A report denounces a state that has failed to protect its citizens from religious extremism and from the excesses of its own security apparatus.
Caught in the Crossfire: Human Rights Denied in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
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From the World
Russia’s Anti-Cultists Declare War on Yoga—and India
After President Modi offered a copy of the “Bhagavad Gita” to Putin, Alexander Dvorkin revamped one of his old campaigns.
Judicial Neutrality Optional: An Unfair Japanese Decision Targets the Unification Church—Again
The ruling on the “notarized document case” confirms biases against “cults” and the Family Federation by courts that ignore international law.
Is Yoga Fascist? Why Stewart Home’s “Fascist Yoga” Goes Too Far
The book has value and uncovers some disturbing connections, but ultimately collapses under the weight of its sweeping and unfair generalizations.
A Christmas Meditation: From the Manger to the Colosseum
The same story links the Nativity and the martyrs: those who seek to live according to conscience often face hostility. Support “Bitter Winter,” it is here to help them.
Courting Extremists: Can Justice Prevail in Pakistan?
Government and courts, influenced by extremists, continue to discriminate against the Ahmadi minority.
The Committee That Would Be King: South Africa’s CRL Right Commission Threatens Religious Liberty—Again
The Section 22 Committee is a new invention to establish a bureaucratic control of churches.
Pakistan’s “Minority Rights Commission” Excludes Ahmadis by Design
The new Commission is presented as a step towards reform. But lawmakers and the Law Minister explicitly stated there will be no reform and no protection for the Ahmadis.
A Christmas Letter from the Primate of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church
Before us is not just a war, but a deliberate, systematic, calculated, and technologically sophisticated mass murder of innocents.
Yamagami and the Unification Church: The Trial, the Fact‑Checker, and the Media Mirage
A specialist in fact-checking demonstrates that the real story of Shinzo Abe’s assassin was very different from the media’s anti-Unification-Church tale.