Confronted with tragedy, a young man shared his anguish and wrote God should be cruel if he allows it. Now, the boy risks the death penalty.
Marco Respinti
Tai Ji Men as a School of Solidarity
Caring for the others is not just sharing material interests but recognizing the value of all human beings. This is what Tai Ji Men teaches.
Chanda Maharaj: Kidnapper Claims the 15-Year-Old Girl Has a “Biological Age” of 18
A medical certificate puts again the Pakistani Hindu girl at risk of being delivered back to the man who forcibly converted her to Islam, raped, and “married” her.
Human Rights’ Roots in Conscience: A Basic Tai Ji Men Teaching
Conscience expresses the peculiar, irreducible, and intangible human nature, which makes all persons both similar and diverse. Human rights derive from it.
Why We Should Protect Chinese Refugees from the Long Harm of Xi Jinping
The only way of reducing the number of Chinese refugees in the West is changing the regime in China.
Pakistanis Accused of Blasphemy Persecuted Abroad as Well
Blogger Ahmed Waqas Goraya now lives in the Netherlands. He says the long arm of Pakistan is coming for him—and many others.
In the Shadow of Russia: Jehovah’s Witnesses and Central Asia
Scholars from different countries discussed how Russian influence created serious problems of religious liberty, although there are also signs of improvement.
Peace Through Prayer: The Great Challenge of Tai Ji Men
A world in peace is a world without violence—and without violence against women. Tai Ji Men dizi know this by experience.
“Xi Jinping 2.0”: A Cold, Brutal, Inexorable Power Machine
After the 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party, President Xi Jinping enjoys an unchecked, and monstruous, authority on all Chinese.
Tolerance? It Is Not Enough for Tai Ji Men‒or Anybody Else
Tolerance has become the fashionable sentiment of admitting to society those we loathe. But human dignity deserves more. Tai Ji Men deserves much more.
Marco Respinti
Marco Respinti is an Italian professional journalist, member of the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), author, translator, and lecturer. He has contributed and contributes to several journals and magazines both in print and online, both in Italy and abroad. Author of books and chapter in books, he has translated and/or edited works by, among others, Edmund Burke, Charles Dickens, T.S. Eliot, Russell Kirk, J.R.R. Tolkien, Régine Pernoud and Gustave Thibon. A Senior fellow at the Russell Kirk Center for Cultural Renewal (a non-partisan, non-profit U.S. educational organization based in Mecosta, Michigan), he is also a founding member as well as a member of the Advisory Council of the Center for European Renewal (a non-profit, non-partisan pan-European educational organization based in The Hague, The Netherlands). A member of the Advisory Council of the European Federation for Freedom of Belief, in December 2022, the Universal Peace Federation bestowed on him, among others, the title of Ambassador of Peace. From February 2018 to December 2022, he has been the Editor-in-Chief of International Family News. He serves as Director-in-Charge of the academic publication The Journal of CESNUR and Bitter Winter: A Magazine on Religious Liberty and Human Rights.