Surprising some, on November 13 an old prohibition dating back to 1738 was confirmed. But while the prohibition is the same, the motivations are different.
Massimo Introvigne
France Plans to Make a Bad Law Worse
The anti-cult About-Picard law is ineffective against real abuses and dangerous for religious liberty. The government wants to make it even more dangerous.
US Business Leaders Condemned for Applauding Xi Jinping
USCIRF reprimanded American CEOs for implicitly supporting China’s crackdown on religious liberty. They paid $40,000 for being there and got nothing in return.
Cricket and Religious Propaganda: An Unholy Alliance in Pakistan
False claims were spread by former Pakistani national team player and coach Inzamam-ul-Haq that Indian Sikh player Harbhajan Singh “almost” converted to Islam.
A “Tolerance Tax” for Tai Ji Men?
Jews in 18th-century Hungary were humiliated and compelled to pay a “tolerance tax” to avoid expulsion. Some bureaucrats treated Tai Ji Men in the same way.
After Settlement, Government Starts Restoring Oregon Native American Sacred Site
Without waiting for a U.S. Supreme Court decision, federal authorities agreed in October to repair a site they destroyed to add a turn lane to a highway.
Religious Liberty Situation Deteriorating in Nepal
A report documents increased violence against Christians, fueled by discriminatory laws, although a grassroots interfaith movement offers some hope.
背教者は信頼できるか？ ３．棄教と監禁の物語
棄教に関しては、学術的研究と、反カルトが語る物語との間には、かなりの違いがある。後者は、ネイティブ・アメリカンに拉致された白人の乙女についての昔話に似ている
背教者は信頼できるか？2. 偽の背教者
自分はある宗教や運動の元メンバーで、その秘密の内情に通じていると主張する人の中には、単に嘘をついているだけの人もいる
Providence vs. Netflix: A Conversation with Three Taiwanese Academics
If guilty of sexual abuse, the leader deserves to be sentenced. But sensationalist TV shows poison the well and create discrimination against innocent believers.
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.