Search this site powered by FreeFind         ApologeticsBible BrowsersBible HelpsBible StudyChurch HistoryDenominationsHeresy SearchMagazinesReligious BooksResourcesScienceSect's Homes PagesOther Links News for: Sunday, April 21, 2002 Sect News Opens Again...slowly Sect News Daily is slowly starting up again, posting links to articles pertaining to controversies and world changing events involving religious sects around the world. Unlike posting links everyday, Sect News Daily will actually be Sect News Weekly. A posting of all events ocurring within a one week period will now be posted. New postings will be up by Monday of each week. Please tell your friends and post a link to this site. Thank you! 7 Day Archive SUN | MON | TUE | WED | THU | FRI | SAT LETTERS FROM OUR VISITORS | WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS? ALASKA Earth Day observation also has spiritual meaning The Anchorage Daily News FLORIDA Satan ban is jeered, cheered The Associated Press MISSOURI Harry Potter to stay in city schools The Springfield News-Leader UTAH Joseph Smith Descendant at Helm of LDS Remnant Church The Salt Lake Tribune CHINA Chinese religious leaders support banning of Falun Gong The China Daily The Chinese religious delegation in Switzerland on a visit to Geneva said on Thursday that Chinese citizens enjoy full freedom of religious faith and the banning of Falun Gong is completely right because the cult encourages its practitioners to take their own lives and kill other people. GREAT BRITAIN Mandela appeals for aid in murder inquiry The Guardian Nelson Mandela yesterday appealed to fellow Africans to help British detectives investigate the killing of a boy whose torso was found floating in the river Thames last year. Police believe the boy, whom they call Adam, might have been the victim of a ritual "muti" killing, the first of its kind in Britain. Related article: Goal of human sacrifice The Guardian JAKARTA Three years of bloody Maluku conflicts leave nothing but disaster The Jakarta Post AMBON, Maluku -- Three years ago, a petty dispute between a local and two migrants in the Ambon capital of Maluku degenerated into a full-scale sectarian riot which up to this year has killed 9,000 people and forced more than 500,000 people out of their homes. MEXICO Storm Over Sainthood Rages in Mexico The Associated Press MEXICO CITY -- Pope John Paul II's plan to name Roman Catholicism's first Mexican Indian saint has opened divisions in this complex mosaic of a country where Indian and European traditions remain half-reconciled. South Africa More bad luck in witchcraft trial News24.com Durban - The bad luck which has marred a witchcraft trial in the Durban High Court and which has seen the death of eight people close to the trial over the past three years, continued on Monday when the trial had to be postponed because one of the accused was ill. TAIPEI Professor touts clairvoyance class The Taipei Times Youngsters, particularly children, can acquire clairvoyance through training, a National Taiwan University (NTU) electrical engineering professor claimed yesterday. DISCLAIMER: Sect News Daily is not responsible for the content of any external links or news items written for any newspaper or news agency, nor are we responsible for the length of time external links are available online. Although Sect News Daily is intended for an evangelical audience interested in current events, we do not promote any specific denomination or church. This is to prevent us from unintentionally promoting a group or a group's teachings that may be in conflict with the spiritual beliefs of the staff of Sect News Daily. Sect News Daily does not regard all religious or spiritual groups listed in news items as cults. Some articles are posted to keep the evangelical Christian informed as to events in Christendom.