The constitutional Pakistani body that calls for a harsher repression of the Ahmadis went to Xinjiang and proclaimed it a model of religious liberty.
Massimo Introvigne
Operațiunea Nord: când Stalin i-a deportat pe Martorii lui Iehova
În urmă cu 70 de ani, 9 793 de credincioși din Ucraina, Moldova, Belarus, Lituania, Letonia și Estonia au fost luați din locuințele lor și deportați în Siberia.
Blood Transfusions and Jehovah’s Witnesses: Why the European Court of Human Rights Ruled Against Spain
The Grand Chamber unanimously ruled that a competent adult patient has the right to refuse any medical treatment, including blood transfusion.
De ce mass-media urăște sectele
Sau poate că nu urăște pe nimeni. Mass-media știe pur și simplu că poveștile înfiorătoare care leagă religia de bani, putere și sex ilicit se vând întotdeauna.
Persecutarea Martorilor lui Iehova de către Rusia. Curtea Europeană a Drepturilor Omului afirmă că este ilegală
În istorica hotărâre din 7 iunie, judecătorii au denunțat conceptul de extremism al Rusiei drept instrument de încălcare a libertății religioase
USCIRF Exposes “Sinicization” of Religion
In an excellent report using inter alia 21 “Bitter Winter” articles as sources, the U.S. agency explains that the policy is aimed at making religion more subservient to the CCP, not more Chinese.
Universal Peace Federation and Women’s Federation for World Peace Take Japan’s Religious Liberty Crisis to the United Nations
In Geneva, a special briefing and two oral statements at the UN Human Rights Council reminded the international community that what is happening is a serious threat to freedom of religion with global implications.
Mișcarea antisectă. 7. Criza și renașterea mișcării antisectă
În anii 1990, antisectarii au pierdut procese cruciale în Statele Unite. Aceștia au supraviețuit datorită sprijinului unor guverne și al câtorva unități mass-media.
Mișcarea antisectă. 6. Ideologia antisectă.
Folosind ca dovadă relatările „apostaților”, „antisectarii” insistă că „sectele” nu sunt religii „autentice” și că își câștigă adepți prin „spălarea creierului”
“Pax Cultura”: Why Protecting Tai Ji Men’s Sacred Land is Essential to Peace
International law, at whose origin is the “Roerich Pact” promoted in the 1930s by Russian painter Nicholas Roerich, protects the inviolability of religious buildings and lands.
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.