1.   But protesters called that a ruse, and the conservative commentator Arianna Huffington, an organizer of the shadow gathering, led her followers down the street in protest.

2.   The group eventually spread worldwide after Berg fled tax evasion charges in the United States and led his followers out of the country.

3.   Today, religion with political overtones particularly is targeted in Tibet, where authorities suspect the exiled Dalai Lama wants to return to lead Buddhist followers to independence.

4.   Police arrested a German psychologist hours before she allegedly planned to lead followers of her religious cult in a mass suicide, officials said Thursday.

5.   The communist leaders oppose it as a public menace that has led followers to their deaths and as a threat to their own rule.