A self-proclaimed “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” of anti-cultism made claims that would be absurd if they were not causing significant unnecessary suffering.
Anti-Cult
How Media Defame “Cults”: The Case of the Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light. 1. Inventing a “Cult”
A media campaign started by a bigoted anti-cultist transformed a peaceful Shia-derivative movement into the ultimate “doomsday 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