The respected Indian raja yoga organization won the right to receive copies of the reports used to accuse it of “cultic deviances.”
Massimo Introvigne
A Farce in Geneva: Seminar Claims Tibet and Xinjiang Are Paradises of Human Rights
Chinese “experts” and Western fellow travelers assured a small audience that the two regions are a model of respect of religious liberty and other rights.
Artemisia Gentileschi versus Japan’s Ministry of Education
The Genoa exhibition of the great Italian Baroque painter is an opportunity to reflect on how protecting children from “sexy” Biblical images is not an intelligent idea.
Campañas anti-trata en Argentina: la extraña historia del director Gustavo Vera
La nueva ministra de seguridad destituyó a un funcionario estrictamente relacionado con una definición expansiva de “víctima” y con las campañas contra las sectas. ¿Por qué?
Anti-Trafficking Campaigns in Argentina: The Strange Story of Director Gustavo Vera
The new Security Minister dismissed an officer strictly connected with an expansive definition of victims and anti-cult campaigns. Why?
Pakistan, Woman Escapes Blasphemy Lynching for Wearing a Shirt Purchased in Dubai
A mob misunderstood the word “sweetness” for a Quranic quote. The Muslim woman was saved by a Christian shopkeeper and the police but was compelled to apologize.
Jehovas vitner i Norge: Derfor er avgjørelsen til Oslo tingrett feil
Den hevder at praksisen med at medlemmer unngår eksmedlemmer er ulovlig ved at den hindrer voksne og mindreårige i å forlate den religiøse organisasjonen. Denne påstanden stemmer ikke.
Unification Church in Japan: A Politician Asks Inconvenient but Pertinent Questions in the Parliament
House of Councillors member Satoshi Hamada represents a tiny “contrarian” party. Yet, the questions he asked on March 12 were the right ones.
公的機関による宗教的マイノリティへの誹謗中傷：大阪地方裁判所の誤った判決
裁判所は、統一教会とUPFを「反社会的」であるとした地方自治体による決議は違法ではないと言った。 同様の訴訟において、欧州人権裁判所は異なる判決を下した。
“Summum Ius, Summa Iniuria”: From Cicero to Tai Ji Men
More than two thousand years ago, legal scholars already understood that sometimes the literal application of a law creates the worst injustice.
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.