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From the World
Sanctuary Denied: USCIRF Documents How Host Countries Fail Religious Refugees in Asia
They fled persecution only to be criminalized. A report exposes the legal void and moral vacuum in South and Southeast Asia’s refugee policies.
Free Mother Han! Free Pastor Son! Confronting South Korea’s Crisis of Democracy
The leader of the Family Federation and the respected pastor of Busan’s Segero Church are not detained “according to Korean law” but in violation of it.
Grave Religious Liberty Concerns in Japan: The Unification Church Case
The action to dissolve the Family Federation and the indoctrination of unpopular minorities’ second-generation children in schools violate international law.
A Modern Léo Taxil: Stephen Kent and Satanism. 4. Paranoia Revisited
True believers in Satanic ritual abuse still exist and may even persuade legislators to pass laws. Many more apply Kent’s flawed logic to “cults.”
The United Nations Condemns Japan’s Discrimination Against Religious Minorities
Four UN Special Rapporteurs warn: the dissolution of the Unification Church and the anti-cult propaganda in schools violate international law.
A Modern Léo Taxil: Stephen Kent and Satanism. 3. Scholars Strike Back
Leading experts on the Satanism scare, David Frankfurter and Jean La Fontaine, debunked Kent’s theories. His rejoinder was not persuasive.
A Modern Léo Taxil: Stephen Kent and Satanism. 2. Digging for Demons
The anti-cult sociologist really believed that Satanic “human sacrifices” happened in Canada. But he admitted that he “never once came across a body.”
A Modern Léo Taxil: Stephen Kent and Satanism. 1: The Shadow of Taxil
The most famous anti-Masonic hoax is a cautionary tale to keep in mind when examining claims by anti-cult scholars about Satanic or “cultic” abuse.
The Secular Storm: The Strange Japanese Antipathy Towards Religion
Ian Reader and Clark Chilson’s “On Being Nonreligious in Contemporary Japan” is required reading for understanding what’s going on in Japan.