The sudden rise of land revenue taxes, together with drought, caused what some now call a genocide, which killed from one to ten million Bengalis and Biharis.
Massimo Introvigne
« Maltraitance religieuse des enfants ». Une autre attaque contre la liberté religieuse au Japon. 2. « Maltraitance psychologique »
De nombreuses pratiques qualifiées de « maltraitance psychologique à caractère religieux » par les directives du ministère de la Santé, du Travail et des Affaires sociales ne sont que des expressions normales de la liberté religieuse.
« Maltraitance religieuse des enfants ». Une autre attaque contre la liberté religieuse au Japon. 1. Une nouvelle notion de « maltraitance ».
Les directives du ministère de la Santé, du Travail et des Affaires sociales limitent considérablement le droit des parents de transmettre leur foi religieuse à leurs enfants.
“Religious Abuse of Children”: Another Assault Against Religious Liberty in Japan. 2. “Psychological abuse”
Many practices qualified as “religious psychological abuse” by the guidelines of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare are just normal expressions of freedom of religion.
Directives du Japon sur les dons religieux. Le grand retour de la pseudo-science du lavage de cerveau
Si vous faites un don à un mouvement qui déplait à la société, on assume que vous avez été victime de « manipulation mentale ».
“Religious Abuse of Children”: Another Assault Against Freedom of Religion in Japan. 1. A New Notion of “Abuse”
Guidelines by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare substantially limit parents’ rights to pass religious faith to their children.
Norway: Why the European Court of Human Rights Rejected a Complaint from a Disfellowshipped Former Jehovah’s Witness
The case of a disfellowshipped woman who demanded that courts compel the Jehovah’s Witnesses to readmit her was widely misinterpreted by the media.
Japan’s Guidelines on Religious Donations: The Great Return of Brainwashing Pseudo-Science
If you donate to a movement that the society views with hostility, it is assumed you were a victim of “mind control.”
Pakistan: Catholic Girl, 15, Kidnapped and Forcibly Married to 60-Year-Old Muslim Man
Sitara Arif was kidnapped on December 15. It took two months to persuade the police to investigate the case.
Francis of Assisi, Fraternity, and Tai Ji Men
One of the origins of the International Day of Human Fraternity is the Italian mystic’s visit to Sultan al-Kamil in 1219. Its message is valid for the Tai Ji Men case, too.
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.