Review article
NEW GOVERNMENT POLICY OF RUSSIA AND SOME EUROPEAN COUNTRIES ON RELIGIOUS SECTS
Zoran Milošević
; University of East Sarajevo
Abstract
The Russian Federation, and also a number of European
countries, has started a sort of revision of attitude towards the
activity of non-traditional, foreign religious organizations, known
as sects. The work of “Aum Shinrikyo” sect is forbidden in the
Russian Federation, as well as the activity of “Jehovah’s Witnesses”
in Moscow. In France “The Order of Sun’s Temple” and the so
called Scientology Church are forbidden, while in Italy the work of
the occult religious organizations is observed and controlled. What
these new measures have in common is the awareness that some
religious organizations (sects) contribute to the destabilization
of society; they raise the rate of crime and drug abuse, change
the cultural pattern and national opinion and contribute to the
society’s and country’s political destabilization. Furthermore,
attention is paid to the abuse of children and family and also to
the non-compliance with the Labour Law.
Keywords
religious organization; sects safety; society; values; Russia; France; Italy
Hrčak ID:
24859
URI
Publication date:
21.3.2008.
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