http://www.religionnewsblog.com Religion news about religious cults, sects, world religions, and related issues Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:58:39 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25998/11-years-after-uganda-cult-murders-sad-memories-still-fresh http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25998/11-years-after-uganda-cult-murders-sad-memories-still-fresh#comments Mon, 30 May 2011 06:21:58 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=25998 It is more than a decade since more than 1,000 people perished in a church building in Kanungu, Uganda, after what is believed to have been a well-planned move by cult leaders who thought the world was coming to an end on December 31, 1999 but it never came to pass.

Much as time has passed, people still feel the effect of the Movement for the Restoration of the 10 Commandments killings.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25998/11-years-after-uganda-cult-murders-sad-memories-still-fresh/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25839/no-arrests-11-years-after-uganda-cult-massacre http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25839/no-arrests-11-years-after-uganda-cult-massacre#comments Sun, 20 Mar 2011 23:34:24 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=25839 It is 11 years since over 500 followers of Joseph Kibwetere's "Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments" perished in an inferno in Kanungu, Uganda.

While the cult's leaders are believed to still be alive, to date no one has been arrested in connection to the massacre.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25839/no-arrests-11-years-after-uganda-cult-massacre/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25415/kanungu-inferno-suspect-speaks-out-10-years-later http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25415/kanungu-inferno-suspect-speaks-out-10-years-later#comments Sat, 20 Nov 2010 14:51:51 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=25415 Ten years after tongues of fire consumed over 1,000 lives in what has come to be remembered as the world’s biggest mass suicide by members of a religious cult in Kanungu District, a key witness has broken silence offering new leads and even more questions into the mystery.

The killings were blamed on a religious cult known as the Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God led by Joseph Kibwetere.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25415/kanungu-inferno-suspect-speaks-out-10-years-later/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24177/movement-for-the-restoration-of-the-ten-commandments-uganda-cult-massacre-anniversary http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24177/movement-for-the-restoration-of-the-ten-commandments-uganda-cult-massacre-anniversary#comments Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:57:25 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=24177 Ugandans will on Wednesday, March 17 mark ten years since a religious cult in Western Uganda caused death of over 1000 followers.

The cult, known as Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandment of God, is said to have locked the believers in a huge church hall before using petrol to set it on fire]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24177/movement-for-the-restoration-of-the-ten-commandments-uganda-cult-massacre-anniversary/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23369/kanunga-cult http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23369/kanunga-cult#comments Fri, 27 Mar 2009 11:53:10 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23369 On March 17, 2000, hundreds of followers of the the Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God died in an inferno allegedly set by the cult's leaders.

To-date these leaders have not been found.

A committee appointed by the government to investigate the incident too never took off because there was no money. For now, the world will never really know the full story of the deadly Kanungu cult.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23369/kanunga-cult/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20620/uganda-kibwetere-cult http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20620/uganda-kibwetere-cult#comments Mon, 11 Feb 2008 14:26:20 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20620/uganda-kibwetere-cult http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20620/uganda-kibwetere-cult/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/16793/mary-does-not-look-for-holy-people http://www.religionnewsblog.com/16793/mary-does-not-look-for-holy-people#comments Mon, 11 Dec 2006 05:08:45 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/16793/mary-does-not-look-for-holy-people http://www.religionnewsblog.com/16793/mary-does-not-look-for-holy-people/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/16792/specioza-mukantabana-visions-inspired-a-massacre http://www.religionnewsblog.com/16792/specioza-mukantabana-visions-inspired-a-massacre#comments Sun, 10 Dec 2006 05:00:23 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/16792/specioza-mukantabana-visions-inspired-a-massacre http://www.religionnewsblog.com/16792/specioza-mukantabana-visions-inspired-a-massacre/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/16218/uganda-cult-tragedy-revisited http://www.religionnewsblog.com/16218/uganda-cult-tragedy-revisited#comments Mon, 09 Oct 2006 21:31:15 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/16218/uganda-cult-tragedy-revisited http://www.religionnewsblog.com/16218/uganda-cult-tragedy-revisited/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/8891/kibwetere-museum-due-in-kanungu http://www.religionnewsblog.com/8891/kibwetere-museum-due-in-kanungu#comments Wed, 06 Oct 2004 05:44:20 +0000 Johan de Boer http:/?p=8891 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/8891/kibwetere-museum-due-in-kanungu/feed 0