http://www.religionnewsblog.com Religion news about religious cults, sects, world religions, and related issues Mon, 13 Feb 2012 14:01:27 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26507/japanese-security-agency-inspects-aum-cult-splinter-groups-facilities http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26507/japanese-security-agency-inspects-aum-cult-splinter-groups-facilities#comments Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:16:59 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26507
Security officials believe the group is still under the influence of cult founder Shoko Asahara, who is on death row for a series of AUM crimes.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26507/japanese-security-agency-inspects-aum-cult-splinter-groups-facilities/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26493/ex-aum-shinrikyo-cultist-faces-fresh-arrest-warrant-over-bombing http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26493/ex-aum-shinrikyo-cultist-faces-fresh-arrest-warrant-over-bombing#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:06:44 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26493 Former AUM Shinrikyo cult member Makoto Hirata, 46, arrested for kidnapping, will be served a fresh arrest warrant as early as Jan. 31 for alleged involvement in a 1995 bombing in Tokyo.

Meanwhile another former Aum Shinikyo cult member was charged with harboring Hirata while knowing he was a fugitive.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26493/ex-aum-shinrikyo-cultist-faces-fresh-arrest-warrant-over-bombing/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26491/aum-shinrikyo-to-remain-under-surveillance-for-another-3-years http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26491/aum-shinrikyo-to-remain-under-surveillance-for-another-3-years#comments Tue, 24 Jan 2012 15:03:16 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26491 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26491/aum-shinrikyo-to-remain-under-surveillance-for-another-3-years/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26452/aum-shinikyo-cult-member-charged-with-kidnapping-and-confinement http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26452/aum-shinikyo-cult-member-charged-with-kidnapping-and-confinement#comments Fri, 20 Jan 2012 13:34:15 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26452 A senior member of Aum Shinrikyo -- the doomsday cult behind the 1995 nerve gas attack on Tokyo subways -- has been charged in a kidnapping case, one of dozens of cult-related crimes in the 1990s.

Prosecutors charged Makoto Hirata with "unlawful capture" and confinement Friday in connection with the fatal abduction of a lawyer.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26452/aum-shinikyo-cult-member-charged-with-kidnapping-and-confinement/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26429/ex-cultist-arrested-for-harboring-aums-hirata http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26429/ex-cultist-arrested-for-harboring-aums-hirata#comments Tue, 10 Jan 2012 11:39:54 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26429 A former AUM Shinrikyo follower who turned herself in to Tokyo police early Tuesday was arrested later in the day on suspicion of harboring Makoto Hirata -- a former senior member of the cult, who was apprehended on New Year's Day after surrendering to the police.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26429/ex-cultist-arrested-for-harboring-aums-hirata/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26425/aum-shinrikyo-cult-leader-shoko-asahara-to-be-grilled-over-hirata-slaying-role http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26425/aum-shinrikyo-cult-leader-shoko-asahara-to-be-grilled-over-hirata-slaying-role#comments Tue, 10 Jan 2012 04:30:49 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26425 Japanese investigators are set to question Aum Shinrikyo guru Shoko Asahara over the role Makoto Hirata, a former member of the cult who turned himself in to Tokyo Metropolitan Police on Dec. 31 after 17 years on the run, played in the abduction and death of a Tokyo notary office clerk in 1995, sources said Monday.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26425/aum-shinrikyo-cult-leader-shoko-asahara-to-be-grilled-over-hirata-slaying-role/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26422/imprisoned-ex-aum-shinrikyo-cult-members-questioned-over-hiratas-role-in-1995-case http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26422/imprisoned-ex-aum-shinrikyo-cult-members-questioned-over-hiratas-role-in-1995-case#comments Thu, 05 Jan 2012 18:09:44 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26422 Tokyo police have questioned a former AUM Shinrikyo cult member as part of their investigation into a case involving another former leading member who turned himself in to police over the weekend after almost 17 years on the run.

Other convicted Aum members are being questioned as well.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26422/imprisoned-ex-aum-shinrikyo-cult-members-questioned-over-hiratas-role-in-1995-case/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26413/police-turned-away-surrendering-aum-shinrikyo-cult-fugitive http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26413/police-turned-away-surrendering-aum-shinrikyo-cult-fugitive#comments Tue, 03 Jan 2012 15:32:44 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26413 Japanese police have admitted they turned away one of the nation's most wanted fugitives when he tried to surrender on New Year's Eve after nearly 17 years on the run.

An officer thought the man was playing a practical joke.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26413/police-turned-away-surrendering-aum-shinrikyo-cult-fugitive/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26412/former-aum-shinrikyo-cult-fugitive-says-cult-leader-should-hang http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26412/former-aum-shinrikyo-cult-fugitive-says-cult-leader-should-hang#comments Mon, 02 Jan 2012 16:30:48 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26412 Aum Shinrikyo fugitive Makoto Hirata, who turned himself in to police late Saturday believes guru Shoko Asahara should hang for his crimes.

But one of the cult's victims has called on the Japanese government to abandon the looming execution of the group's leaders.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26412/former-aum-shinrikyo-cult-fugitive-says-cult-leader-should-hang/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26408/aum-shinrikyo-cult-fugitive-surrenders-after-16-years-on-the-run http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26408/aum-shinrikyo-cult-fugitive-surrenders-after-16-years-on-the-run#comments Sun, 01 Jan 2012 09:07:00 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26408 Makoto Hirata, a former leading member of the AUM Shinrikyo cult who has been on the run for more than 16 years, turned himself in to police late Saturday.

He conspired with several other members in kidnapping a notary official in 1995 and causing his death.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26408/aum-shinrikyo-cult-fugitive-surrenders-after-16-years-on-the-run/feed 0