Action Alliance to Redress 1219
Reveal the Truth · Stop the Persecution
Who are the “Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief”? Sometimes, they are victims of democratic states, as the Tai Ji Men case demonstrates. by Marco Respinti* *A paper presented at the webinar “The Violent Crackdown on Tai Ji Men, 1996–2022,” co-organized by CESNUR and Human Rights Without Frontiers on August 22, … Read more
In recent cases, victims of religious discrimination are falsely presented as if they were the guilty parties. It is the same strategy used in 1996 against Tai Ji Men. by Massimo Introvigne* *A paper presented at the webinar “The Violent Crackdown on Tai Ji Men 1996–2022,” co-organized by CESNUR and Human Rights Without Frontiers on … Read more
Verbal violence prepares administrative violence. Physical violence is never far away. by Karolina Maria Hess* *Introduction to the webinar “The Violent Crackdown on Tai Ji Men 1996–2022,” co-organized by CESNUR and Human Rights Without Frontiers on August 22, 2022, United Nations International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief … Read more
Taiwanese students in American universities and others who are in a position to help should be mobilized in favor of Tai Ji Men. by Stephen S. Enada* *A paper presented at the hybrid seminar “The Stolen Youth of Tai Ji Men,” co-organized by CESNUR and Human Rights Without Frontiers on August 8, 2022, in Walnut, … Read more
Scholars argued that labels such as “cult,” “xie jiao,” or “religious fraud” have no real meaning and are used as tools for discrimination. by Alessandro Amicarelli The Association for the Sociology of Religion (ASR) held in Los Angeles on August 6–8, 2022, its 83rd Annual Meeting. It opened with presenting to senior sociologist James T. Richardson … Read more
Words may be easily used to discriminate against religious or spiritual groups. There are examples even in music. by Susan Wang-Selfridge* *An in-session response to the papers presented by Holly Folk, Donald Westbrook and Rosita Šorytė in the session “‘Cults’: The International Return of a Dubious Category,” at the 83rd Annual Meeting of the Association for … Read more
Tai Ji Men was accused of being a “cult” or a “religious fraud.” These labels do not mean anything and are used as tools to discriminate and persecute. by Jeff Kuo* **An in-session response to the paper presented by Massimo Introvigne in the session “‘Cults’: The International Return of a Dubious Category,” at the 83rd Annual … Read more
The East Asian Society for the Scientific Study of Religion’s 4th annual meeting featured a session on “New Religious Movements in Taiwan.” by Daniela Bovolenta On 13 and 14 August 2022, the Department of Sociology of National Taiwan University hosted in Taipei the 4th annual meeting of EASSSR, the East Asian Society for the Scientific Study of … Read more