Although the Muslim Brotherhood was born in Egypt around Egyptian domestic issues, it was by prioritizing the Palestinian question that it became a global movement.
Massimo Introvigne
Spanien: Jehovas vittnen vinner viktigt mål mot tidningen ”El Mundo”
En spansk domstol har beordrat tidningen att publicera Jehovas vittnens svar på en ärekränkande artikel från 2022. Domstolen konstaterade att tidningen hade tagit emot falsk information från en sammanslutning av missnöjda före detta vittnen och att den okritiskt hade publicerat den.
The Origins of Hamas. 1. The Precursors and ‘Izz-Id-Din al-Qassam
Understanding where Hamas comes from is essential to read recent events correctly. A new “Bitter Winter” series.
Victimizing Women Members of Spiritual Movements: Three Models and the Tai Ji Men Case
The relationship between violence against women and new religious and spiritual movements is more complicated than some media claim.
Who Is Using the Kenya “Suicide Fasting” to Slander the Jesus Christians?
The 400+ death by extreme fasting in Shakahola are used by anti-cultists for an international attack against a peaceful Australian religious movement.
Spania: Jehovas vitner vinner viktig rettssak mot «El Mundo»
En spansk domstol har pålagt avisen «El Mundo» å publisere Jehovas vitners motsvar til en ærekrenkende artikkel fra 2022. Retten slo fast at avisen var blitt fôret med feilaktig informasjon av en forening av misfornøyde tidligere Jehovas vitner, og at man deretter helt ukritisk hadde publisert informasjonen.
Yes, There Are Satanist Cannibals Fighting in Ukraine—But Please Read This Article to the End
Nikolai Ogolobyak with his Satanist band sacrificed, dismembered, and ate his victims. You need to go to the end of the article to understand what he did in Ukraine.
背教者は信頼できるか？ ５．なぜ背教者になる人がいるのか
背教者となった元信徒は、反カルト運動から自らの役割を「学ぶ」ことが多い。
Russia, Mentioning Doctors Against Forced Organ Harvesting Is Declared Illegal
A court in Saint Petersburg ruled that references to DAFOH, which documents the horrific practice of harvesting organs in China, are a criminal offense in Russia.
背教者は信頼できるか？ ４．元信者全員が背教者というわけではない
残念なことに、メディアは宗教団体の元信者と背教者というまったく異なる二つのカテゴリーを混同することがよくある。元信者のほとんどは背教者ではない。
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.