| 单词 | Jehovah |
| 例句 | The Jehovah’s Witnesses held out, too, refusing to salute the Nazi flag even though it meant persecution. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z The Jehovah’s Witnesses took the Bible as the sole rule of faith and believed in a coming Armageddon between good and evil. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Radios blared frenzied merengues from one house, while from another, an Evangelist exhorted his listeners to abandon their sinful lives and seek salvation in the arms of Jehovah, Aleluya, Amen! When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z “It’s probably Jehovah’s Witnesses,” Trey calls groggily from his room. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z The man explains the imprisonment and murder of Jehovah’s Witnesses, and how they were forced to wear purple armbands. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z Over the course of the next year Evelyn became involved with the Watch Tower organization, part of the church of Jehovah’s Witnesses. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z We ask that Jehovah look into his heart, see the goodness there. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z The Nazis rounded up Jehovah’s Witnesses and trucked them off to concentration camps where many were killed. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Her theology was a curious mixture of Irish fairies and an Old Testament Jehovah whom in her later life she confused with her father. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Isaac the Joiner saith that the Lord shall smite down whom He wishes with His pestilential scourge; that no such vain practice as introducing fevers shall help a man escape Jehovah’s wrath. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Jehovah's Witnesses believe that everyone who doesn't follow God's word will be destroyed in a great battle called Armageddon. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z The good news of Jehovah's kingdom— Proclaim from shore to shore! Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z It's morning now and we have floated safely through the Nicholtown night, our evening prayers Jehovah, please give us another day, now answered. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z I ask the Lord God Jehovah for strength to forgive. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Eventually, it became dangerous for Germans to have friends who were Jewish or who belonged to the Jehovah’s Witness faith. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Thank Jehovah, the Sister from the Kingdom Hall says back. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z “Holy Jehovah destroy the vandals with holy-ghost fire! Holy Jehovah fight for us!” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z I replace the word gays from her sentence with these other words: blacks, Hispanics, immigrants, women, people of mixed race, Jehovah’s Witnesses, Gypsies, Russians, Poles, Yugoslavians, Ukrainians, mentally and physically disabled. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z Jay plucked out a small book, and I recognized it as the one Jehovah’s Witnesses gave out. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z When I pulled into Cliff’s driveway, he figured I was a Jehovah’s Witness or an insurance sales rep, since the only white people who visited him were usually one or the other. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Even though my mother's not a Jehovah's Witness, she makes us follow their rules and leave the classroom when the pledge is being said. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z Jehovah promises us everlasting life in the New World, the Brother from the Kingdom Hall says and Brother Hope, Sister Dell and me are silent wanting only what's right outside. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z The warder who supervised us at night was a quiet, elderly Jehovah’s Witness whom Mac Maharaj had befriended. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z This meant parents who were not members of the Nazi Party or who had friends who were Jews or practiced the Jehovah’s Witness faith. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z A fervent Jehovah's Witness, Keane wears a JW.org button on her coat lapel and speaks with passion about the scriptures. A 'real' portrait of 'Big Eyes' artist Margaret Keane 2014-12-21T05:00:00Z A hearing on the Jehovah’s Witnesses’ appeal has yet to be scheduled. Jehovah’s Witnesses Sue German Museum for Archive of Nazi-Era Abuses 2022-01-25T05:00:00Z I was struck by the parallels between Jehovah’s Witnesses and the Borg, a race of mindless drones bent on assimilating others into their collective. We lived long and prospered! How Star Trek saved fans' lives 2019-11-13T05:00:00Z In a 1975 article for the Jehovah’s Witness publication Awake, she described herself as “a sickly child, often alone and very shy,” who developed an early passion for drawing. Margaret Keane, Painter of Sad-Eyed Waifs, Dies at 94 2022-06-28T04:00:00Z He stopped swearing, adopted a vegan diet and in 2001 became a Jehovah’s Witness. Prince, mysterious, inventive chameleon of music, dies at 57 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z Her father was a factory worker who read everything he could get hold of, her mother a Jehovah's Witness waitress. Patti Smith: punk poet queen 2013-05-25T08:00:00Z At 19, she got baptised, and in 1995 she married David, also a Jehovah's Witness, whom she'd known for only three months before they got engaged. What is it like to live with parents very different from you? 2014-05-24T04:00:00Z As a Jehovah’s Witness, Prince, who would have turned 60 this year, did not believe in celebrating the milestones of anyone other than Jesus. What would Prince want? Two years later, his estate is a mess and his legacy unclear. 2018-04-18T04:00:00Z God remains a central character in these stories, as angry and awesome as Jehovah, but Rakow pulls back the veil to show Him in all his dismay, confusion and even moral fatigue. Mary Rakow’s ‘This is Why I Came’ asks us to reimagine biblical tales 2015-11-30T05:00:00Z It is still made in six days, like Jehovah's universe, from the first word written to the last word broadcast. At 40, 'Saturday Night Live' is still in its prime 2015-02-14T05:00:00Z The Jackson Five, it was rumored, like us, were Jehovah’s Witnesses. Michael Jackson’s legacy is “Untouchable” 2012-12-15T21:00:00Z Eventually I will do something with it, even if it’s just printing copies myself and hiring an off-duty Jehovah’s Witness to distribute them in the park for free. My book was a bad idea 2012-06-27T00:00:00Z Born and raised a Jehovah's Witness, he was steeped in the faith's apocalyptic visions. Author Scott Cheshire on his debut 'High as the Horses' Bridles' 2014-07-16T04:00:00Z He grew up in a Jehovah’s Witness family in Utah, and rebellion took the form of skateboarding and listening to industrial and hard-core music. Piercings Are Back, Subtle and Sophisticated 2014-07-30T04:00:00Z But they found comfort in a tight-knit community of Jehovah’s Witnesses. Campbell Addy Up Close 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z In the early 1950s, Spillane became a Jehovah’s Witness and didn’t publish any books for 10 years. Mickey Spillane’s Work Keeps Coming, 12 Years After His Death 2018-02-26T05:00:00Z I swear at the Jehovah’s Witnesses who are determined to “witness” me twice-weekly. I’m angry, sore, and bloated. Is this the menopause? The more I read, the less I know 2019-08-17T04:00:00Z The biblical account, meanwhile, which has strikingly similar wording, gives the credit for guiding Cyrus to Jehovah. Babylonian relic to visit US with historic message of tolerance 2012-11-27T19:03:48Z Some 1,600 Jehovah’s Witnesses died as a result of Nazi persecution. Jehovah’s Witnesses Sue German Museum for Archive of Nazi-Era Abuses 2022-01-25T05:00:00Z This week, Vice is releasing a documentary focused on Jehovah’s Witnesses. What’s on TV This Week: The N.B.A. Draft and Cesar Millan 2021-07-26T04:00:00Z The Forum art deco cinema, restored by Jehovah's Witnesses. On the white bus to Wythenshawe – council housing by design 2012-05-22T16:16:13Z Yarn Number Three: Jehovah’s Witnesses came to his door and asked if he wanted to hear some scripture, and he said to them, pointing, “Read my shirt.” Your wife is the worst 2012-10-26T23:30:00Z The songs, ideas, energy come from God, he reckons – the man's a devoted Jehovah's Witness, He'll just wake up in the night and there they are. Michael Jackson: 'Magic is easy if you put your heart into it' – a classic interview from the vaults 2012-11-20T12:40:54Z Jehovah's Witnesses don't observe Christmas, Easter or birthdays. What is it like to live with parents very different from you? 2014-05-24T04:00:00Z The Jehovah’s Witnesses, a pacifist religious group, are pursuing legal action against the German government to claim a family archive that documents the Nazis’ persecution of the Christian denomination. Jehovah’s Witnesses Sue German Museum for Archive of Nazi-Era Abuses 2022-01-25T05:00:00Z A representative of the Jehovah’s Witnesses was also in contact with the museum about the loan. Jehovah’s Witnesses Sue German Museum for Archive of Nazi-Era Abuses 2022-01-25T05:00:00Z Set to a rap poem, “Grosse fatigue” is a mash-up of narratives about creation, whether rooted in religion and science or borrowed from African tribes and Jehovah’s Witnesses. An Artist Brings Alive the Worlds Dancing in Her Head 2016-07-20T04:00:00Z Are the members of your family still practicing Jehovah’s Witnesses? Author Scott Cheshire on his debut 'High as the Horses' Bridles' 2014-07-16T04:00:00Z After becoming a Jehovah's witness, Prince cut out all swear words from his songs and live performances. Elvis Costello on divisive song “Oliver’s Army," tells radio stations: "Just don't play the record!" 2022-01-11T05:00:00Z A German regional court rejected the Jehovah’s Witnesses’ claim last year, saying the museum had purchased the archive in good faith and should keep it. Jehovah’s Witnesses Sue German Museum for Archive of Nazi-Era Abuses 2022-01-25T05:00:00Z In the face of feckless leadership from the shift supervisor, a foul-mouthed and mercurial Jehovah's Witness named Marío Sepúlveda steps to the fore, rallying his companions to keep the faith in their darkest hours. Hector Tobar's 'Deep Down Dark' chronicles Chile's mine-shaft miracle 2014-10-02T04:00:00Z He also became a Jehovah’s Witness and gave up drinking and smoking. Huey ‘Piano’ Smith, New Orleans Rock ’n’ Roll Cornerstone, Dies at 89 2023-02-20T05:00:00Z For the film’s opening, the camera plants itself on one end of a small Jehovah’s Witness Kingdom Hall and stays there, unmoving, as the congregants slowly filter in and the preacher begins his sermon. ‘Beginning’ Review: Faith Under Attack 2021-01-28T05:00:00Z A proposal that the museum should loan the group the original documents not on display in Dresden was rejected by the museum’s lawyers, said Armin Pikl, a lawyer for the Jehovah’s Witnesses. Jehovah’s Witnesses Sue German Museum for Archive of Nazi-Era Abuses 2022-01-25T05:00:00Z But she had been raised a Jehovah’s Witness and saw sex as sinful. Seeing Norma: The Conflicted Life of the Woman at the Center of Roe v. Wade 2022-07-02T04:00:00Z He's had word from a burning bush and Jehovah wants him to consider abolishing Ofcom? Nil desperandum homo erectus 2010-04-02T19:00:00Z The Jehovah’s Witnesses are not knocking on doors now. Knock, knock. Who’s there? (Seriously, stand back six feet and state your business.) 2020-05-11T04:00:00Z Thank you, Jehovah, for this food and all other blessings, through your son, Christ Jesus. Michael Jackson’s legacy is “Untouchable” 2012-12-15T21:00:00Z “The fate of this family is very closely linked to the fate of the Jehovah’s Witnesses,” Slupina said. Jehovah’s Witnesses Sue German Museum for Archive of Nazi-Era Abuses 2022-01-25T05:00:00Z There’s no law enforcement against people selling Girl Scout cookies or against Jehovah’s Witnesses. Black Body: Rereading James Baldwin’s “Stranger in the Village” 2014-08-19T04:00:00Z A. The Jehovah’s Witnesses are not knocking on doors right now. Style Invitational Week 1387: Movie clips 2020-06-04T04:00:00Z On one side of the abortion protesters, Jehovah’s Witnesses are handing out the “Good News From God!” The National Mall’s immortal reflection 2015-09-15T04:00:00Z A devout Jehovah's Witness for two decades, Prince says his Bible teacher was none other than soul-music great Larry Graham, the bassist in Sly and the Family Stone. A peek into Prince's mind 2012-09-20T22:04:00Z “She was like Jehovah: She punished for generations.” New Books by Yasmina Reza, Michael Crummey and Megan Mayhew Bergman 2015-01-28T05:00:00Z His dad was a supermarket manager and a devout Jehovah’s Witness. Fifty shades of gross – Marlon Wayans on body fungus, weird sex and Donald Trump 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z The Jehovah’s Witnesses were the first religious denomination to be banned, and the Kusserows’ home was searched for religious materials by the Gestapo 18 times. Jehovah’s Witnesses Sue German Museum for Archive of Nazi-Era Abuses 2022-01-25T05:00:00Z He had joined a Jehovah’s Witnesses congregation, and the mood of the household had changed. In the Garden: Thea Alvin on Life With Pebbles and Bam Bam 2013-07-17T23:02:03Z He divided time in high school between Kentucky and Illinois, playing parts in school plays and bass in a band called Jehovah’s Suspects. Theater: He Looks Like a Big, Scary Guy Because He Is One 2010-12-26T02:24:21Z Growing up a Jehovah’s Witness in Arkansas, my TV watching was strictly controlled. We lived long and prospered! How Star Trek saved fans' lives 2019-11-13T05:00:00Z “I came home one day to our first apartment to find a couple of Jehovah’s Witnesses,” she wrote, “trying to wrap up the conversation and get out.” The Life and Death of Andrew Breitbart 2012-04-13T23:02:42Z Three years later, a group of Jehovah’s Witnesses asked to use the pool for a mass baptism. The Swimmer: Manhattan Edition 2014-09-24T04:00:00Z As a Jehovah's Witness, Rachel D'Ambrosio had a duty to spread the word: Judgment Day was imminent. What is it like to live with parents very different from you? 2014-05-24T04:00:00Z If the Santería rather than Jehovah’s Witnesses had been the plaintiffs in the early religious freedom and free speech lawsuits, one wonders whether First Amendment law would have taken a very different path. 40 of America’s Greatest Writers on Key Supreme Court Decisions 2020-01-21T05:00:00Z These musicians were the exceptions; during his Los Angeles period, many wanted nothing to do with Mr. Coleman, a long-haired Jehovah’s Witness dressed in clothes made by his wife. Ornette Coleman, Jazz Innovator, Dies at 85 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z The museum’s retention of the archive, said Wolfram Slupina, a spokesman for the Jehovah’s Witnesses in Germany, “deprives us of a significant and invaluable part of our cultural heritage.” Jehovah’s Witnesses Sue German Museum for Archive of Nazi-Era Abuses 2022-01-25T05:00:00Z You had a dream of a painted ceiling in the theater owned by the Jehovah’s Witnesses and began writing this novel the next day. Author Scott Cheshire on his debut 'High as the Horses' Bridles' 2014-07-16T04:00:00Z But the Jehovah’s Witnesses argue that the group was then, and remains, the owner and that the archive was sold without the consent of his surviving siblings or the Jehovah’s Witnesses. Jehovah’s Witnesses Sue German Museum for Archive of Nazi-Era Abuses 2022-01-25T05:00:00Z While Berlin has memorials for the murdered Jews, Sinti and Roma, gay people and euthanasia victims, there is no memorial as yet dedicated to the Jehovah’s Witnesses killed by the Nazis. Jehovah’s Witnesses Sue German Museum for Archive of Nazi-Era Abuses 2022-01-25T05:00:00Z Specific mention of the suffering of Jehovah’s Witnesses is frequently omitted in Holocaust accounts or on memorials; they are often included in a vague reference to “other victims’ groups,” Slupina said. Jehovah’s Witnesses Sue German Museum for Archive of Nazi-Era Abuses 2022-01-25T05:00:00Z Ms. Smith, who was raised as a Jehovah’s Witness and steeped in the Bible, quickly offered herself. Subversive and Smart Scores Raise the Volume in Oscar Talk 2015-01-07T05:00:00Z Cullors revealed that she was raised a Jehovah’s Witness, but later went through phases of atheism and agnosticism. For Two Los Angeles Artists, the Spiritual Is Political 2023-03-23T04:00:00Z And if we wanted to waste six years in a Judeo-Christian allegory, we would've just followed a Jehovah's Witness home a long time ago. Help! We're trapped by "Lost"! 2010-05-08T23:01:00Z The first segment, the taut “I Am,” connects directly to the Jehovah’s Witness theology that Prince wrote about increasingly in his later years. The Unique Problem Posed by Prince’s Unreleased Songs 2017-04-21T04:00:00Z There was a sign about Jehovah on the wall in Zulu, which did not surprise me, and the “Steve Harvey Show” on TV at high volume, which did. Frugal Traveler: In Soweto, History From Those Who Live It 2014-02-19T19:58:06Z This debut novel features a Jamaican family that has immigrated to England as part of the midcentury Windrush generation, and their descendant Jesse, a gay man exiled from his Jehovah’s Witness community. 10 New Books We Recommend This Week 2021-07-01T04:00:00Z Rachel's parents became Jehovah's Witnesses after a knock on their door in 1974. What is it like to live with parents very different from you? 2014-05-24T04:00:00Z JW: I can remember ringing my first doorbell and saying, “I’m a Jehovah’s Witness, and I’m here to bring you some good news today.” Jimmy Carter and Jacqueline Woodson on Race, Religion and Rights 2015-07-24T04:00:00Z But when Trimbur was around 12, her mother became a Jehovah’s Witness, closed the studio and pulled her children out of school. Dance Class Is in Session: Flail, Get Weird, Unlock Yourself 2022-02-18T05:00:00Z The online marketplace for approximately 2.4 million artists and makers is based in a 1926 industrial building in Brooklyn that once housed Jehovah’s Witness printing presses and still has caution tape on the concrete floors. Far from a cubicle farm, Etsy’s stylish headquarters is full of design ideas worth bringing home 2020-02-03T05:00:00Z I was raised as a Jehovah's Witness but I quit when I started thinking. Heard the one about the invasion of the Danish comedians? 2013-02-22T09:55:58Z Hours after the explosions, Mr Martin posted a video on Facebook claiming to be a former member of the Jehovah's Witnesses who planned the blasts because he was angry with the group's teachings. Kerala blasts: Man arrested after deadly attack on Jehovah's Witnesses 2023-10-31T04:00:00Z Police in India are investigating a series of explosions which killed three people at a Jehovah's Witnesses meeting in the southern state of Kerala. Kerala attacks: India police investigate deadly blasts targeting Jehovah's Witnesses 2023-10-30T04:00:00Z The suspect was identified by police as Dominic Martin, a former member of the Jehovah’s Witnesses who posted a video on Facebook claiming responsibility for the blast before surrendering to the police. Suspect detained in an explosion that killed 3 people at a Jehovah’s Witness gathering in India 2023-10-29T04:00:00Z Martin said about he believed the Jehovah's Witnesses' teachings were "antinational" about six years ago and that he had tried to talk to the group about changing their views. India police probe bomb blasts that killed two in Kerala 2023-10-29T04:00:00Z Jehovah's Witnesses are an international Christian denomination founded in the United States around 1870. India police probe bomb that killed one in Kerala, injured dozens 2023-10-29T04:00:00Z The Jehovah's Witnesses is a religious movement which believes that traditional Christian churches have deviated from the actual teachings of the Bible and Armageddon is imminent. Kerala blasts: Man arrested after deadly attack on Jehovah's Witnesses 2023-10-31T04:00:00Z But TA Sreekumar, a regional spokesperson for the Jehovah's Witnesses, denied this and told Reuters news agency that he was unaware if Mr Martin had even been present at the event. Kerala attacks: India police investigate deadly blasts targeting Jehovah's Witnesses 2023-10-30T04:00:00Z Martin, a local, said in the video he decided to carry out the blast because he feels the Jehovah’s Witness theology is wrong. Suspect detained in an explosion that killed 3 people at a Jehovah’s Witness gathering in India 2023-10-29T04:00:00Z Jehovah’s Witnesses identify as Christians but are guided by distinctive beliefs and practices. Explosive device blows up at convention center in south India killing at least one and wounding 36 2023-10-29T04:00:00Z Jehovah's Witnesses are an international Christian denomination that was founded in the United States around 1870. One killed, several injured in explosions in India's southern state 2023-10-29T04:00:00Z Queen Richard, a member of Jehovah's Witnesses who was in the hall when the bomb exploded, said she initially thought a short circuit had caused the explosion. Kerala blasts: Man arrested after deadly attack on Jehovah's Witnesses 2023-10-31T04:00:00Z The Jehovah's Witnesses is a religious movement which believes that traditional Christian churches have deviated from the actual teachings of the Bible and that the destruction of the world is imminent. Kerala attacks: India police investigate deadly blasts targeting Jehovah's Witnesses 2023-10-30T04:00:00Z India, with a population of more than 1.4 billion people, has about 60,000 Jehovah’s Witnesses followers, according to its adherents. Suspect detained in an explosion that killed 3 people at a Jehovah’s Witness gathering in India 2023-10-29T04:00:00Z “I only won the battle this time because I know Jehovah God was with every step of the way fighting for me,” Krayzie Bone wrote. Krayzie Bone says he fought for his life for nine days straight: 'Never take life for granted' 2023-10-03T04:00:00Z Jehovah's Witnesses say they have about 60,000 followers in India. One killed, several injured in explosions in India's southern state 2023-10-29T04:00:00Z Police in India have arrested a man in connection with a series of explosions at a Jehovah's Witnesses meeting in the southern state of Kerala. Kerala blasts: Man arrested after deadly attack on Jehovah's Witnesses 2023-10-31T04:00:00Z Followers of the movement had argued that their conscience did not permit them to sing the anthem because it would constitute "a form of idolatry and an act of unfaithfulness to their Jehovah". Kerala attacks: India police investigate deadly blasts targeting Jehovah's Witnesses 2023-10-30T04:00:00Z The singer and his family were raised as Jehovah’s Witnesses, who do not traditionally celebrate birthdays. Paris Jackson calls out Michael Jackson fans on Instagram, after receiving hate for not posting on her dad’s birthday 2023-08-30T04:00:00Z Betty and Daniel met at a Jehovah’s Witnesses meeting shortly after Betty immigrated to the U.S. from Mexico when she was 17. Their backyard greenhouse is a sanctuary — and a place for healing 2023-08-10T04:00:00Z Both the Church of Scientology and Jehovah’s Witnesses have drawn scrutiny from French and German governments or businesses, causing difficulties for individuals and congregations. European Union nations promote religious liberty abroad, but fail at home, U.S. panel says 2023-07-24T04:00:00Z The grand jury probe of Jehovah’s Witnesses began with a referral from a county district attorney who felt the state should take a broader look at the issue. Authorities charge 5 more in probe of child sexual abuse among Jehovah’s Witnesses in Pennsylvania 2023-07-07T04:00:00Z His mother warned him. saying that Jehovah’s Witnesses don’t welcome sexual diversity. In El Salvador, transgender community struggles for rights and survival 2023-05-19T04:00:00Z According to the Jehovah’s Witness website, members “believe that such celebrations displease God.” Paris Jackson calls out Michael Jackson fans on Instagram, after receiving hate for not posting on her dad’s birthday 2023-08-30T04:00:00Z Many thousands of ideological “enemies,” from Jehovah’s Witnesses to various kinds of political leftists, were murdered as well. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z Mrs Vardy, who grew up as a Jehovah's Witness, says she hopes by speaking about her experiences that she will be able to show others there is a "light at the end of the tunnel". Rebekah Vardy says she was abused during Jehovah's Witness childhood 2023-05-16T04:00:00Z The Jehovah’s Witnesses, an international Christian denomination founded in the Pittsburgh area more than a century ago and headquartered in New York state, claims 8.7 million members worldwide, including 1.2 million in the United States. Authorities charge 5 more in probe of child sexual abuse among Jehovah’s Witnesses in Pennsylvania 2023-07-07T04:00:00Z “So I stopped going. I had to let go. I went back to dressing like a man. I went back to the world, rejected by Jehovah’s Witnesses.” In El Salvador, transgender community struggles for rights and survival 2023-05-19T04:00:00Z Across the country, the Catholic Church, Jehovah’s Witnesses and the Mormon church have successfully blocked many other attempts to end confession exemptions, The Associated Press has reported. WA’s bill to require clergy to report child abuse dies after Catholics refuse compromise on confessions 2023-05-04T04:00:00Z Prince’s birthday was June 7, but he didn’t celebrate birthdays because he was a Jehovah’s Witness. Minnesota highway to honor Prince’s legacy 2023-05-04T04:00:00Z She will be seen making the accusation as part of a Channel 4 documentary, Rebekah Vardy: Jehovah's Witnesses And Me, which is broadcast on Channel 4 at 22:00 BST on Tuesday. Rebekah Vardy says she was abused during Jehovah's Witness childhood 2023-05-16T04:00:00Z Jehovah’s Witnesses have every right to refuse blood transfusions, but courts also have a right to say that decision must wait until you’re 18. Opinion | Missouri’s effort to limit gender treatments for adults is a bad idea 2023-05-02T04:00:00Z Haugh said elders told him he could report it but asked, “Do you really want to bring reproach on Jehovah’s name?” Charges put focus on Jehovah’s Witnesses’ handling of abuse 2023-04-19T04:00:00Z Last month, a gunman stormed a service at his former Jehovah’s Witness hall in the northern Germany city of Hamburg, killing six people before taking his own life after police arrived. German police release description of gym attack suspect 2023-04-19T04:00:00Z The Jehovah’s Witnesses in Germany have said that the man police identified as the gunman was a former member who left the church voluntarily two years ago. 1 victim’s life still in danger after Hamburg shooting 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z In a statement, Jehovah's Witnesses said they "lacked the information to comment on individual cases". Rebekah Vardy says she was abused during Jehovah's Witness childhood 2023-05-16T04:00:00Z Hamburg's Jehovah's Witnesses have cancelled all services after Thursday's deadly shooting, in another meeting hall in the city, claimed seven lives, including that of an unborn child. Hamburg Jehovah's Witnesses in shock after mass shooting 2023-03-12T05:00:00Z Haugh said to his knowledge, this is the first time an investigation of Jehovah’s Witnesses has been done on this scale in any U.S. state. Charges put focus on Jehovah’s Witnesses’ handling of abuse 2023-04-19T04:00:00Z In a statement, the Jehovah’s Witnesses in Germany confirmed that the man police identified as the gunman was a former member who left the church voluntarily two years ago. Jehovah’s Witnesses shocked by Hamburg attack, thank police 2023-03-11T05:00:00Z The gunman who shot up a Jehovah’s Witness hall in Hamburg on Thursday night before killing himself had been flagged earlier to authorities as a possible threat, police revealed in a Friday news conference. Gunman who killed 6 at German Jehovah’s Witness hall had been flagged to police 2023-03-10T05:00:00Z Jehovah's Witnesses are a Christian denomination with around 8.5 million followers worldwide and which believes the destruction of the world is imminent. Rebekah Vardy says she was abused during Jehovah's Witness childhood 2023-05-16T04:00:00Z The fact that the killer was a former member of the Jehovah's Witness community here makes the tragedy particularly hard to bear. Hamburg Jehovah's Witnesses in shock after mass shooting 2023-03-12T05:00:00Z Attorney Matt Haverstick confirmed recently that his law firm is representing Jehovah’s Witnesses congregations around Pennsylvania on unspecified matters that are “very active right now.” Charges put focus on Jehovah’s Witnesses’ handling of abuse 2023-04-19T04:00:00Z David Semonian, a U.S.-based spokesman for Jehovah’s Witnesses, told The Associated Press in an emailed statement early Friday that members “worldwide grieve for the victims of this traumatic event.” Multiple dead in Jehovah’s Witness hall shooting in Germany 2023-03-09T05:00:00Z German officials said there were conflicting accounts of whether the gunman left the Jehovah’s Witnesses voluntarily in 2021 or whether he was expelled from the group. Gunman who killed 6 at German Jehovah’s Witness hall had been flagged to police 2023-03-10T05:00:00Z The incident follows Thursday's deadly rampage at a Jehovah's Witnesses hall in Hamburg. German police investigate possible hostage situation at Karlsruhe pharmacy 2023-03-10T05:00:00Z There are about 4,000 Jehovah's Witnesses in and around Hamburg. Hamburg Jehovah's Witnesses in shock after mass shooting 2023-03-12T05:00:00Z In the Pennsylvania cases, court records state all nine defendants have ties to the Jehovah’s Witnesses faith, although in some cases it’s unclear how that might relate to the criminal allegations. Charges put focus on Jehovah’s Witnesses’ handling of abuse 2023-04-19T04:00:00Z The scene of the shooting was the Jehovah’s Witnesses’ Kingdom Hall, a modern and boxy three-story building next to an auto repair shop. Multiple dead in Jehovah’s Witness hall shooting in Germany 2023-03-09T05:00:00Z Authorities said the Hamburg gunman first started shooting outside the Jehovah’s Witness hall, injuring a woman who managed to flee in a car. Gunman who killed 6 at German Jehovah’s Witness hall had been flagged to police 2023-03-10T05:00:00Z Jehovah's Witnesses are members of a Christian-based religious movement, founded in the US at the end of the 19th Century. Hamburg shooting: Police spoke to gunman weeks before attack 2023-03-10T05:00:00Z Detectives investigating the mass shooting have said the killer left the Jehovah's Witnesses on terms which were "not good". Hamburg Jehovah's Witnesses in shock after mass shooting 2023-03-12T05:00:00Z “You have all these Jehovah’s Witnesses getting charged with some sort of inappropriate behavior. I’m hoping that this is not the attorney general’s office piling on due to their religious beliefs.” Charges put focus on Jehovah’s Witnesses’ handling of abuse 2023-04-19T04:00:00Z The exact motives were still unknown, but officials said the gunman had previously expressed his hatred for Jehovah's Witnesses. Anonymous tip-off, German gun laws failed to stop slaughter at Jehovah's Witnesses hall 2023-03-10T05:00:00Z On Dec. 25, 2022, a couple attempted arson with explosives at a Jehovah's Witness' Kingdom Hall in Thornton in the U.S. state of Colorado. Factbox: Jehovah's Witnesses: some facts about their history and community in Germany 2023-03-10T05:00:00Z Seven people, including an unborn baby, were killed in Thursday's attack which unfolded at a Jehovah's Witness meeting hall in the city. Hamburg shooting: Police spoke to gunman weeks before attack 2023-03-10T05:00:00Z Those who leave the Jehovah's Witnesses are often "disassociated" or cut off by most members of the community; a practice sometimes referred to as "shunning". Hamburg Jehovah's Witnesses in shock after mass shooting 2023-03-12T05:00:00Z Under the structure of the Jehovah’s Witnesses faith, all baptized members are considered “ordained ministers.” Charges put focus on Jehovah’s Witnesses’ handling of abuse 2023-04-19T04:00:00Z "Philipp F. supposedly harbours a particular anger towards religious followers especially towards Jehovah's Witnesses and his former employer." Anonymous tip-off, German gun laws failed to stop slaughter at Jehovah's Witnesses hall 2023-03-10T05:00:00Z The Jehovah’s Witnesses, a denomination founded in the United States in the 19th century, has been active in Germany since 1902. Germany Mourns ‘Horrific Act’ After Gunman Kills 6 at Jehovah’s Witness Hall 2023-03-10T05:00:00Z A gunman killed several people at a Jehovah’s Witness hall in Hamburg, Germany. Why Unions Matter So Much 2023-03-10T05:00:00Z The police have revealed they recently received an anonymous letter, where the author warned the attacker had a gun, was mentally unstable and harboured anger against religious groups, including the Jehovah's Witnesses. Hamburg Jehovah's Witnesses in shock after mass shooting 2023-03-12T05:00:00Z Jehovah’s Witnesses have long expressed concerns about the evolving legal standards for reporting child abuse in Pennsylvania. Charges put focus on Jehovah’s Witnesses’ handling of abuse 2023-04-19T04:00:00Z David Semonian, a U.S.-based spokesman for Jehovah’s Witnesses, said in an emailed statement early Friday that members “worldwide grieve for the victims of this traumatic event.” German police: 8 dead in Jehovah’s Witnesses hall shooting 2023-03-09T05:00:00Z In a statement, the Jehovah’s Witnesses organization in Germany said, “The religious community is deeply saddened by the horrific attack on its members in a kingdom hall in Hamburg after a church service.” Germany Mourns ‘Horrific Act’ After Gunman Kills 6 at Jehovah’s Witness Hall 2023-03-10T05:00:00Z The Bild newspaper reported seven people were dead and eight wounded in the shooting at the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses in the northern city that is home to Germany's biggest port. German police seek motive in shooting at Jehovah's Witnesses church 2023-03-10T05:00:00Z He's adamant that their treatment is not compromised by a refusal to accept blood transfusions - Jehovah's Witnesses believe that God forbids this. Hamburg Jehovah's Witnesses in shock after mass shooting 2023-03-12T05:00:00Z “In all 50 states, the Jehovah’s Witnesses have gone to their relevant attorney general’s offices to ask for clarification for the reporting obligations for ministers of the faith, their elders,” Haverstick said. Charges put focus on Jehovah’s Witnesses’ handling of abuse 2023-04-19T04:00:00Z She said she looked out her window and saw a person running from the ground floor to the second floor of the Jehovah’s Witnesses hall. German police: 8 dead in Jehovah’s Witnesses hall shooting 2023-03-09T05:00:00Z Several people were killed and several more were injured last night in a Jehovah’s Witness hall in the German city of Hamburg, in a rare mass shooting in the country. Your Friday Briefing 2023-03-10T05:00:00Z Jehovah’s Witnesses suspended door-knocking in the early days of the pandemic’s onset, just as much of the rest of society went into lockdown too. At a glance: Jehovah’s Witness beliefs, history in Germany 2023-03-09T05:00:00Z Local media have reported the location as being a Jehovah's Witness centre. Hamburg shooting: Armed police storm a building 2023-03-09T05:00:00Z But documents made public so far include nothing about what critics have long maintained has been a systemic cover-up and mishandling of child molestation within the Jehovah’s Witnesses. Charges put focus on Jehovah’s Witnesses’ handling of abuse 2023-04-19T04:00:00Z Jehovah’s Witnesses are part of an international church, founded in the United States in the 19th century and headquartered in Warwick, New York. German police: 8 dead in Jehovah’s Witnesses hall shooting 2023-03-09T05:00:00Z The police are still investigating a motive and whether the attacker was specifically targeting Jehovah’s Witnesses, a small religious community in Germany, where there are about 175,000 adherents across the country. Your Friday Briefing 2023-03-10T05:00:00Z Several people were killed and injured Thursday night after shots were fired inside a building where Jehovah’s Witnesses met in the northern German city of Hamburg, officials said. At a glance: Jehovah’s Witness beliefs, history in Germany 2023-03-09T05:00:00Z The authors also discuss Spillane’s personal life, his three marriages and — paradoxical as it may seem — this tough-guy writer’s membership in the Jehovah’s Witnesses. Review | 9 strangely wonderful books beyond the bestseller list 2023-02-24T05:00:00Z Asked whether her office was looking into the Jehovah’s Witnesses as an organization, Henry replied it was an ongoing investigation. Charges put focus on Jehovah’s Witnesses’ handling of abuse 2023-04-19T04:00:00Z Smith’s popularity faded after the Beatles arrived and by 1980 he had quit the business, settled in Baton Rouge with his wife, Margrette, and become a Jehovah’s Witness. Huey ‘Piano’ Smith, session man and hit maker, dead at 89 2023-02-20T05:00:00Z Lytvyniuk and Dubovenko, both Jehovah's Witnesses, were sentenced to six years in prison in December — for talking about the Bible on a Zoom call. Opinion | They clicked once. Then came the dark prisons. Or a case in Spokane where two men are suing the Jehovah’s Witnesses for not stopping abuse by an elder with a past conviction of sex abuse. Mandate that WA clergy report child abuse, without exceptions 2023-02-16T05:00:00Z Jehovah’s Witnesses assemble on street corners around city hall, offering passersby copies of their literature. Monterey Park’s Asian diaspora adopts new rite: Mourning after gun violence 2023-01-26T05:00:00Z “This year, Russia has continued its inexplicable and expanding persecution of Jehovah’s Witnesses, with more Witnesses than ever behind bars and facing long prison sentences for the mere practice of their beliefs,” Ms. Kleinbaum said. Jehovah’s Witnesses face continued Russian crackdown; 115 in prison 2022-12-30T05:00:00Z Mr. Del Valle had been raised as a Jehovah’s Witness, whose followers do not celebrate Christmas, and said he was shunned by his family and friends after coming out as gay at age 30. For Sibling Survivors of a Mass Shooting, Christmas Is an Act of Resolve 2022-12-26T05:00:00Z "Fueled by the FSB's erroneous claims of extremist activity, local authorities in Russia continue to ratchet up the prison sentences for Jehovah's Witnesses," said spokesman Jarrod Lopes. Russia jails nine Jehovah's Witnesses adherents in two-day period - group 2022-12-21T05:00:00Z Since that ruling, raids on Jehovah's Witnesses' homes and meeting places have become a regular occurrence. Russia jails four Jehovah's Witnesses adherents for up to seven years in prison 2022-12-20T05:00:00Z Furthermore, they said that several friends and family members told law enforcement that Starrett believed he was haunted by the spirits of an ex-girlfriend’s deceased Jehovah’s Witness relatives, and that he hated the religion. Washington man indicted in fires at Jehovah’s Witness halls 2022-12-14T05:00:00Z And Waggoner’s brief begins with the court’s famous 1943 decision that Jehovah’s Witnesses students in West Virginia could not be compelled to salute the flag or recite the Pledge of Allegiance. Wedding websites are the latest gay rights battleground in Colorado 2022-12-04T05:00:00Z The list includes Russia, which has proscribed the Jehovah’s Witnesses, among others, as extremists. Zelensky Proposes Barring Orthodox Church That Answers to Moscow 2022-12-02T05:00:00Z Lopes said Russia had sentenced over 40 Jehovah's Witnesses to prison in 2022 and in total there were nearly 120 members of the group in jail there. Russia jails nine Jehovah's Witnesses adherents in two-day period - group 2022-12-21T05:00:00Z Jarrod Lopes, a spokesman for Jehovah’s Witnesses, said the verdicts were "gross injustices" which he said were part of a pattern of systematic persecution that had continued for more than five years. Russia jails four Jehovah's Witnesses adherents for up to seven years in prison 2022-12-20T05:00:00Z Speakers called out the full range of religious persecution by authoritarian governments, shining a light on the plight of Tibetan Buddhists, Jews, Christians, Muslims, Bahais, Jehovah’s Witnesses, Yazidis and Falun Gong followers and Unificationists. Conference promotes religious freedom as a human right 2022-11-12T05:00:00Z Like everyone in his family, he was raised as a Jehovah’s Witness, a Christian denomination that teaches that only believers will survive the imminent destruction of earth. The Crypto Ponzi Scheme Avenger 2022-11-11T05:00:00Z Mr. Inman grew up a Jehovah’s Witness, and considers himself a strong supporter of women’s rights in reaction to what he sees as that religion’s antiquated ideas about women. The Gender Gap in the Abortion Debate 2022-11-07T05:00:00Z The U.S.-headquartered Jehovah's Witnesses have been under pressure for years in Russia, where the dominant Orthodox Church is championed by President Vladimir Putin. Russia jails nine Jehovah's Witnesses adherents in two-day period - group 2022-12-21T05:00:00Z The U.S.-headquartered Jehovah’s Witnesses have been under pressure for years in Russia, where the dominant Orthodox Church is championed by President Vladimir Putin. Russia jails four Jehovah's Witnesses adherents for up to seven years in prison 2022-12-20T05:00:00Z In the Jehovah's Witnesses, allegations would only be taken seriously if there were two witnesses. Child sex abuse: The horrific findings of a seven-year injury 2022-10-20T04:00:00Z “No, Jehovah’s Witnesses are not a cult” is an answer to a frequently asked question on its website. The Crypto Ponzi Scheme Avenger 2022-11-11T05:00:00Z His grandparents were strict Jehovah’s Witnesses and with his parents kept a tight leash on the household. With an assist from Kendrick Lamar, Blxst has become the sound of L.A. hip-hop 2022-09-21T04:00:00Z Criminal courts in Russia on Monday sentenced six Jehovah’s Witnesses to prison terms ranging up to 7 years, the group’s world headquarters reported. Russian courts sentence six more Jehovah’s Witnesses to lengthy prison terms, group says 2022-09-20T04:00:00Z The Jehovah's Witnesses say that over 110 of their members are currently imprisoned in Russia. Russia jails four Jehovah's Witnesses adherents for up to seven years in prison 2022-12-20T05:00:00Z Jehovah’s Witnesses have restarted their door-to-door ministry after more than two and a half years on hiatus due to the coronavirus pandemic, reviving a religious practice that the faith considers crucial and cherished. Knock, knock: Jehovah’s Witnesses resume door-to-door work 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z “Everyone in the Jehovah’s Witnesses loves other members, and it’s that sense of community that is the most precious thing to them,” he said. The Crypto Ponzi Scheme Avenger 2022-11-11T05:00:00Z Jehovah’s Witnesses reopened their houses of worship in April. Jehovah’s Witnesses returning to door knocking after 2 pandemic years off 2022-08-24T04:00:00Z Mr. Lopes asserted that the Russian members were charged “with holding meetings with fellow believers, praying and singing songs to Jehovah God.” Russian courts sentence six more Jehovah’s Witnesses to lengthy prison terms, group says 2022-09-20T04:00:00Z In the 1930s and 1940s, cases involving Jehovah’s Witnesses demonstrated the difficulty of striking the right balance. American Government 2021-07-28T00:00:00Z Jehovah’s Witnesses suspended door-knocking in the early days of the pandemic’s onset in the United States, just as much of the rest of society went into lockdown too. Knock, knock: Jehovah’s Witnesses resume door-to-door work 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z Ironically, Mr. Larrondo noted, members of Jehovah’s Witnesses face less persecution on the island even though the group is officially illegal. Cuba crackdown on religious citizens continues despite constitutional ‘guarantees,’ experts say 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z Robert Hendriks, a U.S. spokesman for Jehovah’s Witnesses, said the decision, announced earlier this month, was the “next logical step in this ‘living with covid’ phase.” Jehovah’s Witnesses returning to door knocking after 2 pandemic years off 2022-08-24T04:00:00Z “With this latest decision, Russia has unfortunately demonstrated that it will continue its inexplicable and relentless targeting of Jehovah’s Witnesses and other religious minorities,” she said. Russian courts sentence six more Jehovah’s Witnesses to lengthy prison terms, group says 2022-09-20T04:00:00Z Jehovah’s Witness children were punished in public schools for failing to salute the flag or recite the Pledge of Allegiance, and members attempting to evangelize were arrested for violating laws against door-to-door solicitation of customers. American Government 2021-07-28T00:00:00Z "I feel furious that Yamagami has put a spotlight on us in the worst possible way," says Mr Mimura, who grew up in the Jehovah's Witnesses' faith. Shinzo Abe killing: Why a religious group has been put in the spotlight 2022-07-22T04:00:00Z In December 1984, two young American couples were walking door to door in Guadalajara, trying to spread their faith as Jehovah’s Witnesses. ‘Forgotten’ US victims of Mexican drug lord want justice 2022-07-19T04:00:00Z Door knocking has been not only a physical mainstay for Jehovah’s Witnesses but also a practice they have fought for in courtrooms. Jehovah’s Witnesses returning to door knocking after 2 pandemic years off 2022-08-24T04:00:00Z Other organisations banned as extremists include the Jehovah's Witnesses, and groups linked to ethnic Crimean Tatars that oppose Russia's 2014 annexation of the peninsula. Russian parliament backs tougher penalties for "crimes against the state" 2022-07-05T04:00:00Z Christopher Ford said his father, now 62, became a Jehovah’s Witness in 2006 and volunteers as a group leader in religious studies in prison. Virginia law stops early inmate releases, angering families 2022-07-04T04:00:00Z In a 1975 article for Awake, a Jehovah’s Witnesses magazine, she described herself as “a sickly child, often alone and very shy.” Margaret Keane, a painter who was all about the eyes, dies at 94 2022-06-29T04:00:00Z In its early years, most prisoners were either political prisoners or criminal prisoners, but they also included some Jehovah’s Witnesses and homosexuals. Germany: Former Nazi guard, 101, jailed for aiding murder 2022-06-28T04:00:00Z Like other faith groups that had to resort to new ways of conducting baptisms, Jehovah’s Witnesses found alternatives to the rituals that usually occurred at their conventions, where hundreds were baptized in a facility. Jehovah’s Witnesses returning to door knocking after 2 pandemic years off 2022-08-24T04:00:00Z The Jehovah’s Witnesses are a Christian religion in which believers submit to the authority of a single God and eschew military service. Opinion | In Russia, a Christian religion is punished, over and over again 2022-06-11T04:00:00Z Russia officially banned the Jehovah’s Witnesses in 2017, and designated the religious denomination “an extremist organization” in connection to its alleged “propaganda of exclusivity.” Released from Russia, Jehovah’s Witness returns to Denmark 2022-05-25T04:00:00Z By then, her artwork had taken on a happier, more joyful tone, which she traced to her being baptized a Jehovah’s Witness in 1972. Margaret Keane, a painter who was all about the eyes, dies at 94 2022-06-29T04:00:00Z "Christensen's detention was the start of an aggressive campaign of arresting and imprisoning Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia," the group said in a statement, adding that Christensen intended to return to Denmark. Russia releases Jehovah's Witness follower from prison 2022-05-24T04:00:00Z Ahead of the door-knocking decision, on May 31, Jehovah’s Witnesses leaders restarted the “cart witnessing” ministry, in which people stand on corners and offer the faith’s magazines or answer questions posed by passersby. Jehovah’s Witnesses returning to door knocking after 2 pandemic years off 2022-08-24T04:00:00Z Most of the pressure on the Jehovah’s Witnesses was based on a broad law approved in 2002 against extremism. Opinion | In Russia, a Christian religion is punished, over and over again 2022-06-11T04:00:00Z “However, Jehovah’s Witnesses continue to be arrested, imprisoned, and sometimes tortured simply for the peaceful practice of their Christian faith.” Released from Russia, Jehovah’s Witness returns to Denmark 2022-05-25T04:00:00Z A spokesman for the Jehovah's Witnesses church in neighbouring Senegal said the couple is in their 70s and their son is about 50. Three Italians kidnapped in southern Mali, church says 2022-05-20T04:00:00Z The Jehovah's Witnesses, based in the United States, have long come under suspicion in Russia, where the Orthodox Church is championed by President Vladimir Putin. Russia releases Jehovah's Witness follower from prison 2022-05-24T04:00:00Z She prides herself instead on building a welcoming space, something she didn’t have in a Jehovah’s Witness household. All hail the drag queens raising L.A.'s tight-knit families 2022-05-05T04:00:00Z After losing many court appeals in Russia, the Jehovah’s Witnesses turned to the European court, part of the Council of Europe, a human rights organization that Russia had joined in 1996. Opinion | In Russia, a Christian religion is punished, over and over again 2022-06-11T04:00:00Z “We hope soon Russian authorities will halt the discriminatory attack on Jehovah’s Witnesses and allow them to worship freely as they do in over 200 other lands.” Released from Russia, Jehovah’s Witness returns to Denmark 2022-05-25T04:00:00Z And not being derived from human blood products would benefit people such as Jehovah’s Witnesses for whom blood transfusion is prohibited. Synthetic blood substitute research advances rapidly 2022-04-16T04:00:00Z The Russian Orthodox Church has depicted the Jehovah's Witnesses as a dangerous foreign sect, allegations the group denies. Russia releases Jehovah's Witness follower from prison 2022-05-24T04:00:00Z The 1.3 million U.S. members of the Jehovah’s Witnesses will do something this week they haven’t done for more than two years: meet in person. Jehovah’s Witnesses to resume in-person meetings April 1 2022-03-28T04:00:00Z Throughout, the Jehovah’s Witnesses faced a legal process stacked against them. Opinion | In Russia, a Christian religion is punished, over and over again 2022-06-11T04:00:00Z ADF has defended the rights of Catholics, Protestants, Jews, Muslims, Mormons, Jehovah's Witnesses, and people of no faith, and has won more than 400 free speech victories on college campuses. Virginia ACLU uses SPLC 'hate group' attack to block school board's transgender policy review 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z Practicing in an area with a high density of Jehovah’s Witnesses, Hemopure often serves as a lifesaving conduit. Synthetic blood substitute research advances rapidly 2022-04-16T04:00:00Z It was the first of dozens of arrests of Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia. Russia releases Jehovah's Witness follower from prison 2022-05-24T04:00:00Z They include L.G.B.T.Q. people and religious minorities, such as Jehovah’s Witnesses, who were ostracized and harassed. Even Before War, Thousands Were Fleeing Russia for the U.S. 2022-03-11T05:00:00Z A new decision by the European Court of Human Rights paints a depressing picture of the experiences of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Russia, who have been severely punished for their beliefs. Opinion | In Russia, a Christian religion is punished, over and over again 2022-06-11T04:00:00Z Walter Barnette was a Jehovah’s Witness in West Virginia who told his children not to salute the American flag or to recite the Pledge of Allegiance in school. Magruder's American Government 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z His wife’s parents are among the 130,000 Jehovah’s Witnesses in Ukraine. For Some Americans, Ukraine’s Fight Feels Close to Home 2022-02-26T05:00:00Z Russia's supreme court banned the Jehovah's Witnesses as an extremist organisation in April 2017 and ordered it to disband nationwide. Russia releases Jehovah's Witness follower from prison 2022-05-24T04:00:00Z “In Russia and Crimea, 82 Jehovah’s Witnesses are in prison and hundreds more face criminal charges under articles of the Russian Criminal Code,” he said. Russia faces fine for violating ‘fundamental rights’ of Jehovah’s Witnesses 2022-02-22T05:00:00Z The State Department on Wednesday denounced Russia’s crackdown on Jehovah’s Witnesses in a blistering response to reports that a Russian court has sentenced a female Witness to six years in prison for practicing her faith. State Department sharply criticizes Russia over prison term for female Jehovah’s Witness 2022-01-26T05:00:00Z The Jehovah’s Witnesses have carried several important religious freedom cases to the High Court. Magruder's American Government 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z Outside, a member of their Jehovah’s Witness congregation was driving by and piled them into his car. For Some Americans, Ukraine’s Fight Feels Close to Home 2022-02-26T05:00:00Z In its original ruling, the supreme court cited what it called the Jehovah's Witnesses' "propaganda of exclusivity" in ruling to ban the group and dissolve its organisations. Russia releases Jehovah's Witness follower from prison 2022-05-24T04:00:00Z Russia’s mistreatment of 14 Jehovah’s Witnesses more than a decade ago violated their “fundamental rights to freedom of religion and liberty,” the European Court of Human Rights ruled Tuesday. Russia faces fine for violating ‘fundamental rights’ of Jehovah’s Witnesses 2022-02-22T05:00:00Z “The United States condemns Russia’s continued crackdown on Jehovah’s Witnesses, and other peaceful religious minorities, in the strongest possible terms,” a State Department spokesperson said in an email to The Washington Times. State Department sharply criticizes Russia over prison term for female Jehovah’s Witness 2022-01-26T05:00:00Z Anna Safranova, 56, was convicted of “extremist activities” — the Russian criminal code’s category applied to Jehovah’s Witness activities. Russia sentences female Jehovah’s Witness to six years in prison 2022-01-25T05:00:00Z If that were the case, the government could ban Jehovah’s Witnesses from handing out religious tracts on public sidewalks. Opinion | In this case, the Constitution requires a city to display a religious flag 2022-01-16T05:00:00Z But after becoming a Jehovah's Witness, the star swore off swearing - and excised any curse words from his concerts. Elvis Costello asks radio stations not to play Oliver's Army 2022-01-11T05:00:00Z Since these violations took place between 2010 and 2012, Russia has declared the Jehovah’s Witnesses an “extremist” group, ordered the liquidation of its registered operations and heightened its arrests and prosecutions of members. Russia faces fine for violating ‘fundamental rights’ of Jehovah’s Witnesses 2022-02-22T05:00:00Z “Russia’s ongoing persecution of the Jehovah’s Witnesses is accelerating at an alarming rate,” Commissioner James W. Carr said Wednesday in a statement. State Department sharply criticizes Russia over prison term for female Jehovah’s Witness 2022-01-26T05:00:00Z The group contends its adherents are peaceful and law-abiding, and notes that eight Jehovah’s Witnesses are behind bars in the Astrakhan region. Russia sentences female Jehovah’s Witness to six years in prison 2022-01-25T05:00:00Z He was a hard worker, a good father, son and a devout Jehovah’s Witness, she added. Father shot, killed in front of son while working at South L.A. Taco Bell 2022-01-10T05:00:00Z The list includes Jehovah's Witnesses and Muslims convicted of terrorism that Memorial says were victims of "unproven charges based on fabricated evidence because of their religious affiliation." U.S, EU condemn decision to shut Russian human rights group Memorial 2021-12-31T05:00:00Z Memorial Human Rights Center was also accused by Russian authorities of supporting extremist groups for including imprisoned members of the Jehovah’s Witnesses, a religious group banned in Russia, on its list. Russian court shutters second human rights group as crackdown expands 2021-12-29T05:00:00Z The U.S. and six other countries Friday issued a joint declaration condemning repression of the Jehovah’s Witnesses, the evangelizing Christian denomination that has faced severe state opposition in many of the countries where it operates. U.S. joins appeal condemning repression of Jehovah’s Witnesses 2021-12-17T05:00:00Z “Russia’s discriminatory assault on Jehovah’s Witnesses has significantly escalated despite repeated pleas by prominent international human rights bodies to halt the persecution,” Mr. Lopes said. Russia sentences female Jehovah’s Witness to six years in prison 2022-01-25T05:00:00Z Yet they also devoted space to what might otherwise be more obscure cases: Russian Jehovah’s Witnesses; Azeri journalists; Nicaraguan opposition politicians. Opinion | Fred Hiatt deserves to be remembered long after he is gone 2021-12-07T05:00:00Z Activists, human rights lawyers and independent journalists have fled into exile to avoid imprisonment, and members of religious groups such as the Jehovah’s Witnesses have been branded extremists, raided and jailed. Russian prosecutor calls on Supreme Court to abolish one of Russia’s most prominent human rights organizations 2021-11-25T05:00:00Z The vast majority of those on the list, however, were jailed because of their religion, including Jehovah’s Witnesses, who are banned in Russia and have a status equivalent to terrorists. Trying to Blur Memories of the Gulag, Russia Targets a Rights Group 2021-11-22T05:00:00Z “In countries around the world, governments investigate, detain, arrest and imprison Jehovah’s Witnesses on account of their religious beliefs.” U.S. joins appeal condemning repression of Jehovah’s Witnesses 2021-12-17T05:00:00Z He said Amnesty International has long spoken out against the Russian jailings of Jehovah’s Witnesses whose only “crime” is peacefully practicing their faith. Russia sentences female Jehovah’s Witness to six years in prison 2022-01-25T05:00:00Z Ditto for the Mormons, the Salvation Army and, some would argue, the Jehovah's Witnesses. Is the QAnon "movement" a tragedy, a danger — or a terrorist group? 2021-11-16T05:00:00Z The Russian courts banned Jehovah’s Witnesses in 2017 as “extremist,” and Mr. Putin’s security services have mercilessly persecuted them ever since. Opinion | The absurd 'crime’ of religious worship in Putin’s Russia 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z Four Russian members of the Jehovah’s Witnesses received stiff prison terms Monday in what the American-based movement calls the “longest, harshest” sentences imposed on its believers since the 2017 designation of the group as “extremists.” Jehovah’s Witnesses sentenced to prison for ‘extremist’ religious activity in Russia 2021-10-25T04:00:00Z Harassment, the statement said, included home raids of Jehovah’s Witnesses, prison sentences for proclaiming their faith and discrimination. U.S. joins appeal condemning repression of Jehovah’s Witnesses 2021-12-17T05:00:00Z “What it is that makes them hate and persecute Jehovah’s Witnesses? I cannot, I cannot comprehend,” Mr. Krivosheev said. Russia sentences female Jehovah’s Witness to six years in prison 2022-01-25T05:00:00Z The state has also cracked down on nonconformist religious organizations, like Jehovah’s Witnesses, which was outlawed in 2017 and declared an “extremist” organization, on par with Islamic State militants. Long Arm of Russian Law Reaches Obscure Siberian Church 2021-10-24T04:00:00Z “Being a Jehovah’s Witness is not a crime!” Opinion | The absurd 'crime’ of religious worship in Putin’s Russia 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z A member of the Jehovah's Witnesses church, his beliefs prevent him from bearing weapons and from joining any organisations intended for war. The men going to military jail for their faith 2021-10-12T04:00:00Z Even denominations skeptical of modern medical interventions, such as the Jehovah’s Witnesses and Christian Scientists, don’t oppose vaccine mandates but allow their believers to follow vaccine mandates as a matter of personal choice. Column: It's time to close the religious vaccine objection loophole 2021-10-07T04:00:00Z A Russian court has sentenced a female member of Jehovah’s Witnesses to six years in prison, a term the group says is the longest a woman has received there since 2017. Russia sentences female Jehovah’s Witness to six years in prison 2022-01-25T05:00:00Z Moulton told detectives that he had since "found Jehovah and couldn't live with the guilt anymore," disclosing details about the case that were never made public. Florida man confesses to killing woman in 2011: 'Couldn't live with the guilt anymore' 2021-09-30T04:00:00Z She added: “Our goal is the peaceful fulfillment of Christian commandments: preaching, teaching, joint worship. All over the world, Jehovah’s Witnesses are known as peace-loving people who have nothing to do with extremism.” Opinion | The absurd 'crime’ of religious worship in Putin’s Russia 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z Since 1970, an average of six Jehovah Witnesses have been sent to military prison every year, though none receive permanent criminal records. The men going to military jail for their faith 2021-10-12T04:00:00Z Even denominations that counsel against some medical interventions allow for vaccines, including Jehovah’s Witnesses and Christian Scientists. Column: Few have quit their jobs over COVID-19 vaccine mandates, but thousands have gotten shots 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z “I am only a Jehovah’s Witness in my religious affiliation, and that is why I am now on trial. Please forgive me completely.” Russia sentences female Jehovah’s Witness to six years in prison 2022-01-25T05:00:00Z Dodger Stadium is literally sacred ground for the lifelong fan: His father and brother were baptized during Jehovah’s Witness assemblies there during the 1990s. Column: They ran out into Dodger Stadium to remind L.A. of a dark moment in Latino history. But fans booed 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z The reality is that he leads a police state that brutally represses the Jehovah’s Witnesses with the entirely false charge of extremism. Opinion | The absurd 'crime’ of religious worship in Putin’s Russia 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z "Jehovah's Witnesses are not asked to participate in the exercises and sandbag drills that inmates have to do every day," said a former military police officer who declined to be named. The men going to military jail for their faith 2021-10-12T04:00:00Z It covers a series of religious groups including the Jehovah's Witnesses, major mosques, and bodies representing the orthodox Jewish community. Religious groups in UK failing children over sex abuse, report says 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z Altogether, the organization says, there are more than 80 Jehovah’s Witnesses in Russian prisons, the most since the Russian Supreme Court 2017 order that the Witnesses’ legal entities in the nation were to be liquidated. Russia sentences female Jehovah’s Witness to six years in prison 2022-01-25T05:00:00Z However, Abramson said, as vaccines became normalized, most people who were vaccine hesitant were Jehovah’s Witnesses or Christian Scientists. Religious exemptions from coronavirus vaccines are expected to become a legal battleground 2021-09-01T04:00:00Z Mr. Ramirez has studied a variety of religions during his time in prison, from Catholicism to Jehovah’s Witnesses to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. On Death Row in Texas, a Last Request: A Prayer and ‘Human Contact’ 2021-08-30T04:00:00Z However, Jehovah's Witnesses who refuse are sent to military prison for 40 days or longer, and they forfeit that protection. The men going to military jail for their faith 2021-10-12T04:00:00Z Although my family are Jehovah’s Witnesses, this sister is a particularly stringent one. My Sister Won’t Accept My Same-Sex Partner. What Should I Do? 2021-08-10T04:00:00Z A Russian court sentenced three Jehovah’s Witnesses to as much as six and a half years in prison Thursday for “extremism,” a spokesman for the religious group said. Russian court sentences Jehovah’s Witnesses to six years in jail 2021-07-29T04:00:00Z Being raised by a Jehovah's Witness mother also fed his curiosity about religious symbolism. Ghana's Kojo Marfo: Sell-out show for butcher-turned-painter 2021-07-12T04:00:00Z One of his attorneys has said Glushchenko came to United States seeking asylum because he is a member of the Jehovah’s Witnesses, which Russia banned in 2017 and declared an extremist organization. 6 charged in deadly fire at N.Y. assisted-living facility 2021-06-29T04:00:00Z Jordan Chia, a Jehovah's Witness and music teacher received a seven-month sentence for refusing to return for reserve duty a second time. The men going to military jail for their faith 2021-10-12T04:00:00Z Katherine is a devout Jehovah's Witness and Paris said the family refers to holiday gatherings as "family reunions" as part of the religion. Paris Jackson says coming out to 'very religious' family was tough 2021-06-16T04:00:00Z Six other Jehovah’s Witnesses remain in pretrial detention in the Rostov region, the group reported. Russian court sentences Jehovah’s Witnesses to six years in jail 2021-07-29T04:00:00Z A religious poster read, in English, “Jehovah is my shepherd,” a hint at Castillo’s conservative values that sit with his socialist credentials. 'El profesor': Peru's Castillo rises from peasant roots to cusp of presidency 2021-06-16T04:00:00Z The legal offensive mirrors ones waged in the past against far-right groups, Islamist organisations and the Jehovah's Witnesses which were declared "extremist" by courts and banned. Russian court weighs pre-election knockout blow to Kremlin critic Navalny's network 2021-06-09T04:00:00Z Jehovah's Witnesses have asked for changes to this policy, pointing to South Korea as an example. The men going to military jail for their faith 2021-10-12T04:00:00Z A Jehovah's Witnesses office in Brussels identified the man and said the case, like "many similar cases against Jehovah's Witnesses, contains a testimony of a secret witness." World Digest: March 30, 2021 2021-03-30T04:00:00Z The three were “wrongly convicted and harshly sentenced to lengthy prison terms,” said Jarrod Lopes, a Jehovah’s Witness spokesman. Russian court sentences Jehovah’s Witnesses to six years in jail 2021-07-29T04:00:00Z It said in a statement the case “as many similar cases against Jehovah’s Witnesses, contains a testimony of a secret witness.” Russia jails Jehovah's Witness in Crimea for over six years for extremism 2021-03-30T04:00:00Z Ms. Baranovskaya is the first woman in Jehovah’s Witnesses to be sentenced to prison by Russia since the 2017 court ruling. Opinion | A mother and son were sentenced to prison in Russia. Their only offense is believing in God. 2021-02-28T05:00:00Z "Our members in Singapore have consistently expressed their desire to authorities to make a meaningful contribution to society," said a spokesperson from the Asia-Pacific Association of Jehovah's Witnesses. The men going to military jail for their faith 2021-10-12T04:00:00Z Russia banned the Jehovah’s Witnesses in 2017 and declared the religious group an extremist organization. Russian Jehovah’s Witness sentenced to 7 1/2 years in prison 2021-02-10T05:00:00Z “Arrogantly and barbarically, Russian officers record themselves raiding the homes of Jehovah’s Witnesses and forcibly arresting them. The footage is all over the internet and social media.” Russian court sentences Jehovah’s Witnesses to six years in jail 2021-07-29T04:00:00Z Russia’s Supreme Court branded the Jehovah’s Witnesses an “extremist” organisation in 2017 and ordered it to disband. Russia detains Jehovah's Witnesses, searches properties in new criminal case 2021-02-10T05:00:00Z He said, “Jehovah’s Witnesses are Christians, too. I don’t quite understand why they are persecuted. So this should be looked into. This must be done.” Opinion | A mother and son were sentenced to prison in Russia. Their only offense is believing in God. 2021-02-28T05:00:00Z In its early years, most prisoners were either political prisoners or criminal prisoners, but also included some Jehovah’s Witnesses and homosexuals. Former Nazi guard, age 100, charged as accessory to murder 2021-02-09T05:00:00Z In the beginning of “Beginning” is the Word: a well-known Bible story, retold and unpacked during an afternoon meeting of Jehovah’s Witnesses. Review: 'Beginning,' Georgia's Oscar entry, is a beautifully bleak portrait of faith in crisis 2021-01-29T05:00:00Z “Jehovah’s Witnesses want nothing more than to freely worship in their home country as their fellow believers do in over 200 other lands,” Mr. Lopes said. Russian court sentences Jehovah’s Witnesses to six years in jail 2021-07-29T04:00:00Z His mother was a Jehovah’s Witness, and he came to believe that blind faith can lead to magical thinking and fevered prophecies. One county, worlds apart: Bridging the political divide 2021-01-24T05:00:00Z Joe Klein, the former sage of Time magazine and champion of "radical centrism," shared Harris' article on his Facebook page, acting as if he had received it from the hands of Jehovah on Mt. Lost in the middle: Will the arrogant certainty of "centrism" destroy America? 2020-12-26T05:00:00Z He has since resumed his career in real estate, including purchasing the famed Watchtower complex along the Brooklyn Bridge, the former headquarters for the Jehovah’s Witnesses. Kushner pardon revives ‘loathsome’ tale of tax evasion, sex 2020-12-23T05:00:00Z Their latest temporary home is this remote outpost near the Caucasus Mountains, where hostilities toward Jehovah’s Witnesses — a minority in a predominantly Orthodox Christian country — seem especially pronounced. Review: 'Beginning,' Georgia's Oscar entry, is a beautifully bleak portrait of faith in crisis 2021-01-29T05:00:00Z He put the number of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Russia at about 170,000. Russian court sentences Jehovah’s Witnesses to six years in jail 2021-07-29T04:00:00Z In its statement, the Jehovah’s Witnesses said 28 of its members incarcerated in Eritrea were freed on Dec. 4 after serving sentences of ranging from five to 26 years. Eritrea frees 28 Jehovah's Witnesses prisoners, group says 2020-12-07T05:00:00Z According to the SK, the Moscow group "studied religious literature... propagandising Jehovah's Witnesses teachings". Russian police raid Jehovah's Witnesses' homes 2020-11-24T05:00:00Z The report also cites Myanmar’s displacement of 14,500 Rohingya Muslims and Tajikistan’s increasing control over religious education travel and its continued refusal to recognize Jehovah’s Witnesses. Religious persecution increasing, Pew Research Center report finds 2020-11-11T05:00:00Z In addition, he said, Jehovah’s Witnesses are banned in 34 countries and it is reportedly difficult or illegal to run a humanist organization in over 30 countries. UN investigator: Rights of minorities to worship undermined 2020-11-04T05:00:00Z In addition, he said, Jehovah’s Witnesses are banned in 34 countries and it is reportedly difficult or illegal to run a humanist organization in over 30 countries. UN investigator: Rights of minorities to worship undermined 2020-11-04T05:00:00Z Jehovah’s Witnesses are also known for their door-to-door preaching, close Bible study, and rejection of blood transfusions. Eritrea frees 28 Jehovah's Witnesses prisoners, group says 2020-12-07T05:00:00Z A senior Orthodox cleric, Metropolitan Hilarion, called the Jehovah's Witnesses a "totalitarian sect" on Russian TV. Russian police raid Jehovah's Witnesses' homes 2020-11-24T05:00:00Z “We hope the respective authorities will soon allow Jehovah’s Witnesses the freedom to peacefully practice their Christian faith, as they do in more than 200 other lands around the world.” Religious persecution increasing, Pew Research Center report finds 2020-11-11T05:00:00Z Mr. Bremberg referred to Russia’s continued crackdown on Jehovah’s Witnesses and China’s closing a square in front of a Tibetan monastery to worshippers while keeping it open to tourists during the pandemic. Trump officials tout religious liberty successes 2020-10-27T04:00:00Z “We wept together when we discussed how we were going to live separated for three years,” said his wife, Kim Seo-young, who is also a Jehovah’s Witness. In South Korea, Draft Resisters Still Go to Prison. But Now It’s a Job. 2020-10-24T04:00:00Z “We are pleased that they were not imprisoned. Yet it remains a gross injustice for them to be convicted simply for their peaceful Christian worship,” said Jarrod Lopes, spokesman for Jehovah’s Witnesses, in a statement. Climactic week for Jehovah’s Witnesses in Russia 2020-10-09T04:00:00Z The final crime was a bomb that ripped apart a Jehovah’s Witnesses hall, killing Graham Wykes and injuring 13 other members of the congregation which had offered support to Warwick’s former wife. Man imprisoned for life for Sydney violence targeting judges 2020-09-02T04:00:00Z “Jehovah’s Witnesses in some countries are jailed and even tortured, not for what they have done, but simply for who they are,” said Jarrod Lopes, a spokesman for the faith group. Religious persecution increasing, Pew Research Center report finds 2020-11-11T05:00:00Z “I used to be a Jehovah’s Witness kid,” he said. Chargers will have a new but familiar Spanish-language radio voice this season 2020-08-16T04:00:00Z SEOUL, South Korea — Like thousands of other Jehovah’s Witnesses who refused to join the military because of their religious beliefs, Lee Seung-ki will serve time in a South Korean prison. In South Korea, Draft Resisters Still Go to Prison. But Now It’s a Job. 2020-10-24T04:00:00Z Dozens of religious scholars released a statement a week ago calling on Russian President Vladimir Putin to halt police action against the estimated 175,000 Jehovah’s Witnesses in Russia. Climactic week for Jehovah’s Witnesses in Russia 2020-10-09T04:00:00Z The U.S. and British delegations to a European security organization are attacking Russia’s human rights record, one week after armed Russian authorities raided more than 100 homes of Jehovah’s Witnesses. American, British diplomats turn up heat on Russia after massive raids on Jehovah’s Witnesses 2020-07-24T04:00:00Z The report also flags persecution of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Russia, which has confiscated up to $90 million in property from the group. Religious persecution increasing, Pew Research Center report finds 2020-11-11T05:00:00Z The final crime was a bomb which ripped apart a Jehovah’s Witnesses hall, killing Graham Wykes and injuring 13 other members of the congregation which had offered support to Warwick’s former wife. Australian judge convicts ex-firefighter in 1980s murders 2020-07-23T04:00:00Z Others incarcerated there included political prisoners, accused criminals, people suspected of homosexual activity and Jehovah’s Witnesses. Verdict due in German trial of former Nazi SS camp guard 2020-07-23T04:00:00Z Russia releases Jehovah's Witness convicted of being 'extremist' Andrew Cuomo defends destruction of U.S. monuments: 'It's a healthy expression' Battle Creek police: Enforcing fireworks law is difficult 2020-06-24T04:00:00Z Last week, Russian authorities took credit for 110 searches of Jehovah’s Witnesses in the Voronezh Region. American, British diplomats turn up heat on Russia after massive raids on Jehovah’s Witnesses 2020-07-24T04:00:00Z China conducting covert biological weapons research, State Dept. says Russia releases Jehovah's Witness convicted of being 'extremist' Racial equality groups grapple with surge in donations 2020-06-24T04:00:00Z He was raised to be a Jehovah’s Witness missionary, but rebelled. Why Some State Universities Are Seeing an Influx 2020-06-22T04:00:00Z Russia releases Jehovah's Witness convicted of being 'extremist' Rhode Island moves toward changing official state name: 'It carries a horrific connotation' Storm damage to delay Colorado railroad’s service for months 2020-06-23T04:00:00Z Russia releases Jehovah's Witness convicted of being 'extremist' House agrees to shield Louisiana schools from COVID lawsuits 2020-06-23T04:00:00Z A spokesman for the Jehovah’s Witness faith decried the attacks as the “largest series of raids” in modern Russia. American, British diplomats turn up heat on Russia after massive raids on Jehovah’s Witnesses 2020-07-24T04:00:00Z Russia releases Jehovah's Witness convicted of being 'extremist' Judge rules in favor of education funding ballot initiative 2020-06-23T04:00:00Z Russia releases Jehovah's Witness convicted of being 'extremist' Rhode Island moves toward changing official state name: 'It carries a horrific connotation' Charges: Minnesota trooper sent woman’s nude photos to phone 2020-06-23T04:00:00Z The Jehovah’s Witnesses say 353 adherents are facing criminal cases in Russia, 34 are imprisoned and 24 are under house arrest. Imprisoned Jehovah’s Witness gets early release in Russia 2020-06-23T04:00:00Z Even President Vladimir Putin questioned in December 2018 what was happening: “Jehovah’s Witnesses are Christians too. I don’t quite understand why they are persecuted. So this should be looked into. This must be done.” Opinion | Christians are being unjustly imprisoned. Where is Bible-toting Trump? 2020-06-12T04:00:00Z She’s relearned how to cook and, before the pandemic, studied with Jehovah’s Witnesses in her home. ‘Hard to be home’: Real house arrest veterans mull isolation 2020-05-06T04:00:00Z Jehovah’s Witnesses — with 1.3 million members in the U.S. who hand out brochures on sidewalks and subway platforms and ring doorbells — are one of the most visible religious groups in the nation. ‘People Would Be So Receptive Right Now, and We Can’t Knock on Doors.’ 2020-04-19T04:00:00Z The State Department’s point person on religious liberty is calling for the Jehovah’s Witnesses imprisoned in Russia to be released. Brownback calls on Russia to release Jehovah’s Witnesses 2020-04-17T04:00:00Z In Russia, the political prisoners include 26 Jehovah’s Witnesses in pretrial detention and eight in penal colonies. Opinion | The pandemic threatens imprisoned dissidents and journalists everywhere. They must be freed. 2020-04-03T04:00:00Z He should demand that Russia release the Jehovah’s Witnesses and leave them in peace. Opinion | Christians are being unjustly imprisoned. Where is Bible-toting Trump? 2020-06-12T04:00:00Z It’s been 27 years since I left the Jehovah’s Witnesses. Perspective | Prepping for coronavirus is just like prepping for Doomsday 2020-03-20T04:00:00Z And so she and many other Jehovah’s Witness members were more compelled than ever to witness any way they could. ‘People Would Be So Receptive Right Now, and We Can’t Knock on Doors.’ 2020-04-19T04:00:00Z “We call on Russia to release #religiousprisoners and #politicalprisoners, including all Jehovah’s Witnesses persecuted on account of their faith,” wrote Sam Brownback, the U.S. ambassador for International Religious Freedom, in a tweet Thursday. Brownback calls on Russia to release Jehovah’s Witnesses 2020-04-17T04:00:00Z She also allegedly tossed an explosive into a Jehovah’s Witness Kingdom Hall in Glen Burnie. Police: Woman threw Molotov cocktails into places of worship 2020-03-13T04:00:00Z Now, Amnesty International officials contend, the “repressive legal framework” against Jehovah’s Witnesses inside Russia is being replicated in Crimea, as well. Jehovah’s Witness’ 6-year prison sentence in Crimea condemned by religious rights groups 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z I became a Jehovah’s Witness at age 11, after two proselytizers from a local congregation drove up the mountain road to our family’s isolated farm outside Elkins, Ark., and knocked on the door. Perspective | Prepping for coronavirus is just like prepping for Doomsday 2020-03-20T04:00:00Z Elsewhere, in places like New York where infections were starting to climb, Jehovah’s Witness members were feeling the pinch on their ministries. ‘People Would Be So Receptive Right Now, and We Can’t Knock on Doors.’ 2020-04-19T04:00:00Z In March, FSB agents in Russia ransacked the home of another Jehovah’s Witness six days after his death from heart failure, according to the religion’s news site. Brownback calls on Russia to release Jehovah’s Witnesses 2020-04-17T04:00:00Z With her father, a Jehovah’s Witness, she went door to door selling copies of the magazines The Watchtower and Awake! and learned valuable lessons along the way. B. Smith, Model Turned Restaurateur and Lifestyle Guru, Dies at 70 2020-02-23T05:00:00Z Earlier this year, Human Rights Watch also called on the Russian government to cease prosecution of Jehovah’s Witnesses. Jehovah’s Witness’ 6-year prison sentence in Crimea condemned by religious rights groups 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z I wasn’t the only Jehovah’s Witness who struggled to distinguish between the spiritual preparations for Armageddon that church leaders urged and the physical preparations that felt instinctive in the face of a massive catastrophe. Perspective | Prepping for coronavirus is just like prepping for Doomsday 2020-03-20T04:00:00Z The work may seem like a lot of rejection, but Lane spent years going door to door as a Jehovah’s Witness. How group led to ‘free speech booth’ at St. Louis airport 2020-02-21T05:00:00Z Commission on International Religious Freedom found that persecution of religious adherents remains widespread, affecting evangelical Christians, Jehovah’s Witnesses, Muslims and other minority groups. Pompeo: Religious Freedom Alliance will stop bad actors, advocate for persecuted 2020-02-19T05:00:00Z “One thing about being a Jehovah’s Witness,” she often said, “you learn to talk to people.” B. Smith, Model Turned Restaurateur and Lifestyle Guru, Dies at 70 2020-02-23T05:00:00Z Heather Meisel, 43, was charged Friday after she told investigators that she damaged the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Glen Burnie to “send a message,” the Capital Gazette reported, citing charging records. Woman accused of damaging Jehovah’s Witnesses worship place 2020-02-15T05:00:00Z Such desires were deeply discouraged by the Jehovah’s Witnesses, whose mantra is “be no part of this world.” Perspective | Prepping for coronavirus is just like prepping for Doomsday 2020-03-20T04:00:00Z Russian officers applied electric shocks to a captive Jehovah’s Witness this week, a spokesman for the World Headquarters of Jehovah’s Witness in New York said. Jehovah’s Witness ‘tortured for his faith’ in Russian prison, group says 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z Jarrod Lopes, a spokesman for the Jehovah's Witnesses world headquarters in the United States, said the group is "greatly disturbed" by a growing list of members reportedly being tortured. Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia claim they were 'choked, beat and tasered' by authorities: report 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z Earlier this week the police raided some 40 homes of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Chita, a city in southern Siberia, and arrested four members of the group. More Jehovah’s Witnesses convicted, tortured in Russia 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z More than 200 Jehovah's Witnesses were added to the register, which currently contains more than 9,500 names. Russia adds 200 Jehovah's Witnesses to 'extremism,' 'terrorism' list 2020-02-07T05:00:00Z My major shortcoming as a Jehovah’s Witness was that I couldn’t welcome Armageddon as “good news.” Perspective | Prepping for coronavirus is just like prepping for Doomsday 2020-03-20T04:00:00Z “We are greatly disturbed by the news that our friend and brother Vadim was tortured for his faith,” Jehovah’s Witnesses spokesman Jarrod Lopes said in a statement Thursday evening. Jehovah’s Witness ‘tortured for his faith’ in Russian prison, group says 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z Brooks, along with other former Jehovah’s Witnesses who claimed they were abused within the organization, are participating in a new docuseries on Oxygen titled “The Witnesses.” Ex-Jehovah’s Witness recounts sexual abuse in doc, organization denies trying to cover it up 2020-02-07T05:00:00Z Jarrod Lopes, a spokesman for the Jehovah’s Witnesses world headquarters in the United States, said Friday that Russian authorities are “vilifying Jehovah’s Witnesses, crippling them from caring for their basic needs.” Russia blacklists over 200 Jehovah’s Witnesses 2020-02-07T05:00:00Z Rosfinmonitoring officials would neither confirm nor deny blacklisting Jehovah's Witnesses to The Associated Press, saying that they add people to the register based on the information law enforcement provides them with. Russia adds 200 Jehovah's Witnesses to 'extremism,' 'terrorism' list 2020-02-07T05:00:00Z Russia convicts 2 Jehovah's Witnesses: A court in eastern Siberia convicted two Jehovah's Witnesses of extremism because of their membership in the religious group, the latest in a wave of crackdowns on the organization. World Digest: Feb. 4, 2020 2020-02-04T05:00:00Z In January, a Russian judge lamented that Jehovah’s Witnesses were “reluctant to comply with some basic laws of society,” according to a partial transcript. Jehovah’s Witness ‘tortured for his faith’ in Russian prison, group says 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z Brooks, a fourth-generation follower of the faith, met them through the Yorkana Kingdom Hall of the Jehovah’s Witnesses, in York, PA. Ex-Jehovah’s Witness recounts sexual abuse in doc, organization denies trying to cover it up 2020-02-07T05:00:00Z The Associated Press was able to identify at least two dozens Jehovah’s Witnesses on the list. Russia blacklists over 200 Jehovah’s Witnesses 2020-02-07T05:00:00Z “Jehovah’s Witnesses are Christians, too, so I don’t quite understand why persecute them,” Putin said at a meeting with the Presidential Council for Human Rights. Russia convicts 2 Jehovah’s Witnesses amid crackdown 2020-02-04T05:00:00Z "The way that Jehovah's Witnesses handle matters within the congregation, it's a closed shop," he told the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire programme. Jehovah's Witnesses sued over 'child sex abuse' 2020-02-04T05:00:00Z In 2017, a Russian high court declared Jehovah’s Witnesses to be “extremists,” leading to the large number of arrests. Jehovah’s Witness ‘tortured for his faith’ in Russian prison, group says 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z “The whole experience was traumatic. In her case, she didn’t do anything wrong. She just didn’t want to be a Jehovah’s Witness anymore.” Ex-Jehovah’s Witness recounts sexual abuse in doc, organization denies trying to cover it up 2020-02-07T05:00:00Z Rosfinmonitoring officials would neither confirm nor deny blacklisting Jehovah’s Witnesses to The Associated Press, saying that they add people to the register based on the information law enforcement provides them with. Russia blacklists over 200 Jehovah’s Witnesses 2020-02-07T05:00:00Z “Russian authorities today are following in the footsteps of their Soviet predecessors,” Jarrod Lopes, spokesman for the Jehovah’s Witnesses world headquarters in Warwick, New York, said in a statement. 3 Jehovah’s Witnesses convicted in Russia amid crackdown 2020-01-27T05:00:00Z "I know for a fact now that there are parents that haven't done anything about the abuse of their children by others because they don't want to bring reproach on Jehovah's name." Jehovah's Witnesses sued over 'child sex abuse' 2020-02-04T05:00:00Z Jarrod Lopes, a spokesman for the Jehovah’s Witnesses world headquarters in the United States, said Friday the group was happy the two believers were not sent to prison. Russian court imposes fines on 2 Jehovah’s Witnesses 2020-01-24T05:00:00Z The outlet claimed there was a lack of cooperation from the Jehovah’s Witnesses who declined to comply when county detectives showed up with a search warrant. Ex-Jehovah’s Witness recounts sexual abuse in doc, organization denies trying to cover it up 2020-02-07T05:00:00Z “Jehovah’s Witnesses are Christians, too, so I don’t quite understand why persecute them,” Putin said at a meeting with the Presidential Council for Human Rights in 2018. Russia blacklists over 200 Jehovah’s Witnesses 2020-02-07T05:00:00Z Last year, 18 Jehovah’s Witnesses in Russia received sentences ranging from large fines to imprisonment. Jehovah’s Witnesses blast church member’s sentence by Russian court 2020-01-21T05:00:00Z The Charity Commission has been investigating the Jehovah's Witnesses organisation since 2013. Jehovah's Witnesses sued over 'child sex abuse' 2020-02-04T05:00:00Z Consider the worsening plight of the Jehovah’s Witnesses in Russia. Opinion | Russia’s prisoners of conscience are an ugly continuity of the Soviet Union 2020-01-17T05:00:00Z The attorney for the Jehovah’s Witnesses, Joel Taylor, said in a statement that there are no winners in a case involving child abuse. Court reverses $35M verdict against Jehovah’s Witnesses 2020-01-08T05:00:00Z However, the state’s high court said in its 7-0 decision that the Jehovah’s Witnesses fall under an exemption to that law in this case. Court reverses $35M verdict against Jehovah’s Witnesses 2020-01-08T05:00:00Z The recent crackdown was sparked by an April 2017 ruling by the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation that labeled Jehovah’s Witnesses as an extremist group and ordered that it be disbanded. Jehovah’s Witnesses blast church member’s sentence by Russian court 2020-01-21T05:00:00Z After the ruling, charges against hundreds of men, mostly Jehovah's Witnesses refused to serve, were dropped. South Korea to pardon conscientious objectors 2019-12-30T05:00:00Z You see, I was brought up as a Jehovah’s Witness and believed I would die in 1976 when Armageddon came. My 60th isn’t ‘just another birthday’. It’s a turning point | Kit de Waal 2019-12-25T05:00:00Z Tragically, it happens, and when it does Jehovah’s Witnesses follow the law. Court reverses $35M verdict against Jehovah’s Witnesses 2020-01-08T05:00:00Z Jehovah’s Witness officials did not immediately respond to an email requesting comment. Court reverses $35M verdict against Jehovah’s Witnesses 2020-01-08T05:00:00Z Last month, Russian authorities reported on an underground group of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Murmansk, a northwest city on the Barents Sea. Jehovah’s Witnesses blast church member’s sentence by Russian court 2020-01-21T05:00:00Z Mr. Lopes characterized the current Russian crackdown on Jehovah’s Witnesses to the Soviet era. Russia sentences Jehovah’s Witness to six years in prison 2019-12-13T05:00:00Z Seventh Fleet, where he was known by the radio call sign Jehovah and directed more than 150 ships in bombing operations against North Vietnam. James Holloway, decorated aviator and Navy’s former top admiral, dies at 97 2019-11-28T05:00:00Z Although Williams is a devout Jehovah’s Witness, and Court is a pastor of her own church in Perth, Western Australia, they share little beyond religious fervour. Will Margaret Court’s presence inspire Serena Williams to equal her record? | Kevin Mitchell 2019-11-12T05:00:00Z Simmons said the prison failed to grant her full access to worship services as a Jehovah’s Witness. Montana, Jehovah’s Witness settle discrimination complaint 2019-11-07T05:00:00Z His supporters say he was never part of the legal entities of Jehovah’s Witnesses that were banned and liquidated in Russia in 2017. Jehovah’s Witnesses blast church member’s sentence by Russian court 2020-01-21T05:00:00Z The patient was a Jehovah’s Witness, and therefore couldn’t be given blood. Paging Dr. Robot 2019-09-23T04:00:00Z The State Department criticized Russian authorities Saturday over this week's jailing of six Jehovah's Witnesses for up to three-and-a-half years. State Dept. condemns Russia's jailing of six Jehovah's witnesses for 'peaceful religious practice' 2019-09-21T04:00:00Z In the southern city of Saratov, for example, a court on Thursday sentenced six Jehovah’s Witness followers to jail terms of between two years and three and a half years for “extremism.” Pressed by Public Outcry, Russia Releases Jailed Actor 2019-09-20T04:00:00Z Officials are still searching for suspects in a string of arsons and a gunfire attack on Jehovah’s Witnesses halls in Thurston and Pierce counties. Suspects sought in attacks on Puget Sound Jehovah’s Witnesses halls 2019-09-06T04:00:00Z Prince had become a Jehovah’s Witness around 2001, and had stopped playing his raciest hits. The Book of Prince 2019-09-02T04:00:00Z Mr. Trump refrains from even the slightest lament about violations of free speech and religion in Russia under President Vladimir Putin, including the persecution of Jehovah’s Witnesses. Opinion | Why redefine U.S. policy on human rights? 2019-08-23T04:00:00Z "Deeply concerned by Russian court decision to jail six Jehovah's Witnesses in Saratov for peaceful religious practice," spokesperson Morgan Ortagus wrote on Twitter. State Dept. condemns Russia's jailing of six Jehovah's witnesses for 'peaceful religious practice' 2019-09-21T04:00:00Z While Lu found solace in music, she also felt constrained by the strict boundaries and confines of the Jehovah’s Witness faith her parents enforced. How Kelsey Lu found her tribe among L.A.'s black art scene 2019-08-21T04:00:00Z Officials believe the person or people responsible for the attacks likely expressed their grievances related to the Jehovah’s Witnesses community before acting on them. Suspects sought in attacks on Puget Sound Jehovah’s Witnesses halls 2019-09-06T04:00:00Z His mother was a Jehovah’s Witness who despised his photos and threw out his artwork when he was a teenager, which led him to moving away from home. Alvin Baltrop: remembering New York's forgotten queer photographer 2019-08-19T04:00:00Z A message seeking comment was left with the Jehovah’s Witnesses national organization. New York sex abuse cases: A look at lawsuits filed Wednesday 2019-08-14T04:00:00Z "We urge Russia to respect its citizens' rights to religious freedom and stop falsely accusing Jehovah's Witnesses of extremism." State Dept. condemns Russia's jailing of six Jehovah's witnesses for 'peaceful religious practice' 2019-09-21T04:00:00Z Growing up, her grandparents had whispered about the realm of evil spirits, but her mother, a devout Jehovah’s Witness, discouraged her daughter from ever talking about them. On a vast reservation, female Navajo officers patrol with bulletproof vests and protective amulets 2019-08-13T04:00:00Z He reconnected with his faith as a Jehovah’s Witness, a religion inherited from his beloved grandmother, and was baptized in the prison chapel. Running to Put San Quentin Behind Him 2019-08-08T04:00:00Z Seventh-day Adventists, Jehovah’s Witnesses and other Christian denominations, along with Jews, would benefit from a new schedule that allows a religious exemption for Saturday contests, the lawsuit states. High school tennis player sues league for religious discrimination 2019-08-08T04:00:00Z The resolution cites some, including Russia’s ban on Jehovah’s Witnesses as an “extremist organization,” the detention of nearly a million Uighur Muslims in northwest China, and Pakistan’s use of wide-ranging blasphemy laws. Bipartisan duo in House call for end to blasphemy laws around the world 2019-07-27T04:00:00Z Victims of violence, in incidents cited in the report, include Jehovah’s Witnesses in Ukraine and a rabbi and a Muslim woman in Belgium. Government restrictions on religion increasing worldwide 2019-07-15T04:00:00Z Raised as a Jehovah’s Witness in Vancouver, the author moved to China in her mid-twenties to convert people there. Briefly Noted Book Reviews 2019-07-15T04:00:00Z The baby's mother is a Jehovah's Witness and opposes the procedure. High Court rules baby must have transfusion 2019-07-04T04:00:00Z For Cooper, those ranged from losing his mother, to questioning his Jehovah’s Witness upbringing to worrying about his career and romantic relationships. Holocaust Museum digitizing letters from Anne Frank’s father 2019-06-11T04:00:00Z All told, 207 Jehovah’s Witnesses are now facing criminal prosecution in Russia for their faith, and detentions are continuing, including in recent days in Makhachkala and Sevastopol. Opinion | Putin touts Christianity. So why is Russia persecuting Christians? 2019-06-06T04:00:00Z A Redditor who posted information about a Jehovah’s Witness-affiliated organization has won the right to defend themselves in court under a pseudonym. Redditor wins right to use anonymous screen name in copyright case 2019-05-23T04:00:00Z That is why Jehovah’s Witnesses are not allowed to refuse their children life-saving blood transfusions in British hospitals. The Guardian view on religious freedom: protect believers | Editorial 2019-04-22T04:00:00Z Jehovah's Witnesses traditionally object to blood transfusions and treatment with blood products. High Court rules baby must have transfusion 2019-07-04T04:00:00Z But leaders across Venezuela’s faith traditions — Catholic, evangelical Christians, Jehovah’s Witnesses, Mormons, Buddhists — say they’ve seen crowds at services jump in recent months. Short of electricity, food and water, Venezuelans return to religion 2019-04-12T04:00:00Z Jehovah’s Witnesses are not violent, extremist or criminal. Opinion | Putin touts Christianity. So why is Russia persecuting Christians? 2019-06-06T04:00:00Z The Electronic Frontier Foundation, which represented the user known only as Darkspilver, successfully argued that unmasking them put them at risk of being cast out by their Jehovah’s Witness community. Redditor wins right to use anonymous screen name in copyright case 2019-05-23T04:00:00Z Then, the court’s conservatives were united in their view that Seventh-day Adventists, the Amish, Jehovah’s Witnesses and other members of religious minorities could not claim that their religious rights trumped generally applicable laws. Supreme Court revisits wedding cakes and same-sex marriages 2019-04-11T04:00:00Z Between 1938 and 1945, you may recall, it went to the mass murder of 11 million human beings — homosexuals, Slavs, Jehovah’s Witnesses, socialists and, most infamously, Jews. The road of hatred goes where it goes 2019-03-20T04:00:00Z “We left out the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, we left out Wiccans, we left out Jehovah’s Witnesses, we left out disabled people!” House Votes to Condemn All Hate as Anti-Semitism Debate Overshadows Congress 2019-03-07T05:00:00Z The Jehovah’s Witnesses eschew subservience to the state; they refuse military service, do not vote and view God as the only true leader. Opinion | Russia’s persecution of Jehovah’s Witnesses is reviving dark practices of the past 2019-03-02T05:00:00Z While the first attack took place in March 2017, eight months before the special aired, the Church of Scientology insisted that reports of Remini looking into the Jehovah’s Witnesses were enough to incite hate. John Travolta says Scientology helped him cope with teen son’s death 2019-01-24T05:00:00Z Every year since 2010, Jehovah’s Witnesses congregations from New Jersey and New York have met there once a year. Mountain for Rent: $4,500 a Day 2019-01-04T05:00:00Z The Seattle Division of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives said Saturday the agency determined the fire at the Jehovah's Witness Kingdom Hall in Lacey was an arson. Jehovah's Witness halls in Washington state targeted by arson attacks, at least 5 since March 2018-12-10T05:00:00Z Mission work can be done around the world or around the block, by handing out tracts and knocking on doors, like the Jehovah’s Witnesses. American’s Death Revives Evangelical Debate Over Extreme Missionary Work 2018-12-02T05:00:00Z The latest assault on the Jehovah’s Witnesses is particularly shocking. Opinion | Russia’s persecution of Jehovah’s Witnesses is reviving dark practices of the past 2019-03-02T05:00:00Z The release followed a landmark ruling Nov. 1 by South Korea’s Supreme Court that acquitted a member of the Jehovah’s Witnesses for refusing conscription. World Digest: Nov. 30, 2018 2018-11-30T05:00:00Z Ms. Brock, the organizer for the Jehovah’s Witnesses, said that 100 people signed up for the first trip. Mountain for Rent: $4,500 a Day 2019-01-04T05:00:00Z When her mother returned, the family moved to Washington and became Jehovah’s Witnesses. Cancer Pushes New York’s ‘First Girlfriend,’ Sandra Lee, Onto Political Stage 2018-11-27T05:00:00Z Du Bois wrote: “Make way for democracy! We saved it in France, and by the Great Jehovah, we will save it in the United States of America.” Opinion | The War That Never Ended 2018-11-10T05:00:00Z Seven of those detained were tortured between interrogation sessions in Surgut on the first floor of the Russian Investigative Committee’s offices, a spokesman for the Jehovah’s Witnesses said. Opinion | Russia’s persecution of Jehovah’s Witnesses is reviving dark practices of the past 2019-03-02T05:00:00Z Johnson hasn’t been able to reach them by cellphone, and fellow members of the couple’s Jehovah’s Witnesses congregation in Paradise told her they have not seem them at shelters. Pleas flood social media with loved ones missing after fire 2018-11-09T05:00:00Z Johnson hasn't been able to reach them by cellphone, and fellow members of the couple's Jehovah's Witnesses congregation in Paradise told her they have not seem them at shelters. Pleas flood social media with loved ones missing after fire 2018-11-09T05:00:00Z Others incarcerated there included criminals, political prisoners, homosexuals and Jehovah's Witnesses. Former Nazi SS camp guard, 94, goes on trial in Germany 2018-11-06T05:00:00Z Hundreds of young men, mostly Jehovah's Witnesses, are imprisoned every year for refusing to serve in the military under South Korea's conscription system. World Digest: Nov. 1, 2018 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z But he has been silent about the latest brutality against Jehovah’s Witnesses. Opinion | Russia’s persecution of Jehovah’s Witnesses is reviving dark practices of the past 2019-03-02T05:00:00Z Others incarcerated there included career criminals, political prisoners, homosexuals and Jehovah's Witnesses. Stutthof Nazi camp guard going on trial in Germany 2018-10-05T04:00:00Z In 2011, Mitchell was criticized over what the Phoenix New Times newspaper called a “slap-on-the-wrist” plea deal for an elder in the Jehovah’s Witness church who had abused a Phoenix teenager. Who is the Arizona prosecutor chosen to question Kavanaugh and his... 2018-09-26T04:00:00Z The BMW then raced down the highway, blasting through a red light as its occupants chanted “Jehovah” over and over. Demons and armageddon: details emerge in naked kidnapping case 2018-09-25T04:00:00Z He was born in Omaha, Nebraska, into a family of Jehovah’s Witnesses so protective he wasn’t fully conscious of his race and its meaning until his late teens. 'It's hidden history': the race to save one man's black Americana 2018-08-28T04:00:00Z Avoid the jacket-and-tie look, so voters — wary enough of Democrats — do not think they are looking at a Jehovah’s Witness. Trump Won Pennsylvania. Democrats Want the State (and His Voters) Back. 2018-08-19T04:00:00Z The Nazis proceeded through the the destruction of Jews, socialists, Romany people, LGBTQIA+ communities, people with disabilities, Jehovah’s Witnesses and many others. Five human rights we should enjoy – while we still can | Van Badham 2018-07-16T04:00:00Z He attended Jehovah’s Witnesses meetings with his mother several times a week and sometimes went door to door, seeking converts. Joseph Jackson, pop-music patriarch who guided his children to stardom, dies at 89 2018-06-27T04:00:00Z She was a singer who brought her children, though not her husband, to the Jehovah’s Witness faith. Joe Jackson, patriarch of musical family of pop stars, dies at 89 2018-06-27T04:00:00Z Their mother was a devout Jehovah’s Witness, fond of getting her kids to pore over the Watchtower’s illustrations of the imminent armageddon. Joe Jackson was one of the most monstrous fathers in pop 2018-06-27T04:00:00Z In Under the Bridge, Rebecca Godfrey, who also grew up in Victoria, writes that Reena was increasingly frustrated with life as a Jehovah's Witness. Obituary: The mother who forgave her daughter's killer 2018-06-23T04:00:00Z Those detained include Muslims who follow a Turkish cleric, Jehovah Witnesses, and members of the Church of Scientology, he said. Ukrainian film director on hunger strike in a Russian prison casts dark cloud over World Cup 2018-06-19T04:00:00Z Both Mooney and Suzuki left in cloudy circumstances – the former had a nervous breakdown, the latter joined the Jehovah’s Witnesses – and it’s tempting to wonder if day-to-day life in Can wasn’t a contributory factor. 'I grew up in total ruins': Irmin Schmidt of Can on LSD, mourning and musical adventures 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z Jehovah’s Witnesses are members of a Christian religious movement. Jehovah's Witnesses accused of silencing victims of child abuse 2018-03-25T04:00:00Z They also used green spray paint to deface a statue of an angel outside and to write the words "Jehovah Lives" and an Old Testament verse, 2 Kings 19:35, about the killing of Assyrians. Boyle Heights church damaged in fire 2018-01-25T05:00:00Z Reena was raised a Jehovah's Witness, which was unusual among the area's Indian community, and as a result she did not celebrate birthdays or Christmas. Obituary: The mother who forgave her daughter's killer 2018-06-23T04:00:00Z The prosecutor thanked the Jehovah’s Witness congregation in Lebanon for its help in the case and support of the victim. Oregon man, 80, convicted of sex abuse 2018-01-22T05:00:00Z They painted over her face and scrawled “Jehovah” across her body, Gaestel said. Vandalism at Pasadena church set ablaze last week follows a recent pattern 2018-01-20T05:00:00Z Jehovah’s Witnesses base their beliefs only on the text of the Bible and ignore “mere human speculations or religious creeds”. Jehovah's Witnesses accused of silencing victims of child abuse 2018-03-25T04:00:00Z In the most famous case, the court during World War II said the children of Jehovah’s Witnesses may not be forced to salute and pledge their allegiance to the American flag. Ghost of Justice Scalia looms as Supreme Court debates religion and civil rights law 2017-12-11T05:00:00Z The first case, decided in 1943, upheld the right of Jehovah’s Witnesses to opt out of a daily flag salute ceremony at school. A school in Louisiana bans protests during the national anthem 2017-09-29T04:00:00Z However, to Jehovah’s Witnesses the flag was an “image,” which, under their religious beliefs, their children were forbidden to salute. Opinion | This is what the flag stands for, Mr. President 2017-09-24T04:00:00Z In a famous case from World War II, the justices ruled that children of Jehovah’s Witnesses cannot be compelled to salute the flag at school. Colorado cake maker asks Supreme Court to provide a religious liberty right to refuse gay couple 2017-09-12T04:00:00Z In a statement, the Jehovah’s Witnesses said that safeguarding children was of the utmost importance. Jehovah's Witnesses accused of silencing victims of child abuse 2018-03-25T04:00:00Z Better to serve out his sentence, he decided, than to tell such a soul-searing lie, especially after his in-prison conversion to the Jehovah’s Witness faith. An innocent man serving 24 years in prison who bears no grudges 2017-09-08T04:00:00Z They may not believe in Jehovah or Jesus, but they certainly believe in Old Testament-style wrath against sinners. Texas, Thou Hast Sinned 2017-08-31T04:00:00Z Ms. Bonilla wasn’t sure what her mother, a Jehovah’s Witness whom she saw as very pious and conservative, would think of her business. Women of Sex Tech, Unite 2017-08-18T04:00:00Z This is because Jehovah's Witnesses believe those outside the religion can be of detriment to their faith. The ex-Jehovah's Witnesses shunned by their families - BBC News 2017-07-24T04:00:00Z “The Jehovah’s Witnesses should lose their charity status as they are not protecting children,” she added. Jehovah's Witnesses accused of silencing victims of child abuse 2018-03-25T04:00:00Z The procedures also don’t require blood to be transfused, opening up them to groups that eschew transfusions such as Jehovah’s Witnesses. Orthopedists tap innovative procedures to treat patients 2017-07-21T04:00:00Z Judaism was not selected as they saw in the destruction of Jerusalem evidence Jehovah had turned his back of the Jewish people. Vladimir Putin takes an Orthodox route to cement power 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z The Daniels couple are members of Jehovah’s Witnesses, and Jack has scaled back his involvement with the organization since the move. EXCHANGE: Downsizing to make room for life’s next chapter 2017-05-13T04:00:00Z But two years ago, he was disfellowshipped after he missed a Jehovah's Witness memorial service - seen in the religion as an important event. The ex-Jehovah's Witnesses shunned by their families - BBC News 2017-07-24T04:00:00Z Other former Jehovah’s Witnesses told how they were forced to share personal sexual experiences at a young age, after breaking rules set by the religion. Jehovah's Witnesses accused of silencing victims of child abuse 2018-03-25T04:00:00Z Last month, the Supreme Court banned Jehovah’s Witnesses, describing the denomination as an extremist organization. Russian Who Played Pokémon Go in Church Is Convicted of Inciting Hatred 2017-05-11T04:00:00Z In passing, he notes the irony that the precedent which is often imagined as establishing this category involved an antiwar Jehovah’s Witness describing a police officer as a “fascist”. Burst your bubble: five conservative takes on free speech 2017-05-04T04:00:00Z “I asked Mr Putin to utilise his influence to protect these minority rights, as well as in the case of Jehovah’s Witnesses,” she said. Merkel presses Putin over anti-gay purge in Chechnya 2017-05-02T04:00:00Z She says she is yet to find a former Jehovah's Witness who has not experienced depression, alcoholism, suicidal feelings or self-harm. The ex-Jehovah's Witnesses shunned by their families - BBC News 2017-07-24T04:00:00Z Stephanie, a former Jehovah’s Witness, said that when she reported her own experience of domestic violence she was told by elders to do nothing. Jehovah's Witnesses accused of silencing victims of child abuse 2018-03-25T04:00:00Z Prince became a Jehovah’s Witness in 2001, and was remarkably clean-living. Prince, one year on: what have we learned about the singer since his death? 2017-04-21T04:00:00Z According to Jehovah’s Witnesses, for example, various authorities “have linked the cross with nature worship and pagan sex rites.” Opinion | Five myths about the cross 2017-04-14T04:00:00Z He often worked knee-to-knee with his father, who trained him from a young age to be a devout Jehovah’s Witness and work 12-hour days. Heroin addicts struggle to get treatment in Missouri 2017-04-14T04:00:00Z Last year, Sarah - in her 20s - was excluded by the Jehovah's Witnesses in a process known as "disfellowshipping", she says sparked by her refusal to live in an abusive relationship. The ex-Jehovah's Witnesses shunned by their families - BBC News 2017-07-24T04:00:00Z Testolini was involved in his charitable foundation and a Jehovah’s Witnesses study group he attended while he and Garcia were still married but she was living mostly in Spain. No ‘tell-all,’ but Prince’s ex details their life in memoir 2017-04-10T04:00:00Z A 2008 New Yorker profile described Prince as “limping slightly”, and in 2009 he was rumoured to have turned down a double hip replacement, as Jehovah’s Witnesses may not receive blood transfusions. Prince, one year on: what have we learned about the singer since his death? 2017-04-21T04:00:00Z They told me that when I first knocked, softly, they assumed I was a Jehovah’s Witness, because they roam these halls politely tapping on doors. For 18 years, I thought she was stealing my identity. Until I found her 2017-04-03T04:00:00Z The writings said, “Bow down to Jehovah” and “Inferior God. Worthless carved image,” according to Lopez. Vandalism at West Covina church investigated as possible hate crime 2017-02-27T05:00:00Z Going to the police - and involving those from outside the religion - is heavily discouraged by Jehovah's Witnesses, she says, claiming that elders within the faith refused to punish her ex-partner's behaviour. The ex-Jehovah's Witnesses shunned by their families - BBC News 2017-07-24T04:00:00Z While she generally does not directly address political issues because of her Jehovah’s Witness faith, Williams has become an increasingly strong feminist commentator on issues of equality, particularly in sports. Nicole Gibbs Speaks Up on Social Issues in Tennis and Beyond 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z Recent deals include the $340 million acquisition of the Jehovah’s Witnesses’ headquarters in the shadow of the Brooklyn Bridge, and $345 million for a nearby plot of undeveloped land. Jared Kushner, a Trump In-Law and Adviser, Chases a Chinese Deal 2017-01-07T05:00:00Z As my mother was a Jehovah’s Witness, my childhood was devoid of all the usual opportunities for merrymaking. A new year that changed me: I gave up weed – and became a book addict instead | Kit de Waal 2017-01-02T05:00:00Z Media outlets report Volusia County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded Tuesday evening to reports of an intoxicated woman causing a disturbance at a Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses. Sheriff’s Office: Deltona woman attacks churchgoers 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z According to the Jehovah's Witnesses, the faith has more than 138,000 members in the UK, and more than eight million internationally. The ex-Jehovah's Witnesses shunned by their families - BBC News 2017-07-24T04:00:00Z Kushner worked with Abehsera on transforming a series of Brooklyn buildings formerly owned by the Jehovah’s Witnesses into a campus for technology companies, including Etsy, the online marketplace for craft products. Jared Kushner, the Trump son-in-law who's the next president's 'eyes and ears' 2016-11-25T05:00:00Z A memorial is planned at the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses on Oct. A founder of the New Orleans girl group The Dixie Cups dies 2016-10-11T04:00:00Z His mother, who was a devout Jehovah's Witness, would leave home while he was wearing one thing, but then he would go to the roof and he would change clothes. 'I will never get tired of seeing a bulletproof black man’: 'Luke Cage's' show runner on busting barriers 2016-10-01T04:00:00Z Recently, Jared and a group of partners acquired several vast properties in Brooklyn from the Jehovah’s Witnesses, for two billion dollars; they are filling them with hip, techie tenants such as Etsy and WeWork. Ivanka and Jared’s Power Play 2016-08-15T04:00:00Z For some former Jehovah's Witnesses, leaving the faith is not just the mark of losing your religion - it can also mean losing your loved ones. The ex-Jehovah's Witnesses shunned by their families - BBC News 2017-07-24T04:00:00Z Under this formulation, known as the “Sherbert test”, the court went on to vindicate Amish and Jehovah’s Witness litigants, decisions that liberals praised as much-needed judicial protection of vulnerable religious minorities. Left, right 2016-07-07T04:00:00Z |
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