The court stated that offering alternative Protestant, Buddhist, Catholic, or Won Buddhist services discriminates against other believers, and non-believers.
Massimo Introvigne
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Russia, Transformation Center Church Falsely Accused of Supporting “Ukrainian Terrorists”
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“Any alteration, edition, suppression, addition or adaptation to the texts of the Holy Bible” is prohibited by a draft law targeting religious minorities.
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Melitopol: Russians Station Soldiers and Weapons in Saint Alexander Nevsky Cathedral
The historical cathedral was occupied last week in violation of international law.
Pakistan, Young Christian Sentenced to Death for Blasphemy
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U.S. Sikh Marines Can Keep Their Turbans and Beards
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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 Pennsylvania 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.