A media campaign started by a bigoted anti-cultist transformed a peaceful Shia-derivative movement into the ultimate “doomsday cult.”
Anti-Cult
Italian Anti-Cult Association Sentenced to Pay Euro 35,000 for Defaming Soka Gakkai
The Court of Florence established the critical principle that calling a religious movement a “cult” (“setta” in Italian) is defamation in itself.
“Scelta e abbandono di una comunità spirituale”. Un libro di Raffaella Di Marzio
La studiosa italiana spiega a “Bitter Winter” che la sua ricerca su membri di sei gruppi sfata il mito che l’affiliazione derivi dalla manipolazione mentale.
Shenyang Youth Fellowship: Five Christian Leaders Arrested for “Cult-Like” Activity
Increasingly, Protestant house churches in China are arbitrarily labeled “xie jiao” and shut down by the authorities.
Associazione anti-sette italiana condannata a pagare 35.000 euro per aver diffamato la Soka Gakkai
Il Tribunale di Firenze ha stabilito il principio fondamentale secondo cui definire un movimento religioso una “setta” costituisce di per sé diffamazione.
France: MIVILUDES Loses Again Against the Jehovah’s Witnesses in Court
In the 2021 report from the French governmental anti-cult agency, the Administrative Court of Paris found eleven passages defamatory.
Media Slander Against the AROPL in the UK: Cui Bono?
Following a woman who refers to herself as “the anti-cult hero of the digital age,” “The Guardian” and other British media slandered the Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light.
Legge contro la manipolazione mentale in Italia: perché no
Una proposta vorrebbe punire il “plagio” asseritamente praticato dalle “sette” con pene da tre a otto anni di prigione. Un’intervista a Massimo Introvigne
A Law Against “Mental Manipulation” in Italy: A Bad Idea
A proposal would punish “mind control” allegedly practiced by “cults” with prison sentences ranging from three to eight years. An interview with Massimo Introvigne
日本における統一教会事件：反カルト主義者の鈴木エイト氏は言葉の遊びによって救われた
裁判所は、安倍晋三氏がビデオメッセージの報酬として5000万円を密かに受け取ったと彼が主張した際に、証拠がないことを認識していた。にもかかわらず、それは名誉毀損には当たらないと宣言した。