Courts have banned as “extremist” Internet postings the church had long since removed. These are steps preparing New Life’s Russian-style “liquidation.”
Massimo Introvigne
Why China Dined (But Did Not Wine) Islamic Radicals in Pakistan
The Chinese Embassy hosted and celebrated leaders of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam, a party that supports death penalty for blasphemy and persecution of the Ahmadis.
Tai Ji Men Promotes Global Peace at the 2023 Parliament of the World’s Religion in Chicago
From the pre-Parliament “Parade of Faiths” to their Global Prayer for World Peace, it was impossible not to notice the large and smiling contingent of Tai Ji Men dizi.
Russia Claims that Ukrainian Counter-Offensive Uses “Gay Super-Soldiers” Created by “Cults”
Academic Sergei Markov absurdly claimed on prime-time state TV that Ukraine cooperates with Neuro-Linguistic Programming to brainwash soldiers who become homosexual, zombie-like, and invincible.
Argentina: El gobierno promueve la teoría pseudocientífica del lavado de cerebro
Las teorías sobre la “persuasión coercitiva” que la mayoría de los estudiosos de la religión consideran desacreditadas desde hace décadas son promovidas oficialmente por organismos gubernamentales.
Argentina: Government Promotes the Pseudo-Scientific Theory of Brainwashing
Theories about “coercive persuasion” most scholars of religion regard as debunked from decades are officially advocated by governmental agencies.
The Tai Ji Men Case Discussed at the Parliament of the World’s Religions in Chicago
A special session of the world’s largest inter-religious gathering spread the awareness of the injustice vested on Tai Ji Men.
An American Scholar Looks at Scientology in France—and at the Sonia Backès Saga
A scholarly article notes how in France “political power can be weaponized against minority religions with the backing of the state.”
El uso indebido de las leyes anti-trata contra las minorías espirituales: El caso de PROTEX en Argentina
Declaración del editor de “Bitter Winter” en una sesión sobre la libertad de religión o creencias del Parlamento de las Religiones del Mundo (Parliament of the World’s Religions) 2023 en Chicago.
Misusing Anti-Trafficking Laws Against Spiritual Minorities: The Case of PROTEX in Argentina
A statement by “Bitter Winter” editor at a closed-door session on freedom of religion or belief of the 2023 Parliament of the World’s Religions in Chicago.
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.