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Parliaments, Democracy, and the Tai Ji Men Case
The very reasons that motivated the United Nations to establish an International Day of Parliamentarism call for a solution of the Tai Ji Men case.
The Evolution of Governance: Islamic Shūrā, Parliamentarism, and the Tai Ji Men Case
Parliamentarism and Islamic Shūrā stand out as significant concepts that have shaped democratic and consultative governance systems. These concepts should help solving the Tai Ji Men case.
Advocacy Through Media: The Tai Ji Men Case and Democratic Accountability
The case of Tai Ji Men shows possible abuse of democracy, and how building alliances and mobilizing friendly media can help.
North Macedonia: The Tai Ji Men Case at the Second World Conference for Religious Dialogue and Cooperation
Scholars and Tai Ji Men dizi spoke at the most important yearly religious studies gathering in the Balkans.
León 1188: The First Parliament, Taxes, and the Tai Ji Men Case
Taxpayers’ rights are not just one among many matters Parliaments should control. They are the historical reasons why Parliaments were created.
Religions, Beliefs, and Legal Norms: The Tai Ji Men case
Religious liberty problems have a long history in Taiwan and continued well after the Martial Law era. Some persist even today.
The Master-Disciple Relationship and the Primacy of Conscience in a Menpai in Taiwan: The Case of Tai Ji Men
Understanding the relationship between Shifu (Grand Master) and dizi (disciple) is essential to appreciate what Tai Ji Men is and does.
Conscience, Religious Transcendence and Persecution: A Secular Paradigm in an Ancient Menpai
How Tai Ji Men dizi (disciples) dealt with persecution and tax harassment and emphasized their core values, rooted in the primacy of conscience.
Religious and Spiritual Movements’ Contributions to Society and Taxes:The Peculiar Case of Tai Ji Men
Spiritual groups that contribute to the common good should be tax-exempt. This is obvious in Poland and democratic countries in general but was not immediately acknowledged in the Tai Ji Men case.
Calling for a Solution of the Tai Ji Men Case
We join Tai Ji Men in respectfully asking the government of Taiwan, whose commitment to democracy in a region plagued by non-democratic regimes we appreciate and applaud, to return through a political act the confiscated sacred land to Tai Ji Men and publicly confirm that, as Taiwan’s Supreme Court stated, they never violated the law nor evaded taxes.
It would be a small step for Taiwan’s government, but a crucial one to tell the world Taiwan is truly committed to freedom of religion or belief and to the protection of religious and spiritual minorities that were once persecuted by its authoritarian and post-authoritarian regimes.
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“The Tai Ji Men Case” web site is a project by Action Alliance to Redress 1219 whose aim is to collect and put at the readers’ easy disposal articles, documents, and videos—from academic studies to magazine articles—about the case of Tai Ji Men, a mempai (similar to a school) of qigong, martial arts, and self-cultivation headquartered in Taiwan, which has been victim of discrimination and persecution in its home country since 1996, and whose street protests have generated widespread international protests. Here you can find an exhaustive chronology of the case.
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