Falun Gong Members Claim Chinatown Assaults
Falun Gong, a quasi-religious sect which is persecuted in China, claim they were assaulted at least eight times in recent months by people in Chinatown, according to the San Francisco Examiner.
University course about “sectarian grip”, a good business
The “Université Paris Descartes” proposes a new unique course about “sectarian processes “. This course is for professionals who may be in contact with victims of “sects”: gendarmes, medical doctors, psychologists, association leaders. Rate for the course is between 1000 EUR and 1550 EUR. Unsurprisingly, there were only 7 candidates for the first intake.
The President of MIVILUDES, Georges Fenech, convicted
Georges Fenech is the president of an interministerial mission established by the Prime Minister, MIVILUDES, an acronym for Mission interministérielle de vigilance et de lutte contre les dérives sectaires (Interministerial Mission for Monitoring and Combatting Cultic Deviances). He was appointed to this position by François Fillon in 2008. His appointment was renewed in 2011.
MIVILUDES’ raids in Catholic communities
Since the presidency of MIVILUDES (Interministerial Mission of Vigilance and Fight against Sectarian Drifts) by Georges Fenech, several small Catholic communities have increasingly been targeted, the last one being “Amour and Miséricorde” (Love and Mercy). On 11 April 2012, investigators of the research section of the gendarmerie in Dijon have stopped several members of that group. One of them was put under examination.
Office of the UNHCHR
Combating intolerance, negative stereotyping, stigmatization, discrimination, incitement to violence and violence against persons, based on religion or belief” 66/167. Combating intolerance, negative stereotyping, stigmatization, discrimination, incitement to violence and violence against persons, based on religion or belief
A Canada-based religious group shocked by its blacklisting in France
April 23rd, 2012 Registered To Mr.Fenech, MIVILUDES 13, rue Vaneau 75007 Paris France Sir, I am a Canadian citizen, President of the Essenia Foundation. The Essenia Foundation is a Christian-Essene church incorporated under the “Religious Corporation Act”...is there a difference between a religion and a cult?
Nicky’s guests include Cristina Odone, journalist for The Telegraph; Rabbi Yitchak Schochet from Mill Hill Synagogue; Cole Moreton, author of Is God Still an Englishman: How We Lost our Faith (But Found New Soul). Contributors also include Francesca...MIVILUDES and the Ministry of National Education
MIVILUDES and the Ministry of National Education take new initiatives against “sectarian drifts” HRWF (23.04.2012) – France has taken new initiatives to prevent “sectarian drifts” in the health and school education sectors. New MIVILUDES...
