Judges confirmed that counseling members to shun ex-members is part of both corporate religious liberty and the individual right to choose who to associate with
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U.S. Supreme Court Cancels California Donor-Disclosure Rules
As the Supreme Court itself stated in its majority opinion, the decision also protects controversial religious organizations.
USA: Social Security Number Cannot Be Refused as “the Mark of the Beast”
The Supreme Court declined to review the case of an Idaho man who claimed SSN violated his religious liberty. Implications may be far-reaching.
CCP: 100th Anniversary of the Party Which Killed 50 Million
Should we congratulate the Chinese Communist Party for killing more human beings than anybody else in history?
Pakistan and China: “We Will Always Support Each Other”
In an interview with the CCP TV, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan confirms that the two countries have become “iron brothers.”
Texas: Cockfighting Ban Does Not Establish Pagan Religion, Court Says
A man convicted for training a cock for fighting claimed animal rights laws surreptitiously promote “animal worship” and paganism. Judges disagreed.
Russia: Muslims Detained As Members of a Non-Existing Movement
Authorities continued to prosecuted those believing to have joined Nurdzhular. There is only one problem, Nurdzhular does not exist.
FECRIS Denounced at the United Nations’ Human Rights Council
CAP-LC filed a written statement detailing the defamation cases FECRIS and its affiliated organizations lost, and asking France to stop supporting them.
Pakistan: Sikhs Protest Disrepair of Historical Temple
The Gurdwara Nanaksar Sahib in Chak Fateh Binder has a direct connection with the life of Guru Nanak. Now, it is at risk of collapsing.
“Xinjiang and Tibet, Parallel Genocides”—Or Perhaps Not?
An interesting controversy about Tibet and Xinjiang between Tibetologist Robert Barnett and Tibetan (and international) human rights activists.
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.