A report from the Center for Social Justice examined 145 textbooks, concluding that most disparage religious minorities.
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Japan: Unification Church’s President Tanaka Speaks. 2. Deprogramming and Slander
The second part of an interview the leader of the Unification Church in Japan gave to “Seiron” magazine for its June issue.
Japan: Unification Church’s President Tanaka Speaks. 1. The Dissolution Verdict
The June 2025 issue of the magazine “Seiron” allows the church leader to present his version of the facts. “Bitter Winter” publishes an English translation of extensive excerpts from the interview.
PierLuigi Zoccatelli, CESNUR, and the “Encyclopedia of Religions in Italy”
The late scholar’s “crazy idea” was to create an interpretative rather than merely descriptive tool encompassing the entire Italian religious landscape.
The MISA Case: Georgia Bows to French Pressures and Extradites the Stoians
The two yoga teachers are accused of the imaginary crime of brainwashing for having taught students the movement’s sacred eroticism theories.
The Fragile Balance of Press Freedom and Religious Liberty: The Harmful Impact of the Stigmatizing Language
Media often remain silent on religious persecution and discriminate against unpopular groups by calling them “cults.”
The Jesus Christians. 10. The Return of Deprogramming
The experience of two young members of the group demonstrates that deprogrammers are still very much active.
The Jesus Christians. 9. The Human Trafficking Case in Argentina
A moral panic about “cults” practicing “human trafficking” also hit the Argentine branch of the group. But they won the court case.
The Jesus Christians. 8. “Kidneys for Jesus”
The group is primarily famous for its altruistic donations of kidneys to patients whom donors do not know.
The Jesus Christians. 7. The Whipping Trials
In an idiosyncratic application of the Christian theology of “vicarious atonement,” group members agreed to be whipped in three cases for the sins of others.