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Bitter Winter

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Another image of the camp in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. From Twitter.

12/28/2022 Massimo Introvigne

Pakistan: Jamaat-e-Islami Does Not Want Women to Ride Bikes

The party attacked a bicycling camp in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Islamic fundamentalists are concerned that riding a bicycle may break a girl’s hymen.

FECRIS president Christian Gravel peddling the mission’s dubious statistics on television. Screenshot.

12/26/2022 Massimo Introvigne

A Bitter Winter for MIVILUDES

The deep crisis of the French governmental anti-cult mission has been revealed by the resignation of its chief, Hanène Romdhane.

How they changed Chanda: from happy Hindu girl to abused Muslim “wife.” Photos from Twitter.

12/22/2022 Marco Respinti

Chanda Maharaj: Kidnapper Claims the 15-Year-Old Girl Has a “Biological Age” of 18

A medical certificate puts again the Pakistani Hindu girl at risk of being delivered back to the man who forcibly converted her to Islam, raped, and “married” her.

A service in the Restoration Christian Center in Moscow. From Facebook.

12/21/2022 Massimo Introvigne

Restoration Christian Center: Russia Discovers Another Ukrainian “Cult” Conspiracy

A slander campaign targets the Russian branch of the International Restoration Church, whose founder Evgenyi Peresvetov was expelled from Russia in 2018.

Sediq Afghan. From Twitter.

12/20/2022 Massimo Introvigne

The “New Nostradamus”: Did He Tell Putin To Go On with the War?

Russian propaganda claims that controversial mathematician and “prophet” Sediq Afghan told Putin “not to step back from the special operation.”

Former MP and “expert” in “destructive ideologies” Inga Yumasheva.

12/17/2022 Massimo Introvigne

Russian Orthodox Church: “Spreading Destructive Ideologies” Should Become a Crime in Russia

The crime should cover cases, including of religious movements, where all efforts to declare a group “extremist” fail.

The statue before the fire. From Twitter.

12/08/2022 Massimo Introvigne

Brazil: Statue of Legendary Candomblé Priestess Set on Fire in Salvador

Mãe Stella de Oxóssi died in 2018. Her statue had been repeatedly vandalized by Christian fundamentalists and has now been burned.

Archpriest Alexander Novopashin. From Telegram.

12/05/2022 Massimo Introvigne

Novopashin Confirms: “Russian Anti-Cultists Are Still Part of FECRIS”

The names of the Russian anti-cult organizations disappeared from the European federation’s website after the invasion of Ukraine. Now they confess they are still part of FECRIS.

Father Alexander Volkov.

12/01/2022 Massimo Introvigne

Russian Orthodox Church Spokesperson: “Ukraine Cannot Be Independent”

Father Alexander Volkov, executive editor of the official organ of the Moscow Patriarchate, called Ukraine a “phenomenon” rather than a “country.”

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