The conversation with Reverend Nakagawa, President of Japan Christian Theological Institute, and Professor Tsutomu Nishioka from Tokyo Christian University continues, focusing on deprogramming and the devious tactics of anti-cult lawyers.
From the World
The “Seiron Magazine” Report on the Unification Church Case in Japan. 1. A Dialogue with a Professor of Ethics and a Christian Theologian, Part I
In its December 2023 issue, the Japanese conservative magazine “Seiron” published an important special issue on the threatened dissolution of the Unification Church. “Bitter Winter” offers its serialized translation.
Japan Proposes Guidelines That Would Artificially Multiply the “Victims” of “Cults”
Under the new draft proposal, a “victim” is a “victim” even if she denies being one, if the anti-cult lawyers or the government says she has been victimized.
Spain, Judge Raquel Chacón Continues Her Anti-Jehovah’s-Witnesses Crusade
For the second time, the 6th section of the Court of Torrejón de Ardoz ruled against the 1st section of the same court. What according to Section 1 offends the honor of the Jehovah’s Witnesses was declared non-offensive by Section 6.
Does Japan Have an Independent Judiciary? Implications for the Unification Church Dissolution Case
Scholars have noted that, while proclaimed by the Constitution, the independence of the Japanese judiciary is in fact limited by the government’s role in appointing and promoting judges.
Russia: TV Channel of an Orthodox Oligarch Under EU Sanctions
Konstantin Malofeev’s Tsargrad TV spread Russian disinformation and the anti-cult hate speech of the notorious Alexander Dvorkin.
Behind the Bivolaru Case. 4. GéPS Versus MISA
How Gascan and his friends framed Gregorian Bivolaru looks like a fairy tale. But behind any fairy tale lies a truth.
Behind the Bivolaru Case. 3. Enter the MIVILUDES
The French anti-cult governmental agency played a crucial role in persuading those who were against other Tantric groups that they should focus on MISA.
Behind the Bivolaru Case. 2. GéPS, the Strange Origins of a French Anti-Cult Group
Few had heard of a new anti-cult association that claimed credit for the arrest of the MISA founder in France. The story of its founder Hughes Gascan is not without interest.
Behind the Bivolaru Case. 1. Some Incorrect Reports About MISA’s Past History
After the arrest of the Romanian yoga teacher in France, the same fake news about his and MISA’s past were reproduced from one media to another.