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Aum Shinrikyo is a designated terrorist group by the United States State Department and the intelligence information about the group is that it is a cult that combines several different religious ideologies. The creation of the cult was cultivated by Shoko Asahara who is the groups' founder and spiritual leader. He combined Buddhism and Hinduism with the belief that he was the first enlightened one ...

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