A perverse mechanism prevents members of the persecuted religion from voting, excluding them from the democratic process.
Massimo Introvigne
FECRIS geeft toe: Verlies Hamburgse zaak tegen Jehovah’s Getuigen was ‘een les’
In een openbaar persbericht presenteerde FECRIS de verloren zaak als een overwinning, maar in haar algemene vergadering erkende de organisatie dat de zaak anders was uitgepakt.
The Persecution of the Ahmadis in Pakistan. 4. “Democratic” Persecution
The worst court decision justifying the persecution of Ahmadis was rendered in 1993. Nor did the situation improve later.
The Persecution of the Ahmadis in Pakistan. 3. The Bhutto and Zia Years
Both the Islamic socialist Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto and the Muslim radical General Zia-ul-Haq enacted anti-Ahmadis law that are still in force.
Democracy, Transitional Justice, and the Tai Ji Men Case
When a country moves from a non-democratic to a democratic regime, past wrongdoings should be acknowledged and rectified. It is not easy.
The Persecution of the Ahmadis in Pakistan. 2. The Lahore Riots of 1953
The secular nature of Pakistan came immediately under attack by political Islam. 2,000 Ahmadis were slaughtered in the riots, until martial law was imposed.
The Persecution of the Ahmadis in Pakistan. 1. Who Are the Ahmadis?
Bitter Winter starts a series on the bloody repression of Ahmadis, a large religious minority in Pakistan, investigating why it is happening.
Un nouveau livre sur « La Famille »
Le journaliste Nicolas Jacquard a produit un ouvrage bien plus ambitieux que sa collègue Suzanne Privat, mais qui demeure trop lié aux anciens membres « apostats »
A New Book on “La Famille”
Journalist Nicolas Jacquard has produced a book that is much more ambitious than his colleague Suzanne Privat’s, but still relies too much on “apostate” ex-members.
The England-Wales Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse: Jehovah’s Witnesses and the So-called Two-Witness Rule
The rule that two witnesses are needed refers to ecclesiastical governance only, and has nothing to do with the organization’s interaction with secular authorities.
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.