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Religious fraud is a term used for civil [1] [2] or criminal fraud carried out in the name of a religion [3] [4] or within a religion, e.g. false claims to being kosher [5] [6] or tax fraud. [ 7 ] A specific form of religious fraud is pious fraud (Latin: pia fraus ), whereby one employs lies and/or deception in order to convince others of the ...
Allah as a lunar deity; Surah of Wilaya and Nurayn – two surahs that are seen as forgeries by both Sunni and Shi'a Muslims.While the source of these texts is not clear, they have been used to accuse Shi'ites of corrupting the Qur'an by adding them to the official text, an accusation that is widely rejected by the Shi'a community.
The blessing scam, also called the ghost scam or jewelry scam, is a confidence trick typically perpetrated against elderly women of Chinese origin. The scam originated in China and Hong Kong and victims have fallen to it worldwide including in Chinatowns and overseas Chinese communities. The object of the scam is to persuade the victim to put ...
Every time a huckster sells a fraud with crosses, praying hands and Bible verses, Americans lose a little more faith. Scam Missouri ‘cost-sharing’ ministry proves health care and religion are ...
By mid-2024, several more institutes had been accredited at ATS. They included Kairos University which was founded in 2021 by Sioux Falls Seminary, South Dakota, Evangelical Theological Seminary Pennsylvania, Houston Graduate School of Theology Texas and Taylor College and Seminary in Edmonton, Alberta. [9]
Freedom from Religion Foundation legal fellow Samantha Lawrence sent district superintendent Justin Henry a letter warning of these constitutional violations on Nov. 29.
In early 1995, the Foundation for New Era Philanthropy was receiving praise in the press for giving money to religious organizations and involving high school students in charitable events. However, the end came swiftly. On May 15, 1995, a skeptical article about the Foundation appeared on the front page of The Wall Street Journal.
Hamilton County Elementary School removed its Christian club after backlash from the Freedom From Religion Foundation. Now a religious group is upset.