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.
Massimo Introvigne
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.
Largest Buddhist Religious Group in Japan Critical of the Dissolution Case Filed Against the Unification Church
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.
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.
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.