Există o diferență semnificativă între „contrasectarii” ce vânează erezii din motive religioase și „antisectarii” laici.
Massimo Introvigne
“I Got Everything from ‘The Secret Doctrine’”: Mondrian and Theosophy, a Misunderstood Relationship
Denied by some art historians, the influence of the Theosophical Society (which in turn rejected his artistic theories as too complicated) remained crucial until the Dutch painter’s last days. .
Mișcarea antisectă. 1. „Secte”, „culte” sau „confesiuni”?
Terminologia este esențială. În funcție de limbă, termenul englezesc „cult” ar trebui tradus prin „sectă” și invers
Belarus, Conservative Anti-Putin Orthodox Group Raided
Persecuted in Russia, devotees of the “Russian Orthodox Church – Tsarist Empire” may now be banned in Belarus too.
Falun Gong Practitioners Arrested as “U.S. Agents” in the Russian Republic of Mordovia
Arrests were carried out earlier this month, following previous raids in Moscow and Krasnodar.
Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan Leaders Sentenced for Death Threats Against Geert Wilders
Saad Husain Rizvi and Muhammad Ashraf Asif Jalali were sentenced to four and fourteen years in jail respectively by the District Court of The Hague.
St. Petersburg Court Finds an “Anti-Russian Conspiracy” in LaVey’s “The Satanic Bible”
The judges accepted the bizarre theory that the book promotes hostility to Russia, in addition to LGBT activism and extremism.
The Long Arm of France: Why MISA’s Mihai and Adina Stoian Have Been Arrested in Georgia
The two leaders of the movement founded by Gregorian Bivolaru are threatened with “life imprisonment” for the pseudo-crime of “psychological subjugation.”
Costa Rica: Constitutional Court Orders Removed Crucifix to Be Reinstalled in Public Hospital
The Director of Hospital México had removed the image in the name of religious freedom of non-Catholics. A nurse sued him and won.
Uganda vs Religious Liberty: An Interview with Scott Morgan
Using as a pretext the “fasting sect” incident in Kenya, with French and Japanese influences, several African countries are cracking down on religious minorities. Now, it’s Uganda.
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.