An Ahmadi lawyer was told he cannot use the prefix “Syed” because it is reserved for orthodox Muslims.
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The Unification Church Crisis in Japan: The Three Enemies of Religious Liberty
Japan is emerging as the main battleground between forces that have attacked religious liberty for centuries and those defending it.
France: Is State Secretary Sonia Backès a “Scientology Survivor“? Her Brother Tells a Different Story
She oversees the anti-cult mission MIVILUDES and tells a dramatic tale about her past. But her brother raises doubts about it.
Joyland: The Strange Case of an Award-Winning Movie from Lahore Banned in Lahore
The Pakistani film has met with critical acclaims. Punjab banned it claiming it promotes homosexuality, although the story is more complicated.
Russian Anti-Cult Leader: “The US and Ukraine Use Satanists to Destroy the Whole Orthodox World”
“The whole of Ukraine has become a horror movie,” where Satanists are trained to unleash the Apocalypse, Alexander Novopashin said in a new propaganda interview.
Sara Taseer: Daughter of Assassinated Pakistani Politician Refuses to Sign Anti-Ahmadi Passport Statement
In Pakistan, Muslims to get a passport should state they are not Ahmadis. The daughter of the Punjab Governor killed for his support of Asia Bibi didn’t.
Russian Doukhobors in Canada. 3. The Forced Assimilation of Children
Boarding schools for sons and daughters of the Doukhobors were a brutal attempt at eradicating their culture and identity. Canada has yet to apologize.
Russian Doukhobors in Canada. 2. The Sons of Freedom’s Protest and Violence
Arson and nudity made this branch of the movement notorious in Canada. But they had their reasons to protest.
82 Ukrainian Academics Ask France to Stop Supporting the Anti-Cult Federation FECRIS
Virtually all Ukrainian scholars of religion wrote to President Macron denouncing the complicity between Western anti-cultists and their Russian homologues who keep slandering Ukraine
Russian Doukhobors in Canada 1. The Coming of the Doukhobors
One branch of the anarchist sect went from pacifism to violence. It did not represent the whole community.