Wolrd Religion

Jurors in the manslaughter trial of James Arthur Ray have heard the complete briefing the self-help author gave to dozens of people before they entered a northern Arizona sweat lodge ceremony he conducted.

In the recording, Ray told participant, who paid up to $10,000 each to attend the event, that as "true spiritual warriors" and their "altered state" they would endure heat so intense it would make it feel like their skins was coming off of their bodies.

 

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Christians in south Punjab Province are accusing senior district officials of supporting local Muslims who allegedly demolished 150 Christian graves and desecrated holy relics – and are now threatening Christians seeking legal redress.

Official records reportedly state that the portion of land was allotted as a Christian cemetery.

 

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Cult leader Colin Batley, from Kidwelly, west Wales, whose quasi-religious cult preyed on young children and held occult rites, has been found guilty of rape and carrying out perverted sexual acts on children and adults.

 

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The founder of an English-language US TV station, which he hoped would balance negative portrayals of Muslims, received a 25 years to life prison term after having been convicted in the beheading death of his wife.

 

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