From August 22, 2022, Sayuri assumed the role of a professional apostate, a tool in the hands of the enemies of her former religion.
From the World
“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.
“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”: 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.
“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.
“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.
Norway: Why the European Court of Human Rights Rejected a Complaint from a Disfellowshipped Former Jehovah’s Witness
The case of a disfellowshipped woman who demanded that courts compel the Jehovah’s Witnesses to readmit her was widely misinterpreted by the media.
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.”
Pakistan: Catholic Girl, 15, Kidnapped and Forcibly Married to 60-Year-Old Muslim Man
Sitara Arif was kidnapped on December 15. It took two months to persuade the police to investigate the case.
A Second Letter by 80+ Ukrainian Academics Urges President Macron to Stop French Support to the Anti-Cult Federation FECRIS
The Ukrainian scholars also denounce the presence in the governmental anti-cult agency MIVILUDES of a politician who supported the Russian occupation of Crimea.