In een rapport van de Amerikaanse Commissie voor Internationale Godsdienstvrijheid wordt de vervolging van de Getuigen een wereldwijd fenomeen genoemd.
Massimo Introvigne
How to Steal a School: Japan’s Persecution of the Unification Church Extends to Senegal
Japan sent envoys to Senegal to destroy the relationship between the Women’s Federation for World Peace (WFWP), founded by the leaders of the Unification Church, and two schools it had built there.
A Strange Belgian Decision: Catholic Bishops Should Pay Damages for Not Allowing a Woman to Train as a Deacon
Only men can become deacons in the Catholic Church. The judges say they cannot change this but can sentence Catholic authorities to indemnify the woman.
Did Chinese Communist Eat Children (and Adults)? Reading “Scarlet Memorial” Again
Zheng Yi’s famous 1993 book may include exaggerations. However, most scholars agree that “ritual” Communist cannibalism did occur in Guangxi in the 1960s.
North Macedonia: The Tai Ji Men Case at the Second World Conference for Religious Dialogue and Cooperation
Scholars and Tai Ji Men dizi spoke at the most important yearly religious studies gathering in the Balkans.
日本のエホバの証人に対するヘイトクライムの急増：誰の責任か
ヘイトスピーチと暴力の急増を引き起こした政府文書の作成に，民間の反カルト団体が重要な役割を担っていたことが，証拠により明らかになった。
宗教の自由に関する米国務省の年次報告書：中国に対しては模範的だが、日本に対しては臆病
2024年6月26日に発表された報告書は、敵に対しては説得力を持って非難するが、政治的同盟者に対してはやや甘いという昨年の態度を裏付けた。
León 1188: The First Parliament, Taxes, and the Tai Ji Men Case
Taxpayers’ rights are not just one among many matters Parliaments should control. They are the historical reasons why Parliaments were created.
László Mednyánszky: Art, Theosophy, and a Homoerotic New Religion
The Slovak-Hungarian painter was a unique example of artist influenced by the Theosophical Society who combined Theosophical ideas with a sacralization of homosexuality.
The US Department of State Yearly Report on Religious Freedom: Exemplary on China, Timid on Japan
The report, published on June 26, 2024, confirms last year’s attitude to persuasively denounce foes but somewhat excuse political allies.
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.