A magazine on religious liberty and human rights
In 1974, the world-renowned physicist decided to move to Europe after as a member of the Ahmadiyya Community he was declared a non-Muslim and discriminated.
Hijab is forbidden to Muslim French athletes, but the opening ceremony featured a drag queen parody of Jesus’s Last Supper that even the arch-moderate French Catholic Bishops protested.
A victim is treated as a perpetrator, to the point that the Japanese government is requesting its dissolution as a religious organization.
An old colonial law finally goes away, but what is needed is protection from forced conversion.
There is not a single “hidden hand” guiding the anti-cult movements throughout the world. But there are various levels of international coordination.
The organized opposition to “cults” is different in different countries. Yet, common themes and features emerge.
A conservative Catholic congregation is accused of “abuse of weakness,” i.e., of “brainwashing.” Its Superior can go to jail.
The Pakistani Ministry of Foreign Affairs rejected the U.S. claim that there is no freedom of religion there. The Minister of Defense acknowledged religious minorities “are not safe.”
The judgement of July 1 against the Women Federation for World Peace simply confirms that court decisions in Japan are about politics, not law.
