Reflecting on the US Founding and the later Roman Empire may serve the cause of social and political harmony and human respect.
Religious Liberty
Religious Freedom at Risk in European Union, USCIRF Report Says
Muslims, Jews, Christians, and groups unfairly stigmatized as “cults” are increasingly victims of secularism and of a widespread hostility to religion.
Target Falun Gong. 4. Save Ma Xiuyun and Tang Pingshun, There Is Still Time
Falun Gong practitioners go in and out of prisons, often for long periods, suffering torture and abuses. Their only crime is to follow a spiritual path.
Target Falun Gong. 3. “Help Free My Parents”: The Story of Ding Lebin
Ma Ruimei and her husband, Ding Yuande, were arrested on May 12, 2023. Ma was freed on bail, Ding is still in prison. Their son is relentlessly fighting for their freedom. We interviewed him.
How the Taliban Make Money Out of the Buddhas They Destroyed
The Afghan regime desperately needs cash. It cannot show the Bamiyan Buddhas for the good reason it blew them up. But it would take tourists to the site for a fee.
Target Falun Gong. 2. A Letter to 44 Governments Calls Them to Sanction 19 CCP Criminals
They are involved in 15 filed cases of open persecution of Falun Gong practitioners. It would be cynical to foresee that no government will respond. But if at least some will, a new era begins.
Target Falun Gong. 1. Two Reports Nail the CCP to Its Crimes
The 450+ pages of the 2020 Minghui Report have now been updated by the 190-page “The Persecution of Falun Gong.” July 20 is the 24th anniversary of the beginning of Falun Gong’s ordeal.
Remembering Archbishop Giuseppe Casale (1923–2023), CESNUR’s First President
The Italian prelate died shortly before his 100th birthday. He was a larger-than-life figure, whose ideas on new religious movements still deserve to be studied.
USCIRF: Religious Liberty Worse than Ever in Russia and Russian-Occupied Ukraine
Two well-written reports highlight the systematic persecution of religious minorities by the Putin regime, and its crimes against religion in Ukraine.
Süleymancılar: Russia Cracks Down on Turkish Sufi Organization
Accused by anti-cultists of being a “pseudo-Islamic cult,” the group has two million members in Turkey and a distinguished history.