Empowering the Heavenly Parent Holy Community
... This resulted in several civil litigations against the Church over the last four decades, led by politically motivated lawyers, the National Network of Lawyers against Spiritual Sales, who had pledged to eliminate the Unification…
... On October 13, the Korean Christian Leadership Conference (KCLC) and the Korean Council of Religious Leaders convened the “2nd Declaration for Religious Freedom and Prayer Rally” in front of the Seoul Detention Center in…
... Mother Han’s indictment is not an isolated event. It is part of a broader pattern under President Lee’s administration—a pattern of targeting conservative religious voices that challenge the state’s ideological agenda.
... The prosecution’s strategy appears less about proving a coherent case and more about exhausting the accused. Interrogating an elderly religious leader with known health issues for nearly 25 hours over two weeks, despite consistent…
... They voiced concerns that the Tokyo District Court’s March decision to issue a dissolution order for the religious organization reflected only the opinions of those opposed to it, calling out, “We demand a fair…
... Persecuting people who hold a certain faith based solely on manipulated impressions is like the Holocaust. We sincerely request the protection of our human rights from the international community.
... I wrote personally to Japan’s Prime Minister and the Foreign Minister, but received no reply. However, opposition abroad is growing. Japan has long been respected as a moderate democracy, but its reputation is now…
... Freedom of religion is inseparable from freedom of thought and conscience. It belongs to everyone – believers, non-believers and atheists alike.
... Right now, it may seem as if we have been pushed to the very edge of a cliff. Yet Mother calls us to forgive, to love, and to believe. Even in her current situation…
... It is an attack on freedom of religion itself. It is a warning shot to every church, mosque, temple, and synagogue in Korea — and beyond — that faith is not safe from the…