Speakers and a side event at Warsaw’s Human Dimension Conference denounced the discriminatory use of the word “cult.”
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Tajikistan’s Ban of Jehovah’s Witnesses Illegal, UN Human Rights Committee Says
The UN body ruled that conscientious objection, proselytization, and claiming theirs is the “true religion” cannot be prohibited
“Avatar” Is Back, and It Still Looks Like Damanhur
In 2009, I suggested that the religion of the film’s extraterrestrials had significant similarities with the ideas of an Italian esoteric community.
“Cults”: The French Law, A Model for Japan?
The About-Picard law is a failed and wrong statute that should be repealed in France rather than exported abroad.
The Abe Assassination. Donations to the Unification Church: Separating Facts from Fiction
Media have accepted at face value the accusation by anti-Unification-Church lawyers that “victims” are defrauded through “spiritual sales.” The real story is different.
The Abe Assassination. The Word “Cult” Is A Tool for Discrimination
The anti-Unification-Church campaign in Japan is another egregious example of the use of the “cult” label to discriminate against unpopular minorities.
The Abe Assassination and the Unification Church in Japan: How to Create a Mob
How hatred was created and directed against a religious minority is a textbook example of “mob psychology.”
The Abe Assassination. The Unification Church Is Victim of Hate Speech and Discrimination
After the former Prime Minister was killed, Unification Church members receive death threats and are bullied at work and in schools.
The Abe Assassination. Will Japan Deny Religious Liberty to Politicians?
One question is never asked. How can forbidding politicians from attending events of one particular religion be compatible with religious liberty?
The Abe Assassination. Lawyers “Against Spiritual Sales”—or Against Religious Liberty?
After the crime, media took at face value the statements of anti-Unification-Church lawyers. Nobody cared to investigate them and their past.