# Raëlism · The Canon · The Atlas · The Congregation of Tomorrow Source: https://congregationoftomorrow.org/atlas/library/canon/raelism/ · The Congregation of Tomorrow · the Atlas · language: en The same words a person sees on this page, nothing more and nothing hidden. Our own words are free to use under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), naming the Congregation of Tomorrow. Words of others keep their own terms. Every page of the site, listed: https://congregationoftomorrow.org/ai/pages.json · the whole site in one file: https://congregationoftomorrow.org/llms-full.txt ← The Canon: all 125 The Canon · No. 118 Raëlism International Raëlian Movement 1974 CE – present · New Religious Movement · Living · France, Canada, Japan, South Korea, Burkina Faso VIII. POSTWAR & CONTEMPORARY — 1945 – PRESENT ### How many ### Who began it ### What it is for ### What it worships ### What it holds ### What it does ### After death ### Its texts ### Its branches ### Of note ### Its timeline - December 1973 CE Vorilhon's reported encounter. - 1974 CE MADECH founded, later the Raëlian Movement. - 1997 CE Raël announces Clonaid, a human cloning company, days after Dolly the sheep. - December 2002 CE Clonaid announces the birth of Eve, claimed as the first cloned human. No evidence was ever produced; no independent verification was permitted; the child was never shown. It is generally regarded as a publicity operation and it prompted legislative activity on cloning in several countries. - 2003 CE A Florida court declines to appoint a guardian for the alleged child after Clonaid says she is outside US jurisdiction. - 2007–present Clitoraid builds a hospital in Burkina Faso for FGM reconstruction surgery; the project draws both support and criticism over the movement's involvement. - 2010s–present Continued embassy campaign; repeated approaches to states requesting extraterritorial land. ### Sources Not yet checked against named sources. This entry is the house's reading; until it is checked, treat each claim as unverified. Correct it, with a source. The Atlas The Door