Russia’s Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that Jehovah’s Witnesses were an “extremist” organization and must disband and hand over all property to the state, local media said. The religious grouping confirmed the ruling about its “liquidation” in Russia. “We are greatly disappointed by this development and deeply concerned about how this will affect our religious … Read more
Russia’s Supreme Court announced Thursday that it has banned the Jehovah’s Witnesses from operating in the country, ordering the religious group to close 395 of its local chapters. The announcement came after the court accepted a request from the justice ministry that the religious organization be considered an extremist group. The court also ordered the … Read more
Russia’s Supreme Court has accepted the government’s request to designate Jehovah’s Witnesses as an outlawed religious group, deeming it to be an extremist organisation. The justice ministry argued that the group had distributed pamphlets which incited hatred against other groups. Lawyers representing the group reject the claims and say they will appeal. The denomination says … Read more
Russia’s Supreme Court on Thursday issued a ruling banning Jehovah’s Witnesses after the justice ministry called on it to dissolve the “extremist organisation”. Supreme Court judge Yury Ivanenko said Russia had decided to close down “the administrative centre of Jehovah’s Witnesses and the local organisations in its fold and turn their property over to the … Read more
Russia’s Supreme Court has begun hearing a government request to outlaw the Jehovah’s Witnesses and declare it an extremist organisation. The justice ministry has already placed its headquarters near St Petersburg on a list of extremist groups. More than seven million people worldwide are part of the Christian-based movement, best known for going door to … Read more
The Governing Body of Jehovah’s Witnesses is inviting the over eight million (8,000,000) Witnesses worldwide to participate in a global letter-writing campaign to the Kremlin and Russia Supreme Court officials as a ban on their worship looms in Russia. “Threatened with an imminent ban on their worship in Russia, Jehovah’s Witnesses are responding with a … Read more
Russia’s justice ministry has called for a ban on the Jehovah’s Witnesses, a Christian movement that zealously seeks converts and rejects military service. The ministry has asked Russia’s supreme court to close the group’s headquarters and stop its 175,000 Russian members sharing “extremist” literature. A spokesman for the group called the proposed ban “persecuting worshippers … Read more
A little over a year ago, l felt publicly humiliated, psychologically tortured and emotionally rejected when a young Muslim lady l encountered during a campaign trail on campus rejected my handshake not just on the first but also at the second attempt. Truth be told, deep within , l perceived her to be disrespectful, arrogant, … Read more
People in leadership positions must desist from receiving items of substantial value as gifts. That’s the advice from a former General Vice-President of the World Seventh Adventist Church, Pastor Mathew Bediako. He says politicians and church leaders must resist the temptation because it has the potential to influence their judgment and compromise their offices. Pastor … Read more