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Sacred Groves Unbuilt: The Significance of Miaoli in Light of the Tai Ji Men Case
Since 2020, Tai Ji Men has been barred from their sacred land with arbitrary rulings. What significance does this seized, unattended land show for scholars of religion?
Human Rights Day: Tai Ji Men and the Poetry of Resilience
Legal scholar and poet Charilaos Nikolaidis argues that human rights embody beauty, not justice only. Tai Ji Men Shifu and dizi offer a living example of this beauty.
Cape Town: The Tai Ji Men Case at CESNUR 2025 International Conference
Scholars from various countries examined a human rights struggle that is soon to enter its 30th year.
Scholars, Activists, and the Tai Ji Men Case
Academics and human rights advocates have denounced for more than five years, including at the United Nations, the injustice perpetrated in Taiwan.
Tai Ji Men’s Spiritual Odyssey Under Legal and Tax Persecution
A legal analysis proves that the Taiwanese government violated domestic and international law in the Tai Ji Men case.
The Tai Ji Men Case in the Context of ibn Khaldun’s Lesson
The teachings of the great Islamic scholar on fiscal justice remain relevant today for evaluating the dysfunctional Taiwanese tax system.
The Repression of a Spiritual Group Through Taxation Measures
In the Tai Ji Men case, taxes were weaponized as a tool of discrimination and persecution. by Maryann Chuang* *A paper presented at the session “Freedom of...
The Tai Ji Men Case and the Lessons on Freedom of Belief
The power of culture and education is essential for spreading peace and rectifying injustice. by Joyce Lin* *A paper presented at the session “Freedom of...
Judicial and Tax Discrimination Against Spiritual Groups: The Tai Ji Men Case
The remarkable achievements of Tai Ji Men led to both success and government suspicion, resulting in repression.
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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