L’archiprêtre Alexander Novopashin fait des conférences contre les « recruteurs ukrainiens de terroristes » et continue d’afficher un énorme logo de la FECRIS.
Massimo Introvigne
Russia: Now They Came for Ak-Jaŋ. The Destruction of a New-Old Religious Movement
An offshoot of Altai’s “Burkhanist” religion (although not using this name), the Karakol Initiative Group, part of the “White Faith” movement, is heavily persecuted.
Massive Chinese Cyber Espionage of Tibetan Diaspora Revealed
Documents leaked from private company i-Soon reveal constant attacks against emails and mobile phones of exiles from Tibet, including the Dalai Lama
Russia and FECRIS: When a Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words
Archpriest Alexander Novopashin lectures against “Ukrainian recruiters of terrorists” —and continues to display a huge FECRIS logo.
Sœurs Dominicaines du Saint-Esprit : Le Vatican opposé à la France sur la liberté religieuse
Le Saint-Siège a rappelé à la France que lorsque des tribunaux civils remettent en cause la décision d’expulser une moniale de son ordre religieux, la liberté de religion est « gravement violée ».
Yves Klein: Rosicrucianism, Catholicism, and Models Painted in Blue
A new exhibition in New York offers the opportunity to reflect on the artist’s relationship with esotericism and religion.
Dominican Sisters of the Holy Spirit: Vatican vs France on Religious Liberty
The Holy See reminded France that when civil courts second-guess the decision of expelling a nun from her religious order, freedom of religion is “gravely violated.”
Russia: Sentenced to Forced Labor for Posting New Generation Church Material on Social Media
The decision against a man in Prokopyevsk confirmed that courts now treat with the same harshness “indesirable” and “extremist” organizations.
France: The New Anti-Cult Law Denounced to the Constitutional Council
More than 60 Senators claim that the new article incriminating “psychological subjection” is against the Constitution and international treaties signed by France.
Pakistan: Mainline Newspaper Ridicules Itself by Spreading Chinese Propaganda on Xinjiang
“The Express Tribune,” which is in partnership with “The New York Times,” published two op-ed pieces claiming that happiness and religious liberty reign in the Uyghur region.
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.