British scholar Adam Curle became the first European university professor of Peace Studies in 1973. Just as Dr. Hong and FOWPAL, he taught that love is the only gateway to peace.
Massimo Introvigne
Pakistan. The Mystery of Danish Kaneria: Match-Fixing or Religious Discrimination?
The cricket player was banned for fixing matches in 2012. Now he claims he was framed because he was a Hindu, and confessed only because his life was threatened.
Orthodox Jews and the Federal Government vs. Airmont: The End of the Thirty Years’ War?
Anti-discrimination lawsuits and demography are finally defeating the project of excluding Orthodox Jews from a gentrified village.
Hiszpania: Świadkowie Jehowy wygrywają ważną sprawę przeciwko gazecie „El Mundo”
Hiszpański sąd nakazał gazecie opublikować odpowiedź Świadków Jehowy na zniesławiający artykuł z 2022 roku. Sąd uznał, że gazeta korzystała z fałszywych informacji przekazanych przez grupę niezadowolonych byłych Świadków i bezkrytycznie je opublikowała.
Reiki: In Search of the Grave of Mikao Usui
The global phenomenon of Reiki originated in Japan, where today few know it. But there would be no Reiki without Usui.
Spanje: Jehovah’s Getuigen winnen een belangrijke zaak tegen “El Mundo”
Een Spaanse rechtbank heeft de krant bevolen de reactie van de Jehovah’s Getuigen op een lasterlijk artikel uit 2022 te publiceren. De rechtbank oordeelde dat de krant onjuiste informatie had gekregen van een vereniging van ontevreden voormalige Getuigen en deze blindelings gepubliceerd had.
日本：反カルトジャーナリスト鈴木エイト氏が虚偽記載で提訴される
UPFとディプログラミング被害者の後藤徹氏は、反統一教会キャンペーンで有名な記者に損害賠償を求める。
Japan, Religion, and the Dissolution of the Unification Church: A Conversation
At a symposium in Tokyo on October 1, the case was discussed within the broader framework of different approaches to religion and “cults” in Japan and the West.
Tamara de Lempicka and Religion: In Search of Mother Superior
In the Roaring Twenties, the Polish painter was the quintessential Paris’ “bad girl.” Then, she met a mysterious French nun in Italy.
Colorado Court: Christian Pre-School Hiring Christian Teachers Only Is Entitled to State Aid
The U.S. District Court also stated that maintaining sex-separated bathrooms for religious reasons in the pre-school is protected by freedom of religion.
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.