Learning from the Tai Ji Men Case: International Parallels
Administrative measures often disguise the bureaucrats’ attempt to eradicate spiritual movements they do not like.
A magazine on religious liberty and human rights
The Tai Ji Men tax case in Taiwan is exemplary of how even democratic states can undermine freedom of religion or belief by using ordinary bureaucracy and taxation in an unfair and intimidating way.
Administrative measures often disguise the bureaucrats’ attempt to eradicate spiritual movements they do not like.
Fraternity is one of the most abused words of our times. We can learn its true meaning from Tai Ji Men.
Fraternity is proactive rather than reactive. Let us stand together for the rights of Tai Ji Men and other persecuted minorities.
Fraternity is a fruit of conscience, and is destroyed by corruption. The injustice vested on Tai Ji Men is an example of how corruption disrupts social harmony.
Scholars and human rights activists gathered in person and electronically in Walnut, California, on February 5.
Protesting injustice has been an extraordinary educational experience both for Tai Ji Men dizi and for those who have helped them.
Participation means that good citizens should respect the law and the institutions, but when the governments make mistakes they have a right to protest.
Persecuting independent education is the mark of injustice. In the end, however, education often prevails.
Persecuting Tai Ji Men was an attempt to destroy a unique educational experience, said scholars and human rights activists from various countries.
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