The dissolution of the Unification Church damages all religions, Japan, and its international image. All friends of religious liberty should protest a scandalous verdict.
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Japan and Religion, the Scandal of “Public Welfare.” 2. The Assault on the Unification Church
The “public welfare” principle implies that if a religion displeases the majority, it can be eradicated. It is what is happening to the Unification Church.
Japan and Religion, the Scandal of “Public Welfare.” 1. Betraying Japan’s International Obligations
By keeping in its Constitution and laws the principle that religions may have their activities restricted and even be suppressed in the name of “public welfare,” Japan violates its international obligations.
The Supreme Court and the Unification Church in Japan: Warrant for a “Religiocide”? Part 2
There is no logical reason to change decades of case law and hold that civil torts, not crimes only, may be reasons to dissolve a religious organization.
The Supreme Court and the Unification Church in Japan: Warrant for a “Religiocide”? Part 1
A Supreme Court decision may open the way to the dissolution of the religious organization by overturning decades of case law.
Deprogramming Unification Church Children in Japan. 2. Psychiatric Institutions May “Cure” Religious Faith
Second part of a report sent by French attorney Patricia Duval to four UN Special Rapporteurs: under the Japanese “Plan,” religious belief may be considered a form of psychiatric disease.
Deprogramming Unification Church Children in Japan. 1. A New “Plan”
A report sent by French attorney Patricia Duval to four United Nations Special Rapporteurs on an alarming part of the Japanese anti-cult campaign.
Unification Church in Japan: A Monumental Rebuttal to Scholar Yoshihide Sakurai’s Criticism
A Japanese academic who is himself a former member of the Unification Church reviews UC member Shunsuke Uotani’s magnum opus criticizing Sakurai’s views.
Trump on Ukraine and Russia: A Colossal Moral Failure
U.S. President Donald Trump reverses the concepts of good and evil, delivering a devastating blow to human rights, religious liberty, and democracy.
A Candid Look at Shincheonji. 4. Life in Shincheonji
The only religion one joins not through baptism but by passing an exam had to spend decades in confronting a furious opposition.