World Oct 16 Unification Church slams Japan’s dissolution request as a threat to religious freedom By Mari Yamaguchi, Associated Press
World May 13 Kenya cult death toll surpasses 200, more than 600 people reported missing The death toll linked to a doomsday cult in Kenya hit 201 Saturday after police exhumed 22 more bodies, most of them bearing signs of starvation, according to the coast regional commissioner. By Evelyne Musambi, Associated Press
World Apr 23 Kenyan authorities find 39 bodies during investigation of religious cult leader Thirty-nine bodies have been found so far on land owned by a pastor in coastal Kenya who was arrested for telling his followers to fast to death. By Associated Press
Nation Nov 19 Watch 7:26 40 years later, Rep. Speier looks back on surviving Jonestown This weekend marked the 40th anniversary of the Jonestown massacre, in which more than 900 followers of Jim Jones were victims of a cult mass murder-suicide in Guyana. Among the survivors was Jackie Speier, now a Democratic congresswoman from California.
Politics Oct 10 Watch Mitt Romney’s Mormonism Marks Tricky Territory for GOP Rivals After endorsing Gov. Rick Perry at the Value Voters Summit in Washing on Friday, Baptist minister Robert Jeffress focused on GOP candidate Mitt Romney's faith, saying, "Mormonism is a cult." Judy Woodruff discusses the role of religion in the Republican…
Jan 29 Watch At Least 200 Militants Killed in Battle near Najaf U.S.-backed Iraqi troops killed more than 200 insurgents from a religious cult in a weekend battle near the Shiite holy city of Najaf, Iraqi officials said Monday. A Los Angeles Times reporter in Baghdad discusses the fighting and its implications. Continue watching