Accusations of human trafficking are weaponized against religious minorities. It is a disturbing trend some courts are resisting.
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Pakistan’s Own Commission Confirms Discrimination Against Religious Minority Children
Pakistani authorities often dismiss claims of mistreatment of minorities as foreign propaganda. An official Pakistani body now confirms them.
Peter Harrison’s “Some New World”: Faith, Reason, and the Afterlife of Belief
The Australian scholar has produced what may well be the most important book on religion in recent years.
Abe Assassination: The Assassin’s Mother Will Testify—But There Is a Detail All Media Forgot
In 2009, all members of the Yamagami family, including the future killer, signed a settlement with the Unification Church and got 50 million yen back.
Liquidation by Fiat: Japan Imitates China in Its Crusade Against Religious Freedom
The Agency for Cultural Affairs vows to go on with its drastic measures to liquidate the Unification Church if the dissolution decision is confirmed on appeal.
Japan: The Dissolution of the Family Federation is “Arbitrary”
The decision by the Tokyo District Court is ill-founded, unconstitutional, and unlawful. The international community should not accept it.
“Pasaulietė”: Deimantė Rudžinskaitė and the Jehovah’s Witnesses. 3. Weaponizing a Book
While the author presents herself as an enthusiastic convert to atheism, her comments about the Jehovah’s Witnesses are largely inaccurate.
“Pasaulietė”: Deimantė Rudžinskaitė and the Jehovah’s Witnesses. 2. A Unhappy Childhood’s Memoir
A book used to criticize the Jehovah’s Witnesses tells us more about the author’s dysfunctional family than about religion.
“Pasaulietė”: Deimantė Rudžinskaitė and the Jehovah’s Witnesses. 1. The Lithuanian Context
A recent memoir about the conflict between a daughter and her mother, a Jehovah’s Witness, should be understood in the context of local controversies.
A Selective Compassion? President Lee’s Chuseok and the Detention of a Religious Refugee
South Korea celebrates the resilience of North Korean refugees. Yet, it keeps arbitrarily one such refugee, Dr. Hak Ja Han Moon, in jail. An emic view from a Unificationist scholar.