Brief: Tulsi Gabbard & the Cult Leaders in the News

Has former Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard’s career been scripted and controlled by the strange leader of a breakaway Hare Krishna group? Chris Butler formed the Science of Identity organization in the seventies. Gabbard’s parents joined when she was two years old.

Gabbard claims Butler has no influence on her political life, yet bombshell reporting by the Washington Post piece unearths 25,000 leaked documents to reveal that her guru may have been pulling the strings all along. The kicker? Gabbard resigned two days after journalist Jon Swaine let her team know the article would be published.

Meanwhile, another cult-leader story concerns American-born Abdullah Hashem. Claiming to be the “true and only legitimate pope” (as well as successor of Jesus, Saint Peter, and Mohammed), Hashem and 150 followers took over a former orphanage in England—and have been building a significant online following ever since. On April 29, hundreds of police raided Hashem’s headquarters, charging the holy man and eight others with human trafficking, sex crimes, and forced marriage.

This is the story of how these two cult operators are influencing minds across the pond.

Show Notes

British Police Raid Abdullah Hashem’s Compound

Slavery and Trafficking Risk Orders Granted in AROPL Case

Religious Sect Immigration Visas Investigated

Patreon Bonus: The New Age Muslim Apocalyptic Prophet

WaPo Piece on Tulsi Gabbard’s Mysterious Guru’s Influence on her Political Career

Hare Krishna Guru Sought Political Power Starting in the 1970s

New Yorker: What Does Tulsi Gabbard Believe?

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