Ashes of Faith: A Doomsday Cult's Orchestration of Mass Murder in Africa - Tapa blanda

The full, horrible story of the Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God, a Ugandan millenarian cult responsible for the largest death toll linked to a doomsday cult in recent human history. The three cult leaders, a half-insane failed politician, a defrocked Catholic priest and a former prostitute, proclaimed the end of the world on December 31, 1999 as a message from the Virgin Mary. When the world failed to end, the disillusioned faithful demanded that their property and money be returned. Unable to quell the rising tide of unrest, the cult leaders conceived a macabre plan to permanently stifle dissenting voices. On March 17, 2000, the cult led its unsuspecting followers through a literal baptism of fire. Over 550 men, women and children perished in flames as they waited for their salvation from a sinful world. Subsequent investigations uncovered a series of mass graves, bringing the total killed to over a thousand.

The "Movementforthe Restoration of the Ten Comrnandments of God", a Ugandan millenarian cult proclaimed the end of the world on December 31,1999, The cult claimed that Virgin Mary had delivered this message directly to its three leaders: a half-insane failed politician, a defrocked Catholic priest and a former prostitute. When the world failed to end, the disillusioned faithful demanded a refund of property and money generously donated to the cult leadership. Unable to quell the rising tide of unrest, the cult leaders conceived a macabre plan of permanently stifling dissenting voices, on March 17, 2000, the cult led its un'suspecting followers through a baptism of fire. Over 550 men, women and children perished in a fire as they waited for their salvation from a sinful world. Subsequent investigations uncovered a series of mass graves, bringing the total killed to over one thousand - the largest linked to a doomsday cult in recent human history. "Ashes of faith" investigates the background of this bizarre millenarian cult and also provides a rare glimpse into the darker world of extreme religieus fanaticism in Africa. Robert Bwire (1962) is a physician living in the Netherlands. He is the author of "Bugs inArmor", and has also published numerous scientifie articles, He previously worked for a hospital in Uganda, where hè interacted with fervent Christian millenarians, including some followers of the Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God.