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Jehovah's Witnesses Banned as 'Extremist' in Russian Region. Nearly 70 Jehovah's Witnesses publications are included among the Federal List of Extremist Materials in Russia. The Supreme Court approved Russia's first region-wide ban of the Jehovah's Witnesses religious group, deeming them extremist, Interfax said. The ruling, passed Wednesday, had been the group's final hope of stalling the ban in the Samara region, which first passed by a regional court in May, but was later appealed.
In the early 1900's, the Jehovah's Witnesses, then known as the Bible Students, did celebrate birthdays and Christmas. It was even customary to have Christmas dinner at their headquarters in New York.ehovah's Witnesses do not believe in superstition or good luck. Isaiah 65:11,12. They say that the only birthdays mentioned in the Bible were celebrated by two rulers who didn't worship Jehovah. Genesis 40:20 and Mark 6:21.