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
Jehovah’s Witnesses: Sexual Abuse Allegations Unmasked as Groundless in Germany
An ex-member and a newspaper accused them of horrific abuses. They asked a State Prosecutor to investigate. No evidence of abuse was found.
Panj Tirath: Legal Battle Over a Sacred Hindu Site in Pakistan
The Peshawar site, connected with the Mahabharata, was given to a local amusement park, which now refuses to give it back.
Inside The Revelation Spiritual Home. 4. Opposition
The Commission for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Communities (CRL) produced in 2017 a strange anti-cult (and anti-TRSH) report.
Chiesa di Dio Onnipotente – Più di 10.000 membri arrestati nel 2022
Più di 3.000 sono stati torturati e almeno 14 uccisi. Queste sono le cifre spaventose del rapporto annuale della Chiesa sulla sua persecuzione. E sono credibili.
More than 10,000 Church of Almighty God Members Were Arrested in 2022
More than 3,000 were tortured and at least 14 were killed. These are the shocking figures of the church’s own yearly report on persecution. And they are believable.
La France rejoint la Chine et la Russie en mettant en place des techniques policières spéciales contre les « sectes »
Une nouvelle loi autorise les agents à placer des micros dans les maisons et les voitures, à pirater les courriers électroniques et même à se faire passer pour des facteurs chargés de livrer des colis aux personnes soupçonnées de « dérives sectaires ».
Inside The Revelation Spiritual Home. 3. Walking on Two Legs, African Indigenous Spirituality and Economic Empowerment
Visiting The Revelation Spiritual Home, we were impressed by its rituals. But not less impressive are its business activities.
United Nations: “One Million Tibetan Children Forcibly Separated From Their Parents”
In November, three UN Special Rapporteurs wrote to China. There has been no satisfactory answer, and they have decided to go public.
Inside The Revelation Spiritual Home. 2. A Fast-Growing Spiritual Movement
From humble beginnings, The Revelation Spiritual Home became an expansive spiritual international institution, advocating for the return to African indigenous spirituality.
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.