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News for: September 16, 2002
Ex-Wife: Hofmann Life Was A Forgery
The Salt Lake Tribune
Seventeen years ago next month, Dorie Olds' world exploded -- literally.
On Oct. 15, 1985, Mark Hofmann, her husband at the time, killed two people with pipe bombs to divert attention from his now-notorious forgeries of historic documents, including some sold to the LDS Church.
ARIZONA
Years May Pass Before Fundamentalist LDS Name Successor to Jeffs
The Salt Lake Tribune
COLORADO CITY -- In their Sunday best, men in black, women in pastels, they came by the thousands on Thursday to honor their leader, a man they considered a prophet.
GEORGIA
Nuwaubian founder pushes to open book store in Athens
The Macon Telegraph
ATHENS -- The founder of an Egyptian-themed religious group, who has been in federal custody for the past four months on child sex charges, is one step closer to opening a book store in Athens.
MICHIGAN
Pagans celebrate harvest
The Associated Press
GRAND RAPIDS -- It wasn't long ago that most pagans preferred to keep their beliefs secret, afraid that others mistakenly would believe they were devil worshippers.
UTAH
Board ends Kingston's term;
He apologizes for having sex with niece who was 16
Deseret News
David O. Kingston's apology at his August parole hearing for an incestuous relationship with his 16-year-old niece was persuasive enough for the Utah Board of Pardons and Parole to terminate the polygamist's prison term.
Hofman experts debate impact of genuine fakes
Deseret News
It's been 16 years and 11 months, five books and endless speculation since Mark W. Hofmann killed two people with pipe bombs in an effort to deflect attention from the fact his world of forging foundation-rattling historical documents was crumbling.
Other news agencies:
Hofmann's Latest Forgery? 'Himself,' Says an Expert, The Salt Lake Tribune
List of Hofmann fakes grows longer, reaches farther, Deseret News
WASHINGTON, D.C.
Hijacked Religion:
U.S. Muslims Lament Terror Connection, Attempt ‘to Take the Religion Back’
ABCNews.com
It has been a difficult year for those in the American Muslim community: Many complain their religion has been hijacked by extremists.
ENGLAND
Torso Suspect 'May Be Deported'
Sky News
A row has broken out between the police and the Home Office over a suspect in the Thames torso murder case. Detectives want to continue to question an asylum seeker over the killing but officials are threatening to deport her.
Muslims Debate Role of Islam in West
The Associated Press
LONDON -- Thousands of Muslims gathered at a radical Islamic conference in London on Sunday to confront what organizers said was a choice between accepting life under a "colonialist world view" or being labeled terrorists.
KENYA
Two Killed in Church Attack as Political Tensions Rise
The Nation
Six people were killed yesterday morning, two of them inside a church, in what security officials described as political violence. Kisii District Commissioner Osman Warfa confirmed the killings and said two of the victims were killed as they prayed inside Bogiakumu Catholic Church in Bonchari constituency.
MEXICO
Alleged witchcraft practitioner, 3 others killed by Mexican gunmen
The Associated Press
SAN CRISTOBAL DE LAS CASAS -- Unidentified gunmen burst into the home of an alleged practitioner of witchcraft in the southern state of Chiapas and shot to death four adults and wounded five other people, including two children.
NIGERIA
Students' Voice for ESUT
This Day
Even as some students devote study time and energy to indulge in cult activities in various institutions of higher learning, others see it as a challenge and opportunity, not only to attain impressive academic heights, but to help contribute immensely to the development of what may soon become their almamater.
Stoning Sentences Surge in Nigeria
The Associated Press
LAGOS -- When her time to die comes, convicted adulteress Amina Lawal will be buried up to her neck in sand. When only her head remains exposed, those watching will be invited to throw stones until the 30-year-old single mother is dead.
TAIPEI
Counter-intelligence agent sacked for sending Falun Gong materials to China
Taipei Times
A Taiwan counter-intelligence agent has been sacked and faces prosecution for sending information to China about the Falun Gong spiritual movement that was banned by Beijing as a cult.
UGANDA
Njeru Witchdoctor Held for Attempting To Kill 12-Year-Old Child
New Vision
KAMPALA -- Police in Njeru, Mukono district, are holding a witchdoctor who allegedly attempted to sacrifice a 12-year old girl taken to him by a client for a ritual.
Stop Noise, KCC Orders Balokole
New Vision
KAMPALA -- Mayor John Ssebaana Kizito yesterday ordered born-again Christians (Balokole) in the city to stop making noise during worship. The order takes immediate effect, Ssebaana told pastors and leaders of born-again churches at City Hall, Kampala.
