El 12 de agosto de 2022, policías de un equipo SWAT completamente armados allanaron una cafetería y unos cincuenta domicilios particulares de estudiantes de lo que afirmaban era una “secta” criminal.
Massimo Introvigne
The Great Cult Scare in Argentina and the Buenos Aires Yoga School. 1. Raiding an Old Ladies’ Cafe
On August 12, 2022, fully armed SWAT team police raided a cafeteria and some fifty private homes of students of what they claimed was a criminal “cult.”
Por qué las “sectas” (y el “lavado de cerebro”) no existen
Massimo Introvigne hablando en el Foro de Buenos Aires.
Why “Cults” (and “Brainwashing”) Do Not Exist
An appeal to avoid labels that have no accepted scientific meaning and are used as tools of discrimination.
Former Islamic State Commander Says Terrorist Group Financed from Pakistan
Sheikh Abdul Rahim Muslimdost said the December 2022 attack against the Pakistani Embassy in Kabul was just “theatre” organized to deny the connection.
Russia, Hare Krishnas Accused of Planning Attacks Against Military Conscription Bureaus
A “ISKCON leader” was arrested in Novouralsk. The evidence of his connection with “Ukrainian Nazis”: a swastika (which is however a common Hindu symbol).
Russia: Pastor Moskvitin Sentenced to 1.5 Years in Penal Colony for “Brainwashing”
New Creation’s leader in Omsk was told that Article 239.1 of the Russian Criminal Code makes “psychological abuse” a crime.
Blaming the Victims: The Hamburg Shooting and the Jehovah’s Witnesses
As it was easy to predict, anti-cultists shamelessly exploited even the March 9 massacre in Germany to attack the Jehovah’s Witnesses.
Norge: Hvorfor Den europeiske menneskerettsdomstolen (EMD) avslo en klage fra et ekskludert tidligere Jehovas vitne
Saken til en ekskludert kvinne som krevde at domstolene skulle tvinge Jehovas vitner til å gjenoppta henne, har blitt kraftig feiltolket av mediene.
Loup Blanc. 4. Le chaman, les activistes antisectes et la police
Les associations antisectes ont commencé à attaquer Loup Blanc dans les années 1990, mais ce n’est qu’après 2020 que leur campagne a pris de l’ampleur. Il a été arrêté en décembre 2021.
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.