A draconian and unjust decision by the County Governor of Oslo and Viken has been blocked by quick judicial intervention. The fight, however, continues.
Massimo Introvigne
Scientology, tribunales laicos y políticas de desconexión/caza no vedada. 4. Desconexión: una política en evolución
La desconexión fue anulada por Hubbard en 1968, pero reintroducida en 1983 como expresión de la “libertad de decidir con quién quiere uno comunicarse”.
USCIRF Charges China’s Authorized Religious Bodies as Communist Party Accomplices
A new report exposes the five authorized religions’ “complicity in the government’s systematic, ongoing, and egregious violations of religious freedom.”
Benedict XVI and Religious Liberty. 1. Ratzinger and Lefebvre
It was in dealing with Archbishop Lefebvre’s refusal of the Second Vatican Council that Cardinal Ratzinger started reflecting in depth on the foundation of religious liberty.
Daya Bheel: Hindu Widow Raped, Tortured, and Beheaded in Pakistan
A horrific murder in Sindh leads Pakistani politicians and India to call for a more effective protection of the Hindu minority.
Spanish Supreme Court: Political Parties Cannot Exclude “Cult” Devotees as Candidates
The judges sanctioned the Podemos party for its discrimination of members based on the sole reason that they belonged to the Prometheus Initiatory School.
European Court of Human Rights: Governments Should Not Call Minority Religions “Cults”
The Court ruled in favor of three Bulgarian Evangelical churches, and said its case law has “evolved” since it refused to censor two French report on “cults” in 2001.
Partidos comunistas y religión: la “guerra final” del Partido Comunista Japonés contra la Iglesia de la Unificación
Los partidos comunistas en los países democráticos tienen una forma tortuosa de atacar a las religiones. Lo que está sucediendo en Japón es solo el capítulo más reciente de una larga historia.
Anti-Cultists Blame “Ukraine-Funded Theosophical Cult” for Russian Protests Against the War
They claim that Svetlana Peunova’s Academy of Development and Way to the Sun organized the opposition to mobilization on behalf of Ukraine.
Pakistan: Jamaat-e-Islami Does Not Want Women to Ride Bikes
The party attacked a bicycling camp in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Islamic fundamentalists are concerned that riding a bicycle may break a girl’s hymen.
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.