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World Service,30 Mar 2000,28 mins

The Appeal of extreme religious Groups

Focus on Faith

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What is the appeal of extreme religious groups and why have millennial cults sprung up in such different parts of the world as Uganda and Peru? Also in this programme: what do Russian Jews think of the country's new President Putin's promise to end to anti-semitism? Jesuits in El Salvador press for the murder of six priests and two housemaids during the civil war to be re-opened. The legacy of Pope John Paul II's historic visit to the Holy Land.

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