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The Court of Appeal affirmed in Chan (1996) that the religious beliefs of male Jehovah's Witnesses in the country could not exempt them from conscription into the Singapore Armed Forces. At the same time, it argued that "A citizen's right to profess, practise, or propagate his religious beliefs, even as (a) Jehovah's Witness, has not been taken ...
Jehovah's Witnesses have an active presence in most countries. These are the most recent statistics by continent, based on active members, or "publishers" as reported by the Watch Tower Society. [1] The Watch Tower Society provides 'average' and 'peak' figures for the number of active members.
12 Dec 2024 – Jehovah's Witnesses in Singapore ... 1801 Cary Map of the East Indies and Southeast Asia ( Singapore, Borneo, Sumatra, Java, Philippines ...
Jehovah's Witnesses believe that Jesus is God's only direct creation, that everything else was created through him by means of God's power, and that the initial unassisted act of creation uniquely identifies Jesus as God's "only-begotten Son". [159] As part of their nontrinitarian beliefs, they do not believe that Jesus is God the Son. [160]
In 1972, the government revoked the registration of the Singapore Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses, stating that its presence posed a risk to public welfare and order. This was due to the group's refusal to perform mandatory military service (required of all male citizens), [3] salute the flag, or take oaths of allegiance to the state. While ...
The Singapore government has since adopted a policy of promoting religious tolerance in Singapore. [citation needed] However, some religions or denominations are officially banned by the government, as they are deemed as cults, such as Jehovah's Witnesses and the Unification Church, although their followers practised in secrecy in the 2010s. [5 ...
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Former headquarters of the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society in Brooklyn, New York. Jehovah's Witnesses operate 87 branch offices worldwide, [24] under the oversight of headquarters representatives who visit each of their assigned branches every few years, auditing operations, counseling branch committee members, department heads, and missionaries, and reporting back to the Governing Body.