An excellent report focused on disinformation produced by non-democratic states such as Russia (quoting “Bitter Winter”) and China. It could have added that some democratic states do just the same.
Massimo Introvigne
Bangladesh, Religious Minorities, Including the Hare Krishna, in Danger
As it often happened in the country’s history, political unrest results in violence against non-Muslim communities.
Un sitio web continúa la experiencia de la Conferencia de Libertad Religiosa de Buenos Aires 2024
Todos los discursos están ahora disponibles a través de videos en inglés y español.
Chinese Agents in the U.S. Plead Guilty to Anti-Falun-Gong Conspiracy
They tried to bribe an IRS agent to have the tax-exempt status of a Falun Gong associate group revoked, as part of a Chinese plan to harass abroad religious groups persecuted in China.
A Website Continues the Experience of the Buenos Aires Religious Liberty Conference 2024
All speeches are now available through videos in both English and Spanish.
Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone: How One Woman Destroyed France’s Olympic Rhetoric
The athlete who smashed her own world record in 400m hurdles is a member of a church France would call a “cult” if it knew it. And she proclaims it loudly.
Francesco Randone: Between Theosophy and Etruscan Dreams
The Italian ceramist, who lived in a tower within Rome’s Aurelian Walls, created occult rituals for firing ceramics with Theosophical, Etruscan, and Tolstoian elements.
Constitutional Court of Colombia: Religious Liberty Includes the Right to a Religious Funeral
A mother detained in a maximum-security jail still had the right to organize a Catholic funeral for her son, which the state should have subsidized since she had no money for it, the Court said.
The Crisis of Butsudan: What Does It Tell Us About Japan?
A fascinating book by Hannah Gould offers an opportunity to reflect on the status of religion in the country.
Church of Almighty God Member Deported Back to China from Italy
Italy used to respect the principle of non-refoulement, or non-deportation of refugees to countries where they risk arrest and torture. Is this no longer the case? by Massimo Introvigne A CAG female devotee interrogated in jail. From the CAG film “Branded.” The Church...
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.