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  • April 2008

    • Sect Style: Flamboyant Modesty

      Washington Post  |  Apr 27, 08 11:19 AM CDT

      Sect Style: Flamboyant Modesty

      (Newser) - The women’s clothes from the Texas polygamist compound call to mind both Little House on the Prairie and prison garb. Yet there’s something elaborate, or even flamboyant, in the carefully crafted styles that set these women so distinctly at odds with modern culture, writes Robin Givhan in the Washington Post. In a sect that uses cell phones and sneakers, why not jeans and zippers? More »

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      fashion  • polygamy  • child custody  • Yearning for Zion ranch  • Mormon  • Mormonism  • fundamentalism  • style

    • Texas Officials Justify Splitting Sect Families

      Houston Chronicle  |  Apr 15, 08 4:09 PM CDT

      Texas Officials Justify Splitting Sect Families

      (Newser) - Texas family-services officials today defended their decision to separate the mothers and children removed from a polygamous Mormon sect last week as the only way to get at the truth about alleged child abuse, the Houston Chronicle reports. Fifty-seven of the 139 mothers were forced to leave the group of children staying at the San Angelo Coliseum, and most returned to the sect’s Eldorado ranch. More »

    • Moms Return to Polygamist Ranch

      Associated Press  |  Apr 14, 08 8:28 PM CDT

      Moms Return to Polygamist Ranch

      (Newser) - Nearly 140 women from a polygamist sect returned home today as officials moved their kids to a new shelter, the AP reports. The mothers had joined 416 children who were seized by Texas troopers 2 weeks ago and taken to a historic fort. Today officials moved the kids to a sports center in San Angelo, Texas after the women complained of poor living conditions. More »

    • Polygamist Moms Beg Governor for Help

      Associated Press  |  Apr 14, 08 5:25 AM CDT

      Polygamist Moms Beg Governor for Help

      (Newser) - Mothers from a polygamist Texas sect are appealing to the governor to investigate the welfare of their children in state custody, AP reports. Three moms sent a letter claiming that several of the 416 kids seized in a raid on their compound because of suspected child abuse have been hospitalized, and that state custody is "traumatizing" them. More »

    • 534 Taken From Polygamist Ranch

      San Angelo Standard-Times  |  Apr 7, 08 6:04 PM CDT

      534 Taken From Polygamist Ranch

      (Newser) - Texas officials have removed 534 people and arrested one in an ongoing raid of a polygamist ranch near Eldorado, the San Angelo Standard-Times reports. But the man they collared is only charged with obstructing the 4-day raid, not committing the rape that sparked it. Meanwhile, at a nearby historical fort, child protection officers continued to interview the 401 kids and 133 women bussed out of the compound since Friday. More »

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      Texas  • religion  • rape  • marriage  • polygamy  • child abuse  • Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints  • sexual abuse  • Mormonism  • fundamentalism

    • Texas Pulls 52 Kids From Sect Compound

      Houston Chronicle  |  Apr 4, 08 7:20 PM CDT

      Texas Pulls 52 Kids From Sect Compound

      (Newser) - Texas authorities pulled 52 kids from the compound of a polygamous sect today after a girl said she was raped there, the Houston Chronicle reports. Eighteen of the children were bussed out by court order, based on claims of abuse or neglect, and put into temporary custody. State troopers are also seeking a suspect at the compound, which was founded by jailed polygamist Warren Jeffs. More »

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      Texas  • rape  • Utah  • child abuse  • polygamy  • Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints  • Arizona  • Warren Jeffs  • fundamentalism

  • December 2007
  • April 2007

    • Iran Frees Murderous Vice Squad

      New York Times  |  Apr 19, 07 4:12 PM CDT

      Iran Frees Murderous Vice Squad

      (Newser) - Iran's Supreme Court has exonerated a group of Islamic hardliners earlier convicted of the vigilante killing of Iranians they considered "morally corrupt,"  the Times reports. Six members of the Basiji force, an elite paramilitary group, were originally convicted of murdering five people, including an engaged couple walking together in public. More »

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      Iran  • Islam  • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad  • fundamentalism  • Ayatollah Ali Khameni

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