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World-Famous Sociologist Rings the Bell of World Peace and Love
On January 7, Eileen Barker, the scholar who created the academic field of new religious movement, rang the Bell in a historical ceremony in Taipei.
An International Forum on the Tai Jai Men Case Before Taiwan’s Judicial Day
At National Taiwan University, more than twenty scholarly papers discussed different features of the long-lasting case and suggested possible solutions.
Unsung Heroes, Unsung Victims: Tai Ji Men, Justice, and the Elections in Taiwan
In the Tai Ji Men case, we celebrate those who suffered injustice. But where there are heroes, there are also villains.
Independence of the Judicial System, Celebration of Democracy, and the Tai Ji Men Case
The Judicial Day 2024 and the presidential elections in Taiwan should offer an opportunity to finally solve a case that has lasted for more than 27 years.
When Human Rights Become Human Wrongs
Non-democratic “Before States,” unlike democratic “After States,” crack down on religions they regard as dangerous “before” they commit any crime. The Tai Ji Men case proves the distinction is not clear-cut.
The Rule of Law, Freedom of Religion or Belief, and the Tai Ji Men Case
The expression “rule of law” was first used in the 17th century in connection with freedom of religion or belief. This connection is still crucial today.
The Sad Story of the Tai Ji Men Lainan Street Academy in Kaohsiung
On January 6, international scholars visited yet another testimony of the injustice of the Tai Ji Men case.
Solidarity, Taxes, and the Tai Ji Men Case
Solidarity requires both to pay legitimate taxes and to protest when taxes are abusive. This is a lesson we can all learn from Tai Ji Men.
How We Can Learn Solidarity from Tai Ji Men
Solidarity is about unity in peace and love. Even when suffering injustice, as it happened to Tai Ji Men, we can still find it inside ourselves.
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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