Abu Sayyaf member captured  ZAMBOANGA (Philippines) – PHILIPPINE police said on Monday they have captured a member of the Al Qaeda-linked Abu Sayyaf group who joined in the abduction and beheading of  Jehovah’s Witnesses when he was 14. The suspect, Jirome Mustakin, now 22, was arrested on Sunday in the southern port city of Zamboanga as [...]

Russian Jehovah’s Witnesses Outdoor activity harassed, banned and violently attacked . Outdoor public religious activity by Russian Jehovah’s Witnesses, Hare Krishna devotees and Protestants has resulted in harassment by the police, repeated bans, and in one case a refusal to defend a Protestant meeting against violent attack involving stun grenades, Forum 18 News Service notes. [...]

News Jehovah’s Witness convention brings economic boom The Jehovah’s Witness Convention begins today and is the second one held in Gainesville this summer. Alachua County Tourism and Development Director Roland Loog says the on-campus location offers a unique atmosphere which is ideal for the group. He says the Jehovah’s Witnesses are not the only ones to benefit [...]

An estimated 8,000 Jehovah’s Witnesses will attend a three-day convention beginning Friday at the Silver Spurs Arena in Kissimmee. Friday’s session will feature the keynote address, “ How Jehovah Draws Close to Us.” The afternoon session will focus on how family members can enhance their communication with one another based on their relationships with God. [...]

Myra Jones-Abid was wrapping customers’ Christmas presents at the Belk department store in Raleigh’s Crabtree Valley Mall when her supervisor told her to don a Santa hat and red apron. A Jehovah’s Witness, Jones-Abid balked, saying her religion forbids her from observing Christmas. She was fired the same day in November 2008, according to a [...]

Millions Now Living Will Never Die Book written by J.F. Rutherford, 2nd president of the Watch Tower Society (currently the parent organization of Jehovah’s Witnesses). Published in 1920 by the International Bible Students Association.

The Jersey City Assembly Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses, formerly the Stanley Theatre, was refurshished twenty-five years ago by Jehovah’s Witness volunteers. This summer’s three-day assemblies continue on the subject, Draw Close to Jehovah. In 1983 Jehovah’s Witnesses purchased the Stanley Theatre on Kennedy Blvd. in Jersey City. It was a historical landmark, and was original [...]

Local Witnesses in drama about obeying Jesus WHAT: Jehovah’s Witnesses annual district convention Theme: “Remain Close to Jehovah” WHEN: 9:20 a.m.-4:55 p.m. Friday 9:20 a.m.-4:55 p.m. Saturday 9:20 a.m.-3:40 p.m. Sunday, with drama “Walk By Faith and Not By Sight” at 1:30 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 6-8 WHERE: RBC Center, 1400 Edwards Mill Road, Raleigh FOR [...]

It might be the largest volunteer construction project in Arizona since the Hohokams dug their canals. The last of about 4,000 workers – many from the Valley – are putting the finishing touches on an assembly hall near Casa Grande that will be used by Jehovah’s Witnesses from a large swath of Arizona for Bible-education [...]

By Alexander Verkhovsky, SOVA Center for Information and Analysis The conviction of art curators Yury Samodurov and Andrei Yerofeev is the most high-profile symptom of the problems flowing from Russian anti-extremism legislation, notes Alexander Verkhovsky, Director of the Moscow-based SOVA Center for Information and Analysis http://www.sova-center.ru, in a commentary for Forum 18 News Service http://www.forum18.org. [...]