Media hysteria against the Unification Church, not the Unification Church itself, may have excited the weak mind of the killer.
Anti-Cult
Russian Anti-Cult Indoctrination for Students of Occupied Ukraine
Anti-cultist Roman Silantyev called the Ukrainian leadership “neopagan and occult” and explained that an independent Ukraine will soon no longer exist.
Russian Leading Anti-Cultist Calls Ukrainians “Nazis,” “Satanists,” and “Cannibals”
Archpriest Alexander Novopashin is vice-president of Russia’s largest anti-cult organization, and still styles himself as a “corresponding member” of FECRIS.
FECRIS Should Lose Its Consultative Status with the United Nations ECOSOC
Bitter Winter proved in a series of articles that the anti-cult organization FECRIS and its affiliates constantly supported Russia and China. An international appeal (with many Ukrainian signatures).
“Guru”: An Anti-Cult TV Miniseries About the Guru Jára Case
Screenwriter Jan Coufal offered a one-sided reconstruction of a sensational “cult” case regarding Guru Jára. He missed an opportunity.
„Guru“: Antikultovní televizní minisérie o Guru Járovi
Scénárista Jan Coufal ztvárnil jednostrannou rekonstrukci případu skandálního „kultu“. Nevyužil příležitost.
FECRIS, China, and Russia. 7. FECRIS’ Ideological Support for Totalitarian Regimes
For more than twenty years, FECRIS supported Russia and China in their bloody repression of minority religions.
Sympathy for the Devil: The Anti-Cult Federation FECRIS, China, and Russia. 6. The Russian FECRIS’ Support for the Invasions of Ukraine
Both in 2014 and 2022, the Russian FECRIS affiliates unequivocally supported Putin, contributing the conspiracy theory that “cults” were used by the West in Ukraine against Russian interests.
Sympathy for the Devil: The Anti-Cult Federation FECRIS, China, and Russia. 5. FECRIS’ Support of Religious Repression in Russia
The Russian affiliates were always among the most visible components of FECRIS, of which Russian anti-cultist Alexander Dvorkin was Vice President for twelve years.
Sympathy for the Devil: The Anti-Cult Federation FECRIS, China, and Russia. 4. FECRIS and Anti-Cult Cooperation with China
Since at least the year 2000, FECRIS affiliates and other Western anti-cult organizations have supported China’s bloody repression of “cults.”