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News Summaries:
Posted 10/21/04
Al-Arqam and Al-Maunah
Creating Blind Faith
Al-Muhajiroun
Alleged Bomb Plotter Brainwashed Says Family
Amish
Ruling against Keeping Horses
Arthur Allen
Minister Denied Parole on Abuse Conviction
Aum Shinrikyo
Asahara Refuses to See Lawyer
Barred from Philippines
Court Orders School to Admit
Asahara’s Daughter
Life Sentence Changed to Death on Appeal
Arrested for Illegal Sales
Arrests for 1995 Shooting
Asahara Still Their Guru
Beasts of Satan
Accused of Human Sacrifices
Brainwashing
Muslim Leader Calls for Curbs on “Rogue” Preachers
Branch Davidians/Koresh/Waco
Video Game Based on Waco Disaster
Brother Julius
Late Leader’s Followers Surface
Children of God
HBO Developing Documentary
Children, Now Grown, Tell of Raid Experience
Children of Thunder
Guilty of Murder in “War Against Satan”
Psychiatrist Says Helzer Mentally Unsound
Prophet Accused of Murders Aimed to Take Over Mormon Church
Coercive Persuasion/Deprogramming
Unique “Cure” for Hate Crime Perpetrators Proposed
Deeper Life Church
Accused of Exploiting the Indigent
Faith Temple Church of the Apostolic Faith
Charged in Exorcism Death
Falun Gong
Psychiatric Abuse against Practitioners Alleged
The Family
Suit Alleges Long-term Psychological Injuries
Fossmo, Helge
Pastor Accused of Manipulating Woman to Murder
Pushed to Believe She Was “Bride of Christ”
Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Woman’s Life in Polygamous Community
Doomsday Failure Leads to Bankruptcy
Texas Sheriff Tours Polygamous Town
Lawsuits versus Bountiful Branch
Texas Town Anxious about Polygamist Newcomers
Probe into Polygamous Police
Church Can’t Take His House
Public School Teaches Polygamy Is Good
Says Polygamy Is His Constitutional Right
Investigation Requested, Promised
General Assembly and Church of the Firstborn
Parents Charged in Faith Healing Death
Great Deliverance Spiritual Baptist Church
“Torture and Cruelty” in Church Faith Healing Rituals
Greater Grace World Outreach
Internet Website Focus of Criticism
Group Pressure/Abu Ghraib
“Atrocity-Producing Situations”
Hare Krishna [International Society for Krishna
Consciousness/ISKCON]
Bhaktipada Released from Prison but Banned from Community
Paroled Swami Returns to Breakaway Faction
Heartland Christian Academy
Judge Bars Raids
House of Prayer
No New Trial
Jehovah’s Witnesses
Activities Banned in Moscow
Death from Transfusion Refusal Alleged
Saved by Transfusion
Judge Says Transfusion Violated Rights
Jesus Christians
Kidneys as “Living Sacrifices” to God
Johane Church of God
Refuses Immunization from “Pharaoh’s” Government
Kabbalah
Madonna Studying with “Sinister Cult”
Last Warning Church
Asks Government to Lift Ban
Latter-day Church of God/The Order
Alleged Child Abuse in Polygamous Clan Detailed
Polygamist Ruled Abusive to Daughters
Lord’s Resistance Army
Ritual Indoctrination
UN Appeal to Rebel Group
Lyndon Larouche
Parents Call for Cult Awareness
Claims Star Wars Defense Was His Idea
Manganin Sibuea
Doomsday Leader Sentenced
Manson Family
Van Houten again Refused Parole
New TV Movie Based on Murders
Still Has Following
Mind Control/Marc Dutroux
Victims Embraced Abuser
Ministerial Christian Academy
Police Remove Allegedly Abused Students
Mountain Park Baptist Boarding Academy/Palm Lane Academy
Schools Closed Over Discipline Issues
Movement for Spiritual Integration into Absolute (MISA)
Yoga “Master” Arrested for Practices
Native American Church
Ritual Peyote Use Legalized for All Members
New Alliance Party
Nader’s Cult Support
NXIVM
Criticism Can Stay Online
Order of Christ Sophia
Cult-like Controls Alleged
Order of the Solar Temple
Refusal to Reopen Investigation
Palo Mayombe
Convicted of Cemetery Theft
Persuasion
Using Religion to Persuade Investors
Group Pressure Can Transform Individuals
Polygamy
Editorial Approval, But Not with Minors
Psychological Warfare
Loud Music Tactic in Iraq
Rajneesh
New Book on Youngster’s Life in Rajneesh
Remnant Fellowship Church/Weigh Down Workshop
Leader Says Critics and Police Want to End Her Ministry
Group’s Teachings Investigated in Murder Case
Research and Education
Conference on Cults’ Impact on Mental Health
Satanism
Now Says She’s Innocent of Satanic Ritual Crime
Scientology
Wins Claim against Former Member for Public Disclosures
Call for Tax Agreement with IRS to Be Made Public
Establishing in Boston Neighborhood
Use of Public Space Draws Criticism
Shock Therapy Trial
Fear Drug Lecture May Lead to Recruiting
Stars Open Scientology Center
Settlement in McPherson Case
What Was Nature of McPherson Settlement?
Narconon Program Threatened
Tom Cruise Opens Narconon Center
Deficit in Ireland
Negative Downtown Image
Gov. Schwarzenegger’s Office Open to Scientology Lobby
Display Dismissed as Unscientific
Anti-Psychiatry Tour
Consultants Help Build Community Connections
Spiritual Healing/Faith Healing
12 Years for Abuse
Sri Chinmoy
Accused of Sexual Exploitation
Sri Haribharanidhara Raghavendra Swamigal
Parents Abduct 13-Year-Old Holy Man
Taxation/Unitarian Church
Official Says Unitarian Church Not Tax Exempt
Transcendental Meditation
Considered for Schools
Twelve Tribes
Arrest in Child Custody Dispute
Unification Church
Former Member Rehabilitating
Orphan Assistance
Chile Denies Legal Status
U.S. House Member Helps Crown Moon
Reaction Called Witch Hunt
Finally Accepted in Gloucester
United Nuwaubian Nation of Moors
York Followers Quit Jobs in Protest
York Sentenced to 135 Years
Members Disqualified to Run for Office
Suing Sheriff for Inaction in Abuse Case
Harassing Lawsuits
1,000 Celebrate York’s Birthday
Government Can Take Group’s Property
Word of Faith Fellowship
Wife Agrees to Keep Kids Out of Group
Children File for Emancipation
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