Empowering the Heavenly Parent Holy Community
... the president had asked officials to examine whether religious foundations themselves could be dissolved. This immediately raised alarms about the separation of church and state and the protection of religious freedom ‒ core constitutional…
... the unwritten judicial rule that religious groups labeled as “cults” cannot win. Judges, fearing public backlash, avoid ruling in their favor even when the evidence supports them. Past lawsuits against the former Unification Church…
... Fukuda’s conclusion is disturbing: a system that should have safeguarded citizens instead abandoned them, leaving thousands exposed to crimes committed in the name of “saving” them.
... The court that tried Yamagami and imposed his life sentence did not find the Unification Church criminally culpable for Abe’s death. It found one individual guilty of murder. Period. Yet far too much coverage devoted a disproportionate share…
... the true nature of the National Network of Lawyers Against Spiritual Sales—and the reality behind the term they created and weaponized against the Family Federation “spiritual sales”—has never been adequately investigated.
... the situation offers a cautionary example of how legal mechanisms designed to protect democracy can, if overused or politicized, contribute to deeper institutional mistrust and prolonged political conflict rather than accountability and reform.
... This controversy is not caused by irrational belief or theological impurity. On the contrary, the problem is that event religions are very realistic. They intrude into areas that societies tend to guard carefully: marriage,…
... The real scandal is not what the Unification Church did, but what the media refused to see: a family destroyed not by doctrine but by illness, violence, miscommunication, and a deluded son who mistook…
... A special law that singles out only one religious corporation for disadvantage must never be enacted under the banner of the rule of law, legal governance, or a law-based state.
... the debate is not merely about one religious organization or one country. It raises a universal question for pluralistic societies: can we distinguish principled secular governance from selective suspicion, and cooperation for the common…