Soto Zen, a 11-million-strong Buddhist sect, is no friend of the Unification Church. Yet it warned that the dissolution may be against the Constitution and set a dangerous precedent.
Massimo Introvigne
Quo Usque Tandem? Another Ahmadiyya Local Leader Assassinated in Pakistan
Police claims that Tahir Iqbal was punished through a “honor killing” for his relationship with a local woman. Others believe he was killed for his religion.
Public Bodies Slandering Religious Minorities: A Wrong Decision by the Osaka District Court
The court said that resolutions by local authorities calling the Unification Church and the UPF “antisocial” are not illegal. In a similar case, the European Court of Human Rights decided differently.
Criminal Law Is Not Retroactive, Right? Not True if You Are a Muslim in Xinjiang
Research by anthropologist Darren Byler uncovers gross violations of China’s own laws to punish Uyghurs and ethnic Kazakhs who pray and read religious books.
Turquoise Freedom : FECRIS, athéisme et soutien à la guerre russe contre l’Ukraine
L’ancien dirigeant d’une association « créée » par un affilié français de la FECRIS pour lutter contre l’islam radical et propager subtilement l’athéisme continue de soutenir Poutine.
Tai Ji Men Case: A New Statement at the UN Human Rights Council
For the ninth time, Geneva’s HRC heard that the Tai Ji Men case is a major freedom of religion or belief issue that needs to be urgently solved.
日本における統一教会問題：政治家が声を大にして言う２．スパイとフェーク・ニュース
文鮮明師が創設した国際勝共連合による日本におけるスパイ防止法キャンペーンこそが、左翼による誹謗中傷の要因だ。
Turquoise Freedom: FECRIS, Atheism, and Support for the Russian War Against Ukraine
The former leader of an association “created” by a French FECRIS affiliate to deal with radical Islam and subtly propagate atheism continues to root for Putin.
Japan, Pamphlets Against Conservative Religion Distributed in Schools
Minors are told that being admonished that by doing or not doing certain things they can go to hell, or being brought to religious activities, are forms of “abuse.”
Jehovah’s Witnesses in Norway: Why the Oslo District Court Decision Is Wrong
It claims that the practice of shunning illegally prevents adults and minors from leaving the religious organization. This claim is false.
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.