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Bitter Winter

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During the COVID pandemic, WFWP Japan made and distributed thousands of face masks. At that time, local media applauded… Source: WFWP.

03/17/2023 Masumi Fukuda

Second-Generation Unification Church Believers Discriminated in Japan. 4. Punishing Volunteers

Even those Family Federation members who perform valuable volunteer work have been harassed based on dubious theories spread by anti-cult lawyers.

To learn about the Unification Church journalists interview… anti-cult journalists. Here anti-Unification-Church reporter Eight Suzuki (left) is interviewed by the magazine “Bungeishunju.” From Twitter.

03/16/2023 Masumi Fukuda

Second-Generation Unification Church Believers Discriminated in Japan. 3. Media Slander Leads to Discrimination

Because of the media campaign after the Abe assassination, some young believers had their job offers cancelled, lost their jobs, and were divorced by their spouses.

The Agency for Cultural Affairs, Tokyo. Credits.

03/15/2023 Masumi Fukuda

Second-Generation Unification Church Believers Discriminated in Japan. 2. A Biased Agency for Cultural Affairs

When dealing with the Agency, second-generation Family Federation believers felt discriminated and humiliated.

“Career apostate” Sayuri Ogawa denouncing the Unification Church. Screenshot.

03/14/2023 Masumi Fukuda

Second-Generation Unification Church Believers Discriminated in Japan. 1. A Tale of Two Petitions

An award-winning investigative journalist from the “Hanada” magazine explains how the government favored anti-Unification-Church petitioners against those who defended the church.

Mandala, Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris 2010, created live by Loup Blanc and his students.

03/13/2023 Massimo Introvigne

Loup Blanc. 4. The Shaman, the Anti-Cultists, and the Police

Anti-cultists started attacking Loup Blanc in the 1990s, but only after the 2020 their campaign gained momentum. He was arrested in December 2021.

Illustration from an old Indian edition of the “Brahmayamalatantra.” From Twitter.

03/11/2023 Massimo Introvigne

Loup Blanc. 3. Tantra and Sexuality

Although Tantric sexual practices were never a prominent part of Loup Blanc’ teachings, they are at the center of the criminal case against him.

Loup Blanc teaching.

03/10/2023 Massimo Introvigne

Loup Blanc. 2. A Community in Search of Self-Liberation

A look at the disciples and teachings of Loup Blanc, the French spiritual teacher who has been arrested in 2021.

Loup Blanc during an initiation, 2011.

03/09/2023 Massimo Introvigne

Loup Blanc. 1. The Making of a (Jailed) Shaman

French media have published dozens of articles on Cyrille Adam (Loup Blanc) after he was accused of sexual abuse and arrested in 2021. Who is he?

Ogawa (right) during a TV show with one of the leading anti-Unification-Church lawyers, Masaki Kito (center).

03/06/2023 Masumi Fukuda

“Sayuri Ogawa”: When “Apostates” Slander the Unification Church. 5. Why the Story Is Not Believable

Her parents’ testimony and the “Hanada” magazine’s investigation clarified that what Sayuri told the media may not conceivably be true.

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