The bill now being considered by the Parliament would be the most draconian in the democratic world and mark the quiet death of religious liberty in the country.
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Shinangchon: The Proposed Korean Anti-Cult Law and the Sudden Targeting of a Peaceful Community
The new policy offers the anti-cultists an opportunity for a vendetta against one of the remnants of the Olive Tree, one of their main enemies in the 20th century.
South Africa: The Return of the Would-Be Religious Police
The CRL Rights Commission, once rebuked for overreach, now stumbles into a new scandal as its “self‑regulation” project unravels.
Silencing the Churches: Why Korea’s New Rhetoric Threatens Democratic Freedom
In his New Year’s message, President Lee promised to “root out” religious involvement in politics, targeting the Unification Church, Shincheonji, and conservative Protestant churches.
Victims and Protectors: Who Needs Whom? The Rudnev Case in Argentina.
A new hearing in the case of an imaginary “cult” underscores the misuse of anti-trafficking laws by Argentine prosecutors obsessed with “cultic brainwashing.”
The AROPL Teen Member Murdered in Kenya: Justice Delayed, Justice Denied
Said Athumani Kamau, brother of slain Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light member Ibrahim Ramadhan, was due in court in November. The hearing was postponed to February.
High Court of Tanzania: State Cannot Compel All Muslims to Join an “Umbrella Organization”
The decision is a message to these African countries that are considering adopting the Chinese model of forcing religions to become part of government-supervised bodies.
Pakistan, Memorizing the Quran Is Now a Crime for the Ahmadis
An Ahmadi was sentenced to three years for calling himself “Hafiz,” and to life imprisonment for having distributed the “wrong” translation of the Quran.
The Case Japan Didn’t Want to Reopen: Fumihiro Kato Re-Reads the Yamagami Tragedy
An article in “Seiron” reveals unknown details about Shinzo Abe’s assassin and his mother, which run counter to the standard anti-Unification-Church narrative.
Russia’s Anti-Cultists Declare War on Yoga—and India
After President Modi offered a copy of the “Bhagavad Gita” to Putin, Alexander Dvorkin revamped one of his old campaigns.