「一個源於韓國的新興教會，即使她的創辦人曾經在中國受到迫害，也曾入獄十年，但卻未曾消失反而更大增長……」
Massimo Introvigne
Slavery, Old and New, and the Tai Ji Men Case
Once, rescuing slaves and returning them to their families was a worthy activity. Today, opposing FORB violations combats new forms of slavery.*
Pakistan: Mob Lynches Sri Lankan Manager Accused of Blasphemy, Burns His Body
The export director of a company in Sialkot, Pakistan, was accused of having offended Prophet Muhammad. Hundreds watched, chanted, and took pictures.
The Resolution on CCP History. 6. Enter Xi Jinping
It is because he comes as the synthesis after Mao’s thesis and Deng’s antithesis, more than for his personal skills, that Xi Jinping is always correct, the text says.
The Resolution on CCP History. 5. How Deng Xiaoping “Upheld Marxism”
Those who consider the “reform and opening up” of Deng as non-Marxist do not understand Marxism, the CCP says.
Les Témoins de Jéhovah gagnent un procès important en Belgique
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.
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.
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.