Un tribunal belge estime qu’il n’y a « aucune raison » d’affirmer que l’organisation a manqué à son devoir de signaler à la police des allégations d’abus sexuels sur enfants.
Massimo Introvigne
Kyrgyzstan: Jehovah’s Witnesses Books Will Not Be Banned as “Extremist”
Unexpectedly, on December 2 the Pervomayskiy District Court of the City of Bishkek rejected the prosecutor’s application, based on Russian precedents.
Women, Spirituality, and the Tai Ji Men Case
The phenomenon of the gender gap in religion, i.e. that more women than men are “spiritual,” is unfortunately known also to persecutors.
Pakistan: Sacrilegious Attack Against Sikhs in Sindh
The holy book Guru Granth Sahib was desecrated, and money was stolen.
Jehovah’s Getuigen winnen belangrijke zaak in België
Een Belgische rechtbank ziet “geen gronden” voor de aanklacht tegen de organisatie dat er geen aangifte van seksueel kindermisbruik wordt gedaan.
Shincheonji: Chairman Lee Not Guilty of COVID Offenses, Appeal Court Said
On November 30, the Suwon High Court confirmed that the leader of the Korean new religious movements did not breach epidemic-related laws.
The Resolution on CCP History. 4. Mao’s “Theoretical and Practical Errors”
The document admits that Mao did make catastrophic mistakes—but Xi Jinping doesn’t.
Świadkowie Jehowy wygrywają ważną sprawę w Belgii
Belgijski sąd uznaje, iż ‛nie ma podstaw’ do twierdzenia, że organizacja nie zgłasza policji domniemanych zarzutów seksualnego wykorzystania dziecka.
Russia Hit By European Court for Discriminating Krishnas, Unification Church
Groups cannot be singled out as “cults” and discriminated through anti-cult propaganda or by using administrative tools, the judges said.
The Resolution on CCP History. 3. Mao’s “Correct Marxist Line”
In presenting the early history of the Communist Party, the document praises the bloody purges of the Yan’an Rectification Campaign.
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.