裁判所は、文鮮明師によって創設された運動の神学および実践について、選択的な引用と敵対的な情報源に基づいて再構成した。
Massimo Introvigne
The Tokyo High Court Unification Church Decision. 2. The Ghost of “Brainwashing”
A key theme of the decision is the discredited pseudo-scientific theory that “cults” victimize their members through “mental manipulation.”
The Tokyo High Court Unification Church Decision. 1. A Caricatural View of the Church
The court reconstructed the theology and practices of the movement founded by Reverend Moon based on selective quotes and hostile sources.
Gross Human Rights Violations: From Rwanda to Taiwan
A reflection on the lessons of the 1994 genocide and the ongoing human rights violations in the Tai Ji Men case
Twisted TV: How a Documentary Bent the Facts Out of Shape. 4. Either “Victims” of “Brainwashed”
Not even one of the women “liberated” by the French police in 2023 admitted she was a “victim.” The Apple TV series ignored them.
Twisted TV: How a Documentary Bent the Facts Out of Shape. 3. The “Victims”
“Apostate” ex-members have a right to express their distress, and their stories should be carefully considered. But are they always believable?
China’s New Retirement Plan for Dissidents: Work, Prison, Repay, Repeat
New research shows how authorities have found a new way to punish prisoners of conscience by taking away their earned pensions.
Twisted TV: How a Documentary Bent the Facts Out of Shape. 2. Enter Hugues Gascan
The strange but important role of a shadowy figure in instigating the prosecution of Bivolaru and MISA in France.
Twisted TV: How a Documentary Bent the Facts Out of Shape. 1. MISA in Romania
An Apple TV series against Gregorian Bivolaru and his movement even rehabilitates the notorious Securitate police of Ceaușescu.
France : l’association anti-sectes UNADFI perd de nouveau en justice
La Cour d’appel d’Aix-en-Provence a déclaré que son refus de publier un droit de réponse de « Non à la Drogue, Oui à la Vie » était illégal.
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 Pennsylvania 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.