Empowering the Heavenly Parent Holy Community
... they also touched on the dissolution order request issued by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. It was argued that “by advancing this, they are trying to bury and conceal the abduction and…
... A symposium titled “The Role Played by the Unification Movement (統一運動) and Its Prospects for the Future”, hosted by the Hiroshima Prefecture Ambassadors for Peace Council was held on 19th May 2024 in Hiroshima City, with…
... Amidst increasing national persecution of the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification (formerly the Unification Church), a gathering of Tochigi Prefecture residents to consider basic human rights – organized by the Tochigi Prefecture Residents Association to Protect…
... regarding the Family Federation, an issue that I believe should be addressed in the Diet (parliament), is the problem of forced renunciation of faith (forced de-conversion, forced apostasy, deprogramming, faith-breaking). ‘Renunciation of faith’ means…
... So, we are very much back to 2001, and of course, in Japan, we are back to the eighties, when the National Network launched its campaign against the Unification Church.
... What’s happening is that there is the labeling, not just of “cults”, but “xie-jiao” (邪教) in China, which means “unorthodox heresy” or something like that, but which is translated as “evil cult”. And once a religion is…
... what started as a campaign against the Unification Church has now escalated to a campaign which puts religious liberty in Japan in danger in general, as some of the provisions target all kinds of conservative religions.
... every faith community must respect and abide by the legitimate laws of the land where they operate. But no government is justified in targeting and harassing a minority faith or whipping up public sentiment against a…
... The Family Federation and the International Federation for Victory over Communism (IFVOC) have been fighting God-denying communism head-on for half a century, and have stopped the movement toward communism. Therefore, the religious group and associated organizations, including the International Federation for Victory…
... There are neither particularly notable positive reactions nor negative ones. As for positive feedback, I believe it is significant that many are speaking up, primarily people associated with the Family Federation.