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Jerusalem rabbi arrested for 'holding women in slavery'

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-51098770

Israeli police have arrested a rabbi who is suspected of holding around 50 women and children in conditions of slavery.

The arrest follows a raid on a complex in Jerusalem, where the alleged victims are believed to have been kept isolated from their families.

The women had been punished in various ways and had money stolen from them, police said.

The suspect, in his 60s, has denied doing anything wrong.

He and eight female accomplices are suspected of isolating the women in a residential complex, along with children up to the age of five, it added.

Video footage showed bunk beds in cramped living quarters, along with piles of cash.
Blimey, that's a lot of "slaves" .....

I wonder what their nationality is .....
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14-01-2020, 04:15 AM
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He is very naughty, the bible clearly lays out the conditions and treatment of slaves but Leviticus clearly states that no Israelite may become a slave because all Israelites are servants of God. He is up shit creek without a paddle and no doubt god will smote him.
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Maybe that's why they're having terrible floods at the moment !
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There is no God else he would have sent it to Australia .
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Originally Posted by Bruce ->
He is very naughty, the bible clearly lays out the conditions and treatment of slaves but Leviticus clearly states that no Israelite may become a slave because all Israelites are servants of God. He is up shit creek without a paddle and no doubt god will smote him.

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It's not unusual amongst the fanatics of any religion or social group. But the word "slave" is inappropriate in this case because they were NOT slaves. The argument (and IMO a bloody awful one) would be that the men were keeping the women and girls pure and living a good observant life.

IMO the men were probably members of the Mashugana sect.
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https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...kids-1.8398269

The Israel Police arrested a Jerusalem resident Monday on suspicion that he ran a cult, which he had allegedly used to enslave and sexually abuse dozens of women and children, at the Be'er Miriam religious seminary in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Geula.

The man was arrested for similar crimes in 2015, but was released after women living in the compound testified on his behalf. He was arrested Monday after women, who had left the compound after studying there, reported their experiences to the police.
Ah, a "cult" .....
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Originally Posted by Omah ->
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...kids-1.8398269



Ah, a "cult" .....
Well not exactly, seriously ultra orthodox.
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Originally Posted by Muddy ->
There is no God else he would have sent it to Australia .
Bang On....
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Originally Posted by The Artful Todger ->
Well not exactly, seriously ultra orthodox.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/jerusa...omen-children/

Police forces raided the compound in the morning accompanied by welfare officials and representatives of the Israeli Center for Victims of Cults. Along with the main suspect, eight women were arrested on suspicion of cooperating with him in running the cult.
 
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