Hay una diferencia sustancial entre la investigación académica sobre la desafiliación y los relatos antisectas que recuerdan a las antiguas historias de muchachas blancas raptadas por indios norteamericanos.
Massimo Introvigne
Hazaras in Pakistan. 3. The Deadly Attacks of Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ)
Founded in 1996, LeJ emerged as the most radical anti-Shi’a groups, and the only one able to launch a terrorism campaign against the Hazaras in Balochistan.
¿Son confiables los apóstatas? 2. Falsos apóstatas
Algunos que afirman haber pertenecido a una religión o movimiento y conocer sus secretos simplemente mienten.
Hazaras in Pakistan. 2. The Rise of Anti-Shiite Extremism
From the late 1970s, sectarian violence targeted Pakistani Shiites, due to both domestic and international factors.
¿Son confiables los apóstatas? 1. El problema de la apostasía
Los apóstatas son exmiembros de una religión o movimiento religioso que se convierten en enemigos jurados de la fe que han dejado. Existen desde hace siglos.
Hazaras in Pakistan. 1. Fleeing Afghanistan
The Afghani Hazaras are Shiite, and were repeatedly persecuted by Sunni extremists, leading to four waves of refugees who went to Pakistan.
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.
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.