The Anti-Cult Movement

The French Anti-Cult Law

Links

Documents, Papers, Web Sites

• MILS  Report 2001 (in French in PDF format) (Link http://lesrapports.ladocfrancaise.gouv.fr/BRP/024000086/0000.pdf does not work anymore)
• French Anti-Cult Law (May 30, 2001): English Translation, with Notes
• Minutes of the House Proceedings (May 30, 2001) (in French)
• Minutes of the Senate Proceedings (May 3, 2001) (in French)
• U.S. 2000 Annual Report on International Religious Freedom: France
• MILS  Report 2000 (in French)
• Full Text of the Parliamentary Discussion (June 22, 2000) (in French)
• Jehovah's Witness win before the High Administrative Court - full text of the decision (in French)
• U.S. 1999 Annual Report on International Religious Freedom: France

• Why France? Historical and Ideological Roots of the French Anti-Cult Scare
  Massimo Introvigne, Jun 2001
• Agents of Discord: The North American-European Anticult Connection
  Anson Shupe and Susan E. Darnell, Jun 2001
• The London Conference and the Anti-Cult Campaigns in Europe
  An Interview with Professor Denaux (in French), May 30, 2001
• Religious Liberty in Transatlantic Perspective
  Michael E. Parmly, Apr 26, 2001
• Les stratégies des groupes religieux minoritaires face à la lutte anti-secte française
  Régis Dericquebourg (in French), Sep 2000
• Part 5 of the Pope's June 10, 2000 Speech (in French)
  Jun 10, 2000

• CESNUR exhaustive page  on the French Anti-cult Law
• About.com balanced summary of the law and its problems
• Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance: France
• Petition for freedom of conscience in France

   

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