The anti-Unification-Church campaign in Japan is another egregious example of the use of the “cult” label to discriminate against unpopular minorities.
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The Abe Assassination and the Unification Church in Japan: How to Create a Mob
How hatred was created and directed against a religious minority is a textbook example of “mob psychology.”
The Abe Assassination. The Unification Church Is Victim of Hate Speech and Discrimination
After the former Prime Minister was killed, Unification Church members receive death threats and are bullied at work and in schools.
The Abe Assassination. Will Japan Deny Religious Liberty to Politicians?
One question is never asked. How can forbidding politicians from attending events of one particular religion be compatible with religious liberty?
The Abe Assassination. Lawyers “Against Spiritual Sales”—or Against Religious Liberty?
After the crime, media took at face value the statements of anti-Unification-Church lawyers. Nobody cared to investigate them and their past.
Putin Has a New Great Data Base of Religious (and Non-Religious) “Extremists”
Both books or pamphlets and individuals will be included in a mammoth Orwellian list of targets for exclusion and repression.
New Generation Church: Latvian “Cult” Accused of Pro-Ukrainian Sabotage in Russia
Members of the Riga-based Word of Faith church, which once praised Putin’s anti-LGBT agenda, have been arrested as “agents of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.”
The Family Survival Trust 2022 Report on “Cults”: Reviving the Dead Horse of “Brainwashing”
The British affiliate of FECRIS calls for extending legislation on “coercive control” to new religious movements. In fact, it tries to resurrect the discredited theory of brainwashing.
Calling A Stag a Horse: Fake News on the Abe Assassination
When new religious movements are victims of violence, “it is their fault” campaigns are immediately started by their opponents.
Nicaragua: Catholic Bishop “Kidnapped,” USCIRF Denounces Widespread “Persecution”
The crackdown particularly continues to target the Catholic Church, the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom says in a comprehensive report.