Jehovah's Witnesses accused of extremism in
talk of
Armageddon IN AZOV JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES GO ABOUT HOMES
WITH HORROR STORY ABOUT ARMAGEDDON Irenaeus
of Lyons Center, 26 August 2015 The Azov district prosecutor's office
issued a warning to the chairman of the committee of the local
religious organization of Jehovah's Witnesses of Azov district
regarding the impermissibility of violation of the
requirements of legislation on combating extremist activity. The prosecutor's office reported to
citizens of Azov: "During a verification, personnel of the
monitoring agency established that representatives of this
religious organization went about apartment buildings and
invited their residents to attend meetings being held in the
Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses, while members of the
religious organization described how Armageddon will occur
soon and Jehovah will physically destroy all who oppose his
religion, that is, Jehovah's Witnesses. The Orthodox Church
and secular authorities will be especially subjected to
punishment. In the end the paradise of Jehovah's Witnesses
will arrive, in which there will be no place for other
religions," a correspondent of 161.ru was told in the
monitoring agency. "In addition, they also distributed printed
brochures which contained citations from publications included
in the federal list of extremist materials." (tr. by PDS,
posted 28 August 2015) PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE THREATENS AZOV
JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES The Azov district prosecutor's office
issued a warning to
the chairman of the committee of the local religious
organization of Jehovah's
Witnesses in Azov district about the impermissibility of
violation of the
requirements of legislation concerning combating extremist
activity. It was explained that with regard to this
organization, the
prosecutor's office conducted a verification, initiated by
residents of Azov.
The agency reported that statements frequently arrived from
citizens of Azov
about illegal actions of adherents of the local religious
organization
Jehovah's Witnesses of Azov district. During the verification, personnel of the
monitoring agency
established that representatives of this religious
organization went about
apartment buildings and invited their residents to attend
meetings conducted in
the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses. At the same time, the
Jehovists
frightened people with the fact that soon Armageddon will
occur, and Jehovah
will physically destroy all who oppose his religion, that is,
Jehovah's
Witnesses. The Orthodox Church and secular authorities will
fall under special
"treatment." In the end, the paradise of Jehovah's Witnesses
will
arrive, in which there will be no place for other religions. The prosecutor's office also reported that
in addition to
frightening stories of the Jehovists, they also distributed
printed brochures
in which there were citations from publications that are
included in the
federal list of extremist materials. (tr. by PDS, posted 28
August 2015)
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