Sheffield Hallam University, under Chinese pressure, ordered a leading professor to stop research on forced labor in the Uyghur region.
Massimo Introvigne
USCIRF’s 2025 Sahel Report: Religious Freedom Under Siege
Burkina Faso, Cameroon, and Chad continue to witness deadly violence by non-state actors and insufficient protection of religion by the governments.
A Flicker of Light in the Shadows: Mother Han’s Temporary Release—But Justice Is Still Far Away
She is now allowed a few days of medical care. She should be freed, unconditionally.
Pakistan Bans Tehreek-e-Labbaik: Just a Symbolic Blow to Anti-Minority Extremism?
The violent, extremist organization has repeatedly demonstrated that it can overcome bans and reorganize with new shapes and names, as long as the broader problems remain unaddressed.
マザー・ハンを解放せよ！ 刑務所の外で祈りと確信の夜
家庭連合の指導者が収監されているソウルの刑務所の前には、毎晩何百人もの信者と友人が集まっている。われわれは彼らに会いに行った。
In Their Shoes: A Soleful Resistance at Kaunas’ Ninth Fort
A unique exhibition tells the story of Lithuanian anti-Soviet partisans through their boots and shoes.
Free Mother Han! A Night of Prayer and Conviction Outside the Prison Walls
Hundreds of believers and friends gather every night in front of the jail in Seoul where the Family Federation leader is imprisoned. We went to meet them.
H. Rider Haggard, John Dube, and Simon Magus: The Imperial Occult
The forgotten meeting between the Victorian novelist and the South African religious and political activist—and Simon Magus’ excellent book on Haggard.
Silk Roads and Surveillance: How Aid Became a Tool of Control in Xinjiang
Repackaging repression as “assistance” is a primary tool of Chinese propaganda. A report unmasks a strategy based on lies.
Peter Harrison’s “Some New World”: Faith, Reason, and the Afterlife of Belief
The Australian scholar has produced what may well be the most important book on religion in recent years.
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.