The High Court based its decision on a biased view of the church and a vague notion of what is socially acceptable.
From the World
A Judicial Suicide: The Tokyo Decision Against the Unification Church. 2. An Irrational Verdict
Rather than on logic, the decision seems to be based on political decisions taken under the pressure of a manipulated public opinion.
A Judicial Suicide: The Tokyo Decision Against the Unification Church. 1. A Death Sentence
A dissolution order is more than just a legal act; it fundamentally denies the dignity of the dissolved religion and its members.
“Brainwashing,” Steven Hassan, and the OneTaste Case. 2. The Prosecution of Nicole Daedone
The anti-cult movement needed a “legal precedent” to reintroduce the discredited idea that “cults” use “mental manipulation.”
“Brainwashing,” Steven Hassan, and the OneTaste Case. 1. Weaponizing Anti-Trafficking Laws
Anti-cultists persuaded prosecutors to reintroduce discredited mental manipulation theories by interpreting anti-prostitution and forced labor statutes.
Pakistan Blocks Ahmadi Muslims From Eid Prayers
Police and legal bodies coordinated the crackdown. India denounced Pakistan’s treatment of Ahmadis at the UN as a form of Islamophobia.
Pakistan: How Judges Protect Forced Conversions to Islam and Child Marriage
In the case of Maria Bibi, the Federal Constitutional Court declared a child an adult, a minor a wife, and a conversion a passport out of the law.
When Courts Interpret Doctrine: A Japanese Scholar’s Concerns About the Unification Church Decision
An academic who left the church in 1992 denounces the misinterpretation of its theology in the verdict that dissolved the Family Federation.
France, Famille Missionnaire de Notre-Dame: When Ninety Percent Is Not Enough
Despite broad acquittals, the lone conviction for “psychological subjection” risks turning France’s justice system into an arbiter of acceptable spirituality.
The Tokyo High Court Unification Church Decision. 6. Who Will Protect the Believers?
The court assures us that individual devotees will not be discriminated against. The reality is different.