Violent extremists claiming the Sikh homeland in India should become an independent state remain a problem in Canada and other countries.
Massimo Introvigne
Japan and the Unification Church: The Case Before the UN Human Rights Committee
The assault on the Unification Church after the Abe assassination is incompatible with several articles of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
Godparents: Catholic Church Free to Decide Who Cannot Be One, Chilean Court Said
The Court of Appeal of San Miguel stated judges cannot interfere with Church decisions on these matters.
“Cults”: The French Law, A Model for Japan?
The About-Picard law is a failed and wrong statute that should be repealed in France rather than exported abroad.
Porque a Comunicação Social Odeia as “Seitas”
Ou talvez não odeie ninguém. A comunicação social simplesmente sabe que as histórias sensacionalistas que ligam a religião ao dinheiro, ao poder e ao sexo ilícito vendem sempre.
Por qué odian los medios a las “sectas”
O tal vez no odien a nadie; sencillamente, saben que las historias morbosas que vinculan a la religión con el dinero, el poder o el sexo siempre venden.
Feet of Clay: The French MIVILUDES Acknowledges the Faulty Bases of Its Reports
These bases are the “saisines” (in theory, alerts by those who write to denounce a “cultic deviance”). We now learn the “saisines” are not real “reports.”
Das Abe-Attentat. Spenden an die Vereinigungskirche: Fakten von Fiktion trennen
Die Medien haben die Anschuldigung der Anti-Vereinigungskirche-Anwälte, dass die „Opfer” durch „spirituelle Verkäufe“ betrogen würden, für bare Münze genommen. Die wahre Geschichte sieht anders aus.
Rabwah: Are Ahmadis Safe There?
In some countries, asylum is denied to Ahmadiyya devotees coming from a city where they are in the majority. But they are killed even there.
Das Abe-Attentat. Die Bezeichnung „Sekte“ ist ein Mittel zur Diskriminierung
Die Kampagne gegen die Vereinigungskirche in Japan ist ein weiteres ungeheuerliches Beispiel für die Verwendung des Begriffs „Sekte“ zur Diskriminierung unliebsamer Minderheiten.
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.