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# Bitter Winter


## Posts

- [“The Revelation Spiritual Home”: A Landmark Book on African Indigenous Spirituality](https://bitterwinter.org/the-revelation-spiritual-home-a-landmark-book-on-african-indigenous-spirituality/): The first book-length study of the institution founded by IMboni iNkosi YamaKhosi oMoya Radebe will shape academic discussion for years to come.
- [Pakistan, Memorizing the Quran Is Now a Crime for the Ahmadis](https://bitterwinter.org/pakistan-memorizing-the-quran-is-now-a-crime-for-the-ahmadis/): An Ahmadi was sentenced to three years for calling himself “Hafiz,” and to life imprisonment for having distributed the “wrong” translation of the Quran.
- [Guangxi: Police Deploy Irritant Gas to Flatten a Temple](https://bitterwinter.org/guangxi-police-deploy-irritant-gas-to-flatten-a-temple/): Longfu Temple in Hezhou, legally rebuilt in 2024, was destroyed despite local villagers’ protests and resistance.
- [日本が封印したかった事件：加藤文宏氏が“山上悲劇”を読み直す](https://bitterwinter.org/%e6%97%a5%e6%9c%ac%e3%81%8c%e5%b0%81%e5%8d%b0%e3%81%97%e3%81%9f%e3%81%8b%e3%81%a3%e3%81%9f%e4%ba%8b%e4%bb%b6%ef%bc%9a%e5%8a%a0%e8%97%a4%e6%96%87%e5%ae%8f%e6%b0%8f%e3%81%8c%e5%b1%b1%e4%b8%8a/): 『正論』掲載記事が、安倍晋三元首相暗殺犯・山上徹也とその母親の知られざる事実を明らかにし、反統一教会ナラティブに疑問を突きつける。
- [The Case Japan Didn’t Want to Reopen: Fumihiro Kato Re-Reads the Yamagami Tragedy](https://bitterwinter.org/the-case-japan-didnt-want-to-reopen-fumihiro-kato-re-reads-the-yamagami-tragedy/): An article in “Seiron” reveals unknown details about Shinzo Abe’s assassin and his mother, which run counter to the standard anti-Unification-Church narrative.
- [China, Kazakhstan, and the “Chinese Flag Burning” Trial](https://bitterwinter.org/china-kazakhstan-and-the-chinese-flag-burning-trial/): The Atajurt volunteers on trial committed no crime. Theirs was a legitimate political protest.
- [Caught in the Crossfire: Human Rights Denied in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa](https://bitterwinter.org/caught-in-the-crossfire-human-rights-denied-in-pakistans-khyber-pakhtunkhwa/): A report denounces a state that has failed to protect its citizens from religious extremism and from the excesses of its own security apparatus.
- [Prato, Italy, Chinese Mafia Wars: From Beijing, Silence or Complicity?](https://bitterwinter.org/prato-italy-chinese-mafia-wars-from-beijing-silence-or-complicity/): Amid a violent conflict between rival crime groups, suspicions of a CCP strategy to weaponize criminals for its own purposes come to light.
- [Russia’s Anti-Cultists Declare War on Yoga—and India](https://bitterwinter.org/russias-anti-cultists-declare-war-on-yoga-and-india/): After President Modi offered a copy of the “Bhagavad Gita” to Putin, Alexander Dvorkin revamped one of his old campaigns.
- [司法の中立性は任意なのか：不当な日本の判決が“再び”統一教会を標的に](https://bitterwinter.org/%e5%8f%b8%e6%b3%95%e3%81%ae%e4%b8%ad%e7%ab%8b%e6%80%a7%e3%81%af%e4%bb%bb%e6%84%8f%e3%81%aa%e3%81%ae%e3%81%8b%ef%bc%9a%e4%b8%8d%e5%bd%93%e3%81%aa%e6%97%a5%e6%9c%ac%e3%81%ae%e5%88%a4%e6%b1%ba%e3%81%8c/): 「念書」に関する判決は、「カルト」や家庭連合に対する偏見、そして国際法を無視する裁判所の姿勢を露呈した。
- [Deepfake Chinese Sexual Harassment Campaign Hits Hong Kong Dissidents Abroad](https://bitterwinter.org/deepfake-chinese-sexual-harassment-campaign-hits-hong-kong-dissidents-abroad/): Letters and pictures describing pro-democracy exiles as sex workers and advertising their “services” are sent to their families, neighbors, and employers.
- [Judicial Neutrality Optional: An Unfair Japanese Decision Targets the Unification Church—Again](https://bitterwinter.org/judicial-neutrality-optional-an-unfair-japanese-decision-targets-the-unification-church-again/): The ruling on the “notarized document case” confirms biases against “cults” and the Family Federation by courts that ignore international law.
- [“Imprisoned Souls” by Aziz Isa Elkun: A Review](https://bitterwinter.org/imprisoned-souls-by-aziz-isa-elkun-a-review/): A new anthology reveals the suppressed voices of Uyghur poets, most of whom are in jail.
- [Is Yoga Fascist? Why Stewart Home’s “Fascist Yoga” Goes Too Far](https://bitterwinter.org/is-yoga-fascist-why-stewart-homes-fascist-yoga-goes-too-far/): The book has value and uncovers some disturbing connections, but ultimately collapses under the weight of its sweeping and unfair generalizations.
- [A Christmas Meditation: From the Manger to the Colosseum](https://bitterwinter.org/a-christmas-meditation-from-the-manger-to-the-colosseum/): The same story links the Nativity and the martyrs: those who seek to live according to conscience often face hostility. Support “Bitter Winter,” it is here to help them.
- [Courting Extremists: Can Justice Prevail in Pakistan?](https://bitterwinter.org/courting-extremists-can-justice-prevail-in-pakistan/): Government and courts, influenced by extremists, continue to discriminate against the Ahmadi minority.
- [The Party Wants Your Children: China’s New Crusade in Moral Engineering](https://bitterwinter.org/the-party-wants-your-children-chinas-new-crusade-in-moral-engineering/): A “Symposium on the work of ideological and moral construction of minors” offered “important instructions” from Xi Jinping on how children should be indoctrinated.
- [The Committee That Would Be King: South Africa’s CRL Right Commission Threatens Religious Liberty—Again](https://bitterwinter.org/the-committee-that-would-be-king-south-africas-crl-right-commission-threatens-religious-liberty-again/): The Section 22 Committee is a new invention to establish a bureaucratic control of churches.
- [Zhejiang: Five-Day Police Operation in Wenzhou Targets Christians](https://bitterwinter.org/zhejiang-five-day-police-operation-in-wenzhou-targets-christians/): A new massive crackdown against house churches and those who resisted the removal of religious symbols.
- [Lettera di Natale del Primate della Chiesa greco-cattolica ucraina](https://bitterwinter.org/lettera-di-natale-del-primate-della-chiesa-greco-cattolica-ucraina/): “Davanti a noi non c’è solo una guerra, ma un omicidio di massa deliberato, sistematico, calcolato e tecnologicamente sofisticato di innocenti”.
- [Pakistan’s “Minority Rights Commission” Excludes Ahmadis by Design](https://bitterwinter.org/pakistans-minority-rights-commission-excludes-ahmadis-by-design/): The new Commission is presented as a step towards reform. But lawmakers and the Law Minister explicitly stated there will be no reform and no protection for the Ahmadis.
- [A Christmas Letter from the Primate of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church](https://bitterwinter.org/a-christmas-letter-from-the-primate-of-the-ukrainian-greek-catholic-church/): Before us is not just a war, but a deliberate, systematic, calculated, and technologically sophisticated mass murder of innocents.
- [山上徹也と統一教会：公判、ファクトチェッカー、そしてメディアの空想](https://bitterwinter.org/%e5%b1%b1%e4%b8%8a%e5%be%b9%e4%b9%9f%e3%81%a8%e7%b5%b1%e4%b8%80%e6%95%99%e4%bc%9a%ef%bc%9a%e5%85%ac%e5%88%a4%e3%80%81%e3%83%95%e3%82%a1%e3%82%af%e3%83%88%e3%83%81%e3%82%a7%e3%83%83%e3%82%ab%e3%83%bc/): 安倍晋三元首相の暗殺者をめぐる真相は、メディアが描いてきた反統一教会の物語とはまったく異なるものであることを、ファクトチェックの専門家が明らかにした。
- [A Chinese Christian’s Testimony: Lifting the Veil on China’s “Three-Self Church”](https://bitterwinter.org/a-chinese-christians-testimony-lifting-the-veil-on-chinas-three-self-church/): Chinese Christians must clearly recognize that the government-controlled church is not a continuation of Christianity, but a systematic usurpation of faith.
- [Chinese Propaganda Weaponizes Taiwan’s World War II Comfort Women](https://bitterwinter.org/chinese-propaganda-weaponizes-taiwans-world-war-ii-comfort-women/): Beijing’s state TV deceived Taipei’s Ama Museum to produce a “documentary” that is a sermon against Japan’s and Taiwan’s present governments.
- [Yamagami and the Unification Church: The Trial, the Fact‑Checker, and the Media Mirage](https://bitterwinter.org/yamagami-and-the-unification-church-the-trial-the-fact-checker-and-the-media-mirage/): A specialist in fact-checking demonstrates that the real story of Shinzo Abe’s assassin was very different from the media’s anti-Unification-Church tale.
- [日本におけるオセロとイアーゴ：なぜ山上は安倍氏を殺したのか](https://bitterwinter.org/othello-and-iago-in-japan/): シェイクスピアとヴェルディの物語において、イアーゴはデズデモーナを殺してはいないが、殺人者の心に毒を注いだ。どこか聞き覚えのある話ではないだろうか。
- [Human Rights Day: Tai Ji Men and the Poetry of Resilience](https://bitterwinter.org/human-rights-day-tai-ji-men-and-the-poetry-of-resilience-2/): Scholars and human rights activists honored the day of observance, anticipating the Tai Ji Men case’s entrance into its thirtieth year.
- [Linfen’s Covenant Home Church: Wife Protests Mistreatment of Pastor Li Jie in Jail](https://bitterwinter.org/linfens-covenant-home-church-wife-protests-mistreatment-of-pastor-li-jie-in-jail/): “No toilet paper, no soap, no towel, no toothbrush.” He is compelled to “work endlessly at the sewing machine” with “no opportunity to move or breathe.”
- [Palmar de Troya: Iglesia Palmariana Opens Its Doors Amid Tragedy](https://bitterwinter.org/palmar-de-troya-iglesia-palmariana-opens-its-doors-amid-tragedy/): An effort by the movement led by the Swiss Markus Josef Odermatt, who claims to be Pope Peter III, concluded with the mysterious (but probably accidental) death of a baby girl.
- [How the Tai Ji Men Case Perfectly Illustrates “The Count of Monte Cristo”](https://bitterwinter.org/how-the-tai-ji-men-case-perfectly-illustrates-the-count-of-monte-cristo/): Never choose revenge to right injustice, never seek retaliation under the illusion of correcting wrongs: Tai Ji Men’s spectacular testimony thirty years after.
- [Golog Prefecture, Qinghai Province: Beijing’s Bonfire of Tibetan Prayer Flags](https://bitterwinter.org/golog-prefecture-qinghai-province-beijings-bonfire-of-tibetan-prayer-flags/): With the pretext of “fire security,” the Chinese desecrate Buddhist sacred symbols.
- [Othello and Iago in Japan: Why Yamagami Killed Abe](https://bitterwinter.org/othello-and-iago-in-japan-why-yamagami-killed-abe/): In Shakespeare’s and Verdi’s story, Iago did not kill Desdemona but poisoned the mind of the assassin. Sounds familiar?
- [Discriminatory Taxation of Religious Movements as a Form of Persecution](https://bitterwinter.org/discriminatory-taxation-of-religious-movements-as-a-form-of-persecution/): The persecution of Tai Ji Men warrants at least an apology from Taiwan’s current government for past injustices that have so far been impossible to redress.
- [Denmark’s Investigation Ends, Tabloid Is Criticized, but Campaign Against Jehovah’s Witnesses Persists](https://bitterwinter.org/denmarks-investigation-ends-tabloid-is-criticized-but-campaign-against-jehovahs-witnesses-persists/): A careful analysis concluded that the Witnesses do comply with Danish law. The Danish Press Council stated that their critics at “Ekstra Bladet” violated the Press Code.
- [The Theater of Obedience: 30 Years of the False Panchen Lama](https://bitterwinter.org/the-theater-of-obedience-30-years-of-the-false-panchen-lama/): By celebrating the anniversary of its counterfeit, the CCP is announcing that it will brook no challenge to its authority over the next reincarnation: that of the Dalai Lama.
- [Grant Wallace: Psychic Art, Theosophy, and Spiritualism](https://bitterwinter.org/grant-wallace-psychic-art-theosophy-and-spiritualism/): From his cabin in California, the artist believed he could communicate with deceased, extraterrestrials, and higher beings through a “mental radio.”
- [Tai Ji Men, from Acquittal to Confiscation: A Study in Due Process and Economic Justice](https://bitterwinter.org/tai-ji-men-from-acquittal-to-confiscation-a-study-in-due-process-and-economic-justice/): For ten years, international scholars and human rights activists have advocated for solving the Tai Ji Men case. It remains an unresolved injustice. 
- [The Politics of Apostasy: Defaming Religious Liberty](https://bitterwinter.org/the-politics-of-apostasy-defaming-religious-liberty/): In a provocative new book, Mirjam van Schaik argues that the real problem today is not “defaming religion” but “defaming freedom of religion or belief”.
- [Sacred Groves Unbuilt: The Significance of Miaoli in Light of the Tai Ji Men Case](https://bitterwinter.org/sacred-groves-unbuilt-the-significance-of-miaoli-in-light-of-the-tai-ji-men-case/): Since 2020, Tai Ji Men has been barred from their sacred land with arbitrary rulings. What significance does this seized, unattended land show for scholars of religion?
- [A Prayer for the Chinese Church: Seven Years After the Early Rain Case](https://bitterwinter.org/a-prayer-for-the-chinese-church-seven-years-after-the-early-rain-case/): On December 9, 2018, the Chinese Communist Party believed it had destroyed Pastor Wang Yi’s church. In fact, a powerful movement of prayer started that day.
- [Blasphemy on Prime Time TV: “Case No. 9” Dares to Show Pakistan’s Darkest Truth](https://bitterwinter.org/blasphemy-on-prime-time-tv-case-no-9-dares-to-show-pakistans-darkest-truth/): A popular television series confronts viewers with the forbidden theme of false accusations of blasphemy and the risk of being lynched by mobs.
- [Human Rights Day: Tai Ji Men and the Poetry of Resilience](https://bitterwinter.org/human-rights-day-tai-ji-men-and-the-poetry-of-resilience/): Legal scholar and poet Charilaos Nikolaidis argues that human rights embody beauty, not justice only. Tai Ji Men Shifu and dizi offer a living example of this beauty.
- [Beijing Occupies Taiwan, as Puma Shen’s Case Demonstrates](https://bitterwinter.org/beijing-occupies-taiwan-as-puma-shens-case-demonstrates/): The People’s Republic of China’s treatment of a Taiwanese lawmaker as a criminal under its own laws effectively denies the legitimacy of the island’s democratic system.
- [“The Serpent’s Tale”: Kuṇḍalinī Without a Leash](https://bitterwinter.org/the-serpents-tale-ku%e1%b9%87%e1%b8%8dalini-without-a-leash/): Sravana Borkataky-Varma and Anya Foxen refuse to tell us what Kuṇḍalinī “really” is. And yet we may end up knowing more about Kuṇḍalinī than we ever dared to ask.
- [China Detains Respected Tibetan Educator Dorje Tenzin, Closes His School](https://bitterwinter.org/china-detains-respected-tibetan-educator-dorje-tenzin-closes-his-school/): The latest blow in the campaign to erase Tibetan religion and identity shutters one of Golog’s few independent Tibetan-language schools.
- [Victoria, Australia, Inquiry on “Cults”: Moral Panics About “Cults” on Campuses](https://bitterwinter.org/victoria-australia-inquiry-on-cults-moral-panics-about-cults-on-campuses/): Australian universities’ warning students about “cults” may end up making them more dangerous for anyone who identifies with a religion.
- [鈴木エイト氏と安倍昭恵氏の「謝罪」：憎悪が道徳破壊へと変わるとき](https://bitterwinter.org/%e9%88%b4%e6%9c%a8%e3%82%a8%e3%82%a4%e3%83%88%e6%b0%8f%e3%81%a8%e5%ae%89%e5%80%8d%e6%98%ad%e6%81%b5%e6%b0%8f%e3%81%ae%e3%80%8c%e8%ac%9d%e7%bd%aa%e3%80%8d%ef%bc%9a%e6%86%8e%e6%82%aa%e3%81%8c%e9%81%93/): 反カルト・ジャーナリストは、安倍昭恵氏が夫の殺人犯に対して「謝罪的なこと」を述べると思ったと信じている。
- [A Memoir on Repression in China’s Southern Mongolia—In an Anti-West Magazine](https://bitterwinter.org/a-memoir-on-repression-in-chinas-southern-mongolia-in-an-anti-west-magazine/): The source that published it makes Soyonbo Borjgin’s story even more dramatic and believable.
- [Ministerstvo kultúry Českej republiky nezruší registráciu Jehovových svedkov](https://bitterwinter.org/ministerstvo-kultury-ceskej-republiky-nezrusi-registraciu-jehovovych-svedkov/): Úrady dospeli k záveru, že zrušiť organizáciu, ktorá dodržiava zákon, by bolo príliš tvrdé a neopodstatnené. Je to veľké víťazstvo náboženskej slobody.
- [Eight Suzuki and Abe’s Widow’s “Apology”: When Hatred Becomes Moral Vandalism](https://bitterwinter.org/eight-suzuki-and-abes-widows-apology-when-hatred-becomes-moral-vandalism/): The anti-cult journalist believes that Akie Abe should have offered “something akin to an apology” to her husband’s assassin.
- [Birds of a Feather: Huawei and the Chinese Communist Party. A New Book](https://bitterwinter.org/birds-of-a-feather-huawei-and-the-chinese-communist-party-a-new-book/): Ren Zhengfei’s creation is more than just a company; it serves as a tool for the CCP’s global economic and political supremacy.
- [Ministerstvo kultury České republiky nebude usilovat o zrušení svědků Jehovových](https://bitterwinter.org/ministerstvo-kultury-ceske-republiky-nebude-usilovat-o-zruseni-svedku-jehovovych/): Úřady uznaly, že zrušit organizaci, která dodržuje zákony, by bylo příliš tvrdým a neopodstatněným opatřením. Je to velké vítězství pro svobodu vyznání.
- [Il ruolo degli apostati nel dibattito sulle “sette”](https://bitterwinter.org/il-ruolo-degli-apostati-nel-dibattito-sulle-sette/): Le proposte di leggi anti-sette si basano spesso sulle testimonianze di “apostati”, un termine che non è sinonimo di “ex membri” ma ne indica una sparuta minoranza.
- [山上と悪しき教師たち：テロと呼ばないカルト的思考](https://bitterwinter.org/yamagami-and-the-evil-teachers-japanese/): 手製の銃が安倍氏を殺した。しかし引き金を引いたのは、仕組まれた「モラルパニック」だった。それは反カルト・テロリズムの典型例である。
- [Yamagami and the Evil Teachers: The Cult of Not Calling It Terrorism](https://bitterwinter.org/yamagami-and-the-evil-teachers-the-cult-of-not-calling-it-terrorism/): A homemade gun may have killed Abe but a manufactured moral panic pulled the trigger. It was a textbook case of anti-cult terrorism.
- [Enemies, Schisms, and Resilience: A Centennial Reflection on La Luz del Mundo’s Opposition](https://bitterwinter.org/enemies-schisms-and-resilience-a-centennial-reflection-on-la-luz-del-mundos-opposition/): Who is afraid of the church founded in 1926? Religious competitors, apostate and schismatic ex-members, and those who fear its social influence.
- [Xi Jinping: AI Can Now Crush Dissent Even Before It Surfaces](https://bitterwinter.org/xi-jinping-ai-can-now-crush-dissent-even-before-it-surfaces/): In an “immensely important” speech, the CCP leader moved China to a new stage of universal digital control.
- [The Dual Face of “Freedom of Belief” in China: Constitutional Promises and Real-World Persecution](https://bitterwinter.org/the-dual-face-of-freedom-of-belief-in-china-constitutional-promises-and-real-world-persecution/): A Chinese Christian debunks the official propaganda: there is no religious liberty under the Communist Party rule.
- [Maine: Anti-Cultist Janja Lalich Led a Judge to Conclude that Even Calvary Chapel Is a “Cultic Organization”](https://bitterwinter.org/maine-anti-cultist-janja-lalich-led-a-judge-to-conclude-that-even-calvary-chapel-is-a-cultic-organization/): A court ordered that a child should not be exposed by his mother to the “harmful” teachings of Calvary, based on the “expert’s” testimony. The case is now before Maine’s Supreme Judicial Court.
- [ “Seeking the Koko’ Ta’ay”—Taiwan’s Little People, Big Questions](https://bitterwinter.org/seeking-the-koko-taay-taiwans-little-people-big-questions/): A book suggests that legends about vanished short-statured beings may have a kernel of truth—and challenge the Han-centered narrative of the history of China.
- [When the Media and the Entertainment Industry Slander Religion](https://bitterwinter.org/when-the-media-and-the-entertainment-industry-slander-religion/): The press, movies, and TV dramas can be strong allies of truth. They can also turn away from it, distracting the public through spectacle and display.
- [China’s Reported Marriage Surge: A Turning Point or a Mirage of Reform?](https://bitterwinter.org/chinas-reported-marriage-surge-a-turning-point-or-a-mirage-of-reform/): To address a significant demographic issue, the authorities promote marriage and report an improvement. It may not be real.
- [The Gospel According to the Elves: Quebec Secularism Law Targets Even Baby Jesus](https://bitterwinter.org/the-gospel-according-to-the-elves-quebec-secularism-law-targets-even-baby-jesus/): Quebec’s new “Secularism 2.0” law is less about neutrality than about neutering religion, reducing faith to folklore while policing prayer out of public life.
- [Inequality with Chinese Characteristics: How to Atomize a Nation Without Firing a Shot](https://bitterwinter.org/inequality-with-chinese-characteristics-how-to-atomize-a-nation-without-firing-a-shot/): A new book by Alexsia T. Chan claims that discrimination against internal migrant workers is not an accident but a strategy.
- [From Thunderclaps to Temples: The Origins of La Luz del Mundo](https://bitterwinter.org/from-thunderclaps-to-temples-the-origins-of-la-luz-del-mundo/): The church will celebrate its centenary in 2026. Its origins explain its success.
- [Cape Town: The Tai Ji Men Case at CESNUR 2025 International Conference](https://bitterwinter.org/cape-town-the-tai-ji-men-case-at-cesnur-2025-international-conference/): Scholars from various countries examined a human rights struggle that is soon to enter its 30th year.
- [鈴木エイト氏が向き合おうとしない鏡像──安倍晋三を殺したのはヘイトスピーチだった](https://bitterwinter.org/%e9%88%b4%e6%9c%a8%e3%82%a8%e3%82%a4%e3%83%88%e6%b0%8f%e3%81%8c%e5%90%91%e3%81%8d%e5%90%88%e3%81%8a%e3%81%86%e3%81%a8%e3%81%97%e3%81%aa%e3%81%84%e9%8f%a1%e5%83%8f%e2%94%80%e2%94%80%e5%ae%89%e5%80%8d/): 反カルトジャーナリストは、旧統一教会関連団体にメッセージを送ったことが落ち度だったと被害者を咎めた。しかし咎められるべきは彼のヘイトスピーチである。
- [The Victoria, Australia, Anti-Cult Inquiry: Interview with Professor Keith Thompson](https://bitterwinter.org/the-victoria-australia-anti-cult-inquiry-interview-with-professor-keith-thompson/): Victoria is not the only part of the world where minority religions are stigmatized and harassed. But is at risk of becoming one of the worst.
- [日本の統一教会：紀藤弁護士、社会学者に社会学を教える](https://bitterwinter.org/%e6%97%a5%e6%9c%ac%e3%81%ae%e7%b5%b1%e4%b8%80%e6%95%99%e4%bc%9a%ef%bc%9a%e7%b4%80%e8%97%a4%e5%bc%81%e8%ad%b7%e5%a3%ab%e3%80%81%e7%a4%be%e4%bc%9a%e5%ad%a6%e8%80%85%e3%81%ab%e7%a4%be%e4%bc%9a%e5%ad%a6/): 社会学者が統一教会バッシングを批判。反カルト弁護士の返答は、社会学の基本原則を理解していないことを露わにしている。
- [China’s New Residential Surveillance Rules: Reform or Consolidation of an Abusive System?](https://bitterwinter.org/chinas-new-residential-surveillance-rules-reform-or-consolidation-of-an-abusive-system/): The new regulations institutionalize a system known for its abuses and often used against religious dissidents.
- [献金に問題？　なら元首相を殺そう](https://bitterwinter.org/%e7%8c%ae%e9%87%91%e3%81%ab%e5%95%8f%e9%a1%8c%ef%bc%9f%e3%80%80%e3%81%aa%e3%82%89%e5%85%83%e9%a6%96%e7%9b%b8%e3%82%92%e6%ae%ba%e3%81%9d%e3%81%86/): 安倍晋三元首相暗殺事件の裁判は反統一教会勢力によって不条理の劇場に変わってしまった。
- [Scholars, Activists, and the Tai Ji Men Case](https://bitterwinter.org/scholars-activists-and-the-tai-ji-men-case/): Academics and human rights advocates have denounced for more than five years, including at the United Nations, the injustice perpetrated in Taiwan.
- [The Mirror Eight Suzuki Refuses to Face: Hate Speech Killed Shinzo Abe](https://bitterwinter.org/the-mirror-eight-suzuki-refuses-to-face-hate-speech-killed-shinzo-abe/): The anti-cult journalist blames the victim for a message he sent to a Unification Church-related organization. He should instead blame himself for the hate he spread.
- [Tai Ji Men’s Spiritual Odyssey Under Legal and Tax Persecution](https://bitterwinter.org/tai-ji-mens-spiritual-odyssey-under-legal-and-tax-persecution/): A legal analysis proves that the Taiwanese government violated domestic and international law in the Tai Ji Men case.
- [返金による救済：統一教会から独立した補償委員会の内側](https://bitterwinter.org/%e8%bf%94%e9%87%91%e3%81%ab%e3%82%88%e3%82%8b%e6%95%91%e6%b8%88%ef%bc%9a%e7%b5%b1%e4%b8%80%e6%95%99%e4%bc%9a%e3%81%8b%e3%82%89%e7%8b%ac%e7%ab%8b%e3%81%97%e3%81%9f%e8%a3%9c%e5%84%9f%e5%a7%94%e5%93%a1/): 信仰と財務を融合させた大胆な法的実験として、家庭連合は訴訟を防ぐ目的で、献金に不満を持つ者への返金業務に国内の著名な弁護士を任命した。
- [The Difficult Hour of the Gods: Politics, Religion, and Opposition to “Cults” in Korea, Japan, and Taiwan, from the Unification Church to Tai Ji Men](https://bitterwinter.org/the-difficult-hour-of-the-gods-politics-religion-and-opposition-to-cults-in-korea-japan-and-taiwan-from-the-unification-church-to-tai-ji-men/): East Asian anti-cultism stems from an unholy alliance between Christian heresy hunters and left-leaning lawyers, politicians, and media.
- [Holger Chen’s Shanghai Sojourn: A Taiwanese Influencer Under Influence](https://bitterwinter.org/holger-chens-shanghai-sojourn-a-taiwanese-influencer-under-influence/): A study by Li Hou-chen in “Lingua Sinica” examines how China’s VIP guests are outmaneuvered and manipulated to further CCP propaganda.
- [司法をハイジャックする：日本の反カルト弁護士たちは山上裁判をどう利用しているか](https://bitterwinter.org/%e5%8f%b8%e6%b3%95%e3%82%92%e3%83%8f%e3%82%a4%e3%82%b8%e3%83%a3%e3%83%83%e3%82%af%e3%81%99%e3%82%8b%ef%bc%9a%e6%97%a5%e6%9c%ac%e3%81%ae%e5%8f%8d%e3%82%ab%e3%83%ab%e3%83%88%e5%bc%81%e8%ad%b7%e5%a3%ab/): 神谷弁護士と山口弁護士は、宗教的不寛容と差別の宣言文を法廷に持ち込んだ。
- [The Tai Ji Men Case in the Context of ibn Khaldun’s Lesson](https://bitterwinter.org/the-tai-ji-men-case-in-the-context-of-ibn-khalduns-lesson/): The teachings of the great Islamic scholar on fiscal justice remain relevant today for evaluating the dysfunctional Taiwanese tax system.
- [African Indigenous Spirituality, The Revelation Spiritual Home, and IMboni iNkosi YamaKhosi oMoya Dr. Radebe](https://bitterwinter.org/african-indigenous-spirituality-the-revelation-spiritual-home-and-imboni-inkosi-yamakhosi-omoya-dr-radebe/): The new Cambridge University Press book “The Revelation Spiritual Home” was launched in Cape Town.
- [Tourism as Treason: Pastor Sun Chenghao Sentenced to Four and a Half Years for a Trip](https://bitterwinter.org/tourism-as-treason-pastor-sun-chenghao-sentenced-to-four-and-a-half-years-for-a-trip/): He traveled to Korea’s Jeju Island with friends. Nobody escaped. All returned. But it was enough to go to jail.
- [Tecnologie biometriche e vie di fuga: perché il riconoscimento facciale non rende “obsoleti” i racconti dei rifugiati cinesi](https://bitterwinter.org/tecnologie-biometriche-e-vie-di-fuga-perche-il-riconoscimento-facciale-non-rende-obsoleti-i-racconti-dei-rifugiati-cinesi/): La repressione tecnologica avanza. Ma avanzano anche i mezzi per eluderla.
- [The Repression of a Spiritual Group Through Taxation Measures](https://bitterwinter.org/the-repression-of-a-spiritual-group-through-taxation-measures/): In the Tai Ji Men case, taxes were weaponized as a tool of discrimination and persecution.
- [Refunding Salvation: Inside the Unification Church’s Independent Compensation Committee](https://bitterwinter.org/refunding-salvation-inside-the-unification-churchs-independent-compensation-committee/): In a daring legal experiment blending faith and finance, the Family Federation has assigned well-known national lawyers to reimburse dissatisfied donors, aiming to prevent litigation.
- [Rice Against Riot Shields: Places of Worship Bulldozed in Southern China](https://bitterwinter.org/rice-against-riot-shields-places-of-worship-bulldozed-in-southern-china/): A folk temple in Hainan and a Yao ethnic clan hall in Guangxi were destroyed. This time, a protest erupted.
- [Kazakhstan’s Detention of Xinjiang Witnesses: Beijing’s Long Arm Reaches Across the Border](https://bitterwinter.org/kazakhstans-detention-of-xinjiang-witnesses-beijings-long-arm-reaches-across-the-border/): Protesting against China now results in activists being detained—and held in a unclear legal situation.
- [The Tai Ji Men Case and the Lessons on Freedom of Belief](https://bitterwinter.org/the-tai-ji-men-case-and-the-lessons-on-freedom-of-belief/): The power of culture and education is essential for spreading peace and rectifying injustice.
- [Unification Church in Japan: Attorney Kito Teaches Sociology to Sociologists](https://bitterwinter.org/unification-church-in-japan-attorney-kito-teaches-sociology-to-sociologists/): A sociologist condemns the Unification Church-bashing. The anti-cult lawyer’s answer shows he ignores the basic principles of sociology.
- [Abdullah Hashem’s Views on the Paths of Jihad. 2. AROPL’s New Interpretation](https://bitterwinter.org/abdullah-hashems-views-on-the-paths-of-jihad-2-aropls-new-interpretation/): The Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light emphasizes the spiritual Greater Jihad. It admits the armed Lesser Jihad in limited, defensive cases.
- [安倍晋三暗殺とヘイトスピーチ――一線を越えたのは誰か？](https://bitterwinter.org/shinzo-abes-murder-and-hate-speech-japanese/): 反カルトジャーナリストの鈴木エイトは、安倍氏が統一教会を支持していたことから暗殺は「腑に落ちた」と衝撃的な主張をしている。
- [Judicial and Tax Discrimination Against Spiritual Groups: The Tai Ji Men Case](https://bitterwinter.org/judicial-and-tax-discrimination-against-spiritual-groups-the-tai-ji-men-case/): The remarkable achievements of Tai Ji Men led to both success and government suspicion, resulting in repression.
- [A Problem with Donations? Let’s Kill the Former Prime Minister](https://bitterwinter.org/a-problem-with-donations-lets-kill-the-former-prime-minister/): The trial of Shinzo Abe’s assassin has been converted by anti-Unification-Church forces into a theater of the absurd.
- [Abdullah Hashem’s Views on the Paths of Jihad. 1. Misunderstandings About Jihad](https://bitterwinter.org/abdullah-hashems-views-on-the-paths-of-jihad-1-misunderstandings-about-jihad/): Examining the statements of a leader from a marginalized and actively persecuted new religious movement on the authority to declare a holy war.
- [Hijacking Justice: How Japan’s Anti-Cult Lawyers Are Exploiting the Yamagami Trial](https://bitterwinter.org/hijacking-justice-how-japans-anti-cult-lawyers-are-exploiting-the-yamagami-trial/): Attorneys Kamiya and Yamaguchi brought to court a manifesto for religious intolerance and discrimination.
- [“The Battle of Penghu”: Weaponizing History, Again, for Propaganda Films About Taiwan](https://bitterwinter.org/the-battle-of-penghu-weaponizing-history-again-for-propaganda-films-about-taiwan/): China’s use of historical cinema to push reunification narratives is drawing criticism even within its own borders.
- [Feeling Qi, Facing Charges: The Criminalization of Spiritual Practice in Taiwan](https://bitterwinter.org/feeling-qi-facing-charges-the-criminalization-of-spiritual-practice-in-taiwan/): For those who follow them, the benefits of Tai Ji Men teachings are clear. However, state bureaucrats misunderstood and persecuted the group for decades.
- [From Mount Zion to Tai Ji Men: Freedom of Religion or Belief Issues in Taiwan](https://bitterwinter.org/from-mount-zion-to-tai-ji-men-freedom-of-religion-or-belief-issues-in-taiwan/): The Tai Ji Men case and the persecution of the New Testament Church: how state control over religion has evolved—but not disappeared.
- [Roses Are Red, Loyalty Is Too: How China Weaponizes Love](https://bitterwinter.org/roses-are-red-loyalty-is-too-how-china-weaponizes-love/): “Religion, Secularism, and Love” by Ting Guo is about the political use of the world’s oldest control tool.
- [Jehovah’s Witnesses and State Subsidies in Sweden. 4. Institutionalized Discrimination](https://bitterwinter.org/jehovahs-witnesses-and-state-subsidies-in-sweden-4-institutionalized-discrimination/): By singling out one specific religious organization, Sweden has violated European and international human rights law.

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