When anti-cultists discovered that the respected scholar was also the president of an organization promoting biodynamic agriculture and an admirer of Rudolf Steiner, all hell broke loose.
Massimo Introvigne
Why Does Novopashin Deny He Has Been to China?
He has asked his son to delete his Facebook post about his visit to Harbin and now claims the trip has been invented by “Ukrainian media.”
“Zindagi Tamasha”: Pakistan Surrenders to Fundamentalists, Bans Award-Winning Film
Threats by extremist Tehreek-e-Labbaik made it impossible to release in Pakistan what critics hailed as one of the best Pakistani movies of recent years.
“The Highest Form of Charity”: Love, Justice, and Tai Ji Men
Catholic Pope Pius XI once stated that politics is the highest form of charity. By fighting for conscience, love, and justice Tai Ji Men dizi practice this higher charity every day.
Pakistan, Police to Christian Churches: “Hire Private Guards, We Cannot Protect You”
After bloody assaults to dozens of churches, Karachi police has found a solution for the Christians: “Deploy private security guards.”
China’s Incredible University of Anti-Democracy in Tanzania
Leaders of African ruling parties are trained to follow the CCP in denying independence to the judiciary and cracking down on civil society, including religion.
Is 13-Year-Old Tiny Teflon the New Leader of QAnon? Well, Just of One of Its Factions
The girl has replaced Michael Protzman, who died in June, as head of those who believe President J.F. Kennedy’s deceased son John John is alive and supports Trump.
Tai Ji Men and Religious Persecution
Can what is happening today to Tai Ji Men be called “persecution”? Yes, according to the most recent definitions.
Chinese Performer Offends Ukraine by Singing in the Destroyed Mariupol Drama Theatre
Wang Fang, the wife of pro-CCP blogger Zhou Xiaoping sang the Soviet song “Katyusha” in a place where Russians killed more than 300 civilians.
A False “Buddhist Diplomacy”: State-Controlled Chinese and Russian Buddhists Support Each Other
Buddhist bureaucrats loyal to their governments attended an “international Buddhist forum” in Ulan-Ude, Buryatia. Putin himself sent a message.
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.