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How Media Defame “Cults”: The Case of the Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light. 1. Inventing a “Cult”

Summary by Bitter Winter
A media campaign started by a bigoted anti-cultist transformed a peaceful Shia-derivative movement into the ultimate “doomsday cult.” by Susan J. Palmer Article 1 of 2 AROPL leader Abdullah Hashem with his wife and some of his followers. After spending most of my academic career researching those controversial groups dubbed as “cults” in the media and as “new religious movements” (NRMs) in academic circles, I have become increasingly concerned a…
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Bitter Winter broke the news in on Monday, July 28, 2025.
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