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Thursday October 16, 2008
Al-Arqam:
3 charged over Malaysian couple’s death in bizarre ritual
religious insanity A 19-year-old Malaysian and his two cousins have been charged with murder for allegedly beating to death the young man’s parents in a bizarre ritual meant to cure them of a smoking habit and other problems, officials said Wednesday.
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Saturday October 4, 2008
Al-Arqam:
Families in deadly ritual are Al-Arqam follower
Mohd Mydin The two families who took part in a ritual “cleansing” to cure illness that led to the death of a couple are followers of the banned deviant group Al-Arqam.

Al-Arqam, theologically a cult of Islam, was banned in Malaysia as a deviant sect in 1994.
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Friday October 3, 2008
Al-Arqam • Religious Insanity:
Couple beaten to death in stop-smoking ‘cleansing ritual’
religious insanity A couple who went to a relative’s house to celebrate the end of Ramadan and agreed to an ‘alternative treatment’ to rid them of their problems, ended up dead after being battered with helmets and broomsticks during the cleansing ritual.

Five others who also participated in the ritual, including the couple’s children and relatives, suffered head injuries and were being treated at the Kuala Lumpur Hospital here.
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Thursday December 28, 2006
Al-Arqam • Rufaqa:
Islamic group sues Malaysian authorities for defamation: report
An Muslim group is suing Malaysia’s Islamic authorities for defamation after it was accused as being a front for spreading deviant religious teachings, reports said Thursday.
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Friday December 22, 2006
Al-Arqam • Rufaqa:
Malaysia cracks down on Islamic sect
Malaysia has outlawed a new Islamic sect that authorities fear could be a front for the revival of a cult banned in the 1990s as heretical, officials said on Friday.
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Tuesday December 12, 2006
Al-Arqam • Rufaqa:
Islamic cult under scrutiny
Claiming supernatural powers, from averting death to bringing down an aircraft merely by pointing at it, these are no ordinary people – and the government is deeply suspicious of them.
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Tuesday November 28, 2006
Al-Arqam • Rufaqa:
Business hums along quietly despite raid in Shah Alam
Rufaqa Corporation was set up in 1997, when al-Arqam founder Ashaari Muhammad was under restricted residence here following his detention under the Internal Security Act for deviant teachings.
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Al-Arqam • Rufaqa:
Jais wants Government to ban Rufaqa
SHAH ALAM: The Selangor Islamic Affairs Department (Jais) wants the Government to ban the Rufaqa’ movement, just like it banned the al-Arqam sect 12 years ago for spreading the Aurad Muhammadiah school of thought.
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Al-Arqam:
Al-Arqam promises members super power
Members of the revived Al-Arqam movement were led to believe that they could possess powers that would bring down aeroplanes by simply pointing at them.
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Al-Arqam:
Al-Arqam sect never ceased operations
The movement’s former legal adviser Zabidi Mohamed said when the movement was declared illegal in 1994 by the Malaysian Home Ministry, half of its former members repented, while the rest continued to practice the teachings in secret.
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Sunday November 26, 2006
Al-Arqam:
Malaysia detains 100 people trying to revive teachings of banned sect
Religious affairs officers detained about 100 people in a raid on a meeting of a group trying revive the teachings of Al-Arqam, a banned Islamic sect in Malaysia.
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Monday May 31, 2004
Al-Arqam:
Ex-cult leader warns against blind faith
Reformed Malaysian fanatic speaks of dangers posed by charismatic leaders claiming divine sanction
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Sunday February 10, 2002
Al-Arqam:
Brunei Closes Door To Fleeing Malaysian Extremists
JAKARTA, Feb. 10 (IslamOnline) - Brunei authorities have decided to cut escape routes for alleged deviationist cults and extremists on the run from Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia, news reports coming from Bandar Seri Bagwan said on Sunday.
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