The French report raised the question: should the priests denounce sexual abuse they learned about in confession? They cannot. But it almost never happens.
Massimo Introvigne
Независимая комиссия Англии и Уэльса по проблеме сексуального насилия над детьми и Свидетели Иеговы
Данный доклад лучше других, в нем признаются улучшения политики Свидетелей Иеговы по защите детей, но он часто преподносится СМИ в неверном свете.
The Blood Libel Anti-Semitic Myth. 5. Accusations in Poland and Lithuania
The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth became the epicenter of ritual murder accusations against the Jews in the 17th and 18th centuries.
Russia Sanctioned for Detaining a Scientologist
The European Court of Human Rights’ Kuropyatnik decision is a clear message to Russian authorities: stop persecuting Scientology.
Gandhi, Non-Violence, and the Tai Ji Men Case
The Indian leader’s concept of satyagraha was originally developed in South Africa in 1930, while protesting unjust taxes.
La comisión de investigación independiente sobre el abuso sexual de menores de Inglaterra y Gales: los testigos de Jehová y la llamada “norma de los dos testigos”
La norma de los dos testigos se refiere solamente al ámbito eclesiástico y no tiene que ver con la interacción de la organización con las autoridades.
The Blood Libel Anti-Semitic Myth. 4. The Ariel Toaff Incident
In 2007, a Jewish scholar in Israel shocked the academic world by claiming (incorrectly) that there was a kernel of truth in the Trent blood libel episode.
La comisión de investigación independiente sobre el abuso sexual de menores de Inglaterra y Gales y los testigos de Jehová
El informe es mejor que otros, y reconoce cómo ha mejorado la forma en la que los Testigos protegen a los menores, aunque a menudo los medios de comunicación lo malinterpreten.
The Blood Libel Anti-Semitic Myth. 3. The Case of Trent, 1475
Although several Popes condemned the anti-Jewish accusations as slanderous, the death of the child Simonino in Trent in 1475 led to the execution of several Jews.
The Blood Libel Anti-Semitic Myth. 2. The English Origins of the Lie
While older precedents exist, we know that the legend claiming that Jews ritually kill Christians, as we know it, originated in England in the 12th century.
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.