The European Court of Human Rights’ Kuropyatnik decision is a clear message to Russian authorities: stop persecuting Scientology.
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Twenty Years After: Islam, Terrorism, and 9/11
The tragedy of September 11, 2001, changed forever how we reflect on “Islamic fundamentalism.” Twenty years after, a picture of the situation.
Jehovah’s Witnesses in the French MIVILUDES Report: Five Mistakes
Not surprisingly, the methodology of the MIVILUDES leads to systematic mistakes. Here exposed five mistakes regarding Jehovah’s Witnesses.
The New MIVILUDES Report: Bad Methodology, Unreliable Results
Privileging the saisines (i.e., reports by those who write to denounce a “cultic deviance”) may only lead to biased conclusions.
Sinking to a Lower Level: Machine-Translated Chinese Attacks Against Bitter Winter
CCP fellow traveler Roland Delcourt translates a Chinese text with ridiculous results.
The Strange War of the Albanian-Udi Christians
The ancient Christian community is both manipulated by Azerbaijan for anti-Armenian and anti-Georgian purposes and misunderstood by Armenians.
Canada’s Indian Residential Schools: Apologies Yes, Burning Churches No
Yes, Christian churches should apologize for what happened in Indian Residential Schools. No, destroying places of worship is not an acceptable reaction.
Vatican vs Italy on New Homophobia Bill: Why It’s a Religious Liberty Issue
The Vatican claims the new law would breach the Concordat between Italy and the Holy See. It is not about LGBT rights, it is about freedom of religion or belief
France: “All the World Envies Us for the MIVILUDES”
The revamped anti-cult mission tries again to export its defamation of Jehovah’s Witnesses and other religious organizations internationally.
Why the Indiana Payne-Elliott Decision Is Good for Religious Liberty
The court sided with a Catholic high school that fired a teacher who entered into a same-sex marriage. It is about freedom of religion, not LGBT rights.