m.screendaily.com/5112392.article

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CultNEWS101 Articles: 12/17/2016

​Hasidic-Skvere, Falun Gong, Present Karma Buddhism, Ahmadi sect, Radicalization, Cult Recovery, Polygamy, Religion-freedom, Religion-research, Homeopathy, Australia, Burma, China, Pakistan, France, Video

The Daily Beast: ​The Hasidic Boy Who Learned English by Secretly Listening to Rush Limbaugh

Mendel Taub grew up in a village where residents obey every utterance of their grand rabbi. The rebbe commands all aspects of his followers’ lives and rails against the secular world, banning its modern channels—smart phones, computers, television. Yiddish street signs direct men and women to walk on opposite sides of the street. Women are forbidden to drive. Wives must shave their heads, cover their wigs with scarves and wear skirts that extend at least five inches below the knee. “Modesty squads” report wrongdoers to the rebbe.

But this isn’t in a foreign country: it’s Rockland County, New York, just 30 miles north of the city.

http://www.cultnews101.com/2016/12/the-hasidic-boy-who-learned-english-by.html

​Toronto Star: ​

Scarborough beauty queen Anastasia Lin reportedly muzzled at Miss World pageant

Lin, who is representing Canada, was blocked from attending last year’s Miss World pageant in China after her outspoken criticism of Chinese human rights abuses against Falun Gong practitioners.

http://www.cultnews101.com/2016/12/scarborough-beauty-queen-anastasia-lin.html

The Irrawaddy

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Religious Affairs Ministry to Take Legal Action Against Buddhist Sect

The Ministry of Religious Affairs and Culture has decided to sue the Moe Pya Buddhist sect, which is preparing to publish a doctrine on what it calls “present karma Buddhism” that

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focuses only on the present time, stating that one’s actions and deeds at present determine one’s life in the present and immediate future. This, critics say, goes against the idea of rebirth in Buddhism, and that one’s karma in previous lives shapes their current life, as well as future lives.

http://www.cultnews101.com/2016/12/religious-affairs-ministry-to-take.html

​DW: ​

The persecution of Ahmadis in Pakistan and beyond

"A mob has attacked a mosque belonging to the Ahmadi sect in Pakistan, raising concerns about a growing religious intolerance in the country. But Pakistan is not the only Muslim nation where Ahmadis face persecution."

http://m.dw.com/en/the-persecution-of-ahmadis-in-pakistan-and-beyond/a-36748924

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In Bordeaux, an Experiment in Preventing Radicalization

"A partnership, between Bordeaux’s city hall and the local Muslim federation, is one of dozens of initiatives springing up around France to tackle a daunting challenge: how to fight the powerful lure of radical Islam."

http://www.cultnews101.com/2016/12/in-bordeaux-experiment-in-preventing.html

​ICSA: ​

Marriage after the cult (video)

         

Lorna Goldberg, MSW

Married life within a cult can impact on former cult members’ post-cult experiences. Among the factors that may influence the nature and severity of problems that may arise are: the behavior of the cult leader, transference, and defense mechanisms of projection and projective identification. Although these processes are common to most marriages, they take on a particular hue in cult situations.'

​http://www.cultnews101.com/2016/12/marriage-after-cult.html

The Australian: Scott Morrison draws the line at polygamy

Scott Morrison has taken an ­unashamedly conservative ­approach to Christmas in an ­interview that defended trad­itional culture, while also warning against polygamy in Muslim families."

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/treasury/scott-morrison-draws-the-line-at-polygamy/news-story/0919b66692ed6f2937ebec1bf722d4c2

New York Times: Christians in U.S. Are Less Educated Than Religious Minorities, Report Says

Religious minorities in the United States are far more likely to have attended college or a vocational school than members of the Christian majority, according to a review of census and survey data from 151 countries released on Tuesday that found wide gaps in education among followers of the world’s major religions.

The review was based on data from 2010 and was conducted by the Pew Research Center.

http://www.cultnews101.com/2016/12/christians-in-us-are-less-educated-than.html

Popular Science: HOMEOPATHY DOESN’T WORK FOR COWS, EITHER

"German researchers published a massive review of homeopathy studies and concluded that there’s no evidence to support its use in farm animals. They analyzed 52 clinical trials in all, from 1981 to 2014, and found a largely mixed bag. 28 trials supported homeopathy, 22 showed no effect. And of the 28 in favor, many were found to have flaws in their design that could have skewed the results."

http://www.popsci.com/no-homeopathy-doesnt-work-for-cows-either

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Muslim Sect Reviled Abroad Seeks Acceptance in US

October 04, 2016 8:50 PM
Tina Trinh
VOA

NEW YORK —
“This is true brotherhood. This is true love for humanity,” Hanan Shahid said. He was referring to the unique position that some Ahmadi Muslims now find themselves in: Persecuted in countries like Pakistan for not being “true” Muslims, members of the Ahmadiyya minority sect have long struggled for acceptance and the freedom to practice their version of Islam.

Here in America, where recent acts of violence and simmering Islamophobia have put many Muslims on edge, Ahmadi Muslim-Americans now find themselves representing and defending the very religion in which they themselves have not been fully accepted.

“It’s almost ironic that we’re fighting the battle for true Islam ... [for] the Muslims that are out there that are denouncing us. ... We are upholding the faith of Islam, which they believe in as well,” Shahid said.

Members of the New York chapter of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association turned out at Flushing Meadows Corona Park in New York City last week for a 5K run/walk.

The Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association hosted a 5K run/walk to raise money for a local food bank and an international charity in Washington, D.C., Oct. 1, 2016.

The Walk for Humanity, in the borough of Queens, was organized to raise money for hunger charities and was one of five simultaneous races run Oct. 1. The other races were held in Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, Houston, Texas, and Zion, Illinois. The outings were as much an opportunity to do good as they were to raise awareness for the Ahmadiyya community.

'Helping mankind' is their message

“We believe that giving the right message of Islam is very important, and the right message of Islam is humanity and helping mankind,” said Zeshan Hamid, vice president of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association. “We do get affected by the Islamophobia that’s going around,” he continued. “We look to cure that by communicating with people.”

Attiyah Malik attended with her husband and two children.

“Peace is a really big part of our culture, our faith and the way we live our lives,” she said As a child of Pakistani immigrants fleeing persecution, Malik appreciates the religious freedoms America afforded her and her family.

“That’s why so many people come here, because you can believe what you want, and as long as you're peaceful, you have a home,” Malik said.

Recent bombings in New York and New Jersey upset her. “I’m an American. I was born here. I was raised here ... [and] someone attacked my country,” Malik said. “So that hurts. And then someone used my religion, which for me is intrinsically personal.”

Many of the Ahmadi Muslims gathered in Queens were quick to point out the motto of their community: “Love for all, hatred for none.”

The Ahmadiyya sect was founded in 1889 by Mirza Ghulam Ahmad. His followers believe he was the second coming of the Messiah. This belief is a departure from that of mainstream Muslims, who consider Muhammad to be the last prophet of God.

'Violence not the answer'

A mainstream Muslim himself, Imam Mustafa El-Amin of the Masjid Ibrahim (mosque) in Newark, New Jersey, said more violence is not the answer.

“When you see the long history of Shiites and Sunnis [the two largest denominations of Islam] and you see the violence, the killing, you see that controversy for hundreds of years,” the imam said. “... Looking at that reality and [then] when I look at the Ahmadiyya community, as I look at the Jewish community, the Christian community, it really should be about all of us coexisting peacefully and in harmony, although we may have different views of religion and different views of the world.”

“In Islam, we are taught that only God can judge who is and isn’t a Muslim,” added 30-year-old Salaam Bhatti, who won Saturday’s race in New York. “We’re supposed to just be competing against each other in good works, and let God decide at the end of the day.”

http://www.voanews.com/a/muslim-sext-reviled-abroad-seeks-acceptance-in-us/3537339.html