List of groups referred to as cults
List of groups referred to as cults This list indexes a number of groups that have been referred to: as a ... as a "sect" directly by specific listed French-language or United Kingdom sources; as such ... as pejoratives and their application to specific groups is sometimes controversial. Very few groups or organizations are willing to accept ...
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1905 French law on the separation of Church and ...
1905 French law on the separation of Church and ... is seen as the backbone of the French principle of laïcité. The law famously states ... religion". Effects Prior to this law, the French national government funded four official religions: Roman ... end to the funding of all religious groups and declared all religious buildings property of ... down that the republic no longer names French archbishops or bishops. Because Alsace-Lorraine ...
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Talk:List of purported cults/Archive 4
... on the non-biased concept of listing groups that have been cited as cults by ... or intent of the sources. Cohort A - Groups cited as cults ("sects" in non-English ... CNN ZDF New York Times Cohort B - Groups cited as cults by sources that seek ... arms of more than one other major groups(?), or by government sources. France's 1996 ... commission French_legislation_on_cult_abuses 1995 report http://cftf.com/french/Les_Sectes_en_France/cults.html Belgian Parliamentary Commission ...
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About-Picard law
... Picard law [abu pika:r] (named after French parliament members Nicolas About and Catherine Picard), is a French law which, broadly speaking, makes it possible ... was, in its own words, aimed at cultic movements (mouvements sectaires) that, "undermine human rights ... June 12, 2001 intended to reinforce the prevention and repression of sectarian [cultic] movements that infringe ...
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Talk:About-Picard law
... the cited point of view that the French government repressed unduly the expression of Falun ... demonstrators, and that this shows that the French government is an accomplice of the repression that China wages on Falun Gong and ... context. Similarly, it was alleged that the French government cracks down on Falun Gong. On ... like that. "No sects, please - we're French" by Prof. Susan Palmer ( Dawson College ...
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User:SeventyThree/Current
... been known to insist that other similar groups are cults but that they themselves are ... the body of adherents to same." In French or Spanish, culte or culto simply means ... in the popular English meaning is secte (French) or secta (Spanish). (See false cognate.) In ... in order to criticize it. Understandably, most groups, if not all, that are called "cults" deny this qualification. Some groups called "cults" by some critics may ...
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Cults and governments
... especially France and Germany, that have enacted legislation against cults. Critics of such measures, claim ... interventions in their internal affairs as pro-cultic, uninformed meddling; they contend that these interventions ... Amish Mission in Belgium, Buddhism, several Catholic groups such as Opus Dei, some Evangelical Christian ... cult widely accepted by Western anti-cult groups (as opposed to the Chinese government's ... Republic of China has also engaged in repression against Buddhist worshippers, especially monks and ...
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Culture of France
... the motto «Liberté, égalité, fraternité», as the French put it, this painting became the primary symbol of the French Republic. At first sight, this symbol gives ... considered normal for an educated person. The French generally consider that since the 1905 law ... of laïcité. Social and political outlook The French maintain a strong gap between civilian life ... life —, though present, is considered undesirable. French people in general are opposed to ...
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Human rights in Europe
... slavery. 1804: The Napoleonic code, France and French conquests under Napoleon. 1807: British abolition of ... UK in the sense previously understood. 1848: French abolition of slavery. 1859: On Liberty by ... its volatile Caucasus border, where several rebel groups are based. Following the collapse of communism ... current states of former Yugoslavia, with large groups of Bosniaks, Croats and Serbs. This is ... of time. Criticism has also surrounded the French law on secularity and conspicuous religious ...
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