Behind the scenes of my year-long investigation into England's doomsday cult—from an assassination plot, spies, and smears to an HBO director's risky attempt to film them.
We'll see what comes up, but yeah if it is significant, for sure. There's also some great reporters in England that are closer to the story and can go to courts..etc. and get documents.
Under the terms of the orders Abdullah Hashem, 42 (American); Ali Muhammad, 35 (British); Veronica Carla Esponda, 44 (Italian); Eyad Elkhouly, 44 (German) and Kevin Omar Rodriguez-Ponce, 30 (Mexican); are all now required to comply with the following conditions:
Not to enter Crewe
Not to contact the victim
Not to have any unsupervised contact with any children aged under 18 without the consent of the child’s parent or guardian and with the express approval of Social Services for the area
Not to travel into or out of the United Kingdom in the company of any person save for his biological children
No to organise any transport and/or accommodation for any person other than their biological children
Arranging, facilitating or participating in any arrangement whereby individuals are required or encouraged to reside in any accommodation under their control or influence
Not to be in possession of any original or copy identity documents save those pertaining to themselves
Not to be in possession or control of any bank card, payment card, sim card or mobile phone belonging to another person
Not to reside at an address in the UK for more than 24 hours without reporting his whereabouts to the police
Not to apply for, obtain or being in possession of any passport, national identity card or other travel document for the duration of this order
Must surrender any passport, national identity card or other travel document issued in his name to a constable within 24 hours of this order being made.
I really admire that you stand up for human rights and call out these narcissists and sociopaths. Some of these so called academics are just wanna be cult leaders themselves.
Not that I see, but immediately after the raid Massimo Introvigne posted a blog post on his site from a fellow cult apologist defending the cult and attacking the raid.
I'm all for spiritual practice, just don't abuse people (psychologically, economicaly, spiritually, physically, sexually) and I'm always curious why scholars of new religions and anti-cult folks can't just agree to stand together against abuse. It's not some whacky belief that makes a damaging cult, it's the coercive control and abuse that are the meat of it.
As always, great piece. What I did not know is that Hashem has been barred from returning to Crewe. This is significant.
Yes, Hashem and several of his key leaders are banned from Crewe.
Are you planning to cover any forthcoming indictments, trials, etc? Please do.
We'll see what comes up, but yeah if it is significant, for sure. There's also some great reporters in England that are closer to the story and can go to courts..etc. and get documents.
Also, here are the restrictions:
Under the terms of the orders Abdullah Hashem, 42 (American); Ali Muhammad, 35 (British); Veronica Carla Esponda, 44 (Italian); Eyad Elkhouly, 44 (German) and Kevin Omar Rodriguez-Ponce, 30 (Mexican); are all now required to comply with the following conditions:
Not to enter Crewe
Not to contact the victim
Not to have any unsupervised contact with any children aged under 18 without the consent of the child’s parent or guardian and with the express approval of Social Services for the area
Not to travel into or out of the United Kingdom in the company of any person save for his biological children
No to organise any transport and/or accommodation for any person other than their biological children
Arranging, facilitating or participating in any arrangement whereby individuals are required or encouraged to reside in any accommodation under their control or influence
Not to be in possession of any original or copy identity documents save those pertaining to themselves
Not to be in possession or control of any bank card, payment card, sim card or mobile phone belonging to another person
Not to reside at an address in the UK for more than 24 hours without reporting his whereabouts to the police
Not to apply for, obtain or being in possession of any passport, national identity card or other travel document for the duration of this order
Must surrender any passport, national identity card or other travel document issued in his name to a constable within 24 hours of this order being made.
Amazing work, Be...once again!! 🥰🙏🏻
I really admire that you stand up for human rights and call out these narcissists and sociopaths. Some of these so called academics are just wanna be cult leaders themselves.
Thanks for sharing your process here! Curious if susan palmer has commented since the raid?
Not that I see, but immediately after the raid Massimo Introvigne posted a blog post on his site from a fellow cult apologist defending the cult and attacking the raid.
I'm all for spiritual practice, just don't abuse people (psychologically, economicaly, spiritually, physically, sexually) and I'm always curious why scholars of new religions and anti-cult folks can't just agree to stand together against abuse. It's not some whacky belief that makes a damaging cult, it's the coercive control and abuse that are the meat of it.