Las crecientes preocupaciones humanitarias y la inquietante conducta fiscal exigen una acción urgente mediante un mecanismo oficial que las autoridades ya están revisando
Massimo Introvigne
How a Narrative Was Built: Fact-Checker Kato Reads the Unification Church Case in Japan
A leading journalist documented, with statistical data, how activists and media fabricated a climate leading to the dissolution of the religious organization.
A Call to Conscience and Citizen Intervention in the Rudnev Case
Growing humanitarian concerns and troubling prosecutorial conduct demand urgent action through an official mechanism that authorities are already reviewing
Konstantin Rudnev y Facundo Jones Huala: La sombra de un fiscal sobre dos vidas
Dos presos, dos comunidades en angustia y una voluntad fiscal que se niega a ceder
Konstantin Rudnev and Facundo Jones Huala: A Prosecutor’s Shadow Over Two Lives
Two prisoners, two communities in anguish, and one prosecutorial will that refuses to bend
Sacred Eroticism as Art and Art as Esoteric Eroticism: From Tantrism to Crowley and Beyond
Sacred eroticism and artistic creation have always been structurally intertwined. The journey starts in India and leads to contemporary spiritual movements.
Un fiscal y dos presos: los casos de Facundo Jones Huala y Konstantin Rudnev
Protestas mapuches frente a la cárcel de Rawson señalan a Fernando Arrigo, el mismo funcionario que busca mantener al disidente ruso tras las rejas.
A Prosecutor and Two Prisoners: The Parallel Cases of Facundo Jones Huala and Konstantin Rudnev
Mapuche protests outside Rawson Prison target Prosecutor Fernando Arrigo, the same man who wants to keep the Russian dissident in jail.
Hate Crimes Against the Jehovah’s Witnesses in Western Europe
When media spread intolerance, and authorities promote discrimination, violence is a logical consequence.
The Saga of AROPL: Syed Ali Akhbari, The Enforcer of the Narrative
A public agitator turns online polemics into real-world intimidation against a vulnerable minority.
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.