A Senate Committee’s report creates serious risks for religious liberty after the tragedy of Good News International Church.
Massimo Introvigne
Pakistan: Even Children Are Taught to Hate Ahmadis
A video showing a small boy cursing the persecuted religious minority quickly went viral on social media.
The California Blackburn Case of 1931 and the Tai Ji Men Case
A landmark decision on freedom of religion or belief may offer useful insights for the Tai Ji Men case.
“Ukraine in Itself Is a Cult”: A New Absurd Claim by Russian Propaganda
Russian anti-cultists suggest that, rather than arguing that in Ukraine “there are cults,” it is now time to identify “Ukraine” not as a country but as a “cult.”
Japan: Anti-Cult Journalist Eight Suzuki Sued for False Statements
Both the Universal Peace Federation and deprogramming victim Toru Goto seek damages from a reporter famous for his anti-Unification-Church campaigns.
Spain: Jehovah’s Witnesses Win Important Case Against “El Mundo”
A Spanish court ordered the newspaper to publish the reply of the Jehovah’s Witnesses to a defamatory 2022 article. The court found the newspaper has been fed false information by an association of disgruntled former Witnesses and has uncritically published it.
“Democracy Is Not Coca-Cola”: Xi Jinping Unveils Grandiose “Global Community” Plan
After several pages of platitudes, the cat comes out of the bag. The West cannot impose its model of democracy, we are told, there is a better one based on “the global vision of the Chinese Communist Party.”
Seychelles Opposition Leader Patrick Herminie Arrested for “Witchcraft” and “Satanism”
The former speaker of the National Assembly has been released on bail in what literally appears as a case of politically motivated “witch hunt.”
Mongolia’s Jebtsundamba Khutuktu Reincarnation: How the Dalai Lama Holds Beijing in Check
The CCP did not want the Dalai Lama to endorse the new leader of Mongolian Buddhists. He blessed one of two identical twins. Only, the Chinese don’t know which one.
善行は報われないこともある：日本における世界平和女性連合に対する信じられない迫害
彼女たちの活動は数々の賞を受賞し、国連の認定も受けました。しかし統一教会との「つながり」を非難され、彼女たちの人生は今、地獄と化しています。
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.