What is Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God?
The '''Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God''' was a [[new religious movement]] in [[Uganda]]. It existed from the 1980s, to the early 2000s. Credonia Mwerinde and Joseph Kibweteere founded it. They said the virgin Mary had appeared to them. The group split from the Roman Catholic Church. The group wanted to restore the Ten Commandments. They said that only by strictly following the Ten Commandments would they be saved. In 1998, the group was first noticed, because they [[Child labour|made children work]] in a school they operated. There was also a very bad [[hygiene]] at that school. There was the text ''A Timely Message from Heaven: The End of the Present Time,'' which they considered to be their [[gospel]]. Each group member was expected to have read it at least six times. The teachings of the group were that those worthy of [[salvation]] would be saved, but that all the others would be punished. Credonia Mwerinde was seen as the [[incarnation]] of the Virgin Mary. According to the group, the world would end on 31st December 1999. When the world did not end that day, people became suspicious. They wanted their posessions back, which they had transferred to the group beforehand. According to survivers, people who asked to get their possessions back would mysteriously disappear. The first 530 followers died at a religious service, in a church, on 17th March 2000. The leaders of the cult had the doors nailed shut. Then they poured petrol on the wooden church, and put in on fire. Today, it is certain that Joseph Kibweteere was not among the dead in the church. He was seen alive, the following day. During the following days, several bodies were discovered on the farms of the group. In total, over 1,000 people died. Medical examinations later determined that the majority of dead sect members had been [[Poison|poisoned]]. Early reports suggested that they had been [[Strangulation|strangled]] based on the presence of twisted banana fibers around their necks. After searching all sites,