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Dec 26, 2016

CultNEWS101 Articles: 12/26/2016

Church of Jesus Christ Restored, Abuse-child, FLDS, Scientology, Satanic Temple, Sri Ravi Shankar, Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudeva, Brahma Kumari, Buddhism, Unarians, legal, India, Canada

Bayshore Broadcasting: Member of 'Cult-like' Church Sentenced

King, and his younger brother Fred were arrested in April of 2014 following a 16 month OPP probe into allegations of physical and sexual assault by 7 victims, involving a leader of the Church of Jesus Christ Restored.

http://www.cultnews101.com/2016/12/member-of-cult-like-church-sentenced.html

StarTribune: Minneapolis pastor charged with beating boy, 12, with 2-by-4, electrical cord as religious discipline

The pastor of a north Minneapolis church was arrested last week on assault and child endangerment charges for beating a 12-year-old boy with a 2-by-4 and an electrical cord as religious discipline, according to a criminal complaint filed Tuesday.

http://m.startribune.com/minneapolis-pastor-charged-with-beating-boy-12-with-2-by-4-electrical-cord-as-religious-discipline/407636966/

Fox13: New tape of Warren Jeffs released as judge considers letting FLDS members out of jail again

Federal prosecutors insist both men are loyal to imprisoned polygamist leader Warren Jeffs, and would do whatever he commanded. They referenced a recording of a conversation Warren Jeffs had with one of his wives and a daughter who visited him in a Texas prison, where he’s serving a life sentence for child sex assault related to underage “marriages.”

http://fox13now.com/2016/12/20/judge-considers-releasing-flds-members-from-jail-again/

Inquisitr: Laura DeCrescenzo Is Suing Church of Scientology Over Forced Abortion, Is This Standard Scientology Practice?

"LAist reported back in April that an LA County Superior Judge issued a ruling which stated that a Scientologist who believed she was coerced into having an abortion would be able to take her case to trial."

http://www.inquisitr.com/3814133/laura-decrescenzo-is-suing-church-of-scientology-over-forced-abortion-is-this-standard-scientology-practice/

Snopes: Pentagram Displayed at Florida Park Run Over by Angry Driver

A Boca Raton school teacher and member of The Satanic Temple activist group has launched a local controversy after erecting a 300-pound pentagram display next to a nativity scene on public grounds in early December 2016. Some time overnight on 20 December 2016, an angry observer ran over it, according to Boca Raton police. Local news footage showed the pentagram on the grass, bisected by tire marks.

http://www.snopes.com/2016/12/20/pentagram-displayed-florida-park-run-angry-driver/

Indian Television: Tata Sky Guru launched; to feature Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, Sadhguru

"Tata Sky has launched a 24X7 ad-free video service providing teachings of spiritual gurus on its interactive platform. Called Tata Sky Gurus, the subscribers can now have access to the wisdom of Sri Sri Ravi Shankar (Art of Living Foundation), Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev (Isha Foundation) and Brahma Kumaris (Brahma Kumari World Spiritual University) from the comfort of their homes."

http://www.indiantelevision.com/dth/dth-operator/tata-sky-guru-launched-to-feature-sri-sri-ravi-shankar-sadhguru-161221

Washington Post: Ex-Scientologists tell disturbing stories about David Miscavige, the ‘pope of Scientology,’ on A&E series

Tuesday night’s episode had a theme: Disturbing stories about the organization’s leader David Miscavige, whom ex-members refer to as “the pope of Scientology,” as well as the “undisputed dictator.”

http://www.cultnews101.com/2016/12/ex-scientologists-tell-disturbing.html

New York Times: Where Buddhism's Eight-Fold Path Can Be Followed With a Six-Figure Salary

“Sit here and get rich,” read small medallions embedded in the floor under each white plastic chair in a vast, open-sided meditation center. In his sermons, the temple’s charismatic 72-year-old leader, Phra Dhammachayo, often exhorts his adherents, “Be rich, be rich, be rich!”

http://www.cultnews101.com/2016/12/where-buddhisms-eight-fold-path-can-be.html

KQED: We Are Not Alone: Unarians Celebrate a Message From Outer Space

"The group was founded by Ernest and Ruth Norman. He was a scientist, a channeler and follower of spiritualism. She had worked as a fruit packer, a maid, a property manager and restaurant owner, among other things, and was interested in spiritualism. Both in their 50s, they met at a psychics’ convention in Los Angeles."

http://www.cultnews101.com/2016/12/we-are-not-alone-unarians-celebrate.html

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Dec 21, 2016

CultNEWS101 Articles: 12/22/2016

Spiritual Abuse Conference, FLDS, Ultra-orthodox Jews, Unarians, Syed Muzaffar Shah Qadri, White Supremacy, Baba Ramdev, Patanjali Ayurved, Radicalization, France, India, Pakistan, UK

ICSA Event: Recovery From Spiritual Abuse

Friday 9:00 a.m. April 21, 2017 to Saturday 5:00 p.m., April 22, 2017

Courtyard Marriott,10050 Gulf Center Drive, Fort Myers, Florida 33913. 239-332-4747

http://www.icsahome.com/events/conferencesa

Fox13now: Feds to use Warren Jeffs recording to keep followers in jail

Federal prosecutors plan to use a prison recording of polygamist leader Warren Jeffs in an effort to keep two of his followers in jail pending trial on food stamp fraud and money laundering charges.

John Wayman and Seth Jeffs (one of Warren Jeffs’ brothers) are asking a judge to revisit their detention. U.S. District Court Judge Ted Stewart ordered them jailed after prosecutors said the pair met — in violation of court orders — under a directive from Warren Jeffs.

http://www.cultnews101.com/2016/12/feds-to-use-warren-jeffs-recording-to.html

BBC: Ultra-orthodox Jews: BBC offers an enlightening portrayal of women who want out

Inside the closed world of Hasidic Jews in the UK are stories of mothers who risk everything in order to leave their communities, with their children.Emily and Ruth are two women who found themselves locked in lopsided battles - facing harassment, intimidation, and crowd-funded lawyers. Neither of them realised what it would cost them.

https://www.getreligion.org/getreligion/2016/12/16/ultra-orthodox-jews-the-bbc-gives-an-enlightening-potrayal-of-the-women-who-want-out

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KQED: We Are Not Alone: Unarians Celebrate a Message From Outer Space

Followers of the group, formed in 1954, say they find comfort in the idea of reincarnation.

https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2016/12/17/we-are-not-alone-unarians-celebrate-a-message-from-outer-space/

The Guardian: Muslim cleric banned in Pakistan is preaching in UK mosques

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Syed Muzaffar Shah Qadri has been banned from preaching in Pakistan because his sermons are considered too incendiary. However, he is due to visit a number of English mosques, in heavily promoted events where he is given star billing."

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/dec/17/banned-pakistani-cleric-syed-qadri-preaching-in-britain

VOX: Most of America's hate groups are rooted in white supremacy

A hate group is a faction that attacks or vilifies a sector of people based on immutable characteristics: things like race, sexual orientation, and gender.

In an extensive 2015 analysis, the Southern Poverty Law Center(SPLC) determined that 892 hate groups exist in America. Of these groups, 528 — or roughly 60 percent — subscribe to white supremacist ideologies.

“White supremacy” is a very broad term, referring to the racist ideology that whites are superior to nonwhites and should maintain political, economic, and social authority.

http://www.vox.com/identities/2016/12/16/13861912/white-supremacist-groups-alt-right

Economic Times: Meet Acharya Balkrishna, the man behind Baba Ramdev's Patanjali Ayurved

Acharya Balkrishna, the man behind Patanjali Ayurved’s stratospheric success, is unlike any traditional CEO.

At 43, he may have many contemporaries, but his management style differs vastly.

http://m.economictimes.com/slideshows/people/meet-acharya-balkrishna-the-man-behind-baba-ramdevs-patanjali-ayurved/meet-the-man-behind-patanjali/slideshow/56047184.cms

NPR: A French Community Tries To Get A Handle On

Radicalization

"Ouanoufi says the recruiters, from ISIS, earn money for each young person they hook. He's spent 17 years as a social worker in the neighborhoods of public housing blocks that ring Strasbourg. He says the work used to focus on fighting unemployment and delinquency. But now, the focus is on jihad."

http://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2016/12/18/505593261/a-french-community-tries-to-get-a-handle-on-radicalization