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The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > C-SPAM > Saint Dr. Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh Ji Insan
 
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Peel
Dec 3, 2007

 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/aug/25/fears-unrest-indian-guru-convicted-rape-ram-rahim-singh-panchkula

graun posted:

At least 30 people have died in riots and arson attacks that have broken out across two states in northern India after a flamboyant spiritual leader was convicted of raping two of his female followers.

The Indian army was deployed in the city of Panchkula on Friday shortly after the court found Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh guilty of sexual assault. The self-styled “godman” and leader of the Dera Sacha Sauda sect has been taken into custody and will reportedly be flown by helicopter to a jail in Haryana state before sentencing on Monday.

Authorities told the Hindustan Times that at least 30 people had been killed across the region, with a further 250 injured.

Electricity supplies, mobile internet and cable television had been cut in parts of Haryana and Punjab states before the verdict as up to 200,000 members of the sect massed in Panchkula in a show of defiance and support.

Television footage on Friday afternoon showed smoke billowing above a railway station and petrol pump in Punjab that was allegedly set alight by supporters of Singh.



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In the decade that the rape trial has been running, Singh has continued courting both followers and controversy.

In 2014 he starred – encrusted in rhinestones – in the first of two hagiographic films about his life, in which he was credited for 30 roles including director, producer and choreographer.

Ticket sales were initially strong – more than 150,000 attended the first film’s premiere – but reportedly flagged after the CBI went public with accusations that Singh had been organising “mass castrations” of his followers since at least 2000. He denies this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scuWiXG5bh8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OxIWWcPgxc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2z_T5ZLD7AI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZZcc22tZRo

this thread is for talking about how Saint Dr. Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh Ji Insan has changed ur life

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Peel
Dec 3, 2007

 (the third trailer is the best but it's best to watch them in order)

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Dec 3, 2007

safely sodomized posted:

yeah he rules (except for the rape)

trump thinks he's a big shot but has he started his own religion? i don't think so

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Peel
Dec 3, 2007

 he has 60 million followers & is the most versatile person in the history of world cinema

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Peel
Dec 3, 2007

 saint dr. gurmeet ram 'godman' rahim singh has defeated demonic cults and alien invasions, but can he defeat... pakistan???

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Peel
Dec 3, 2007

 i was about to say, he openly backed modi

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Dec 3, 2007

Jose posted:

so what do his followers actually believe

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dera_Sacha_Sauda#Teachings

don't drink or sleep around (lol), also the guru is the union of hinduism, sikhism, islam and christianity (lol x2)


supposedly the sect gets its money from industries and property rather than fleecing adherents, im not convinced

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Dec 3, 2007

Pener Kropoopkin posted:

Syncretic religion seems nice at first glance, but almost all actually existing syncretic religions are goofy scams and deeply reactionary.

my guess is real religions have deep theological fissures not easily papered over by vague spiritual mumbo-jumbo, so syncretist leaders tend to be pretty superficial and either outright scammers or easily susceptible to falling into scammery

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