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Bitter Winter

A magazine on religious liberty and human rights

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Ogawa (second from the left) promotes the campaign to legally dissolve the Unification Church. Screenshot.

03/04/2023 Masumi Fukuda

“Sayuri Ogawa”: When “Apostates” Slander the Unification Church. 4. Becoming a Career Apostate

From August 22, 2022, Sayuri assumed the role of a professional apostate, a tool in the hands of the enemies of her former religion.

An emotional Ogawa claims she has been victimized by the Unification Church. Screenshot.

03/03/2023 Masumi Fukuda

“Sayuri Ogawa”: When “Apostates” Slander the Unification Church. 3. Sayuri’s Crisis

From 2018, the young woman’s behavior became increasingly strange. But only after the Abe assassination she started attacking her former religion.

Ogawa advocating for the legal dissolution of the Unification Church/Family Federation. Screenshot.

03/02/2023 Masumi Fukuda

“Sayuri Ogawa”: When “Apostates” Slander the Unification Church. 2. The Story as Told by Her Parents

The most famous ex-member of the Unification Church/Family Federation in Japan largely invented her story, her father and mother say.

“Sayuri Ogawa.” Screenshot.

03/01/2023 Masumi Fukuda

“Sayuri Ogawa”: When “Apostates” Slander the Unification Church. 1. The Birth of an Apostate

Bitter Winter serializes a great piece of investigative journalism from Japan’s “Hanada” magazine.

“Apostate” Unification Church ex-member Sayuri Ogawa. Screenshot.

02/28/2023 Massimo Introvigne

“Religious Abuse of Children”: Another Assault Against Religious Liberty in Japan. 2. “Psychological abuse”

Many practices qualified as “religious psychological abuse” by the guidelines of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare are just normal expressions of freedom of religion.

Central Government Building no. 5, in Tokyo, hosting the Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare. Credits.

02/27/2023 Massimo Introvigne

“Religious Abuse of Children”: Another Assault Against Freedom of Religion in Japan. 1. A New Notion of “Abuse”

Guidelines by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare substantially limit parents’ rights to pass religious faith to their children.

Central Government Building no. 4 in Tokyo, where the Consumer Affairs Agency, which issued the guidelines, is located. Credits.

02/25/2023 Massimo Introvigne

Japan’s Guidelines on Religious Donations: The Great Return of Brainwashing Pseudo-Science

If you donate to a movement that the society views with hostility, it is assumed you were a victim of “mind control.”

TRSH devotees at the Empandeni branch Sunday service. Photo by Massimo Introvigne.

02/16/2023 Massimo Introvigne

Inside The Revelation Spiritual Home. 4. Opposition

The Commission for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Communities (CRL) produced in 2017 a strange anti-cult (and anti-TRSH) report.

IMboni at Trillion Cart. Photo by Peter Zoehrer.

02/15/2023 Massimo Introvigne

Inside The Revelation Spiritual Home. 3. Walking on Two Legs, African Indigenous Spirituality and Economic Empowerment

Visiting The Revelation Spiritual Home, we were impressed by its rituals. But not less impressive are its business activities.

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