The Afghani Hazaras are Shiite, and were repeatedly persecuted by Sunni extremists, leading to four waves of refugees who went to Pakistan.
Massimo Introvigne
Dalí: Against and For Religion
Originally anticlerical, the Salvador Dalí eventually turned to a personal view of religion and religious freedom.
Gli apostati sono affidabili? 5. Perché alcuni diventano apostati
Gli ex membri che diventano apostati spesso “imparano” il proprio ruolo dai movimenti anti-sette.
The Anti-Cult Movement. 7. The Crisis and Revival of the Anti-Cult Movement
In the 1990s, anti-cultists lost crucial court cases in the United States. They survived thanks to the support of some governments and several media.
Gli apostati sono affidabili? 4. Non tutti gli ex membri sono apostati
Sfortunatamente, i media spesso confondono due categorie diverse: gli ex membri delle organizzazioni religiose e gli apostati. Per la maggior parte, gli ex membri non sono apostati.
The Anti-Cult Movement. 6. The Anti-Cult Ideology
Offering the accounts of “apostates” as evidence, anti-cultists insist that “cults” are not “genuine” religions and they gain converts through “brainwashing.”
“All Brothers”: Fraternity and the Tai Ji Men Case
Fraternity is a fruit of conscience, and is destroyed by corruption. The injustice vested on Tai Ji Men is an example of how corruption disrupts social harmony.
The Anti-Cult Movement. 5. Anti-Cultism Beyond the West
In Japan and South Korea, deprogramming continued for decades. In Russia and China, anti-cultism was sponsored and organized by the state.
Gli apostati sono affidabili? 3. Racconti di disaffiliazione e prigionia
C’è una differenza sostanziale tra lo studio accademico della disaffiliazione e una propaganda anti-sette che ricorda le antiche storie di fanciulle bianche rapite dai Nativi Americani.
The Anti-Cult Movement. 4. Anti-Cultism Goes to Europe
The suicides and homicides of the Order of the Solar Temple in the 1990s were used to justify a witch hunt against hundreds of groups. Scholars reacted.
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.