この決定は、数十年にわたる判例を覆し、刑事上の有罪判決がない場合でも、民事訴訟と社会規範からの逸脱だけで解散できると判示した。
Massimo Introvigne
Dane Rudhyar: Theosophist, Composer, Astrologer, Artist
The world-famous astrologer and member of the Theosophical Society was also a gifted painter and participated in significant 20th-century artistic movements.
When Dvorkin Called FECRIS “Cowards and Racists”
“Bitter Winter” acquired an interesting document on the relationship between the most prominent Russian anti-cultist and the notorious European anti-cult federation.
Jehovah’s Witnesses in Spain: One Won, One Lost on Appeal
Judicial chaos continues as different sections of Madrid’s Provincial Court render different decisions on similar facts. by Massimo Introvigne Madrid’s Audiencia Provincial Civil. Credits. In 2023 and 2024, “Bitter Winter” reported about the strange situation created...
Unification Church Dissolution in Japan: An In-Depth Analysis of a Wrong Decision. 5. Violating Religious Liberty
The verdict tries to claim its decision is compatible with freedom of religion or belief. It is not.
日本における統一教会の解散：誤った決定の徹底分析１：「霊感商法」と刑事事件
この判決は教会の信者（教会自体ではない）に対する刑事判決に言及しているが、それは解散の論拠の一部ではなかった。 マッシモ・イントロヴィニエ ５本の記事の１本目 Read the original article in English. 東京地方裁判所。Credits....
Unification Church Dissolution in Japan: An In-Depth Analysis of a Wrong Decision. 4. The 2009 Compliance Declaration
A crucial question is whether the incidents the court objected to diminished almost to zero after 2009. The court’s figures themselves confirm that this was the case.
Unification Church Dissolution in Japan: An In-Depth Analysis of a Wrong Decision. 3. Settlements and “Potential” Cases.
Absurdly, the court decided that among the grounds for dissolution also settlements, statements, and even hypothetical cases where no claims exist should be considered.
Ascesa e caduta della politica cinese del figlio unico. 4. Effetti collaterali
La politica del figlio unico ha arrecato gravi danni alla società e all’economia cinesi. Ora è stata abolita ufficialmente, ma i danni continueranno per decenni.
The Rise and Fall of China’s One-Child Policy. 4. Collateral Damage
The policy had catastrophic negative effects. Now it has been officially abolished, but damages will continue for decades.
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.