Falsified by Stalin and now Putin, Tolstoy’s thought was that war is senseless but injustice remains intolerable and should be resisted through non-violent means.
Massimo Introvigne
米国務省の信教の自由に関する2023年版報告書：敵に厳しく、味方に甘い
中国、ロシア、イラン、パキスタンの悪行に関しては素晴らしい記述、米国の政治的同盟国による信教の自由侵害に関しては控えめな表現
Occupied Ukraine: Anti-Cult “Experts” Target Moscow Patriarchate Dissident Priest
A “psycholinguistic expert analysis” concluded that Luhansk’ Father Feognost is “working for the enemy.”
Chinese Agents Tried to Bribe U.S. Tax Officer in Anti-Falun-Gong Plot
“China’s government has once again shown its disregard for the rule of law,” FBI Director Wray said.
Pakistan, Two Teenagers Falsely Accused of Blasphemy and Detained
Adil Babar and Simon Nadeem Masih are accused of having called their dog “Muhammad Ali.” Only, they do not have a dog.
France, Sonia Backès Caught Red-Handed Again: A “Religious Profiling” of Muslim Students in Schools
Police and intelligence services asked principals to identify how many pupils were absent from schools on the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr.
Russia: Anti-Cultists Laughably Accuse Ukraine of Operating “Telephone Cults”
Telephone threats, scams, phishing, all is attributed by the disturbed imagination of Archpriest Novopashin to “cults” controlled by the Ukrainian intelligence.
MIVILUDES, de la tragédie à la farce : un huissier contraint Georges Fenech à payer ses dettes à la Scientology
L’ancien président de la MIVILUDES et actuel membre de son conseil d’orientation s’est vu saisir 5 000 euros plus les intérêts sur son compte bancaire.
Is Netflix a Threat to Religious Liberty?
Sensational TV series about religious leaders sentenced for sexual abuse are broadcast without considering that they wreak havoc in the lives of their innocent followers.
Britse Hooggerechtshof: Jehovah’s Getuigen zijn niet verantwoordelijk voor een verkrachting door een (toenmalige) ouderling in een niet-institutionele setting
Het hof bepaalde dat religieuze organisaties geen schadevergoeding hoeven te betalen voor misdrijven die hun leiders of leden hebben begaan in iemands huis buiten religieuze activiteiten van de religieuze organisatie om.
Massimo Introvigne
Massimo Introvigne (born June 14, 1955 in Rome) is an Italian sociologist of religions. He is the founder and managing director of the Center for Studies on New Religions (CESNUR), an international network of scholars who study new religious movements. Introvigne is the author of some 70 books and more than 100 articles in the field of sociology of religion. He was the main author of the Enciclopedia delle religioni in Italia (Encyclopedia of Religions in Italy). He is a member of the editorial board for the Interdisciplinary Journal of Research on Religion and of the executive board of University of California Press' Nova Religio. From January 5 to December 31, 2011, he has served as the "Representative on combating racism, xenophobia and discrimination, with a special focus on discrimination against Christians and members of other religions" of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE). From 2012 to 2015 he served as chairperson of the Observatory of Religious Liberty, instituted by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in order to monitor problems of religious liberty on a worldwide scale.