As compelling evidence of the faith community’s predominantly peaceful and apolitical stance, a total of 776 respondents who were not JWs at the time of the Genocide reported they learned that Jehovah’s Witnesses were nonviolent when they personally saw Witnesses refuse to participate in the Genocide. One third of these respondents cited nonviolence as a main reason they were initially attracted to the Jehovah’s Witnesses’ teachings and practices. Their reputation of nonviolence contributed to the increase in the number of Jehovah’s Witnesses after the Genocide.
