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TWO WOMEN FINED FOR ILLEGAL EVANGELISM IN MIASS

Religiia i Pravo, 19 December 2017

 

The prosecutor's office of Miass [Chelyabinsk province] sought punishment of two local residents who read illegal sermons. The court ordered fines of 5,000 rubles each for them, the press service of the provincial oversight agency reports.

 

"It was established that on the premises of a store, two local residents, who share the views of the international association 'Union of World Brotherhood,' conducted missionary activity, distributing information about their doctrine, 'The Book of Knowledge,' among persons who are not members of the religious group, in order to attract them into the membership of the group," the press service of the prosecutor's office of Chelyabinsk province reported.

 

According to information of the prosecutor's office, the women conducted their missionary activity without possessing a decision of a general meeting of the religious group providing the appropriate authorizations. A case concerning the administrative violation of law, provided for by part 4 of article 5.26 of the Code of Administrative Violations of Law of the RF (conducting missionary activity with violation of the requirement of legislation regarding freedom of conscience and freedom of religious confession and regarding religious associations), was opened against the women preachers. (tr. by PDS, posted 19 December 2017)

 

 

ADEPT OF "UNION OF WORLD BROTHERHOOD" FINED FOR DISTRIBUTING LITERATURE

He was caught in illegal missionary activity

by Stanislav Belkin

Komsomolskaya Pravda, Chelyabinsk, 6 September 2017

 

The resident of Miass is a member of the international organization "Union of World Brotherhood." He was caught in illegal propaganda. The resident of Miass distributed information about his belief, literature, and audio and video materials, in order to attract fellow countrymen into a religious group.

 

"The Miass prosecutor has opened two cases regarding administrative violation against a resident of the city," the press service of the provincial prosecutor's office told the newspaper Komsomolskaia Pravda, Cheliabinsk. "For illegal conduct of missionary activity and for distribution of literature."

 

A magistrate judge ordered a penalty for the missionary—a fine of 30 thousand rubles. Literature and video materials were confiscated from the member of the brotherhood.

 

The "Union of World Brotherhood" is a sect from Turkey. It is forbidden in many countries of the world. Allegedly this teaching was "dropped off" in Russia by tourists. Devotees encourage people to commit suicide. (tr. by PDS, posted 19 December 2017)

 

FANATIC SECTARIANS ENCOURAGE SOUTH URALIANS TO MASS SUICIDE

UralDaily.ru, 20 February 2017

 

The Chelyabinsk diocese warned its flock about the penetration into the South Ural area of a destructive cult of suicide from Turkey.

 

The Evangelism Department of the Chelyabinsk diocese is distributing information about the spread of a dangerous Turkish destructive cult, "Union of World Brotherhood," apparently dropped off in Russia by tourists vacationing in popular and cheap Turkish resorts.

 

The "Union of World Brotherhood" is not a Muslim sect, despite the fact that its creator, the almost 90-year-old Turk Vedya Biulent Osnyu Chorak, considers herself to be the reincarnation of Jelalatdin Ruma, the founder of the "Mevlevi" order of dervishes.  (tr. by PDS, posted 19 December 2017)

 

 

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