Russia labels ‘Jehovah’s Witnesses’ as extremists and tries to ban them from the country

In Russia, there's a database of extremists. It includes members of al-Qaeda, the Islamic State and … Jehovah's Witnesses. Mind you, that's not because members of the Christian religious denomination have been caught plotting some kind of violence. Pacifism is a core value of members, who believe that the Bible should be taken literally. “I cannot […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2017/04/14/russia-labels-jehovahs-witnesses-as-extremists-and-tries-to-ban-them-from-the-country/