The ancient Christian community is both manipulated by Azerbaijan for anti-Armenian and anti-Georgian purposes and misunderstood by Armenians.
Massimo Introvigne
Qui a peur de « La Famille » ?
Tout à coup, les médias français ont « découvert » une nouvelle « secte » qui existe depuis plus de 200 ans. Elle est maintenant menacée par le gouvernement.
Pakistani Kashmiri Activist: “Founder of Ahmadis Should Have Been Cut Into Pieces”
Sundas Malik later said “offence was unintentional,” but did not apologize.
International Religious Freedom Summit: Why It Was A Great Success
1,000 religious leaders and activists gathered to continue the work Ambassador Sam Brownback carried out on behalf of religious liberty.
Canada’s Indian Residential Schools: Apologies Yes, Burning Churches No
Yes, Christian churches should apologize for what happened in Indian Residential Schools. No, destroying places of worship is not an acceptable reaction.
Russian Orthodox Church: Internecine Struggle About “Cults”
Dvorkin’s organization admits that criticism of anti-cultism “has spread even within the Church.” One of the academic critics is losing his chair.
InterVarsity Wins Discrimination Case Against University of Iowa
The Christian group was de-registered because it would only allow in its leadership positions students refraining from same-sex relationships.
Australia: World Premiere on Bitter Winter of Movie on Lawyer Accused of Raping Refugee Clients
“Devil in a Lawyers Suit” is about David Bitel, who died of cancer before trial when he was facing 21 charges of sexual abuse.
14th Anniversary of Tai Ji Men’s Acquittal Celebrated in Taipei
On July 13, a successful web conference remembered what happened, and highlighted the issues yet to be solved.
United Nations Denounce International Persecution of the Ahmadis
From Pakistan, it is being exported to several other countries. It should be stopped immediately, the U.N. say.
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.