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Church Defenders slam CRL Chair’s comment that people hearing from God need psychiatric care

# The South African Church Defenders have voiced concern after Cultural, Religious And Linguistic Communities Rights Commission chair, Thoko Mkhwanazi-Xaluva, suggested that people who claim to hear from God should be referred to psychiatric care. Her remark have been condemned by religious groups as a dangerous denial of spiritual reality. Mkhwanazi-Xaluva defended her stance, citing the need to regulate religious practices to prevent abuse.