En 2011, la femme et les quatre enfants d’un aristocrate français ont été assassinés. Les militants antisectes ont tenté de relier ce crime aux « sectes ». Leur action en justice vient de s’effondrer.
Massimo Introvigne
“Église de Philadelphie”: How MIVILUDES and French Anti-Cultists Invented a “Cult”
In 2011, the wife and four children of a French aristocrat were murdered. Anti-cultists tried to connect the crime with “cults.” Their legal case has now collapsed.
Scientology, tribunales laicos y políticas de desconexión/caza no vedada. 5. ¿Son “ilegales” las políticas de Scientology?
Ninguna de las políticas de la Iglesia de Scientology pueden considerarse que están en contra de las leyes de un país democrático.
Benedict XVI and Religious Liberty. 2. “Reform in the Continuity”
The German Pope never claimed that between the old and the new Catholic teachings on religious liberty there was perfect continuity. But he said the reform was not a “rupture.”
Benedict XVI’s “Non-Negotiable Principles” for a Dialogue with China
Did Pope Francis radically change his predecessor’s position on how to deal with the Chinese Communist Party?
Norway: Oslo District Court Suspends De-Registration of Jehovah’s Witnesses
A draconian and unjust decision by the County Governor of Oslo and Viken has been blocked by quick judicial intervention. The fight, however, continues.
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.
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.