A dissolution order is more than just a legal act; it fundamentally denies the dignity of the dissolved religion and its members.
Religious Liberty
統一教会に対する決定 3. 「霊感商法」と高額献金
結局、解散の理由とされたのは、献金を捧げる信者に対する操作が行われたという疑いであった。果たして、それを裏付ける十分な証拠は存在するのだろうか。
“Brainwashing,” Steven Hassan, and the OneTaste Case. 2. The Prosecution of Nicole Daedone
The anti-cult movement needed a “legal precedent” to reintroduce the discredited idea that “cults” use “mental manipulation.”
中国が日本の統一教会解散を称賛
中国共産党は、日本の裁判所の決定を、不人気な教会に対する世界的なキャンペーンを後押しするものとして称賛している。
“Brainwashing,” Steven Hassan, and the OneTaste Case. 1. Weaponizing Anti-Trafficking Laws
Anti-cultists persuaded prosecutors to reintroduce discredited mental manipulation theories by interpreting anti-prostitution and forced labor statutes.
裁判所が教義を解釈するとき：統一教会に対する決定に関する日本人学者の懸念
1992年に教会を離れた学者が、家族連合を解散させた決定が教会の神学を誤って解釈したことを非難する。
Pakistan Blocks Ahmadi Muslims From Eid Prayers
Police and legal bodies coordinated the crackdown. India denounced Pakistan’s treatment of Ahmadis at the UN as a form of Islamophobia.
Pakistan: How Judges Protect Forced Conversions to Islam and Child Marriage
In the case of Maria Bibi, the Federal Constitutional Court declared a child an adult, a minor a wife, and a conversion a passport out of the law.
When Courts Interpret Doctrine: A Japanese Scholar’s Concerns About the Unification Church Decision
An academic who left the church in 1992 denounces the misinterpretation of its theology in the verdict that dissolved the Family Federation.
France, Famille Missionnaire de Notre-Dame: When Ninety Percent Is Not Enough
Despite broad acquittals, the lone conviction for “psychological subjection” risks turning France’s justice system into an arbiter of acceptable spirituality.