CAN’s anti-cult predecessor, the Citizens Freedom Foundation, already got in trouble for its clandestine association with illegal deprogramming.
Anti-Cult
CAN: Anti-Cultists, Deprogramming, And Crime. 3. The Jason Scott Case
The Scott case resulted in American courts putting an end to forcible deprogramming, a criminal activity supported by leading anti-cultists.
CAN: Anti-Cultists, Deprogramming, And Crime. 2. American Anti-Cultism and Deprogramming
Based on pseudo-scientific theories of brainwashing, anti-cultists supported the criminal but lucrative business of deprogramming.
CAN: Anti-Cultists, Deprogramming, And Crime. 1. The Waterloo of the Cult Awareness Network
“Bitter Winter” serializes a historical study about anti-cultism and its illegal activities, written by an eminent sociologist and a financial expert in 2000.
Hate Crimes Epidemic Against the Jehovah’s Witnesses in Japan: Who Is Responsible?
Documents prove that private anti-cult organizations had a key role in the creation of government documents that caused a surge of hate speech and violence.
The Anti-Religious, Anti-Cult, and Anti-Tai-Ji-Men Bias in the Media
The Tai Ji Men case is a perfect example of how several media are prejudiced against spiritual movements and would easily believe lies about them.
Taiwan, France, Japan: Roots and Consequences of an Anti-Cult Ideology
Some had predicted the demise of religion in the Global West after the end of the Cold War. It did not happen—which caused harsh reactions.
Russia, Anti-Cultist Scares Children with a New Bogeyman, Massimo Introvigne
Archpriest Alexander Novopashin uses an old picture, whose meaning he does not understand, to present the editor of “Bitter Winter” as a demon-in-chief.
The CCP Uses Taiwanese Box-Office Hit to Manipulate Christians
The film “Zhou Chu Eliminates Three Evils” (in Taiwan “The Pig, the Snake, and the Pigeon”) is used for mobilizing Christians against “cults” and “illegal religion”—misinterpreting it.
La Russie et la FECRIS : quand une image en dit plus que mille mots
L’archiprêtre Alexander Novopashin fait des conférences contre les « recruteurs ukrainiens de terroristes » et continue d’afficher un énorme logo de la FECRIS.