Another legal round goes against the Native Americans. Without a Supreme Court or political intervention, the sacred site appears to be doomed.
Massimo Introvigne
I Testimoni di Geova e l’ostracismo. 3. Lo shunning nella teoria e nella pratica
Esistono diversi miti riguardo allo shunning. Presenta delle eccezioni, ad esempio nel caso di familiari conviventi. È doloroso sia per chi lo applica sia per chi vi è sottoposto. Il suo scopo è proteggere i credenti e indurre i peccatori al pentimento.
Apskųstas Gento teismo sprendimas panaikintas: Jehovos liudytojai Belgijoje turi teisę vengti socialinio kontakto su pašalintais asmenimis
Gento apeliacinis teismas atšaukė pirmosios instancijos teismo sprendimą ir pareiškė, kad teisę į socialinio kontakto vengimą gina religinės laisvės principai.
Sajid Mir: The Strange Case of the Undead Pakistani Terrorist
One of the organizers of the deadly 2008 Mumbai attack had been declared dead. It comes out he is very much alive.
I Testimoni di Geova e l’ostracismo. 2. La dissociazione e la disassociazione
Dissociarsi non equivale semplicemente a diventare inattivi. E non si viene disassociati per errori di poca rilevanza, ma solo per aver commesso peccati gravi di cui non ci si è pentiti.
I Testimoni di Geova e l’ostracismo. 1. Perché si evitano i contatti con gli ex membri?
Evitare gli ex membri disassociati (il cosiddetto shunning o ostracismo) è una pratica tipica delle religioni monoteistiche. Gli studiosi ne hanno chiarito le motivazioni.
France: “Burkini” Forbidden, Swimming Topless Allowed
A typically French decision by the Council of State states that head-to-ankle swimwear violates the sacred principle of laïcité while uncovering the breasts is OK.
Hare Krishna Detained in Russia
In Syzran they were accused of holding an unauthorized procession. In fact, authorities believed they might convert Orthodox Christians.
Jehovas vitners praksis med å unngå tidligere medlemmer. 6. Hvorfor praksisen bør respekteres
Unngåelsespraksisen er et eksempel på slik typisk religiøs lære og praksis som verdslige myndigheter ikke må blande seg bort i.
Xi Jinping Explains the CCP Theory of “Human Rights” with Marx and Confucius
An important theoretical article published on June 15 evidenced once again that Xi uses “human rights” with a different meaning than the rest of the world.
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.