Jehovah's Witnesses
A Dictionary of Contemporary World History
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Jehovah's Witnesses A worldwide community of around 4.5 million people which lives in the expectation of an imminent end to the world, after which only its own members, the ‘elect of Jehova’, will remain during a thousand-year reign of peace. Founded in the USA in 1872 as the ‘International Bible Students’ by Charles Taze Russell(b. 1852, d. 1916), they oppose all organized religions as institutions of Satan and refuse obedience to the civil authority of any country, which leads them to pacifism. As a result, during World War II they were discriminated against in many countries, such as New Zealand and Australia, and persecuted in
Nazi Germany, where many of their members died in
concentration camps.
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Jehovahs Witness convention set for city
Newspaper article from: Charleston Daily Mail; 6/13/2008; ; 618 words
; Thousands of Jehovahs Witnesses will attend a three-day convention...summer, Houston said. Asked how Jehovahs Witnesses are different from other...is one. Jesus Christ is his son. Jehovahs Witnesses are known for going door...
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Jehovahs Witness gun victim blocks transfusion
Newspaper article from: Evening Standard - London; 9/22/2008; ; 439 words
; ...fusions because she is a Jehovahs Witness. Amanda Hustler, 39, is...hospital. The family are devout Jehovahs Witnesses and Mrs Hustler is understood...blood transfusion. Fellow Jehovahs Witness Tim Mears, speaking on behalf...
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Jehovahs Witness pair in Russian killing spree.
Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England); 9/26/2008; 524 words
; Byline: Will Stewart TWO Jehovahs Witnesses have been arrested as suspected serial killers, accused...the work of Gurianov and Egorycheva, who first met at a Jehovahs Witnesses meeting 16 years ago. When they were reunited late last...
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Jehovahs Witnesses gather in educational environment
Newspaper article from: The Pantagraph Bloomington, IL; 7/1/2006; ; 579 words
; ...songs, skits and testimonials, Jehovahs Witnesses on Friday opened their three...examples of what it means to be Jehovahs Witnesses. Politeness to strangers...On the Net For more about the Jehovahs Witnesses beliefs, see last Sundays...
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Doctors were within their rights to give Jehovahs Witness a blood transfusion; Judge Laffoy: Upheld ac tion.
Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England); 4/26/2008; 700+ words
; ...later thisweek. Theparents,whoarealso Jehovahs Witnesses, had refusedtogiveconsentfor a transfusion...the wishes of patients of theJehovahs Witness faith who do not wish to be transfused...Taze Russell. MembersoftheJehovahs Witnesses,aChristiansect, abhorbloodtransfusionsdue...
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Jehovahs Witnesses overruled in bid to save their babys life.
Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England); 12/29/2007; 700+ words
; ...the right to refuse medical treatment fortheir nine-day-old babyeven though it is contrary to their faith as Jehovahs Witnesses. Their tiny baby boy was born ten weeks premature and has been rapidly losinghaemoglobin, leaving him highly susceptible...
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Jehovahs Witness: Hospital abused me by giving me blood.
Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England); 12/14/2007; 700+ words
; Byline: Sandra Murphy A JEHOVAH Witness broke down in tears yesterday as she told the HighCourt that its intervention to save her life undermined her beliefs ondeclining...
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Historical site: The crumbling former Richwood City Hall was scene of a historic civil- rights incident involving Jehovahs Witnesses
Newspaper article from: Sunday Gazette-Mail; 1/15/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...1940 when two guys who were Jehovah's Witnesses came to Richwood from Mount Lookout...State Fairgrounds for the Jehovah's Witnesses' national convention." During the...many citizens considered Jehovah's Witnesses to be un-American due to their refusal...
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UNBORN JEHOVAHS TWINS TO GET BLOOD.
Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England); 4/25/2008; 700+ words
; ...cleared to give a pair of Jehovahs Witnesses twins blood transfusions when...flanked by members of the Jehovahs Witness faith, to hear the judge...hour of deliberation, the Jehovahs Witnesses deemed her decision unavoidable...
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WA: Jehovahs court ruling welcomed by AMA
Newspaper article from: AAP General News (Australia); 2/19/2005; 350 words
; ...Australia) 02-19-2005 WA: Jehovahs court ruling welcomed by AMA...15-year-old Jehovah's Witness, despite his family's wishes...she said. Many Jehovah's Witness refuse to accept blood transfusions...Bible. AAP kjd/sd KEYWORD: JEHOVAHS 2005 AAP Information Services...
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