Here’s a multifaceted summary of key points and “nuggets” from the extracts, with a focus on religious institutions, media controversies, and manipulation of narratives—each of which ties to general themes relevant to the Hagia Sophia controversy and how religious and political acts can be perceived within a wider media and societal context:

**1.

Religious Authority and Internal Conflicts:**
- Surveillance exposes internal disputes and alleged abuses within religious establishments, suggesting that leaders sometimes act authoritatively or opportunistically, often for personal or financial interests—hinting at how religious spaces can become arenas for power struggles far removed from their spiritual purpose.

Media Leaks and Public Perception:**
- Footage from religious sites can be leaked to media, causing scandal and shaping public opinion about the integrity of religious leaders or communities, further blurring the line between spiritual authority and public image.

Social Media’s Role in Scandal and Fame:**
- Individuals affiliated with religious institutions may gain sudden online fame (or notoriety) through viral posts or controversial incidents, which can then lead them to censor themselves or withdraw from the spotlight due to backlash.

Manipulation, Staging, and Misinformation:**
- Many “religious” or controversial videos online are staged, with actors and parody involved, highlighting widespread misinformation and the challenge viewers face in discerning authenticity.

- Misinformation is further fueled by deliberate framing—either by state actors or media—especially on polarizing issues.

Political and Religious Intertwining:**
- Politicians or high-ranking religious officials may use visits to holy sites or involvement in ecclesiastical affairs to boost their popularity among the faithful, leveraging religion for political capital.

Media Saturation, Desensitization & Mental Health:**
- On a broader level, the intensity of monitoring, sharing, and consuming controversial or distressing content online (including religious scandals) has impacted those working in media moderation, indicating a wider human cost when sacred narratives clash with modern mass communication.

Public Discourse, Outcry, & Censorship:**
- The public is urged to discern real events from fakery, but debate is often muddied by exaggerated or false claims; as seen with civilian deaths being dismissed as crisis acting, which manipulates sentiment and may stifle real dialogue about suffering and justice.

The Power of Storytelling & Narratives:**
- There remains a strong urge—from bloggers, influencers, religious authorities, and even governments—to control the narrative, whether through strategic leaks, counter-narratives, or staged events.

- Ultimately, how these stories are told, shared, or censored has enormous implications for public perception of religious, political, and even humanitarian realities.

**General Connection to Hagia Sophia:**
The dynamics summarized above echo global controversies where religious spaces like Hagia Sophia become pawns in larger struggles over identity, power, heritage, and media control.

Leaders can use religious symbolism to advance political agendas, drawing both domestic and international criticism, especially given the site’s historical, religious, and cultural significance as a UNESCO World Heritage location and its role in both Christian and Muslim histories.

If you use these sorts of “nuggets” in your social videos, they can help your Arab audience see that the debate over Hagia Sophia is part of a broader trend where religion, politics, and media spectacle collide—often with far-reaching consequences for local communities and international dialogue.

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Here are summarized nuggets incorporating information relevant to your request about controversies surrounding religious sites, focusing on societal, political, and media responses, drawn from the provided text.

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**Nuggets Related to Controversy & Religion, as Referenced in the Extract:**

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**Regulation and Censorship in Religious Discourse Online:**
   There are proposals for stricter regulation and self-censorship of content on social networks, specifically to protect children and uphold respect towards religious symbols.

Laws similar to Russia's "436 FZ" target information deemed harmful, but enforcement in digital spaces remains ineffective, prompting new discussions about fines for IT companies that fail to remove controversial or offensive content.

**Legal and Public Backlash to Actions Perceived as Disrespectful to Religion:**
   Several instances are cited where individuals have faced legal penalties for actions seen as disrespectful to religious symbols or sites (e.g., court sentences for “scandalous” photos near churches or cathedrals).

Public opinion polls show significant support for punishing such acts, mostly through fines rather than jail time, highlighting how society is sensitive to perceived offenses against religion—even if opinions vary on the severity of the response.

**Manipulation of Religious Narratives for Political Ends:**
   The extract points to the creation of “Orthodox media” promoted with propagandist goals, further blurring the lines between religious and political agendas.

These media sometimes operate from significant religious sites (like the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra), indicating how religious institutions can influence public opinion and national identities.

**Conflicts Over Religious Identity and Heritage:**
   Orthodox missions in non-Orthodox regions (such as the Mariana Islands) often encounter resistance or confusion due to local identities deeply embedded in other faith traditions (like Catholicism among the Chamorros).

Efforts to establish Orthodoxy are presented as both a cultural project and a religious mission, reflecting the strategic and sometimes controversial nature of expanding religious influence.

**Tension Between Cultural Heritage and Contemporary Use:**
   The removal of media (e.g., a YouTube cartoon episode) due to its depiction of iconic cathedrals (like St. Isaac's) reveals ongoing debates about respect for religious and historical heritage sites versus freedom of expression.

Similar tensions arise when decisions are made to reconvert or repurpose heritage sites, drawing international criticism over preserving universal cultural values versus affirming national or religious sovereignty.

**Media and Social Networks Amplifying Controversies:**
   Scandals involving religious sites or symbols tend to gain traction on social media and Telegram channels, indicating the power of digital platforms to shape public debate and escalate controversies.

These “viral” discussions sometimes spark policy responses or legal action, illustrating the interplay between new media, public sentiment, and state authority.

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**Relevance to Hagia Sophia:**
These themes mirror the controversy around Erdogan’s reconversion of Hagia Sophia:
- Critics argue it’s a politically motivated move appealing to religious nationalism and domestic support.

- Internationally, many see it as disregarding the site’s global, multicultural, and interfaith legacy, given its status as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

- Opponents point to its use as a tool to emphasize national sovereignty over universal values of cultural heritage and religious coexistence.

- Social and media responses, both locally and abroad, reflect these broader tensions between modern political goals, religious symbolism, and the preservation of cultural identity.

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This summary should provide you with bite-sized, relatable points for your Arab audience, linking the themes of religious and political controversy around sacred sites worldwide, contextualized by the Hagia Sophia incident.

**Summary of Extracts Regarding Mosque and Religious Controversies (including Implications for Hagia Sophia Conversion):**

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**Religious Claims & Influence:**
   - The text describes the phenomenon of individuals claiming divine appointment, such as Nashat Majd al-Noor, who appears on social media presenting himself as a prophet or enlightened figure.

His popularity and followers, even amidst ridicule and skepticism, show the power of religious symbolism and public reaction to perceived "heavenly messages."

- These personalities can provoke controversy, attract ridicule, or be used to stoke debates about contemporary religious authority and legitimacy.

**Political Use of Religion:**
   - Religious bodies like Dar Al-Ifta’ assert their independence from politics but admit to consulting with state institutions on religious issues of public interest.

This illustrates the persistent overlap between religion and state, a sensitive balance in Muslim-majority societies.

- Religious actors (such as the Grand Mufti) emphasize confronting extremism and seeking religious “renewal” to align faith teachings with present-day realities, a narrative echoed by President Sisi and others – underscoring official engagement with religious discourse for societal stability and modernization.

**Media and Controversy:**
   - Both traditional and social media are battlegrounds for religious debates, scandals, and reputation management (e.g., the Ghaith program and controversies over representation).

- Public figures defending their reputations or legacies highlight the role of social media in amplifying religious controversies, sometimes for political ends or agenda-setting.

**Tourism, Heritage & Religious Sites:**
   - There’s significant competition among Muslim-majority countries for religious tourism, with countries like Egypt renewing shrines to bolster global Islamic stature and attract visitors.

- The restoration and management of religious sites become issues of national identity, pride, and economic interest, with arguments over authenticity in restoration practices (use of marble vs. stone, for example).

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Here’s a multifaceted summary of key points and “nuggets” from the extracts, with a focus on religious institutions, media controversies, and manipulation of narratives—each of which ties to general themes relevant to the Hagia Sophia controversy and how religious and political acts can be perceived within a wider media and societal context:

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If We Accept Lies and Half-Truths, Society Will Not Function

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Benjamin Franklin declared that “half the truth is often a great lie.” Mark Twain put it slightly differently: “A half-truth is the most cowardly of lies.” And this, from Tennyson: “The lie which is half a truth is ever the blackest of lies.”

Essentially, they were all saying the same thing — the lies that cause the most harm are the half-truths, which can ultimately cause far greater damage than outright lies.

A 2022 study issued by four academics at the University of Cincinnati — “The Half-Truth Effect and Its Implications for Sustainability” — identified what the authors referred to as the “half-truth effect.” Based on two carefully calibrated survey-based experiments, the study showed that people tend to believe a false claim more when it is preceded by a true claim, even if the claims are unrelated. On the other hand, when a false claim is presented before a true claim, it reduces belief in the entire statement.

Politicians are particularly bad when it comes to half-truths, and party affiliation is not a relevant factor — because they all do it. Two months ago, President Biden told an audience in Philadelphia that he had “created more new jobs in two years than any president did in their entire term.” But although it’s true that President Biden has recorded notable job gains in his presidential term so far, surpassing those of previous postwar presidents, the fact is that he took office just as the economy was recovering from a profound recession, which gave the job market a significant tailwind. So, a half-truth.

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Meanwhile, at the opposite end of the political spectrum, last week former vice president Mike Pence told an audience in Indianapolis that “liberals” emptied mental health hospitals in 1960s. He failed to mention that they didn’t act alone. Many fiscal conservatives, including several Republicans, were instrumental in shaping the key legislation that resulted in shutting down mental hospitals. Ronald Reagan, who served as both California’s governor and later as president, was particularly prominent; he signed landmark bills that left a significant impact. Another half-truth.

The Torah portions of Tazria and Metzora delve into an extinct condition known as “tzara’at,” which was characterized by discoloration of the skin, on clothes, or on the walls of a person’s home. The consequence of a positive diagnosis was quarantine outside community boundaries for someone with the skin discoloration tzara’at, or the destruction of clothes or a home that had been infected.

While not explicitly stated in the Torah, the Talmudic sages reveal that tzara’at was the consequence of wrongdoing on the part of the afflicted person. The Talmud (Arachin 16a), drawing on various Biblical sources, suggests different potential causes for tzara’at, with speaking ill of others behind their backs being the best-known cause.

The divergence of opinions regarding the cause of tzara’at suggests that by the time the sages of the Talmud were writing about it, the condition had either disappeared or become exceedingly rare, leading the sages to speculate on its causes. But the persistence of this idea that gossip and tittle-tattle were the main cause of tzara’at is intriguing, especially as the Talmud mentions six other potential causes.

The enigmatic nature of tzara’at leaves us grappling with uncertainties as we attempt to understand exactly what we are meant to learn from it. Why would God choose to punish individuals for a seemingly minor transgression such as engaging in gossip? The notion of quarantine and public humiliation is also puzzling. Why would isolation be the remedy? Why is the destruction of clothes and a person’s home the only solution?

The answer relates to the issue of half-truths vs. whole truths. I vividly recall a classroom discussion during my childhood, and although I can’t remember the exact topic, I do recollect our teacher posing the question, “What is your parents’ greatest source of pleasure?” My hand shot up. Smiling, I confidently responded, “Me, of course!”

But he had a follow-up question: “What’s your parents’ greatest source of pain?” I paused, briefly, and then I smiled again. “Me, of course!” I replied. And I wasn’t lying — although, to be fair, my siblings probably shared this distinction with me. Being the source of pleasure and pain was the whole truth; had I said that I was the source of just one or the other it would have been a half-truth that distorted the picture completely.

Many aspects of our lives are wonderful, but we are also all plagued by aspects that are distressing and disturbing. Curiously, if we analyze our lives and are brutally honest with ourselves, we might discover that it is often the same thing which causes joy that also causes us distress. Presented one way they are irredeemably negative, but presented in another they can be upliftingly positive. Our personal reality is complex, and life is complicated.

Modern psychology has come to the conclusion that depressed people aren’t lying when they say that there are things in their lives which are bad — it’s just that they fail to appreciate that there is good in their lives as well. And often, the good is in the very same aspects of their lives which they cast in the most negative light.

Society descends into dysfunction when one “truth” is chosen over another without considering the coexistence of multiple truths. This idea is exemplified by tzara’at and its treatment. Tzara’at was an affliction that befell those who refused to acknowledge that good and bad can coexist. They spoke ill of others, perhaps sharing a half-truth about them that cast their target in an entirely negative light without allowing the listener to consider the broader context.

Often, the greatest lie is the truth seen through a narrow lens. The gravest evil is the undermining of complex reality by cherry-picking truths to support or perpetuate a biased viewpoint. A person with tzara’at needs to be removed from society, so that they cannot destroy it, and the tzara’at itself must be destroyed, as a symbol of the destruction created by those who peddle half-truths.

The message of tzara’at is clear: half-truths wreak havoc. They erode the fabric of society, and those who perpetuate them must never be tolerated, or society will fall apart.

The author is a rabbi in Beverly Hills, California.

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Storyglass has teamed up with iHeartPodcasts to launch a new eight-part podcast series “False Profits: Hillsong,” which takes a look into a global megachurch.

THE STORY:
Host Noemi Uribe was looking for a church where everyone was welcome and she thought she’d found it in Hillsong, but it was the most expensive mistake she ever made.  Alongside journalist Elle Hardy, Uribe will reveal stories Hillsong never wanted the public to hear about money, sex and power. This series will trace the rise and fall of Hillsong’s founder, hear from sources inside the church, and ask if Hillsong is part of a wider problem within evangelical churches. Noemi’s own story turned into one of rejection, despair and a fight for justice. Hillsong used to be home, now, for Noemi, “it’s a dumpster fire.”

“We are part of a group who are committed to great storytelling and giving under-represented voices a chance to be heard,” said Steve Carsey, Managing Director, Storyglass. “We are delighted to be working with iHeartPodcasts on this powerful, immersive and important series. Like us, they realised it was a story that had to be told. There have been many attempts to truly understand the inner workings of the Hillsong church, but this first-person account really brings listeners much closer than ever before. The journey Noemi and Elle go on is incredibly emotive and shocking. We’re so grateful that they chose to share their story with us.”

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Father Patrick is a real hit on social media! In your Instagram, for example, he has over 3.9 million followers and is always sharing different posts with his fans. However, recently, the religious caused controversy by posting a shirtless photo.

In season, the image of the priest quickly reverberated on the internet and ended up on several news sites. However, he was also harshly criticized by some stricter believers. Because of that, Patrick chose to delete the publication.

“I think that photo that really gave me the real dimension of how much I’m known. I had posted shirtless photos before, except it was an account with two thousand followers on Instagram. And other priests post shirtless photos, it’s not taboo.”, he said, in a conversation with journalists Fernanda Talarico and Renata Nogueira, from Splash UOL.

Father Patrick explains that he decided to delete the photo without a shirt, after getting scared by the repercussion of the image. He also remembers that some assemblies were made, putting it as if he were in a swimsuit.

“It appeared that I was in swim trunks, but I was in shorts!”, guarantees Patrick, laughing. “I decided to go out in fright. After two days the Bishop texted me because they had sent him an edited version. And, of course it was montage, I don’t have that whole body. And he said affectionately: ‘don’t post a picture without a shirt, people think it’s bad’.”, explained the famous priest.

Good-humored, Patrick Fernandes guarantees that he will only post photos of this type again, when Jesus returns to the world. “I’ll post one two hours before, because by then I can already be enraptured and I won’t need to see anything else.”, he joked.

Father Patrick’s fame

Father Patrick started going viral on social media in the middle of the year, by posting controversial videos on Youtube talking about wearing bikinis and answering if tattoos were considered a sin.

To G1, the priest commented on the fame he gained in recent months and how he has been dealing with the repercussions of its contents.

“I started recording the funniest videos at the beginning of the pandemic. We were not celebrating mass with the people, the city was in lockdown and I wanted to talk to people who were from my parish. An account of 2,000 to 3,000 people, but I was realizing that precisely these videos with a funnier nature, with a joke, had a proportion. People like what’s no good, serious things didn’t spread at the same rate as the funniest videos”, he joked.

“Monday is garbage day, a day I only talk nonsense. From Tuesday onwards, we start to get more serious. We have to police ourselves because a little word out of context can offend. Today I feel much more stuck than in the beginning precisely because of the reach. I do much more with the intention of bringing lightness, of showing that faith can be associated with a light, happy life, with laughter. It’s not a heavy thing, a burden, it doesn’t attract people anymore”, he pointed out.

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Civilian deaths are being dismissed as 'crisis actors' in Gaza and Israel

On one side of the split-screen video, a young man lies injured in a hospital bed. A red banner across the top of the frame reads "Yesterday." On the other side, under a green banner reading "Today," a similar-looking man walks through rubble in Gaza.

"I'm now walking in a neighborhood where there were houses. There are no houses anymore," he says.

The post on X, formerly known as Twitter, claims the side-by-side videos show the same person. It accuses him of faking his injuries, only to be "miraculously healed" and walking around just a day later.

But the videos actually show two different people, according to fact checks from multiple media outlets. One is a Palestinian teenagerwho lost his leg this summer during an Israeli raid in the West Bank. That video was originally posted to TikTok in August.

The other is a Palestinian social media influencer in Gaza who has been documenting the conflict since October.

The conflation of the two individuals is a prime example of a "crisis actor" trope: the false claim that, for propaganda purposes, people are pretending to be victims of tragedies — in this case of Israel's war in Gaza, which Palestinian health officials say has killed more than 14,000 people.

"It is a means by which you blunt those narratives or the reality on the ground," said Moustafa Ayad, executive director for Africa, the Middle East and Asia at the Institute for Strategic Dialogue, a nonprofit that studies extremism. "You discredit them off the bat."

The false accusations have spread on multiple platforms, including X and Facebook, boosted by pro-Israel influencers with large followings. Some of the videos on X carry labels warning they are "presented out of context." But the false claims have still been widely seen, with one video racking up 5 million views.

Crisis actor narratives have become a standard element of the messy information landscape of catastrophe, from the war in Syria to the Russian invasion of Ukraine to mass shootings in the U.S.

Sometimes, the claim is that a real victim never existed. Other times, behind-the-scenes movie footage or images of unrelated events are presented as proof an incident was staged.

But the intent is the same, Ayad said. "It comes out of a defensive posturing: trying to essentially downplay civilian casualties in conflicts of this nature."

And that's why the false claims keep coming. They're a way of deflecting the horrors of war.

"Pallywood" accusations claim civilian casualties in Gaza are staged

Claims that Palestinians are manufacturing injuries and deaths are particularly widespread online, where videos and pictures are often derided as creations of "Pallywood."

That pejorative — a mashup of Palestine and Hollywood — was coined by an American professor in 2005 in the aftermath of disputes over who killedan 11-year-old Palestinian boy five years earlier. In 2013 the Israeli government released a report suggesting the event had been staged and questioning whether the child was shot or killed in the incident. His father, as well as the cameraman who captured the event, reject the report's findings.

Mentions of "Pallywood" have steadily increased across social media platforms since Hamas's Oct. 7 attack, according to fact-checkers at Logically, which tracks online disinformation. Much of the volume is being driven by accounts outside of Israel, Logically found, with the U.S. and India the most common origin for posts that contained geographical data.

Many accusations involve mischaracterized or out-of-context images, like a photo of a Thai child's Halloween costume in 2022 and video from a decade-old protest in Egypt that have been presented as evidence that Palestinians are faking dead bodies. An Israeli government spokesperson posted a clip from a film set, writing "Pallywood gets busted again." (He later deleted the post after being fact-checked.)

One surge in online "Pallywood" references came on Oct. 13, the day Israel's official X account accused Hamas of trying to pass off a doll as a child killed in Gaza. The claim was picked up and echoed by other accounts, including several Israeli embassies.

But the accusation was false. The BBCfound and spoke to the family of the child — a four-year-old killed in an Israeli airstrike. Multiple photojournalists captured images of his body, wrapped in a white sheet. The @Israel X account has deleted its post about the child.

The episode showed that "even when the image is real, even when the context is real, people still approach it having so many existing biases that they can dismiss this evidence before their eyes," said Emerson Brooking of the Atlantic Council's Digital Forensic Research Lab during a panel about disinformation in the war.

Israel baselessly accused of engineering "false flag" on Oct. 7

Crisis actor accusations have also been levied at Israelis. Social media posters and even some public figures have questioned whether Hamas really killed 1,200 people in Israel on Oct. 7, despite graphic images and survivors' stories. Some denialists baselessly claim the slaughter was a "false flag" planned by the Israeli government — another common conspiratorial trope, closely related to crisis actor accusations.

When CNN interviewed children whose parents were killed by Hamas, a TikTok user accused the network of "hir[ing] actors and photoshop[ping] grief." That video has been taken down.

A clip from the making of a short film, originally posted online last year, has been used by some to falsely claim Israelis are faking deaths, and by others that it shows Hamas staging a killing.

The flood of crisis actor claims in the current conflict may be a result of the sheer volume of imagery that is available online.

"I don't think we're meant to deal with this level of of traumatizing video," said Mike Caulfield, who studies the spread of viral rumors at the University of Washington's Center for an Informed Public.

Faced with that amount of footage, there's no question it can be hard to sort fact from fiction. Clips from video games and images from other conflicts are being misrepresented as showing Gaza or Israel. Some images have been revealed to be generated by artificial intelligence.

"One of the big themes of this war is just sort of a mass distrust of any images, real or not," said Jack Brewster of NewsGuard, which rates the reliability of online news sources.

But claiming civilian deaths are fake takes skepticism and turns it into justification, ISD's Ayad said.

"One of the toughest parts of a war is believing that your side has been involved in killing civilians," he said. "You will go to great lengths to try to downplay those casualties, because it does have an ability to reframe a lot of the reasons people go to war."

NPR's Fatima Al-Kassab and Linah Mohammad contributed to this report. contributed to this story

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Tales from the Coffeeshop: Monk mayhem is all about the moolah

WHEN the story about the entrepreneurial archimandrites, who set up the start-up monastery Osiou Avakoum in Fterikoudi, broke and there was talk of film of them having sex with each other, I wondered how anyone would have obtained the film of them in the act.

As there is no accounting for sexual tastes, perhaps they got a kick out of filming themselves and posting the video on an adult site on which it may have been spotted by another priest who felt morally obliged to report them. The Holy Synod members were reportedly shocked when shown the film at their meeting to discuss what they should do about the clerical debauchery.

It later emerged that there was CCTV footage of the archimandrites discussing where to hide the 800 grand they had stashed in the monastery safe and preparing to stage miracles. Were they so stupid doing all these things when they knew there was CCTV in their monastery?

The truth is they did not have a clue CCTV had been installed all over the monastery, including their private quarters and was hidden from view. These were hi tech surveillance cameras that had been installed when the two had gone on a trip abroad.

THERE is only one person, who could have given such orders – the Bishop of Tamassos and Orini, Isaias, who did not even bother to pretend he had nothing to do with this. It was Isaias who handed over the CCTV footage of the goings at the monastery to the police and who provided the holy synod with the sex footage.

The bishop’s brother is a surveillance expert working for our secret service Kyp and was perfectly capable of setting up the CCTV network, although there is no evidence he was in any way involved. Isaias also has very good ties with Russian oligarchs who paid for his palatial bishopric, built in the architectural style of Russian churches.

One of the Russian benefactors could have called in the FSB to install the cameras, although this is pure speculation. If the FSB was involved it would probably have recommended the use of Novichok, a more effective way of dealing with the troublesome two.

Nothing was made of the fact that Isaias was secretly filming the activities of Nektarios and Porfyrios, probably because it is not prohibited by the Church.

FOOTAGE of the activities at the monastery were leaked to the media all last week, by the person who was in possession of the CCTV recording but his name was mentioned by nobody.

First we had Porfyrios and Nektarios discussing where to hide the 800 grand; then there was Nektarios giving orders to monks to put myrrh in the cross so it would be secreted and give a pleasant smell to the faithful who would be convinced they witnessed a miracle. There was also film of a monk shouting at a woman and hitting her with a belt.

The funny bit was that the lawyers of the monks would issue a ludicrously lame explanation for each of these. In the case of the myrrh, they provided a “written testimony, with certification for the authenticity of the signature of worshipper from Greece.” The witness was in Nektarios’ office and “saw with his own eyes bottles of methylated and antiseptic which was used with cotton wool to clean all holy relics.”

The witness also said that the head of a baby on which the sign of the cross had been done with the crucifix of Saint Porfyrios smelt of myrrh for five days. This was also in the written testimony.

THE BEST explanation, however was the woman being beaten with a belt, claiming it was her fault. It must have been a holy belt she was hit with to make her take the blame for her beating.

In a post on her Facebook page, the woman, who works at the monastery, said “I am greatly saddened that you were forced to see a specific video which ‘shows’ in a harsh way that I was subjected to a ‘brutal beating’ by a monk of the Osiou Avakoum monastery.” She added that the video had been tampered with.

“Yes, we had a scuffle with the monk, which resulted from a misunderstanding for which I was to blame.” The misunderstanding was sorted, she said, and our relations are “very good.” She also pointed out that the incident took place last August, but she was still at the monastery.

The sinister Isaias had been filming the goings-on at the monastery since August. I can’t help thinking that the recordings he collected could be turned into a big hit as a reality TV show.

YOU DO NOT have to be a detective to realise that the row between Isaias and the monks is all about the moollah. The entrepreneurial monks were making a lot of moollah through the successful miracle business they had set up and claimed they were regularly giving a cut to Isaias. Perhaps they fell out because the bishop wanted a bigger cut.

They claimed to have contributed some 300 grand to the bishop’s election campaign for the archiepiscopal throne and insist they had documentation of money transfers as well as SMS messages from Isaias demanding payment.

It is rather embarrassing for a bishop to be cashing in on a fake miracle business, that so brazenly exploited the weak and vulnerable, but by making the scam public, Isaias may have scripted his own downfall. Unless the Russian patriarch steps in to save one of his own.

THE TIMING of Prezniktwo’s visit to the monasteries of Mount Athos could not have been worse. This was a time to keep a safe distance away from monks and monasteries, but our devout, churchgoing prez could not cancel his visit to the Holy Mount a second time.

He had planned to visit in October, but put it off because of the events in Gaza, his sense of duty preventing him from making the holy trip. But there is popularity to be gained from the faithful by visiting Mount Athos so the visit could not be put off again.

In his address at one church, he beseeched the holy fathers “to multiply your prayers and warm supplications to the Lord and the most holy Mother of God for the passing of the sufferings and sorrows of our country Cyprus…. The Holy Mount teaches that God is present in the shaping of the history of the world.”

What was the point of asking the UN to get involved in the Cyprob when we could pray not just for a resumption of the talks, but also a fair and just settlement that would end our sufferings and sorrows?

SPEAKING of the Cyprob, a few digs against the UNSG’s envoy Maria Angela Holguin have made an appearance. If anything, media attacks on her have been almost non-existent, which is a sad break from a proud tradition upheld for decades. Perhaps it is because after two visits she has said almost nothing in public.

On Monday however, some self-regarding Alpha TV reporter fired the first salvos. First, he said Holguin was being guided by British ideas – the Brits being the anti-christ of the Cyprob. Worse still, one of her chosen associates, a former deputy foreign minister of Colombia, had greeted the Turkish president at the airport in Bogota, emphatic proof she was pro-Turkish.

Clips of the visit were shown, before the reporter ominously stated, “this lady will be the assistant of Holguin.”

DIKO issued a statement to pay its respect to former president Spy Kyp, our establishment’s all-time hero, on the 22nd anniversary of his death last Tuesday. Twenty-two years after the passing of the Diko founder (is that something he should be praised for?), the party “continues his struggle, faithful to his legacies, for a solution that will secure the continued existence of the Cyprus Republic.”

Spy’s only legacy is ‘no solution’ and Diko says as much in its announcement. “He resisted pressures to accept undignified, one-sided, and catastrophic plans for the future of Cypriot Hellenism and the Cyprus Republic.” He should be particularly praised for resisting the catastrophic American-Canadian-British plan of 1978 which would have allowed the residents of Varosha to return to their homes, regardless of the outcome of the peace process that would have followed.

He was a true fighter of the resistance, not to mention his heroic efforts to establish rusfeti.

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What political motivations influenced Erdogan's decision to reconvert Hagia Sophia?

The decision aimed to rally anti-Kemalist voters.

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- On a broader level, the intensity of monitoring, sharing, and consuming controversial or distressing content online (including religious scandals) has impacted those working in media moderation, indicating a wider human cost when sacred narratives clash with modern mass communication.

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YouTube had to hire therapists to help staffers deal with seeing so much disturbing content

A year into their online venture, the YouTube site kept crashing. Customer satisfaction was low and frustration was high. For one user, though, it was the final straw — and he called the office to complain. “I need to goddamn masturbate, and I can’t do that when you don’t have all those videos up,” he raged. “Get your s–t together, you goddamn whores!”

In “Like, Comment, Subscribe: Inside YouTube’s Chaotic Rise to World Domination” (Viking), author Mark Bergen charts the story of the world’s second most visited website, from its origins as a simple video-sharing platform to its place today as what he calls “the video scaffolding of the internet.”

Launched on Feb. 14, 2005 by former PayPal employees Jawed Karim, Chad Hurley and Steve Chen, the first video ever uploaded to YouTube was a short clip titled “At The Zoo” of Karim visiting San Diego Zoo and marveling at the length of the elephant’s trunks.

Fast-forward 17 years, and there are now more than 500 hours of video uploaded to the site every minute. As Bergen writes: “Imagine the longest movie you’ve ever seen. A ‘Lord of the Rings,’ maybe. Now imagine watching it one hundred times in a row, and you still have not sat through the footage added to YouTube every sixty seconds.”

While Karim’s initial clip was short and sweet, YouTube’s popularity – it now has around 2 billion visitors each month – has meant that it has, at times, struggled to keep on top on some of the more questionable content that is uploaded. Whether it’s graphic clips or conspiracy theories, ISIS videos, alt-right advocates or porn, the platform grapples constantly with protecting its users on one hand and free speech on the other.

In its formative years, staff would routinely filter content manually, working 24/7 to ensure that everything posted didn’t breach their guidelines. The so-called ‘SQUAD’ (Safety, Quality, and User Advocacy Department) team was dedicated to removing anything that could cause distress. But the effect of seeing explicit, exploitative or disturbing content on a daily basis also took its toll on workers. In time, YouTube even employed therapists to help them cope.

There was always something wacky or weird being uploaded. Once, after Google’s $1.65 billion takeover in 2006, a gaggle of the new parent company’s execs walked past the screens of YouTube moderators as they deliberated over some bizarre footage from Japan wherein women used octopuses in sexual maneuvers. “The managers hurriedly hid the screens, nervous that the suits would freak out,” writes Bergen.

When the team couldn’t decide if a video contravened their guidelines, they called in the lawyers. During one phone call, a moderator even had to describe in exacting detail the entirety of Robin Thicke’s “Blurred Lines” music video so that the company lawyer, Lance Kavanaugh, could make the call as to whether the semi-nude models appearing were “artistic” or “sexually gratifying.”

He was driving at the time.

But the platform’s soaring popularity meant YouTube “could barely police its own backyard.”

Never was that more evident than in the fall of 2007, when an 18-year-old Finnish student, Pekka-Eric Auvinen, posted several videos of school shootings, including Columbine, as well as clips of himself using firearms. His final post, called ‘Jokela High School Massacre: 11/7/2007,’ was never flagged and, on the day in question, he walked into the school armed with a semiautomatic pistol and killed eight people before turning the gun on himself.

Live-streaming brought new problems. In 2019, self-confessed white supremacist Brenton Tarrant broadcast live the initial stages of an attack on a mosque in Christchurch, New Zealand, in which he killed 51 people. He even name-dropped YouTube’s biggest star, PewDiePie, during the rampage, urging people to subscribe to his channel.

Similarly, the sheer volume of footage uploaded from the “Arab Spring” uprisings in the early 2010s, and more recently, some horrific footage broadcast by the terrorist group ISIS and its followers, presented the site with even more problems. “YouTube was caught in the vortex,” says Bergen. “The company had rushed to expand across the globe, pushing citizens to broadcast in every language and nation they could, without putting enough staff in these countries to watch videos or deal with politics on the ground.”

But YouTube, coupled with the ingenuity and financial muscle of its parent company, has come a long way in tackling contentious clips, developing the kind of advanced machine-learning algorithms that can now outperform humans. “Early on they couldn’t detect a butt from a peach, leaving that to humans,” writes Bergen, “but now they developed skin-detection algorithms to remove obscene stuff automatically.”

They even have a “trashy video classifier” to ensure the home page doesn’t become too low rent.

The algorithms aren’t perfect, though.

One recent update to their skin-detection system, for example, saw the content of scores of grumpy bodybuilders disappear because it “couldn’t differentiate porn from Speedos.”

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a private channel, without an interpreter in a nutshell, what is the swedish ambassador talking about?
That it is necessary to prepare heating points in each house, since there may be no light for a week or two.
A little later, it is replicated by all TG channels.
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I strongly suspect that the location of powerful transformers is well known since Soviet times.
do not deceive yourself, look at any energo invest programs, how money is sawed and what it is sawed at.
it has already been built and moved 100,500 times, but the accuracy of the missiles is surprising.
without an asshole with a fungus for the ZhPS clearly did not do.
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It is possible, mobile zv 'yazok in Ukraine isnuvatime in the mode of point criticism, that will be the "island" with the zv' yazkom and teritory without zv 'yazku, - the president of "Kyivstar"
"And this is the time for the application of Kiev, if you include the cities of the great city of life, and through the city of year knows the mobile and fixed names, but this does not mean that Kiev is without a name, that is ivvidnoshennya pratsyuyuchyh i nepratsyuyuchyh saytiv itself, yak i vsіy Ukraіnі — close to 30%.
Kyiv, Kharkiv, Lviv, Poltava, ” said Oleksandr Komarov.
In this case, there is a sum that can be known for a long time in all Ukraine.
https: / / t.me / irpingrisha / 12355
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"HERSON: CURRENT CHANGE OF THE POLICE, THE DESTINATIONS OF THE CABINETS, AND THE HEROICISM OF THE PEOPLE."
This is the end of the conversation 10.11.2022 with Sergey NIKITENKO - journalist, public figure, friend of Kateryna Gandzyuk, editor of the Kherson site "MOST": https: / / most.ks.ua
- about I. Bakanov, and "demining of Chongar"
- about the police and the "kidnapped" mayor of Kherson I. Kolykhayev
- about war crimes in Kherson
"Drummers from the AllatRa and Stremousov SECTA, who knew a lot.
ABOUT KHERSON from S.NIKITENKO ":
- where did Stremousov, political career and the work of the future Gauleiter for the siloviki
- about the role of Ilya Kiva
- about the traitors from the SBU Sadokhin and Kulinich, about the connection with A. Derkach
part1: https: / / youtu.be / 5Tcw7FzeZP8
The White Brotherhood 2.
The Allat Sisters. "
Tatyana Zarovnaya:
I tell you about the modern version of the White Brotherhood, which is called "AllatRa" and was invented in the same bowels of the KGB-SBU of Donetsk.
The news that the Minister of Defense of Ukraine may become a fan of the neo-religion "AllatRa" made this topic super-relevant.
The Ministry to Irina Vereshchuk, that is true, only pro-Russian sources predict.
"Claimant" comments on rumors, giving wishful thinking.
So what is this new religion?
In short, the occult current, the creators of which preach Putinism.
"Allatra" has religious literature in the form of a multivolume authorship group of unknown comrades under the pseudonym "Anastasia Novykh".
And V. Putin himself - his biography, his appearance - is described in one of the books of the series, which is called "Crossroads" - literally with passport accuracy.
“Novykh ’ s works ” have no artistic value, but they carry a powerful propaganda charge.
Russia is represented in this fiction as the spiritual center of the earth.
Putin is described as already living among people the Savior of mankind named Nomo – not just the leader of Russia, but the incarnate Jesus Christ himself.
In Kiev, this neo-religion is represented by 53-year-old massage therapist Igor Danilov, who moved from Makeevka, and has many sympathizers in the “DNR ”.
He impersonates the Archangel Gabriel, the revived St. Agapit of Pechersk and Rigden Djappo - the lord of the fabulous Shambhala, the magician and wizard.
Has an office in a rented room on the territory of the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra.
And shows tricks - animates dead chickens, reads thoughts, goes to the astral.
Makeevskiy "archangel" lives in a suburb of Kiev, in the house of a pshonka-style with 12 concubines (Allat sisters), and about once a week... extracts the vital energy of allat with the help of... group sex.
Danilov declared one of them an annunnaka-reptilian.
The approximate call themselves geliars and orgies allegedly prevent climatic disasters.
So, friends, it is thanks to the joys of the Makeyevsky masseur Kiev bypassed by earthquakes and tsunamis.
I mean, who would believe this nonsense?
But, firstly, Igor Danilov works under the roof of the ROC - in direct and figurative senses - under the wing of the rector of the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra Pavel, who personally advertised the sect.
part 2: https: / / youtu.be / OopYVj5-rGk
"AllatRa, or White Brotherhood 2.
Long-term anti-Ukrainian strategy. "
“I am far from thinking that the Russian Federation at least once will allow us to join NATO, ” said MP I. Vereshchuk in the fall of 2019.
And in the books that Allatra distributes, it is said about NATO that this is a whip of “sotons ”.
And another detail that I forgot to mention in this video - in December 2013, then the mayor of Rava-Russkaya Vereshchuk gave an interview to the Russian "Ogonyok", where she admitted: "If we had such a Putin, I would vote for him.
He ’ s doing good for Russia. ”
So, friends, Irina sympathizes with the neo-religion "Allatra", whose chief has an office in the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra, and on whose channels in YouTube you can see videos with rituals in the cemetery, there is a video with elements of light porn, and a video where Danilov tells adepts that they need to try to get the hair of popular people along with bulbs.
As if obscurantism is off the scale, and the position of the UOC-KP on AllatRa was voiced back in 2017: it is a quasi-religion with elements of occultism, which contradicts Orthodoxy.
But the “highlight ” of“ Allatra ” is that the creators of the sect have been preparing for the “materialization of sensual ideas ” (similar to the movie Formula of Love) for years, and before coming out of the underground described themselves in their books.
So not only Putin, but also the leader of "AllatRa" was for many years earlier presented in the waste paper authorship of "Anastasia Novykh" as a kind of ninja special forces named "Sensei", who has superpowers - because he is the Holy Spirit himself, Agapit Pechersky, Rigden Djappo and Archangel Gabriel.
The AllatRa Brotherhood is actively involved in politics and the affairs of the state, although this contradicts the Constitution.
For example, one of the politicians recommended by sectarians is N. Savchenko, a regular guest of the AllatRa TV studio.
Nadia recently shared her impressions of the “International Conference“ Creative Society ”.
She talked about aliens and how to introduce the Allatra program into the legislation.
And Allatra is far from harmless: while fans are urged to spread pro-Russian propaganda and harmful myths – for example, that the rulers of countries with Western values are maniacs.
And in the second stage, the guys are going to actively interfere in the affairs of the state.
So far, the work is taking place at the level of recruiting new members, but the next stage is the achievement of political influence.
The doctrine of Allatra coincides entirely with the geopolitical tasks of modern Russia: the unification of the Slavic peoples into a single state, the destruction of America under the flag of a holy war with the spiritless West.
Note: Ukraine in the book “Crossroads ”, first published back in 2005, is presented as part of Russia, Ukrainian politicians are priests of the striped star devil who want to tear Ukrainians away from their spiritual center – Moscow, while Chekists, Kgbists and FSB officers are just an example of spirituality and honesty, and the best of them is“ Nomo ” (aka V. Putin).).
If we take a closer look at the common features of AllatRa and the White Brotherhood, we study the chronology of the emergence of the two sects, parallels.This is important to understand how long and systematically the creators of AllatRa have been working, implementing a long-term anti-Ukrainian strategy with the participation of the KGB.
Preparing to show the world the "incarnation" of the Archangel in the face of the masseur, the current henchmen of Agapita-Gavrila collected signatures for the demolition of Archangel Michael in the center of Kiev and his replacement with Gabriel.
And if the sectarians succeeded, they could be even better prepared for the “revival of the stone statue ” in the person of the“ Archangel ” Danilov.
In the winter of 2013-2014, the future “reptilian ” Zhanna Khveschuk and her colleague Andrei Mikhalchuk (the elite of the sect) pushed anti-Maidan theses.
And Agapit-Gavrila himself came out of the underground in 2014 - "materialized" to inspire adepts that without Russia Ukraine - khan.
Under the guise of building a society in which there will be self-government, the guys actually all lead to the fact that the masseur Danilov will rule the new world order with the Chekist Putin.
zombies "woke up to fight the servants of Satan...
More about Kherson from those who know:
"What is Kherson becoming easy zdobychyu orkiv?
The first Russian Gauleiter from Avakovim "
Radio Svoboda (TV project Crim.Reality) by the journalist Igor Tokar.
We will discuss the life of the pupils of Kirila Stremousova and Volodymyr Saldo.
And we have a vision, which was the role of the local police, with which the agents of the FSB Strremousov and Saldo sprang up the results of the war.
Next year 2014 measures V. Saldo will organize the referendum for the KhNR, and K. Stremousov will stand for the "Russian world".
Stremousov was the organizer of the "Russian Studies", and became a representative of the Socialist Party and the head of the Illi Kivi region.
Vin threatened Kateryna Gandzyuk, on which there was an acid attack.
Also, after the fall on Gandzyuk, the leader of socialistiv Kіva liv brud na zhіnku.
In the past, Kyva joined the party of the Kuma of the OPZZH route.
Who paid for your site at the list – pitannya vіdkrite, ale vіdomo, sho Kyva nіkoli not becoming a political, yakbi not kolychni mіnіstr MBC Avakov.
Kіva buv yogo radnikom, otrimav vіd mynіstra zbroyu.Pіd dahom MBC Kіva vtoryv pіdrozdіl, sho diyav yak private zagіn.
Handziuk fought with the structures of Arsen Avakov.
Vona bula is not less active, and th pratsivnytsya mіskvikonkom.
On the Facebook page there was a photo with the letter "Ментам смоктати".
Dakhom at the Ministry of Internal Affairs Katya explained the carnless days of the Maybut Gauleiter Stremousov.
Yakos Vin attacked the head of the man and stripped his coat.
On the back of the car vlashtovuv biki.
"Right at the session, beating the legs of Politseysky, and no one for that was not bulo," K. Gandzyuk said.
Spyvrobitniki pravookhoronnyh organіv not mali zapitany to Stremousova, hocha mer Volodymyr Mykolayenko wrote the application to polіції.
Spring 2018 р.
Stremoussiv organized an attack on the SBU spyvrobitnikіv and tried the zhalnitsy tryman on the administrative cordon with Krim "Deputy of the European Parliament".
"With the sum of the constatuemo, there is a presence of the independent coordination of the law enforcement bodies, which should be brought before the head of the Russian" fifth column "in the areas that are close to Krim.
It ’ s cool to be in Kyiv at social services when active diy prikordonnoyu service and the SBU at “zero ”.
And to ensure the presence of politseysku diyalnist and the provision of trymanyh in Kherson - not so cool.
Special “contribution ” to the Kherson Militia and the National Guard ”, – wrote the representative of the President of Ukraine in Crimea Boris Babin.
Ale attack on the convoy of the leader of Kirill Stremousov from the hands.
Handziuk called the kerіvnitstvo Kherson polіції in uncontrolled distribution of traumatic disease fake magazines, and on the right titushkam.
The head of the Department of Economic Development of the National Policy in the Kherson region Artyom Antoshchuk was also apologised.
The fear that the Russian Federation can invade Kherson from the side of the anexovanogo pivostrova, has been caused from the first day by the Crim of Independence in the Dnieper water.
Kateryna Gandzyuk spoke about this post (they doused with silicic acid 31 December 2018 year, and won died from 4 December 2018 year)...
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in july, we recorded a fall in GDP by 4.3% in annual terms, in june - by 5%, in may - by 4.5%, in april - by 2.7%, growth by 1.4% in march, by 4.2% - in february and 5.7% - in january.
According to the Ministry, the decline in GDP of the Russian Federation in the 3rd quarter of 2022 amounted to 4.4% in annual terms after a decline of 4.1% in the 2nd quarter and growth of 3.5% in the 1st quarter.
The decrease in GDP of the Russian Federation for January-September 2022, the Ministry of Economic Development estimated at 2%.
The Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation predicts a decline in GDP of the Russian Federation in 2022 by 2.9%, a decrease in 2023 by 0.8% and an increase of 2.6% in 2024 and 2025.
At the same time, the forecasts of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation on the dynamics of the Russian economy for 2022-2025 are more conservative than the expectations of the Russian government.
Last week, the Bank of Russia improved its forecast for Russia ’ s GDP decline in 2022 to 3-3.5% from 4-6% in the previous July forecast.
At the same time, in the 4th quarter of 2022, the Central Bank expects a decline in the economy by 6.4-7.8% in annual terms.
https: / / www.epravda.com.ua / eng / news / 2022 / 11 / 3 / 693428 /
The World Bank has released a new economic outlook for Europe and Central Asia for the next three years.
Analysts have improved the forecast for Russia ’ s GDP for 2022: the decline will be, but by 4.5%, and not by 8.9%, as predicted earlier.
In 2024, the Russian economy should move to growth.
The economy of Ukraine, whose GDP this year will collapse by 35%, will begin to grow from 2023, but growth “will remain weak ”.
https: / / www.gazeta.ru / business / 2022 / 10 / 04 / 15575173.shtml? updated
The situation in the Russian economy is developing better than expected, and the decline in GDP in 2022 will not exceed 3.3%, said the head of the Accounts Chamber Alexei Kudrin.
Their forecasts have improved and specialized agencies: according to the Ministry of Economic Development, the decline in GDP this year will be 2.9%, the Central Bank says about minus 3-3.5%
The fall in Russia ’ s GDP in 2022 will not exceed 3.3%, Chairman of the Accounts Chamber (JV) Alexei Kudrin said in an interview with RT, acknowledging that the situation in the country ’ s economy is developing better than originally expected.
“The unprecedented sanctions regime that was imposed on Russia, of course, affects our economy, and it was originally predicted that GDP would fall by more than 7%.
However, now I think the fall will be only about 2.9-3.3%, ” he said.
........
He noted that part of the burden of reducing GDP will pass to 2023, when the economy can contract by another 0.8%.
And he did not rule out “more complex scenarios ”, taking into account possible restrictions on the sale of Russian oil and the ceiling on energy prices.
According to him, after two years of recession, the Russian economy will need two or three years to return to pre-crisis indicators, "if no new difficult events occur."
https: / / www.forbes.ru / biznes / 480974-kudrin-sprognoziroval-snizenie-vvp-rossii-v-2022-godu-na-2-9-3-3
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Almost no link works, except for a long article on ORD Tatiana Zarovna.
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⚡  Tomorrow the avarіynі vidklyuchennya is not predicted, but all the regions of Ukraine will have their plans stalled
You will be able to visit from 00: 00 to 02: 00 and from 8: 00 to 24: 00, in addition to the graph, which stores the stalled oblenergo.
We will not forget to live with you.
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Last week, the Bank of Russia improved its forecast for Russia ’ s GDP decline in 2022 to 3-3.5% from 4-6% in the previous July forecast.
https: / / www.epravda.com.ua / eng / news / 2022 / 11 / 3 / 693428 /
The World Bank has released a new economic outlook for Europe and Central Asia for the next three years.
Analysts have improved the forecast for Russia ’ s GDP for 2022: the decline will be, but by 4.5%, and not by 8.9%, as predicted earlier.
In 2024, the Russian economy should move to growth.
The economy of Ukraine, whose GDP this year will collapse by 35%, will begin to grow from 2023, but growth “will remain weak ”.
https: / / www.gazeta.ru / business / 2022 / 10 / 04 / 15575173.shtml? updated
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**Regulation and Censorship in Religious Discourse Online:**
   There are proposals for stricter regulation and self-censorship of content on social networks, specifically to protect children and uphold respect towards religious symbols.

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Content: The ROC proposed to fine IT companies for the lack of self-censorship in social networks
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The law “On the protection of children from information harmful to their health and development ” does not work on the Internet, in social networks there are groups that promote hatred and life-threatening content, therefore it is necessary to appoint IT companies“ serious fines ” for the lack of self-censorship, said the Chairman of the Patriarchal Commission on Family, Protection of Motherhood and Childhood, Fyodor Lukyanov.
Lukyanov cited as an example the situation with the TikTok social network, where videos are distributed in which animated characters or live children and adolescents eat or prepare embryos - "abortiffs", as the authors of such content write, RIA Novosti reports.
“This is a sad example of the lack of a state system for monitoring immoral and harmful information for children ’ s health and psyche.
Unlike China, for example, where such content would be blocked, and the owner of the resource is seriously fined, ” he said.
According to him, in social networks, for example, in “Vkontakte ” there are not only groups that promote abortion and hatred of young children,“ but also suicidal content. ”
“We have law 436 FZ“ On the protection of children from information harmful to their health and development ”, but it does not work on the Internet and social networks.
Parents write complaints, but the situation does not change.
It will begin to change if IT companies begin to receive serious fines for the lack of self-censorship, ” the priest said.
Earlier, the Russian Orthodox Church launched a flash mob in social networks with the hashtag # nafonekhram for Russians who do not use such photos “as a provocation or a reason to be insulted. ”
Recall that in late September, a blogger from Tajikistan Ruslan Bobiev was detained because of a photo against the background of the Church of St. Basil the Blessed, the Network called for a criminal case under an article about insulting the feelings of believers.
In the photo, which the blogger distributed in social networks, he and a girl in a police jacket simulate sexual intercourse.
Bobiev later apologized for his actions.
The court sentenced Bobiev and his girlfriend to 10 months in prison.
This is the sentence the prosecutor requested for the defendants.
On October 30, a criminal case on insulting the feelings of believers was opened against a 30-year-old St. Petersburg woman for footage in a half-naked form against the background of St. Isaac ’ s Cathedral.
The court in St. Petersburg did not choose her a measure of restraint in the form of a ban on certain actions.
Old Believers urged not to punish for nude photos near temples.
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Laws similar to Russia's "436 FZ" target information deemed harmful, but enforcement in digital spaces remains ineffective, prompting new discussions about fines for IT companies that fail to remove controversial or offensive content.

**Legal and Public Backlash to Actions Perceived as Disrespectful to Religion:**
   Several instances are cited where individuals have faced legal penalties for actions seen as disrespectful to religious symbols or sites (e.g., court sentences for “scandalous” photos near churches or cathedrals).

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Content: Poll: Russians against strict punishment for candid photos on the background of churches
Most Russians believe that the punishment for candid photos against the background of churches should be limited to a fine, according to a survey conducted by the Levada Center (recognized by the Russian authorities as a foreign agent).
More than half of respondents (51%) believe that the state should punish the publication of such images, but the punishment should be limited to a fine.
35% of respondents believe that the punishment should be more severe - up to imprisonment.
Another 10% believe that there should be no punishment for such an act.
Supporters of severe punishment most among respondents over 54 years of age.
In this age group, 43% of respondents support strict punishment for candid photos against the background of churches, while 47% of their peers believe that the punishment should be limited to a fine.
The least supporters of severe punishment (19%) - among respondents aged 18-24 years.
The penalty in the form of a fine is supported by 57% of respondents in this age group.
At the same time, 17% of respondents aged 18-24 believe that the state should not punish either the authors or the heroes of these photos.
In general, as follows from the survey data, residents of Russia are not inclined to closely follow the scandals associated with the publication of candid photos against the background of churches.
Every second respondent did not know anything about the publication of such pictures on social networks.
36% of respondents said that they had heard something about such publications, and only 14% said that they had heard a lot about scandals associated with frank photos against the background of Orthodox churches.
The respondents aged 18-24 years, as well as residents of the country older than 55 years - in these age groups, 53% of respondents know about scandalous photos.
Most of all about scandals with candid photos against the background of churches know those for whom telegram channels are the main source of information.
Among them, 28% of respondents are well aware of such scandals, 36% have heard something about it.
Respondents aged 25-54 years are less aware: 47% of them know about such scandals or have heard something about them, while 53% of respondents in this age group do not know anything about them at all.
Among those who prefer television and radio as the main source of information, most of those who have not heard anything about such publications (50 and 49%, respectively).
Cases due to provocative photos
Last autumn, because of photographs taken against the background of churches and the Kremlin, which the authorities considered provocative, several cases were opened at once - criminal and administrative.
One of the loudest - against blogger Ruslan Bobiev and his girlfriend Anastasia Chistova, who took a photo against the background of the temple of St. Basil the Blessed - on it the girl sits in front of the guy squatting, and he holds her by the hair.
On October 29, a court in Moscow sentenced them to 10 months in prison, finding them guilty of insulting the feelings of believers.
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On October 30, the St. Petersburg Department of the Investigative Committee announced that it had opened a case under the same article against the instagram model Irina Volkova, who starred in thongs against the background of St. Isaac ’ s Cathedral.
However, the court refused the investigation, which asked to assign the girl a measure of restraint.
22-year-old webcam model Lola Bunny (Lolita Bogdanova) was less lucky - she is under a travel ban.
On October 23, the Investigative Committee opened a criminal case against her about insulting the feelings of believers because of the video in which the girl shows her chest, standing near the same church of St. Basil.
On October 31, it became known that Moscow police are conducting an inspection because of the photos that porn actress Rita Fox (Ksenia Damova) posted on social networks.
On one of them, the girl stands against the background of the Kremlin tower, lowering her pants and exposing her buttocks.
As a result, a protocol was drawn up on Damova under the article on petty hooliganism and sent under administrative arrest for 14 days.
On November 18, it became known that in Kaluga, the police began an inspection because of a photo of a girl who raised her skirt against the background of the Church of the Transfiguration of the Lord.
Later, the heroine of the photo said that she wrote a confession, and did it in the FSB.
Reaction to such cases
The autumn wave of cases of insulting the feelings of believers caused a resonance in social networks.
Users sharply criticized and ridiculed the actions of Russian law enforcement agencies.
So, the producer and blogger Yaroslav Andreev published on Instagram photos of singers Natalia Oreiro and Olga Buzova, who posed in open swimsuits against the background of Orthodox churches in Moscow and Volgograd.
Andreev noted that now very worried about the fate of the singers.
In the media there were also comments from representatives of various religious communities in defense of the authors and heroes of candid photo shoots against the background of the temples.
Rector of the Institute of Christian Psychology, Archpriest Andrei Lorgus suggested that such candid photo shoots against the background of churches are not intended to offend believers.
He said it could be a form of protest.
“Teenagers always arrange something provocative, they have such a need to go against everyone.
They choose the tools that will have the desired effect.
They hit a point, in a sore place, "he said in an interview with the radio station Govorit Moskva.
The head of the World Union of Old Believers Leonid Sevastyanov urged not to punish bloggers for photos with elements of nudity.
In an interview with RIA Novosti, he called the stories of the persecution of bloggers posing in underwear against the background of the temples, too bloated.
According to him, such actions can not offend the feelings of believers.
“Naked is also part of religious culture, not only in the Western tradition, where, for example, the Sistine Chapel is all decorated with bare bodies, but also in the Eastern tradition, where, for example, Christ is completely depicted naked both during baptism and in his underwear on the Cross, ” he noted.
Amendments to Article 148 of the Criminal Code, providing for criminal liability for insulting the feelings of believers, were adopted in Russia in 2013.
The need to tighten the legislation began to talk after the “punk prayer ”, which in 2012 was held by the members of the group Pussy Riot in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior.

Public opinion polls show significant support for punishing such acts, mostly through fines rather than jail time, highlighting how society is sensitive to perceived offenses against religion—even if opinions vary on the severity of the response.

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**Manipulation of Religious Narratives for Political Ends:**
   The extract points to the creation of “Orthodox media” promoted with propagandist goals, further blurring the lines between religious and political agendas.

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Content: RosPropaganda has reached a new level: “hires ” Ukrainians to work and creates“ Orthodox media ”
Russian propaganda finds new approaches to Ukrainians.
Those who recently spoke about the harmful “propaganda of LGBT ” in Ukraine and the“ Russian superpower ”, now turned into Orthodox journalists and protect the UOC-MP from legal eviction from the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra.
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In addition, propagandists in social networks offer outrageous vacancies for men and come up with an excuse for the failures of the occupiers.
Read about how the propaganda of the Russian Federation works in Ukraine in the material OBOZREVATEL.
Russian propagandists in social networks talk about “chic work ” for oligarchs
Fakes about the situation at the front are in demand only among Russians, the Ukrainians do not pay attention to reports about the next seizure of the settlement or the destruction of HIMARS by the Russian occupiers.
Therefore, the propaganda of the Russian Federation comes up with new opportunities to influence Ukrainians.
In addition to the story of the “religious split ” (read more about this later in the text), social networks are also trying to spread tension among the military.
For example, in the social network TikTok spread messages about “work for men ” without a military ticket.
It seems that for 50 thousand UAH you need to protect the house in Koncha Zaspa (an elite suburb of the capital), or for the same money and without a military ticket to “drive the leader ”.
They also talk about vacancies for men in Poland: to collect vegetables and fruits for 85 thousand UAH and how it would be at the same time the employer helps to break the law and leave the country for men.
The main purpose of such “announcements ” is to create the impression that while some Ukrainians at the front give their lives, others receive even higher salaries, guarding the“ oligarchs ”.
In fact, no “oligarch ” is looking for staff in social networks.
And Polish employers are not engaged in falsifying documents for men to travel abroad.
OBOZREVATEL has clicked on the link indicated as to contact the employer for the specified vacancies.
In fact, the vacancies described in the posts do not exist.
On the link, Ukrainians are offered to join the group in Telegram with ads copied from personnel portals.
The channel only exists for a month, and its only purpose is to legitimize fake job ads.
Telegram is one of the favorite tools for Russian propagandists.
Russian military enforcers openly work here, propagandist Vladimir Solovyov broadcasts his programs.
But sometimes Russians impersonate “Ukrainian news Telegram channels. ”
There are hundreds of such “news channels. ”
The most famous of them are “ZeRada ”,“ Resident ”, “Legitimate ”,“ Dark Knight ”, “Cartel ”.
There are about 30 channels in the network.
From time to time, they refer to the information of colleagues from the network.
They also find “explanations ” for Russia ’ s failures, for example, information that Russia has already begun to use tanks stored since the 1960s, they explained as follows: new tanks, of which there are, of course, a lot in Russia, are kept in case NATO attacks.
OBOZREVATEL previously wrote extensively about the Kremlin network in June last year.
During this time, only a few channels were closed from the list of the network.
On the contrary, the number of subscribers increased.
• "Legitimate" - from 617 thousand to 902 thousand subscribers;
• "ZeRada" - from 243 thousand to 336 thousand subscribers;
• "Resident" - 551 thousand subscribers;
• "First News of the War" - the channel was liquidated (there were 564 thousand subscribers);
• "Cartel" - from 115 thousand to 154 thousand subscribers.
The Kremlin ’ s religious pool: how pro-Russian propagandists turned into “Orthodox journalists ”
"First Cossack" with the beginning of a full-scale war turned into the media of the UOC-MP.
Every day on their YouTube channel, Telegram, TikTok and other social networks publish publications with the protection of the “Orthodox ” (in fact, we are talking about protecting exclusively the UOC-MP).
And their fakes about activists demanding the UOC-MP to comply with the decision of the government, the reserve and leave the Lavra are distributed by the Union of Orthodox Journalists (UOJ, another UOC-PM media).
For example, “First Cossack ” said that the activists staged“ pagan rite under the prayers of believers. ”
So “journalists ” called the gesture“ Trizub Chornovil ” (index, middle and ring fingers are raised up, this gesture was used by the leader of the People ’ s Movement of Ukraine Vyacheslav Chornovil).
But before the full-scale war, the First Cossack was almost not interested in religion.
They filmed stories about how Ukraine will suffer without Russian gas, spread fakes about the coronavirus, proved that Russia has turned into a “greenhouse superpower ”.
The “First Cossack ” also defended Yevgeny Muraev and talked about dangerous“ LGBT propaganda ” (the fight against LGBT is one of the “spiritual bonds of the Russian Federation ”).
By the way, most of the "experts", then actually leading the "First Cossack", now received a suspicion of treason.
Among them, for example, the political strategist of Putin ’ s cousin Viktor Medvedchuk Mikhail Pogrebinsky.
There is nothing in common with true Orthodoxy, the religious theme of the "First Cossack".
They do not talk about the foundations of religion, God, the foundations of the Christian faith.
So far, their stories are focused on how the innocent UOC is discrediting the Ukrainian authorities.
"The first Cossack" is helped by already recognized propagandists.
Among them, for example, the former journalist of channels Medvedchuk Diana Panchenko.
She filmed her “project ” about the“ DNR ”, and now she tells in social networks about the “holy Lavra ” and its oppression.
OBOZREVATEL advises Ukrainians not to trust anonymous sources of information, read Ukrainian media and news Telegram-channels that do not hide data about their owners.

These media sometimes operate from significant religious sites (like the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra), indicating how religious institutions can influence public opinion and national identities.

**Conflicts Over Religious Identity and Heritage:**
   Orthodox missions in non-Orthodox regions (such as the Mariana Islands) often encounter resistance or confusion due to local identities deeply embedded in other faith traditions (like Catholicism among the Chamorros).

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The rector of the parishes of the Russian Orthodox Church in Taiwan, Priest Kirill Shkarbul, has been engaged in missionary work on the islands of the Pacific Ocean for many years.
In previous years, he worked on the conversion to Orthodoxy of residents of Taiwan, the Philippines, East Timor, Papua New Guinea.
Recently, Father Cyril made a new missionary journey to an exotic land - to the Mariana Islands, where he preached to the locals.
In an interview with “Izvestia ” he told about his impressions received during his stay in the distant archipelago.
How did you get to the Mariana Islands?
To begin with, since the planet was quarantined, our ability to get anywhere with a missionary mission has been severely limited.
It became difficult to maintain communication even with the missions that we had established in previous years — in Papua New Guinea, in East Timor.
We are now forced to maintain, mainly, remote communication with them, from time to time it is possible to send some humanitarian supplies.
Photo courtesy of Father Kirill Shkarbul
I now pay a lot of attention to the development of missionary YouTube channels, where I talk about the Orthodox faith — videos are published in Russian, English and Chinese.
In May of this year, a new outbreak of COVID-19 began in Taiwan.
For the first time, a serious lockdown was introduced on the island - so severe that we were forbidden even to go to the temple, not that to conduct services and courses on Orthodoxy.
It all went online.
Then I remembered that there was a region where I was often invited to develop the Orthodox mission.
This is Oceania, and in particular the Mariana Islands — there is the approval of the Church to develop a mission in those parts of the Pacific region where there is nothing Orthodox yet.
Thus, the lockdown in Taiwan unexpectedly made it possible to make a new missionary journey.
As a result, I managed to visit the Mariana Islands and communicate with representatives of the local Chamorro people.
Before, I knew little about this archipelago, but during my trip there I managed to get acquainted with it closer.
— It seems that the history of the discovery of this archipelago was quite sad?
Europeans first arrived on these islands four hundred years ago, on March 6, 1521.
And they were the sailors of the world ’ s first round-the-world expedition.
According to the results of communication with the Chamorro, the head of the expedition Fernando Magellan gave the archipelago the unhonorable name Las Islas de los Ladrones ("Islands of Thieves") - the aborigines, climbing the ships, dragged from there everything that lay bad.
Much later, in 1668, the islands were named Mariana, after Mariana of Austria, widow of King Philip IV of Spain.
The Spaniards declared the archipelago their colony, but the Chamorros did not want to submit.
The war of conquest began, which lasted for many decades.
During this war, the Chamorros were almost completely exterminated - at one time their number decreased from the previous 100 thousand to just 3 thousand people.
In general, now the thoroughbred Chamorros are almost gone.
The islands are now inhabited by mestizos, leading their pedigrees from Chamorro marriages with peoples who came from other islands of Oceania, as well as with Filipinos, Japanese, Spaniards, Germans.
Who owns the islands now?
The Spanish lost the archipelago at the end of the century.
They lost the southern part of it as a result of the losing war with the Americans, and the northern part was bought from them by Germany.
After World War I, the League of Nations placed Mariana under Japanese control.
When a new world war broke out, the archipelago became the scene of fierce fighting.
The Americans took possession of the islands in 1944, it was from here that planes took off that dropped nuclear bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki...
After the war, the United Nations instructed the United States to continue to administer these territories.
Since 1978, the Northern Mariana Islands and Guam have officially become “unincorporated organized territories of the United States ”, and eight years later, the Marians have received the status of US citizens.
The population of the islands, according to the latest census data, is decreasing - in 2010 it was 213,241 people.
The inhabited islands are Guam, Saipan, Tinian and Rota.
In fact, I visited them.
There are still many smaller islands in the archipelago, but due to volcanic activity, no one lives there on a permanent basis.
What do you remember most about your stay in the archipelago?
The first people appeared there two thousand years before the birth of Christ.
And the descendants of those aborigines, despite the increasing Europeanization, still managed to save much from the culture of their ancestors.
As for religion, they are mostly Catholics.
However, for many, Catholicism is purely formal, with extensive pagan inclusions.
I have encountered something similar before in the Philippines and East Timor, where people who call themselves Catholics continue to practice purely pagan rites, such as spirit worship, magic, and divination.
It seems that they go to a Catholic church, but there is no special sense...
Photo courtesy of Father Kirill Shkarbul
To be honest, I had to make a lot of effort to convey to them that Orthodoxy is not the same as Catholicism.
“What new can you tell us?
I read the Bible without you. ”
Before them, unfortunately, Christianity came in a very “dried ” form, and therefore could not supplant paganism, deeply rooted in their worldview and way of life.
The former preachers tried not so much to light the flock with the flame of faith as to entertain it.
Therefore, it turned out that many Marians only in the words of Catholic Christians, but in fact - polytheists animists (believe that each object has its own soul).
And how exactly did you preach?
I began missionary work with the Marians by distributing leaflets specially printed in English.
Immediately there was a question with mobility, as without a car it is difficult to work there.
As a result, I began to practice detour of villages and talk with their inhabitants.
The task was complicated by the fact that, unlike many other Pacific and Asian peoples, the Marians prefer not to gather in large groups.
They are by nature individualists, all on cars, do not experience much interest in visitors.
I want to emphasize that missionary work is first and foremost work on oneself.
You must clearly understand what the Good News you bring to the natives is.
He is obliged to burn himself with this faith in the Living Gospel, in the Apostolic Church, which has not lost its direct connection with Christ.
And those people in the Mariana Islands who, with my modest participation, converted to Orthodoxy, discovered something incredibly important in it.
We saw in Orthodoxy a new hope, an indestructible spiritual core.
After all, now — especially in the era of the pandemic — people are more eager than ever to find a reliable spiritual guide.
What impression did you have of the aborigines?
The Chamorros have always been a small but independent people with high self-esteem, and their modern descendants have inherited this quality.
At the same time, they are not belligerent, not arrogant, they are characterized by a naive-optimistic attitude to the world.
But, of course, they are much more educated than the Papuans I visited two years ago.
Despite the fact that Americanization is gradually doing its job, modern Chamorros still strongly felt such clannishness, which I have not yet seen anywhere else.
Photo courtesy of Father Kirill Shkarbul
Although Guam is home to about 160,000 people (of which only about a third are Chamorros), people identify each other by belonging to a particular clan and many are able to name the names of their ancestors, who lived two hundred and sometimes four hundred years ago, during the era of the arrival of Spanish colonists on the islands.
And people there are often judged not by personal qualities, but by family ties - from which clan you are, who your father, grandfather, uncle, and so on.
They have their own interesting mythology, epic tales, passed down from generation to generation.
What is the policy of the United States towards the population of the Mariana Islands?
In general, they have already managed to Americanize them, deprive the cultural and social elite and tear them away from their national roots.
True, in recent years, programs for the revival of the Chamorro language and culture have been implemented, but often they are of a bootleg nature.
Marian traditions and customs for American businessmen are just another potential tourist attraction, a way of earning.
In fact, the Chamorros are trying to deprive them of the cultural code.
However, the younger generation of natives is beginning to realize this, and therefore they are trying to revive their culture.
But the forces are initially unequal.
On one side is all the power of Hollywood, American show business, modern mass culture, and on the other is a relatively small community of Marians trying to find and revive their ancestral heritage.
Moreover, there are even fewer people in the archipelago who claim to call themselves “Chamorro ” than Filipinos living here.
How do you assess the results of the trip?
During my stay on the islands, I had a lot of conversations about faith — in homes, on the streets, on the beaches, in parks.
Told the Marians about Orthodoxy, and many managed to interest.
The foundation for the future development of the mission, it seems to me, is left good.
A great help was the fact that a small number of our Orthodox compatriots lived on Marians before my arrival, however, they were very divided.
There was no single Orthodox community as such.
When news spread among them that an Orthodox priest had come to the islands for some time, the co-religionists began to look for me (and I - them) to meet.
Photo courtesy of Father Kirill Shkarbul
I think that I managed to somehow unite these people, and their small communities can become the basis for the development of a further mission among those who do not yet belong to Orthodoxy.
Now there are centers of attraction — a circle of believers where people can pray and communicate together.
I hope that in the future these small islands will grow.
I must say that I was greatly helped by an Orthodox family living on the island of Saipan, they even conduct divine services in a secular order.
We are now holding regular online catechesis classes with them and with other volunteers, including converts.
That they may be engaged in the preaching work and that those who already wish to be baptized receive the necessary training to do so.
— Did you leave any visible traces of your stay in the Mariana Islands?
- Yes, on the way to the islands, it occurred to me that it would be nice to install Orthodox worship crosses on some of the islands of the archipelago, in order to thereby express our praise to the Lord and hope for the development and strengthening of Orthodoxy in these parts.
It turned out that the same desire had matured for many years in one of the Orthodox men living on Saipan.
The installation of worship crosses should also serve to further develop the mission and attract greater interest of local residents in the true Christian doctrine.
In addition, this inspired our believers living here, because they still do not have a temple, nor the opportunity to regularly attend Orthodox worship.
After obtaining permission from the local authorities, the initiative was covered by the local media, and its preparation and implementation took about four months.
In November, our volunteer Vladislav installed worship crosses on two island-volcanoes – Anatahan and Pagan.
Crosses with commemorative plaques were erected in accordance with all Orthodox canons, they are clearly visible from afar: both from the sea and from the land.
The Lord blessed to have time to carry out this first part of the project already this year, in November, despite the fact that the shipping season is already closed.
By God ’ s grace, the sea was still surprisingly calm.
This allowed a group of volunteers, having overcome a considerable distance, to swim to both islands and install crosses.
What are your further plans?
In the near future, it is planned to install a symbolic cross also on the northernmost island of the Mariana archipelago - Farallion de Pajaros.
There was hardly a human foot here...
In addition, if the Lord blesses, Orthodox crosses will be erected on some other islands of the archipelago.
But it is extremely important, of course, that a priest be sent to Mariana for the care of the Orthodox and, possibly, other missionaries.
I hope that in the foreseeable future it will be possible to build churches or chapels there for regular divine services.
I hope that I will be there again with a mission when this opportunity arises, because it is necessary to continue the work begun.
In my humble opinion, the Mariana Islands could become a convenient base for the development of an Orthodox mission throughout the Pacific region.
But, of course, the revival and development of the preaching of Orthodoxy here requires both prayerful and financial support from everyone for whom the Lord ’ s call “Go, teach all nations, baptizing them in the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit! ” is important.
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Efforts to establish Orthodoxy are presented as both a cultural project and a religious mission, reflecting the strategic and sometimes controversial nature of expanding religious influence.

**Tension Between Cultural Heritage and Contemporary Use:**
   The removal of media (e.g., a YouTube cartoon episode) due to its depiction of iconic cathedrals (like St. Isaac's) reveals ongoing debates about respect for religious and historical heritage sites versus freedom of expression.

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The author of the cartoon Oleg Kuvaev is skeptical about the claim.
YouTube has removed the last episode of Oleg Kuvakva ’ s animated series “Masyanya ” due to a complaint of one of the users on copyright infringement.
This was reported by the author of the series on social networks.
Administrators got rid of the video on Saturday, July 23, two weeks after publication.
As it turned out, the claim came from user Igor Sobolev, who claims that the view of the facade of St. Isaac ’ s Cathedral used in the series is copied from his photo.
Kuvaev does not agree with this logic - in his defense, he noted that the image was depicted frontally, that is, could coincide with any other photo from a similar angle.
The author of the animated series considers the claim absurd and does not understand why his work was deleted, and not temporarily blocked.
Earlier, we reported that the TV channel “LentV24 ” was removed from YouTube after the broadcast of the Victory Parade.
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Similar tensions arise when decisions are made to reconvert or repurpose heritage sites, drawing international criticism over preserving universal cultural values versus affirming national or religious sovereignty.

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**Media and Social Networks Amplifying Controversies:**
   Scandals involving religious sites or symbols tend to gain traction on social media and Telegram channels, indicating the power of digital platforms to shape public debate and escalate controversies.

These “viral” discussions sometimes spark policy responses or legal action, illustrating the interplay between new media, public sentiment, and state authority.

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**Relevance to Hagia Sophia:**
These themes mirror the controversy around Erdogan’s reconversion of Hagia Sophia:
- Critics argue it’s a politically motivated move appealing to religious nationalism and domestic support.

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What kind of domestic reaction did Erdogan's reconversion of Hagia Sophia receive?

- Internationally, many see it as disregarding the site’s global, multicultural, and interfaith legacy, given its status as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

- Opponents point to its use as a tool to emphasize national sovereignty over universal values of cultural heritage and religious coexistence.

- Social and media responses, both locally and abroad, reflect these broader tensions between modern political goals, religious symbolism, and the preservation of cultural identity.

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This summary should provide you with bite-sized, relatable points for your Arab audience, linking the themes of religious and political controversy around sacred sites worldwide, contextualized by the Hagia Sophia incident.

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**Summary of Extracts Regarding Mosque and Religious Controversies (including Implications for Hagia Sophia Conversion):**

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Content: Chairman of the Board of Directors and Editors
I'm sorry.
Mohamad Elbaz
Chairman of the Board of Directors and Editors
I'm sorry.
Mohamad Elbaz
The castle, the sea and Mrs. Nafisa
I rubbed my eyes several times while watching a video of a tweet from an Arab country on a historical topic.
The subject of the video was about a dangerous archaeological assumption, which is that Mount Sinai is located outside Sinai!
Especially in a mountain range in Saudi Arabia!
At first, I didn ’ t feel that tight.
and if I asked myself & lt; & lt; what brought the castle by the sea? & gt; & gt;
In the famous way of Muhammad Sa'ad.
I did a quick search and found that it was based on the individual diligence of a scientist who said this strange opinion and many did not pay attention to it.
But the activity of this young singer drew my attention to something inside of us more than about others.
And that is that there are those who seek to reduce what we have, and it is very, very much.
And that whoever does this may be an Egyptian by nationality, but certainly not an Egyptian by belonging and closest to health is that he is an Egyptian traitor.
Others recruited him to destroy his country and lose his people ’ s self-confidence.
It goes without saying that the Torah, the Quran and the Gospel are what told us that Moses (peace be upon him) saved his Lord in Sinai, and that his people lived there for forty years, and it goes without saying that the Mount of Transfiguration is one of the most important religious shrines in Egypt, and that President Sisi ordered the development of the region tourist to become a global tourist destination.. Why?
Because there is a great tourism competition that will be witnessed in the coming years and among the axes of religious tourism..
This competition, which does not spoil the friendliness of the issue, will happen by chance with a number of brotherly countries in the Middle East such as the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Qatar and other countries.
As a result of its years of inactivity, Egypt only ranked third in the number of tourists in the region after the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia.
Egypt has announced that it aims to double the number of tourists and reach 30 million tourists within five years.
This is a legitimate ambition and less than a country that has one-sixth of the world ’ s monuments and has beaches on Bahrain and combines the climate of Asia with the climate of Africa.
Etc..
What does the electronic commissions of traitors have to do with all this?
The relationship is very close.
Take a project such as the development of the shrines of the House..
It ’ s a simple project, but it ’ s a great one.
First, it sweeps the dust of half a century of imposing Wahhabism on Egypt and generalizing the culture of criminalizing the visit of the family of the house and expiation and innovation - from the heresy - who performs it for other spiritual shrines and another understanding of the religion - has all the respect away from us - then it deepens the cultural heritage of Egypt. This is how God wanted him.
The revival of the shrines of Al-Bayt means that Egypt should be for Muslims with all their sects, diversity, teams and sects, because we welcome visitors without interfering in their relationship with their Lord exactly as we do not like anyone to interfere in our relationship with our Lord.
The renewal of these shrines would raise the value of Egypt in the Muslim world more than it is high, and would revive religious tourism.
In addition to the 15 million who come to visit the beaches and Pharaonic monuments, a million, two or three may come to visit the shrines of Al Bayt.
Certainly this increases Egypt's income and opportunities in tourism competition and harasses the committees of traitors and those who pay them, and here shows the genius of the traitor in distortion through small details depending on the lack of specialization of people..
For example, if you renovated the mosque of Sayyeda Nafisa using wood, he said that it would have been better to use marble.
If you used marble, he said it was better to use stone.
If the mosque was decorated using Andalusian inscriptions, he said it was better to resort to the Ottoman style.
If you used the Ottoman style, he said that the Ottomans were invaders!
How can we salute them?
Thus, according to the system « Doukhini Ya Lemona » based on the lack of specialization of the ordinary citizen and his tendency to malice in any government entity because he considers the government responsible for all his problems and crises, and that ridiculing what it does and minimizing it is « the least duty » can be done in the face of provoking some ministers and their inability to communicate with the people..
In fact, everything that the committees of the fugitives said about the mosque of Mrs. Nafisa is pure nonsense and lies paid for by parties disturbed by the revival of religious tourism in Egypt.
Mosques are generally a moral entity, not monuments.
God wants us to build it, not rebuild it.
At the time of the mission, Al-Haram Al-Sharif was a group of rooms in Al-Jareed overlooking its ground plate of dirt where people pray no more than several meters..
Does it make sense to keep it as it is?
Of course not...
The rooms have been demolished and the mosque expanded dozens of times over fourteen centuries, and this applies to other large and great mosques, but the ignorant do not know.
The Chinese proverb says it doesn ’ t matter what color a cat is, whether it ’ s white or black.
It is important to eat rats.
Likewise, I say that I do not care about the method of renewing the shrines of the House as long as it is carried out by specialists..
The important thing is to renew, develop, illuminate, shine, flourish and bring millions of visitors from all over the Islamic world.
And whoever bothers him should go to hell.

**Religious Claims & Influence:**
   - The text describes the phenomenon of individuals claiming divine appointment, such as Nashat Majd al-Noor, who appears on social media presenting himself as a prophet or enlightened figure.

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Content: The Prophecy Pretender: Not the First, why did he provoke all this controversy?
How did Arab religious leaders respond?
Dar al-Fatwa in Lebanon filed a complaint with the Lebanese Public Prosecution against a person named Nashat Munther, also known as Nashat Majd al-Nour, who claims to be a prophet of God.
Who is the glory of light born?
The name “Nashat Majd al-Noor ” has been popping up on social media for weeks.
Images of a man in a traditional Arab costume with a tattoo on his forehead, holding what looked like a scepter in his hand, calling himself the "Prophet Nashat the Glory of Light" began to recur.
Nashat claims to be "sent from heaven" and calls for "enlightenment", as well as those he says are his followers.
A “message ” that arose, among many things, is based on the call to follow a vegetarian diet.
The name originated as "yoga teacher and meditation" and "sage of enlightenment" "spreading the spiritual rule of the key to enlightenment" and announced a series of episodes on YouTube accompanied by well-known Lebanese astronomer Carmen Chammas.
Then he turned from contemplation to “Prophecy ” and instead of a“ wise teacher ” he began to call himself a “prophet. ”
Carmen Chammas was the first to announce a “prophecy ” that grew up in a clip in which he sat next to her congratulating the Lebanese for“ the presence of a messenger from heaven to help humans and the earth from the beloved land of Lebanon. ”
What are the charges against Munther?
Munther is not the first person to claim prophecy, and the act itself is not the reason for legally following him.
This may explain why religious and law enforcement authorities in Lebanon “ignored ” Munther ’ s initial claim.
However, with the frequency of his publications and statements and his involvement in debates on social media sites, and the expansion of the matter inside and outside Lebanon, the authorities have become the basis for the charges of “racism, incitement to conflict, and denigration of religious rites, ” which the complainants brought against Nashat Munther.
The National Media Agency, the official news agency in Lebanon, said that the complaint filed by the secretary of the fatwa under the guidance of Grand Mufti Abdellatif Drian, calls on the discriminatory public prosecution to “take the necessary legal action against Nashat Munther and anyone shown by the investigation, in accordance with the provisions of articles 317 and 474 of the Penal Code. ”
Article 317 states:
"Every act, every writing and every speech which is intended or results in inciting sectarian or racial strife or inciting conflict between sects and the various elements of the nation shall be punished by imprisonment of one to three years and a fine of one hundred thousand to eight hundred thousand liras..."
Article 474 provides that:
"Anyone who, by any of the methods provided for in article 209, denigrates or incites contempt for a religious practice practised in public shall be sentenced to six months to three years' imprisonment."
ridicule and condemnation.
On Facebook and Twitter, numerous pages bearing the name “Prophet Nashat Majd al-Nur ” and pages for“ his followers, ” and it is difficult to distinguish between the seriousness of ridicule in what is published on these pages and in the responses to the posts therein.
But Neshat not only wrote to spread his “message, ” but also appeared repeatedly in videos on social media, sometimes accompanied by Carmen Chammas and sometimes alone.
At the beginning of the spread of his name and videos through social networking sites, Nashat in his uniform and stick was a source of ridicule in Lebanon and abroad, especially in Egypt.
The Prophet Nashat, in turn, devoted much of his time and his “prophecies ” to the Egyptians and threatened them to see the impact of their mockery of him in their country and the tremors and anger that will be witnessed.
It turned into a debate of insults, insults and racism.
Commentators on the matter have expressed sympathy with Nashat Munther, considering what he is saying a sign of "psychological disorder".
The controversy then went beyond social media pages to newspapers and media screens.
In Egypt, professors at Al-Azhar University, including Mabrouk Attiya, commented on the claim that “the claim of prophecy is a settled issue and that most of those who follow what is published by the claim of prophecy originated their goal of entertainment and spending time. ”
Mohamed Salem Abu al-Assi, former dean of the Faculty of Graduate Studies at Al-Azhar University, said: "I grew up free to claim what he wants, but he has to come up with proof and his miracle if he is honest."
Some commentators have accused Munther of madness and charlatanism and some have said that the repetition of such calls is a sign of the hour.
Carmen Deacon: From Astrology to Evangelism
Much of the controversy surrounding Nashat and his claim to prophethood came from the astrologer Carmen Chammas, who reacted angrily to her cynics, especially from the Lebanese.
“Astronomer ” Carmen Chammas has a million followers on her YouTube channel and her verified Facebook page has 116,000 followers, 127,000 on Twitter and nearly 13,000 on Instagram.
Lebanese and Arabs have known her through her horoscope forecasts since the end of the 1990s and her annual books on the towers are highly sold.
Carmen, a deacon and a warner, must have grown up on the large number of followers and believers in her ability to astrology and the believers of her prophecies in spreading what they describe as the new heavenly message.
But Carmen Shammas ’ bet, as it appears from the interaction with Neshat ’ s claim of prophecy, was a mistake and her history of convincing people of her ability to see the future in this attempt.
Some commentators are not surprised by what Carmen Shammas is doing and consider it a natural result of the popularity, space and even credibility given to her, as she has been making predictions about the future of events in New Year's programs for many years.
There have been many hypotheses as to why Carmen Chammas "sacrificed her reputation and prestige" among those who say she is suffering from a psychological crisis, those who suspect she is being blackmailed and those who believe she is doing it to make money from YouTube.
But Carmen said in her response to the sarcasm that she was aware of what she was saying and that this is what she sees, whose vision is the vision of the knower.

His popularity and followers, even amidst ridicule and skepticism, show the power of religious symbolism and public reaction to perceived "heavenly messages."

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The return of the famous program "Problems of life" on "Read"
He is very popular in the world and is considered a safe haven for most of his Muslim followers.
In a live broadcast, the famous program "Problems from Life", which is more than 20 years old, is prepared and presented by His Eminence Sheikh Dr. Abdullah Al-Musleh on the satellite channel "Iqra".
"Problems from life" is a program that started from the beginning of the satellite channel "Iqra", and since then until now is very popular in the world, and is considered a safe haven for most of its Muslim followers from all over the world, where the reformer answers the questions of viewers and their queries and problems of daily life.
The “Problems of Life ” program is broadcast live on the satellite channel“ Iqra ” on Sunday of each week, at 9 pm, and is repeated Monday at 1 am Makkah time, and the channel “Iqra ” provides the episode to its followers on YouTube and its digital platforms on social media to take advantage of the questions in the program.
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- These personalities can provoke controversy, attract ridicule, or be used to stoke debates about contemporary religious authority and legitimacy.

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Baharna activists circulate a video of Sheikh Saddi warning of the Abrahamic religion
Wednesday 05 April 2023 - 12: 36 GMT
The program deals with all the issues that Baharna activists comment on for a whole week on social media platforms, and commented on the subject of normalization agreements concluded by some countries with the Zionist entity under US auspices in 2020, which came under the title of the Abrahamic agreements, which were to promote the process of normalization, including Bahrain, which concluded this agreement and plunged into the quagmire of normalization.
However, the normalization agreements were preceded by the promotion of the so-called Abrahamic religion, which calls for the assimilation of the three monotheistic religions.
Baharna activists specifically this week shed light on this topic because it is very, very dangerous, because it affects the religious constants and its repercussions are very serious on the Islamic religion, so there were many videos, but most of the clips that were circulated in the Ruqaimi platforms and specifically Twitter video clip of Sheikh Saddi, who warned of this heresy and this new religion.
Find out more in the attached video.

**Political Use of Religion:**
   - Religious bodies like Dar Al-Ifta’ assert their independence from politics but admit to consulting with state institutions on religious issues of public interest.

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Content: Chairman of the Board of Directors and Editors
I'm sorry.
Mohamad Elbaz
Editor-in-Chief
Wael Lotfy
Chairman of the Board of Directors and Editors
I'm sorry.
Mohamad Elbaz
Editor-in-Chief
Wael Lotfy
The Grand Mufti of the Republic: Extremist ideologues are the enemies of the homeland.
We appreciate any “constructive criticism ” (dialogue)
President Sisi takes it upon himself to renew the religious discourse because it is “the duty of time ”
The Fatwa House is not “politicized ” and is strongly determined to confront extremist groups
We are continuing our plan to enhance communication with the public and we aim to open 4 branches every year in the governorates
We entered TikTok to flood it with useful content.
We are facing the fourth generation wars with Fatwa Trend.
We launched the Animation Unit to respond to extremist fatwas in a simplified way that reaches everyone
Dr. Shawky Allam, Mufti of the Republic, said that the Egyptian Fatwa House offers a rich religious and cultural meal and a package of legitimate services that facilitate communication between the mufti and the mufti during the holy month of Ramadan, while continuing the five-year plan that is being implemented to enhance communication with the public by opening four or five new branches each year in the governorates.
The Grand Mufti of the Republic, in his dialogue with the « Constitution », stressed that the renewal of religious discourse and fatwas is the duty of time and an imperative necessity, so President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi bears upon himself this file, pointing out that the House launched the animated unit to respond to extremist fatwas in a simplified manner, with the work to issue a monthly report, under the name « Fatwa Trend », Stirring up rumors and distorting facts.
He stressed that the Fatwa House is not "politicized", does not take instructions from anyone, and is not subject to any dictates, but the public interest is part of the work of the Mufti, so the House does not pay attention to the abusive comments received on social networking sites, which stand behind the enemies of the homeland from the owners of extremist Brotherhood thought, but, in turn, interested in constructive criticism, and substantive proposals.
The beginning...
What are the details of Dar Al Ifta ’ s plan to work in the holy month of Ramadan?
In the holy month of Ramadan, we invite the masses of Muslims to seize the days of this holy month in self-reform, behavior, and constructive work, and to be sincere in the intention of God in all their deeds and obedience, in accordance with the saying of God Almighty: "Say that my prayer, my sacrifice, my life and my death to God, the Lord of the worlds, has no partner."
During the month of Ramadan, we have a package of sharia services that facilitate communication between the mufti and the respondent, some of which are provided through the various departments of the house directly, and some of which we provide through the official accounts of the house through social networking sites, as part of the keenness to provide an intensive faith meal during the holy month that helps the Muslim to obey and offer him various forms of obedience and worship.
We at Dar Al Iftaa are continuing our five-year plan, which is being implemented successively, and aims primarily to strengthen communication channels with the public, and facilitate obtaining the correct fatwa from the specialized fatwa trustees in Dar Al Iftaa, and other Sharia services.
We have already signed a cooperation protocol to establish a branch of Dar al-Ifta in Gharbia Governorate, and we have opened a new branch in Beni Suef Governorate, at the Faculty of Navigation Science and Space Technology at Beni Suef University, as well as a cooperation protocol to establish a new branch in Matrouh, in addition to coordinating the opening of two other branches in North Sinai and Sohag governorates.
What files are you working on at the moment?
Building awareness and confronting extremism is a matter of constant concern to us, and therefore we are strongly determined to confront extremist groups that sow discord and threaten intellectual and social peace and security by flooding social media pages with a flood of sound information that corrects misconceptions.
As part of this, we work through the Dar al-Ifta page on the social networking site « Facebook », which is the beginning of this purpose, and through which we work to correct the concepts through fatwas, and through the daily live broadcast on the page, for an hour from Sunday to Thursday.
In addition, we hold fatwa councils in the major mosques in the provinces, in cooperation with the Ministry of Awqaf, and launched the animation unit to respond to extremist fatwas in a simplified way that reaches everyone, to push the extremist ideology and refute it, and do not leave a vacuum that can be filled by extremist groups that are not competent; because the vacuum must be filled, even if not filled with right is full of falsehood.
■ The phenomenon of "trendsetters" of the owners of video clips through social networking sites has become of great interest recently..
How do you deal with that?
- We are currently developing a new activity to confront this phenomenon, under the name of « Fatwa Trend », which will be a monthly report, issued by the House, after monitoring the most influential issues during the month, and then presented in the form of a detailed report containing the correct judgments, in addition to presenting studies and research that will help explain these « trends » scientifically convincing.
And « Fatwas Trend » aims to publish certain content between people, whether social, political or religious, in order to provoke rumors and distort the facts, so we monitor what is moving on the ground and what people interact with and what concerns them, since the beginning of the new century, field wars and armed confrontations are declining, and replaced by electronic wars, and wars of the fourth and fifth generations, up to what is currently called « “Trends ”, which has become a market of public opinion, through fatwas and topics, and what it raises comments and responses and then responses to responses.
■ Increasing your interest in social networking sites, up to the launch of a special account for the house on the site « TikTok », which provoked the ridicule of some..
So why was that?
During the previous period, the Egyptian Dar al-Ifta had efforts and presence in all social media, without exception, the most important of which is Facebook with 18 pages, in more than one language.
The interest in these sites comes within the framework of direct communication with young people, to build awareness and correct concepts, and maintain the stability of societies and the national state, and we always seek to find a place for us on all social media, so we created that account after monitoring a number of fatwas and ideas anomalous through this application.
Therefore, Dar al-Ifta was the first religious institution to enter the application « TikTok », because it wanted to build a policy of dumping useful content and correct information and speech and everything that benefits people.
We, as I said, see the need to intensify the presence on social networking sites, because of the impact and features, including the speed of spread, and the intensity of youth use of the sites, and the fact that it represents the new modern method of communication, so it was necessary to communicate through them, and the delivery of religious information easily.
Your pages are facing violent attacks and abusive comments.
How do you deal with her?
- Undoubtedly, there are some comments and abusive interactions that stand behind the enemies of the homeland from the owners of extremist Brotherhood thought and others, and we have clarified all their suspicions in many fatwas and publications, such as political Islamism and others, but nevertheless there is another type of interactions, which is the largest share of attention and care, and they are constructive criticism, because we appreciate any proposals or constructive criticism based on methodology and awareness Directed to the house.
Some in his comments accuse the house of being politicized.
So how do you see that?
- Dar Ifta is not "politicized" in the sense intended by people, and does not take instructions from anyone, and is not subject to any dictates, but the public interest is part of the work of the mufti when he considers the issues presented to him, may need state organs or courts to give Dar Ifta legitimate opinion on a particular issue, and answer them.
We talk when it is related to the legal aspect, and after asking people about the matter, so when we talk we do our duty, and we must refer to the people of specialization in all fields, which we do in the fatwa, it is a work that needs skill and training and craftsmanship and professionalism especially; we value the public interest and the need of society and put it on the private interest, as an approach in the fatwa procedures.
■ The official page of the official spokesman of the Presidency of the Republic published a friendly picture that gathered you with President Sisi..
What are the details of this picture?
- This picture was after the performance of Friday prayers, with President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, President of the Republic, at the mosque « Marshal Tantawi » in the fifth assembly, in conjunction with the anniversary of « Martyr Day », and a friendly conversation between us showed the extent of President Sisi's keenness to build the awareness of Egyptians and correct false religious concepts and renew the religious discourse.
This is not the first time I met with Mr. President, I met him with a number of fatwa scholars, on the sidelines of the Sixth International Conference of the Egyptian House of Ifta, and we discussed a number of different issues, including the renewal of religious discourse, and the preservation of the identity of the nation and its constants.
President Sisi always calls for a disciplined religious renewal, and since he assumed his duties, he carries on his shoulders the issue of renewing religious discourse, and cares about the need to show this religion in its civilized dress, while maintaining the constants, taking into account the changes, and starting with the legal text with his accurate understanding to the changing reality through which the disciplined mind can address the issues of the times.
What are the most important topics that come to the House for an opinion?
- The house receives about 4 thousand to 5 thousand requests for fatwa on divorce, most of which are faith and oath of divorce, of which one in a thousand falls, and perhaps nothing.
Dealing with divorce cases is done in an organized and disciplined manner, going through three stages; it starts with dealing with the secretary of the fatwa, if it is not possible to resolve the fatwa trustees, there is a doubt in the divorce, referred to me personally, and I may host the parties of the divorce in my office to make sure of divorce or to find a solution, and this is a way to preserve the family, which is the nucleus of society.
Therefore, in recent years, we have launched several specialized courses and programs in order to strengthen the family structure, such as the “Rehabilitation of those who are planning to marry ” program, which aims to raise awareness of those who are planning to marry, as well as the establishment of a specialized unit for family counseling, to which problems are referred from the various fatwa departments, as well as the Department of Family Dispute Resolution.
Society and political leadership are very interested in renewing religious discourse.
What is your assessment of what has been done in this file so far?
The renewal of the religious discourse and the fatwa is a duty of time and an imperative necessity, and the great interest in renewing it stems from the belief that it is the most capable and effective discourse to guide and modify the behavioral and moral paths in the Arab and Islamic societies.
The House, published through its page on social networking sites, messages to citizens, especially young people, in video clips, two minutes, to facilitate the followers, it is necessary to address the world and people to the extent of their minds, sitting with the simple and public has a language and terms, and sitting with men of science has other terms, in order to communicate the correct understanding of religion, which leads to reconstruction and remove the dust raised by some extremist ideas.

This illustrates the persistent overlap between religion and state, a sensitive balance in Muslim-majority societies.

- Religious actors (such as the Grand Mufti) emphasize confronting extremism and seeking religious “renewal” to align faith teachings with present-day realities, a narrative echoed by President Sisi and others – underscoring official engagement with religious discourse for societal stability and modernization.

**Media and Controversy:**
   - Both traditional and social media are battlegrounds for religious debates, scandals, and reputation management (e.g., the Ghaith program and controversies over representation).

- Public figures defending their reputations or legacies highlight the role of social media in amplifying religious controversies, sometimes for political ends or agenda-setting.

**Tourism, Heritage & Religious Sites:**
   - There’s significant competition among Muslim-majority countries for religious tourism, with countries like Egypt renewing shrines to bolster global Islamic stature and attract visitors.

- The restoration and management of religious sites become issues of national identity, pride, and economic interest, with arguments over authenticity in restoration practices (use of marble vs. stone, for example).

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Content: Freedom Square "Exorcism" Religious Exorcism
◎ Liu Weiting
A few days ago, it was reported that a case of life occurred in a religious group in Taichung, which was suspected to have been caused by the act of “exorcism ” on behalf of believers, resulting in severe bruising on the body of the deceased and triggering a huge wave.
It was found that the owner of the house was the founder of a religious group suspected of abetting cadres to kill female believers four years ago. He called himself “Virgin ” and“ Master ”. The old case is still under trial, but new incidents have broken out, causing people to panic, and the neighbors are very afraid of this.
The group is a legal society approved by the People's Organization Law in 2015, and has adapted popular songs on audio-visual platforms to promote good works. One of the aims of the group is to "enlighten people on the five virtues of benevolence, conscience, conscience, good ability, and good behavior."
Taiwan is a place of religious pluralism and freedom of belief, and the Constitution protects people's freedom of religious belief, which is a characteristic of a democratic country.
However, the general public has limited understanding of religion and culture, and the lack of complete basic religious knowledge in school education reflects that intellectuals have long rejected the concept of religion and scientific rationality, ignoring the importance of spiritual reform, leading to people facing various emerging religious phenomena and insufficient judgment, resulting in religious regrets.
The government should take precautions and use the results of academic research on religion to educate the public.
According to the study of emerging religions by religious sociologists, they are different from traditional religions, which are both traditional and new, emphasizing the influence of personal sacred color (i.e. charisma) on believers, and often create miracles in order to establish norms.
Take this news event as an example, the church master often severely "discipline" those believers who do not agree or want to leave the group. It is said that believers are invaded by demons and must be "exorcised by means of knowledge", that is, instigated cadres to beat the believers to achieve the effect of exorcism.
In Eastern and Western religions, exorcism is supported by a theological foundation, which is by no means simple. On the contrary, this kind of behavior has violated social norms, not to mention religion is not only concerned with moral ethics, but also pays more attention to the practical level of practice, the unity of knowledge and action, and becomes a true religious person.
The author calls on the relevant government departments to first and foremost carefully assess the process of filing religious groups, conduct field visits, and formulate religious regulations, whether it is the "Religious Groups Law" or the "Religious Basic Law" and other regulations.
Secondly, pay attention to religious education, including the cultivation of research energy or the preparation of relevant teaching materials, through the Internet and the media to deepen people ’ s understanding of religion to a certain extent, and reduce the consequences of being deceived and deceived, so that they will not be led by problematic religious groups.
(The author is a Ph.D. in Religious Studies and an adjunct assistant professor at the university)
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Content: Muslim fasting month 30 days front mission prayer guide, animation video
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(Photo: Frontiers HK Video Screenshot)
Every year in March is Muslim fasting month, the front-line mission launched a prayer campaign for Muslim fasting month, launched a prayer guide, and produced a series of animated short films to watch the global Muslim community, including South Pashtuns and Bosniaks in Afghanistan; in Asia, there are Bengal Hirtis, Malays in Malaysia, and Ansari in India.
Prayer Campaign for Muslim Lent Month: Guide with Text and Animation (Cantonese / Putonghua)
This year, Muslim fasting month runs from March 23 to April 20, and Muslim fasting month is a time for Muslims to refocus on Islamic worship. The front-line mission will launch the "2023 fasting month prayer guide" with the theme "May all people know" to motivate people to pray for Muslims and believe that God will listen.
The prayer guide includes a background story, telling the situation of the story ’ s owner, helping people learn to understand and respect the Muslim community, and commemorating them with a broader perspective; a scripture application that deepens hope for God ’ s word through different scriptures; and a guide to intercession.
The 2-Minute Animated Prayer Series of the Ramadan Prayer Guide is distributed daily on the website, Facebook, Instagram and YouTube of the Ramadan Prayer Guide, based on the content of “May All People Know ”. It is available in Cantonese and Mandarin.
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The first day (22 March) introduced the South Pashtuns in Afghanistan. The video pointed out that there are about 9 million South Pashtuns living in poor conditions, polluted drinking water, lack of medical care, and people living longer than 50 years old.
In the video, the narrator leads the audience to pray together for the health care of this group, especially the vulnerable children and women, asking the Heavenly Father to let them know Jesus Christ, who gave up his life for love to save them.
Another ethnic group is the Bosniaks, who are Muslims living in Bosnia and Herzegovina, who have experienced centuries of different rulers, who have faced civil war, religious persecution, lost countless lives and survived Bosniaks living in fear; pray that the Lord will let this group hear the good news of Jesus ’ salvation and enter their hearts peacefully, leaving the hatred and fear of war, and accepting Jesus Christ as Lord of life.
Asian Muslim groups include the Bengali Silhtis; the Malaysian Mara; and the Indian Ansaris, Ansaris, and Hajjams.
"Frontiers 30 +" Pray 365 Days
In addition, the Taiwan Frontiers Mission has launched the 2023 “frontiers 30 + ” Prayer Guide for the month of Lent, which is a guide for the frontline mission to pray for Muslims, covering 30 different Muslim groups around the world, encouraging readers to pray for a different group every day.
The Taiwan Frontiers Mission posted a message on its website, pointing out that the goal is not just to pray for Muslims for 30 days, but 365 days, and deeply concerned about not only praying for Muslims, but also looking forward to serving Muslims. “frontiers 30 + ” symbolizes thinking about them all the time.
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Content: In the name of God, Almighty God was accused of brainwashing missionary, and the case of the mainland bombing and killing of people was listed as a cult.
Author: Anzuna
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In the Name of God: A Holy Betrayal (Netflix documentary) reveals that the Korean Protestant Church leader, Jung Myung-soo, has sexually assaulted and raped women believers for a long time, with more than 1,000 victims in Asia, including Hong Kong and Taiwan. Artist Fang Li-shen's girlfriend Ye Xuan (Maple) in the film in tears to personally describe the process of sexual assault.
The case opened for the fourth time yesterday (7th), and Maple ’ s ex-boyfriend attended as a witness, revealing that Maple had sacrificed his scalp to collect evidence and was sexually assaulted again by Zheng Mingxia.
The incident raised concerns about heterodox religion.
In fact, there have been various heretical religions in many countries. Among them, the Church of Almighty God, which has been designated as a cult by the Chinese Communist Party, has been involved in mass killings due to missionary activities in the Mainland.
Believers will be asked to cut off contact with their families and devote themselves to missionary work, while those who violate the requirements will be punished, and the consequences will be more likely to endanger their families.
A variety of heretical religions have emerged in many countries, including The Church of Almighty God, which was once active in Hong Kong. (Online Photo)
The Church of Almighty God (formerly known as “Eastern Lightning ”) was founded in 1993 in Henan by Zhao Weishan, a Heilongjiang native, who was originally a member of the“ Shouters ” of Christianity.
Later, Zhao Weishan and a local woman, Yang Xiangbin, declared that Jesus had become flesh in the image of a Chinese woman, that is, Yang Nu, the “Almighty God ” worshiped by the church, and praised her as the“ female Christ ”.
The Church of Almighty God is based on Christianity, but the content is not in line with orthodox Christianity, such as the belief that the Trinity God does not exist, that the Bible is an outdated historical book and has no reference value, and that Jesus was crucified to redeem sinners, but the work of redemption has not yet been completed. Christianity is considered heretical.
“Almighty God ” is a strict organization, and believers often enter the Christian church as ordinary believers. It is dedicated to middle-aged women, especially new immigrants, who first establish a relationship of friendship with each other. Later, it will use Bible study and meeting as a means of brainwashing to convey heretical teachings to Christians. The ultimate goal is to take the other party away from the church and devote themselves to the“ ministry of Almighty God ”. Work.
The “Almighty God ” believers will also infiltrate the Christian church, gain the trust of the pastor and lure them, and even use money or women as a temptation, and use this as a threat to ask the other party to bring their followers to join the church.
Some believers of Almighty God even create fake Facebook pages or pages of other Christian churches to entice young Christians to join them.
The Church of Almighty God was founded by Zhao Weishan, a Heilongjiang native, and Yang Xiangbin, a self-supporting sect. Jesus has become incarnate in the image of a Chinese woman, that is, Yang, the “Almighty God ” worshiped by the church. (CCTV video screenshot)
Some former believers who joined the Church of Almighty God and left home for 11 years to preach, said that when they were first preached by members of the church, they were seduced, deceived, restrained, and intimidated. “It was said that if I did not believe, I would go to hell after a disaster, and I would be destroyed in a disaster. ”
She said that the church inculcated that “Almighty God ” was the first priority in her life, so those who blocked the faith, including her family members, were Satan, and asked her to leave her husband and a pair of children, aged only 10 and 5, respectively, to leave home to help preach. Time.
In order to avoid being discovered or attacked by the government, the church has a strong anti-investigation consciousness. Not only will the church communicate with each other by means of a secret code, but they will call each other by the name of the Holy Spirit instead of their real names, and they will change their phone cards from time to time to time. Mark repeatedly to ensure the safety of the meeting place, "a pot of flowers at the door of the house is that the husband can not meet at home, without putting flowers to prove that he is not at home, can come to the party."
She added that the Church of Almighty God, in order to seek economic benefits more efficiently, only attaches importance to the believers who have the use value. When the young believers who know how to use computers or understand translation, and the more capable believers will be placed in foreign countries to preach, and the older ones will decide whether to be eliminated depending on whether they can bring benefits to the church. You party, will not be eliminated, even if you are 80 years old "," if the work efficiency is low, there is no use value, will be eliminated. "
Due to the spread of the "end of the world" speech, and through repeated brainwashing and other methods, believers are required to voluntarily donate their belongings and devote themselves to missionary work full-time, and there have been incidents in the Mainland where people have been killed due to missionary work, so the "Church of Almighty God" has been classified as a cult by the CCP.
In addition, the image of the "CCTV commentator" micro-blog has listed five characteristics of cults.
After the incident, The Church of Almighty God was no longer allowed to live in the Mainland, and Zhao Weishan, the leader of the Church, arrived in the United States in 2000 under a false identity and applied for political asylum on the grounds of “religious persecution. ”
In addition to being active in the Mainland, the Church has also conducted missions in more than 30 countries and regions, including Hong Kong.
As early as 2013, The Church of Almighty God had spent more than HK $10 million to advertise in a number of Chinese and English newspapers in Hong Kong to expand its influence.
The church is still active in many countries, and will use the Internet to reach more young people with potential dedication, such as recruiting believers through social media such as Facebook and Skype, and even offering scholarships or using Bible studies as bait.
Almighty God also produces a large number of online materials, including videos, songs, microfilms, and discussion forums and forums for believers to connect with each other.
Last month, the Mexican Sun reported that a pair of twins suspected to be "Almighty God" believers in the area suddenly disappeared without reason.
The family once said that the twins were given electronic products such as tablets and mobile phones to communicate with the church. As the twins became erratic in their behavior and attitude after joining the church, they prevented two people from participating in church activities.
A male religious man told his family that he had contact with the twins, saying that they were safe, but did not account for the whereabouts of the two.
After the news came to the attention of the government, the twins returned home on their own, but the local media or official agencies did not disclose more details of the case.
Why is the Church of Almighty God called a cult?
The Church of Almighty God has been classified as a cult by the CCP due to the dissemination of “doomsday ” remarks and other acts......
What are the characteristics of cults?
The image of the "CCTV reviewer" Weibo lists five characteristics of cults, including strong exclusivity, always promoting themselves as the greatest. Please click here for other characteristics.

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