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    Tuesday, April 30, 2024

    Satanic Temple reopens international headquarters in Salem, Mass.

    SALEM, Mass. (AP) — The Satanic Temple is reopening its international headquarters in Salem, Mass., in time for the Halloween season.

    The 6-year-old religious organization says Monday's event comes after the building that first opened in 2016 underwent extensive renovations.

    The building currently houses a more than 8-foot-tall bronze statue of the goat-headed idol Baphomet that the organization tried to get placed on the Arkansas state Capitol grounds in Little Rock.

    It's also home to a permanent exhibit on the history of Satanism as well as a satanic sculpture that was to be installed in a park in Belle Plaine, Minnesota, before city officials rescinded its approval.

    The organization has been waging religious expression battles across the country in recent years. Salem is a city north of Boston infamous for its 17th-century witch trials.

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