The anti-Unification-Church campaign in Japan is another egregious example of the use of the “cult” label to discriminate against unpopular minorities.
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The Abe Assassination and the Unification Church in Japan: How to Create a Mob
How hatred was created and directed against a religious minority is a textbook example of “mob psychology.”
The Abe Assassination. The Unification Church Is Victim of Hate Speech and Discrimination
After the former Prime Minister was killed, Unification Church members receive death threats and are bullied at work and in schools.
The Abe Assassination. Will Japan Deny Religious Liberty to Politicians?
One question is never asked. How can forbidding politicians from attending events of one particular religion be compatible with religious liberty?
The Abe Assassination. Lawyers “Against Spiritual Sales”—or Against Religious Liberty?
After the crime, media took at face value the statements of anti-Unification-Church lawyers. Nobody cared to investigate them and their past.
Calling A Stag a Horse: Fake News on the Abe Assassination
When new religious movements are victims of violence, “it is their fault” campaigns are immediately started by their opponents.
Donald Westbrook’s “L. Ron Hubbard and Scientology Studies”: A New Way of Studying Scientology
The book in the Cambridge Elements series may one day be remembered as the first textbook of “Scientology Studies 2.0.”
“Call Bethel”: Jehovah’s Witnesses and Sexual Abuse. 5. The “Secret Databases”
The Telegraph’s podcast claims that there are secret lists of sexual abusers and that they should be disclosed to the authorities and to lawyers representing the victims.
“Call Bethel”: Jehovah’s Witnesses and Sexual Abuse. 4. The Montana Case
The Telegraph’s podcast criticized a 2020 decision by the Supreme Court of Montana that protected the confessional privilege. But it correctly applied the law.
“Call Bethel”: Jehovah’s Witnesses and Sexual Abuse. 3. The Clifford Whitely Case
The Telegraph’s podcast used a 2019 case to claim that the new child protection policies of the Jehovah’s Witnesses are not followed in practice. This is false.