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Bitter Winter

A magazine on religious liberty and human rights

three friends of winter

Wed, January 20, 2021

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01/19/2021 Massimo Introvigne

Orthodox Dissidents Now Regarded as “Cultists” in Russia

In Rostov Oblast, a cleric of the Russian Orthodox Autonomous Church is prosecuted as a “cult leader.”

Amjad Mahmood Khan (from Twitter)

01/18/2021 Daniela Bovolenta

Pakistan Threatens to Prosecute Blasphemy Committed Abroad

Authorities claim that American citizens operating in the U.S. an Ahmadi Web site risk prison sentences up to 10 years.

Jehovah's Witnesses

01/16/2021 Alessandro Amicarelli

Jehovah’s Witnesses—Why Are They Persecuted?

Data show that they are the #1 target of religious intolerance worldwide. A seminar and two special journal issues explored the question why.

From the Childhood Fractured series by Chicago artist Allen Vandever.

01/15/2021 Holly Folk

Jehovah’s Witnesses and Sexual Abuse: 4. Answering Some Criticism

Survivors of sexual abuse have every right to be angry. Sometimes, however, they should consider whether they are not used again, this time to support anticult campaigns.

The May 2019 issue of The Watchtower stated that, “Elders assure victims and their parents and others with knowledge of the matter that they are free to report an allegation of abuse to the secular authorities,” including “about someone who is a part of the congregation.”

01/14/2021 Holly Folk

Jehovah’s Witnesses and Sexual Abuse: 3. Some Common Misunderstandings

Both official reports and media often confuse “institutional” abuse in religious settings and abuse happening in families that happen to be religious.

The Forum.

01/13/2021 Marco Respinti

Taxes, Legal Reform, and Freedom of Belief: An International Forum

Scholars, former officials, and human rights activists from several countries attended the event organized on the eve of Taiwan’s 78th Judicial Day.

The Dutch Report, 2019.

01/13/2021 Holly Folk

Jehovah’s Witnesses and Sexual Abuse: 2. Belgium and The Netherlands

The two Northern European countries commissioned reports on the issue that were largely publicized, but both their methodology and conclusions are objectionable.

The Australian Royal Commission announces its final report. Source: Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse.

01/12/2021 Holly Folk

Jehovah’s Witnesses and Sexual Abuse: 1. The Australian Case

Did the Australian Royal Commission report really uncover hundreds of “hidden” cases? Or was a religious minority unfairly targeted?

The Judicial Yuan, Taipei, R.O.C. Credits.

01/11/2021 Massimo Introvigne

Solidarity, Subsidiarity, and the Taxation of Spiritual Movements

Some reflection on the Republic of China’s Judicial Day, from the point of view of a Western scholar.

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