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Chechen Leader Asks if Bitcoin is Compatible with Koran

15 Feb 2018
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Derek Welch

Dictator Ramzan Kadyrov Wants To Expand The Economy The leader of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov has asked Islamic religious scholars to see if the Koran allows the use of Bitcoin. Why? Because...

A Fascinating Look At Misperceptions and Persecution of Jehovah’s Witnesses

13 Feb 2018
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WRN Editorial Staff

WRN Interviews The Organization to Reveal What People Know, What They Should Know, and How The Organization Survives Jehovah's Witnesses are in a unique position globally. While historically persecuted...

Putin Jumps in Freezing Water to Mark Jesus Christ’s Baptism

22 Jan 2018
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Gary Nguyen

He presumably took the dip to shore up his electoral prospects Russian President as the state media and representatives from other news organizations looked on. Epiphany is an important holiday in present-day...

Jehovah’s Witnesses Are Target of Religious Discrimination Laws in Kazakhstan

19 Jan 2018
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C Barnett

New Report Reveals Startling Trend of Religious Persecution The New Human Rights Watch Report for 2018 has been released. The annual report is the ruling standard for the state of human rights in each...

Jehovah’s Witnesses’ Property Seized by the Russian Government

28 Dec 2017
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Gary Nguyen

This move was justified by a Russian Supreme Court ruling The St. Petersburg located Kolomyazhskiy Assembly Hall owned and used by Jehovah's Witnesses saw Russian authorities strong-arming into the property...

Russia Blames Religion For Failed Rocket Launch

05 Dec 2017
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C Barnett

Russian priest blamed when rocket he blessed fails A Russian Orthodox priest has come under fire after a rocket he blessed failed to reach its intended orbit and instead landed in the Atlantic Ocean. Crash...

Russian Orthodox Bishop Promotes Anti-Semitic Conspiracy Theory

03 Dec 2017
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C Barnett

Argued That Last Russian Czar Was Killed In Jewish Ritual Father Tikhon Shevkunov, a Bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church, has begun an investigation into whether Nicholas II, the last Russian czar,...

Russian Facebook Ads Targeted Christian Voters

11 Nov 2017
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Gary Nguyen

Attorneys for Facebook, Twitter and Google were present for a Federal hearing this week on the matter. after a series of discoveries made by American tech companies. There is widespread belief now that...

Europe Divided on Religious Persecution of Jehovah’s Witnesses

17 Oct 2017
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Derek Welch

Russian Ally South Ossetia Ban's Jehovah's Witnesses While Western Europe Continues To Condemn Actions There is increasing tension on religious persecution of Jehovah's Witnesses in Europe. On one hand,...

U.N. Demands Immediate Release of Jehovah’s Witness in Kazakhstan

12 Oct 2017
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C Barnett

United Nations Calls Arrest and Detention of Teymur Akhmedov a Violation of Religious Freedom. The U.N. Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) called on the immediate release of Teymur Akhmedov,...