http://www.religionnewsblog.com Religion news about religious cults, sects, world religions, and related issues Thu, 21 Aug 2008 20:24:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 en http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22056/2-women-in-cult-related-death-case-denied-bail http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22056/2-women-in-cult-related-death-case-denied-bail#comments Thu, 14 Aug 2008 10:24:04 +0000 Anton Hein http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=22056 Two women were ordered held without bail yesterday on charges that they participated in the starvation death of a child whom they considered a "demon" because he wouldn't say amen after his meals, according to police charging documents.

Police say Antoinette was the leader of a cult and that Williams was one of her followers; each is charged with first-degree murder.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22056/2-women-in-cult-related-death-case-denied-bail/feed http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22045/1-mind-ministries-4 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22045/1-mind-ministries-4#comments Wed, 13 Aug 2008 09:53:26 +0000 Anton Hein http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=22045 From the moment that Ria Ramkissoon and her baby boy Javon joined the tiny religious cult, 1 Mind Ministries, in April 2006, her life would change irrevocably.

Now, the 21-year-old woman is sitting in the psychiatric unit of a city jail in Baltimore accused by police of slowly starving her son to death and allowing cult members to beat him for disobeying orders such as saying "amen" at meals.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22045/1-mind-ministries-4/feed http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22016/1-mind-ministries-3 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22016/1-mind-ministries-3#comments Mon, 11 Aug 2008 09:34:27 +0000 Anton Hein http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=22016 Court documents say cult members starved the toddler to death and kept his remains in a suitcase for more than a year, until Baltimore homicide detectives found the body in Philadelphia.

The leader of 1 Mind Ministries, who identifies herself as Queen Antoinette, had a problem with Javon, who a police source in court papers said would not comply with the group's ritual of saying "amen" after meals.

Court papers say that the more Queen Antoinette pressed the toddler, the more resistant he became and that he was subsequently deprived of food and water as punishment.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22016/1-mind-ministries-3/feed http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21500/bail-denied-for-2-held-in-missing-child-case http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21500/bail-denied-for-2-held-in-missing-child-case#comments Thu, 22 May 2008 09:02:54 +0000 Anton Hein http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=21500 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21500/bail-denied-for-2-held-in-missing-child-case/feed http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21425/1-mind-ministries-cult-kills-baby http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21425/1-mind-ministries-cult-kills-baby#comments Wed, 14 May 2008 10:04:37 +0000 Anton Hein http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=21425 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21425/1-mind-ministries-cult-kills-baby/feed http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21499/religious-group-members-arrested-in-new-york-city http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21499/religious-group-members-arrested-in-new-york-city#comments Thu, 08 May 2008 06:40:20 +0000 Anton Hein http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=21499 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21499/religious-group-members-arrested-in-new-york-city/feed http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21345/uncle-of-missing-child-says-cult-pursued-him http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21345/uncle-of-missing-child-says-cult-pursued-him#comments Sat, 03 May 2008 12:05:20 +0000 Anton Hein http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=21345 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21345/uncle-of-missing-child-says-cult-pursued-him/feed http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21338/1-mind-ministries-2 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21338/1-mind-ministries-2#comments Sat, 03 May 2008 08:53:55 +0000 Anton Hein http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=21338 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21338/1-mind-ministries-2/feed http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21337/1-mind-ministries http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21337/1-mind-ministries#comments Sat, 03 May 2008 08:43:30 +0000 Anton Hein http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=21337 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21337/1-mind-ministries/feed http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21318/ria-reshma-ramkissoon-javon-thompson http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21318/ria-reshma-ramkissoon-javon-thompson#comments Thu, 01 May 2008 07:54:22 +0000 Anton Hein http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=21318 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21318/ria-reshma-ramkissoon-javon-thompson/feed