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Bitter Winter

A magazine on religious liberty and human rights

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From the World

Loup Blanc during an initiation, 2011.

03/09/2023 Massimo Introvigne

Loup Blanc. 1. The Making of a (Jailed) Shaman

French media have published dozens of articles on Cyrille Adam (Loup Blanc) after he was accused of sexual abuse and arrested in 2021. Who is he?

The assassinated young man, Jahid Hasan. Courtesy of the International Human Rights Committee.

03/08/2023 Marco Respinti

Jahid Hasan: An Ahmadi Young Man Clobbered to Death in Bangladesh

A three-night attack by Muslim fanatics happened in daylight and in front of the police. It was not the first time, and may not be the last.

Mian Mithoo speaks after one of its numerous trials. From Twitter.

03/07/2023 Massimo Introvigne

Pakistan: The Keynote Speaker at a Seminar on Kidnapping Is—A Kidnapper

The Islamabad Bar Association organized a seminar on kidnapping and forced conversion of non-Muslim girls to Islam. They invited kidnapper Mian Mithoo to lecture.

Ogawa (right) during a TV show with one of the leading anti-Unification-Church lawyers, Masaki Kito (center).

03/06/2023 Masumi Fukuda

“Sayuri Ogawa”: When “Apostates” Slander the Unification Church. 5. Why the Story Is Not Believable

Her parents’ testimony and the “Hanada” magazine’s investigation clarified that what Sayuri told the media may not conceivably be true.

Ogawa (second from the left) promotes the campaign to legally dissolve the Unification Church. Screenshot.

03/04/2023 Masumi Fukuda

“Sayuri Ogawa”: When “Apostates” Slander the Unification Church. 4. Becoming a Career Apostate

From August 22, 2022, Sayuri assumed the role of a professional apostate, a tool in the hands of the enemies of her former religion.

An emotional Ogawa claims she has been victimized by the Unification Church. Screenshot.

03/03/2023 Masumi Fukuda

“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.

Ogawa advocating for the legal dissolution of the Unification Church/Family Federation. Screenshot.

03/02/2023 Masumi Fukuda

“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.” Screenshot.

03/01/2023 Masumi Fukuda

“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.

“Apostate” Unification Church ex-member Sayuri Ogawa. Screenshot.

02/28/2023 Massimo Introvigne

“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.

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