A The religious sect, whose leader claims that the new Pope and whose followers say it can do the month disappear, acts from the former orphanage in the intestine, CheshireWhere at least a dozen dozens are in school.
Ahmadi Religion Peace and lights (Aropl) founded Abdullah Hashem, a former documentary manufacturer, I converted self-proclaimed “Savior of Humanity” that uses youtube and tiktok to proselytize potential recruits.
One such video seems to contain a basic school girl who claims to be cured from the pain in the stomach after Hahem placed his hand on her.
Hahem calls for followers to sell their names and donate their salaries in his cause. The religious group mixes Islamic theology with the conspiracy theories of illuminates and aliens secretly control American presidents.
Aropl says it is a quiet, open and transparent religious movement obtained from Shia Islam, which faced persecution around the world due to its belief in equality and human rights.
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Moved to the city of Cheshire, in northwest England2021. Year, transition to a former orphanage, Webb house, building that lists the class of £ 2 million. The group was previously based on Sweden. Members are in force forbidden from Earth after established that the procedures associated with the organization give false visas.
It is said to live about 100 followers to live in a bowel seat, including families with children who are the starting school on the spot. During the recent visit of the work day afternoon, the reporter saw more than a dozen small children playing in the yard. By the way, adults in Black Beamers were Judging Lunch or walking with big dog dogs. (Hashem and his followers routinely carry black dogs, even in hot weather.)
Guardian reviewed court judgments, company companies, religious letters and videos and hundreds of pages of official documents on the group and her members and interviewed several former members.
Some, including former hose seat residents, expressed concern about the benefits and education of children there. The Social Services Cheshire East Council inquired twice in connection with a group or children. There are no necessary actions of evidence.
“Duty” to donate pay
Hashem, Egyptian-American collected in Indiana, first made a name for himself to make films in which he infiltrated and shared cultures in the United States.
In 2008, he and his partner were sued after filming a secret documentary film on Switzerland religion on the base in Switzerland. “We really build our reputation for separating false prophets, NLO phenomena,” Hashem journalists said while promoting their documentary.
Seven years later, he founded Aropl, declaring yourself MahdiSavior figure from the prophecy of Islamic destiny. And also Claims to be the real popeas well as the successor of the prophet Muhammad and Jesus.
Hasha’s letters are contained in his book, the goal of the wise. She declares his followers to donate the entire salary – preserving their home or land to fund his mission to create a “divine” state “, to fund his mission” Divine “.
Former members said they were feeling under pressure to check the connections with people outside the group, and were encouraged to sell their property to finance their activities. One woman said she handed over all the money she got for her wedding; Another follower said he donated about £ 33,000.
Hashem’s Scripture promotes a number of unusual beliefs, such as his claim that epilepsy can be cured by placing a bird of paradise to patient’s genitals.
Airopl and Hasha lawyer said no practices that include a bird’s paradise. They said that “in common with other religious orders” Aropl expected to sell property to help and maintain members that members encouraged to challenge relatives or controlled firmly. The lawyer said that members could join and leave Aropl as they wanted.
The group faced disturbance and persecution, especially in Algeria, Malaysia and Turkey, where many of his claims, such as the Qur’an was damaged or tolerance for LGBT people, they are considered reputable. Amnesti International and other human rights groups have criticized allegedly bullying members aropla, which Expert They called a “persecuted religious minority”.
Global media operation
For those in the intestine, regular gatherings take place in “Basilica”, a room with wooden dais and walls covered with illustrations of supporters Hashem declared reincarnations of religious figures.
The group manages smooth media operations and regularly produces and circulates videos about their activities. On one tiktok channel, a large group of men, much wear black glasses, They declare that “soldiers” are for Hashem and will fight and die for him. One holds the guard on the chain.
Some videos have children. In one, a boy who says he is 16, describes Hashem as his “Dad, I have, God”. In the second video, which shows the obviously a girl in the elementary school, who claims that Hashem was miraculously healing his stomach, the child’s mother says he considered conventional medical advice before turning his religious leader before he turned to his religious leader.
“He reached the point I was thinking, all right, I feel now I have to take her to the doctor,” she said. However, after the video shot of the Hatcher’s alleged hardening of the man in the stomach arm instead, she asked for the religious leader that her daughter would give her the same treatment.
The video shows it showing a girl who says Hasha put his hand on the stomach: “He told me to close my eyes, and then he said some words,” she said. She added that Hashem then deviated, “and she actually succeeded … it feels good for my stomach and it’s really healed.”
The aroma lawyer asked about the video, said Hasha and the Group fully supported NHS as a solution for all medical issues in the UK.
The two relatives of the teenager who lives in the premises of the intestine said the guardian said he said earlier that he was unhappy there and wanted to leave there. They also expressed concern about the lack of formal education.
In England, England in the initial school, although each group has more than five children must be registered within the UK government educational inspectorate.
Aroprov The lawyer said that the organization was not involved in school school, which were guided by parents. The group considered that she asked a formal school, said the lawyer, but he sent an idea and “dismantled the classrooms”.
Hahem warned his followers about corrupt influence on the mainstream education on children and encouraged them to “use laws” in countries that allow initial education. He Recently told followers: “You can’t fully control what happens to your child as long as they hang out on the outside with people you don’t know.”
Aropl applied for charity status in the UK, and the charity is currently considering implementation. It has a charity status in the US and has several hundred supporters around the world, which is required to pave loyalty to the group through social media.
Deportations from Sweden
The group was previously based in Egypt and Germany, before moving to Sweden, where 69 members were a residence permit.
The Swedish Migration Agency concluded that the members of the arapla have created companies that were “Rogue employers”, provided above all to obtain residence permits. The assumed staff of the company received very low salaries, which the suspected agency immediately paid into other arops companies, leaving workers without actual payment.
In a series of judgments in 2022. The Immigration Court confirmed the findings of the Agencies and ordered deportation of tens of members of the Group, although most were transferred in the UK until the moment they were judgments.
In a statement, Hashem claimed that followers served with deportation notices Victims of racist and religious persecutionAnd they complained about the “burden of racism to gather the Nazi database supporters to stand behind the fascist Swedish government”.
In Germany, where Aropl was based before moving to Sweden, the investigation continues in the disappearance of the German member.
Lisa Vieze has disappeared during the visit to India in 2019. years. She traveled there with another arobl, disappearing shortly after arrival and has not been seen since then. AROPL lawyer said that the group had no information about the disappearance of Vieza, mother two.
