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Russia: You thought the Jehovah's Witnesses were merely annoying, with their habit of paying visits at the least opportune moments, but you would be underestimating their true evil. According to Russian TV documentary Protocol, they are in fact the Mafia. But ProFindPages News smells a large rodent. After all
We are not aware of any reports of members of this faith being involved in criminal activities (certainly no more than any average citizen) and they do not show hostility to the law or its agents.
Do they use their power for their own ends? There are just 6 million Jehovah's Witnesses in the world and a little over 100,000 in the whole of Russia. It is unlikely that that such a small number could possibly have any power at all.
Perhaps, just maybe, it could be something to do with the well-documented campaign against religious freedom being fought by the Orthodox Church, and supported by the government?
So what is all the fear about? A group connected with The Russian Orthodox Church have been trying to eliminate this organization for years and it has become nothing less than harassment! The Russian Church will not tolerate sharing a Russian citizen with any other faith and want them all! They have the support of the government to operate in this way, but they must promote government guidelines in exchange for this favour (as they did in Stalin's time).
And the timing is suspicious too.
So why should a program so heavily biased against the Jehovah Witnesses suddenly appear after they are banned in Moscow? We suspect that this is to try and counteract the International pressure that will be coming shortly on this case and to provide public support for "extending" that ban to the whole of Russia.
There is no doubt that other religious groups will also be "leliminated" in the near future and some of the larger ones will also feel some pressure.
And ultimately, that's not good news for the Russian economy.
Russia has shown that it cares nothing for International laws on human rights or the opinion of countries who it hopes to trade with. We have also seen how the government deal with businesses in Russia and the problems that their banking sector have. Hardly a good advert for encouraging investment in the country or attracting people to trade here.
JEHOVAH WITNESSES ARE AMERICAN MAFIA ACCORDING TO RUSSIAN TV CHANNEL! - ProFindPages News, 9th July 2004.
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