Claiming it is a “front” for the Unification Church, Communists tried to prevent its popular Japanese Speech Contest for Female Foreign Students from taking place in Niigata City.
Massimo Introvigne
Ontario Superior Court of Justice States Jehovah’s Witnesses Have No “Systemic” Problem of Child Sexual Abuse
A certification motion for a class actions lawsuit making the Jehovah’s Witnesses organization liable for individual members’ abuses was rejected.
Abdus Salam: Why 50 Years Ago a Future Nobel Prize Laureate Left His Native Pakistan in Protest
In 1974, the world-renowned physicist decided to move to Europe after as a member of the Ahmadiyya Community he was declared a non-Muslim and discriminated.
Olympics Show What’s Wrong with French Laïcité
Hijab is forbidden to Muslim French athletes, but the opening ceremony featured a drag queen parody of Jesus’s Last Supper that even the arch-moderate French Catholic Bishops protested.
Schuré’s “The Great Initiates”: Its Influence on the Visual Arts
The French Theosophist’s esoteric ideas were crucial for the approach to spirituality of several leading Belle Époque’s artists.
Pakistan Raises Minimum Marriage Age for Christians to 18: Good—But
An old colonial law finally goes away, but what is needed is protection from forced conversion.
Taipei’s Intelligence: CCP Manipulates Exchanges Between Taoist Temples in Taiwan and Mainland China
Quoting “Bitter Winter,” Taiwan’s National Security Bureau warns against controlled religious events and “fake academic conferences.”
エホバの証人に関するMIVILUDESの報告書の一部をフランスの行政裁判所が名誉毀損と判断
パリ行政裁判所は，エホバの証人が児童への性的虐待を当局に報告しない，あるいは子どもに教育を受けさせないようにしているとの主張は「事実誤認」と判断。
国連が日本におけるエホバの証人らに対する差別とヘイトクライムを糾弾
4人の特別報告者が署名した国連の公式文書が，日本に宗教的自由の重大な危機が存在することを初めて認めた。
Hate Crimes Against the Jehovah’s Witnesses in Japan: The Victims Speak
The anti-cult campaigns following the assassination of Shinzo Abe generated not only hate speech but physical violence as well. Two women tell their stories.
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.