Tazama chanzo cha Mashahidi wa Yehova

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'''Mashahidi wa Yehova''' (kwa [[Kiingereza]] '''Jehovah's Witnesses''') ni wafuasi wa [[dini]] jamii ya [[Ukristo]] ambayo ilianzia [[Marekani]] na kuenea [[ulimwengu|ulimwenguni]] kote. 

Tofauti na Wakristo karibu wote, hao hawamuamini [[Yesu]] kuwa [[Mungu]] sawa na [[Baba]], wala [[Roho Mtakatifu]] kuwa [[nafsi]], na kwa jumla hawakubali [[imani]] katika [[Utatu]] wa nafsi katika Mungu pekee. Kwa sababu hiyo [[madhehebu]] mengi hayawatambui kama Wakristo wala hayakubali [[ubatizo]] wao.

[[Mwanzilishi]] alikuwa [[Charles Taze Russell]] pamoja na kikundi cha wanafunzi wa [[Biblia]] ([[miaka ya 1870]]). Jina la sasa lilianza kutumika [[mwaka]] [[1931]].

Kwa sasa wako [[milioni]] 8.7 katika [[jumuia]] 120,387.<ref>[https://www.jw.org/sw/maktaba/vitabu/ripoti-ya-mwaka-wa-utumishi-2020/2020-jumla-kuu/ 2020 Jumla Kuu]</ref>
 
Kwa sababu hizo katika nchi mbalimbali dini hiyo iliwahi kukatazwa, kama nchini [[Tanzania]] wakati wa [[urais]] wa [[Julius Nyerere]] au bado ni marufuku.

== Hoja dhidi yao ==
Wengi wamelaumu Mashahidi wa Yehova hasa kutokana na jinsi walivyotafsiri na wanavyofafanua Biblia, mafundisho yao, [[katazo]] la [[utoaji damu]], kutokubali [[matibabu]] yanayohusisha [[damu]], mara kadhaa za [[utabiri]] wao kutotimia hasa kuhusu mambo ya mwisho, pamoja na jinsi waumini wanavyofuatiliwa na kushinikizwa na viongozi wao. 

Kwa sababu hizo na kwa kutokubali kwa sababu ya [[dhamiri]] kujiunga na [[jeshi]], kusalimu [[bendera]] za [[taifa]] au kuimba [[nyimbo]] za Taifa , pamoja na msimamo wao wa kutounga mkono upande wowote katika siasa, katika nchi mbalimbali dini hiyo iliwahi kukatazwa, kama nchini [[Tanzania]] wakati wa [[urais]] wa [[Julius Nyerere]] au bado ni marufuku kama vile huko [[Kazakstan]], [[Eritrea]] na sasa [[Urusi]].

Wenyewe wamekataa daima lawama hizo, lakini kila mwaka wengi wanajitenga nao.

==Tanbihi==
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== Marejeo ==
* ''Jehovah's Witnesses: Portrait of a Contemporary Religious Movement'' by Andrew Holden. An academic study on the sociological aspects of Jehovah's Witnesses phenomenon. Publisher: Routledge; 1st edition 2002, ISBN 978-0-415-26610-9.
* ''Jehovah's Witnesses—Proclaimers of God's Kingdom'' (1993) by [[Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania]]. Official history of the development of the beliefs, practices, and organisational structure of Jehovah's Witnesses.
* ''Counting the Days to Armageddon'' by Robert Crompton (1996). A detailed examination of the development of Jehovah's Witnesses' eschatology. James Clarke & Co, Cambridge, ISBN 0-227-67939-3.
* ''Millions Now Living Will Never Die'' by Alan Rogerson. Detailed history of the Watch Tower movement, particularly its early years, a summary of Witness doctrines and the organizational and personal framework in which Witnesses conduct their lives. Constable & Co, London, 1969. SBN 094559406
* ''State and Salvation'' by William Kaplan (1989). Documents the Witnesses' fight for civil rights in Canada and the US amid political persecution during World War II. University of Toronto Press, ISBN 0-8020-5842-6.
* {{Cite book |first=Gary |last=Botting |authorlink=Gary Botting |title=Fundamental Freedoms and Jehovah's Witnesses|publisher=University of Calgary Press|year=1993 |isbn=1-895176-06-9}}
* {{Cite book |first=Heather and Gary |last=Botting |authorlink=Gary Botting |title=The Orwellian World of Jehovah's Witnesses|url=https://archive.org/details/orwellianworldof0000bott |publisher=University of Toronto Press|year=1984 |isbn=0-8020-6545-7}}
* {{Cite book |first=George D. |last=Chryssides |authorlink=George Chryssides |title=Historical Dictionary of Jehovah's Witnesses|publisher=Scarecrow Press|year=2008 |isbn=0-8108-6074-0 |ref={{harvid|Chryssides|Historical Dictionary of Jehovah's Witnesses}}}}
* Crompton, Robert. ''Counting the Days to Armageddon''. James Clarke & Co, Cambridge, 1996. ISBN 0-227-67939-3
**A detailed examination of the development of Jehovah's Witnesses' eschatology.
*{{Cite book |last = Penton | first = M. James |authorlink=James Penton  |title = Apocalypse Delayed: The Story of Jehovah's Witnesses |url = https://archive.org/details/apocalypsedelaye0000pent |publisher = University of Toronto Press | year = 1997  |isbn = 0-8020-7973-3 |isbn13= 9780802079732 |ref=harv
}}
* Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania. ''[http://www.jw.org/sw/machapisho/video/imani-yenye-matendo-sehemu-ya-1/ Mashahidi wa Yehova—Imani Yenye Matendo, Sehemu ya 1: Kutoka Gizani]'' (''[http://www.jw.org/swc/vichapo/video/Mashahidi-wa-Yehova-Watu-Wanaotenda-kwa-Imani-Sehemu-ya-1-Kutoka-Katika-Giza/ Mashahidi wa Yehova-Watu Wanaotenda kwa Imani, Sehemu ya 1: Kutoka Katika Giza]''), ''[http://www.jw.org/sw/machapisho/video/imani-yenye-matendo-sehemu-ya-2/ Mashahidi wa Yehova—Imani Yenye Matendo, Sehemu ya 2: Nuru na Iangaze]'' (2010-2011) Official history of Jehovah's Witnesses.

== Viungo vya nje ==
{{Commons category|Jehovah's Witnesses}}

=== Tovuti rasmi ===
* [http://www.jw.org/sw/ Mashahidi wa Yehova]
* [http://www.jw.org/swc/ Mashahidi wa Yehova]

=== Tovuti nyingine ===
* [http://www.knocking.org/ 'Knocking'] – A documentary about Jehovah's Witnesses. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oj4cS4n9ZkA Sample Trailer]
* [http://www.theocraticlibrary.com/downloads/Why_Jehovah's_Witnesses_Grow_So_Rapidly.pdf Why Do Jehovah's Witnesses Grow So Rapidly: A Theoretical Explanation] {{Wayback|url=http://www.theocraticlibrary.com/downloads/Why_Jehovah%27s_Witnesses_Grow_So_Rapidly.pdf |date=20120306164139 }} – Theory documented by sociologists Rodney Stark & Laurence R. Iannaccone.
* [http://jehovahs-witnesses-beliefs.info/ Who are Jehovah's Witnesses, What are their beliefs] {{Wayback|url=http://jehovahs-witnesses-beliefs.info/ |date=20110721214331 }} Chapter from book, Religious Denominations In The United States by Frank S. Mead, Samuel S. Hill and Craig D. Atwood, (2005). Abingdon Press.
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