『正論』掲載記事が、安倍晋三元首相暗殺犯・山上徹也とその母親の知られざる事実を明らかにし、反統一教会ナラティブに疑問を突きつける。
Massimo Introvigne
The Case Japan Didn’t Want to Reopen: Fumihiro Kato Re-Reads the Yamagami Tragedy
An article in “Seiron” reveals unknown details about Shinzo Abe’s assassin and his mother, which run counter to the standard anti-Unification-Church narrative.
Prato, Italy, Chinese Mafia Wars: From Beijing, Silence or Complicity?
Amid a violent conflict between rival crime groups, suspicions of a CCP strategy to weaponize criminals for its own purposes come to light.
Russia’s Anti-Cultists Declare War on Yoga—and India
After President Modi offered a copy of the “Bhagavad Gita” to Putin, Alexander Dvorkin revamped one of his old campaigns.
司法の中立性は任意なのか：不当な日本の判決が“再び”統一教会を標的に
「念書」に関する判決は、「カルト」や家庭連合に対する偏見、そして国際法を無視する裁判所の姿勢を露呈した。
Judicial Neutrality Optional: An Unfair Japanese Decision Targets the Unification Church—Again
The ruling on the “notarized document case” confirms biases against “cults” and the Family Federation by courts that ignore international law.
Is Yoga Fascist? Why Stewart Home’s “Fascist Yoga” Goes Too Far
The book has value and uncovers some disturbing connections, but ultimately collapses under the weight of its sweeping and unfair generalizations.
A Christmas Meditation: From the Manger to the Colosseum
The same story links the Nativity and the martyrs: those who seek to live according to conscience often face hostility. Support “Bitter Winter,” it is here to help them.
The Committee That Would Be King: South Africa’s CRL Right Commission Threatens Religious Liberty—Again
The Section 22 Committee is a new invention to establish a bureaucratic control of churches.
山上徹也と統一教会：公判、ファクトチェッカー、そしてメディアの空想
安倍晋三元首相の暗殺者をめぐる真相は、メディアが描いてきた反統一教会の物語とはまったく異なるものであることを、ファクトチェックの専門家が明らかにした。
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.