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From John Rawls to Tai Ji Men: An Autobiographical Confession
Why did I decide to devote a good part to my life to study religious minorities and religious liberty issues? A secular American philosopher had a role on this choice.
The 228 Incident and the Tai Ji Men Case: A View from Argentina
Argentina and Taiwan share a tragic past. Both have not totally dealt with its legacy.
Superman, Tai Ji Men, and the Long Shadow of the 228 Incident
Decades ago, Kuomintang lost a great occasion to promote real democracy and true justice, casting its dark shadow on the future. The Tai Ji men case shows it all too well.
228 and Tai Ji Men: The Duty to Remember
Remembering the tragedy of 1947 is not only an academic exercise. It has clear implications for the present, including for the Tai Ji Men case.
Poland and Taiwan: Bumpy Roads to Freedom of Religion or Belief
In both countries the transition to democracy came with a promise of religious liberty but problems remained, as demonstrated by issues with new religious movements in Poland and the Tai Ji Men case in Taiwan.
“Formosa Betrayed”: George Kerr, the 228 Incident, and the Tai Ji Men Case
An American diplomat asked the U.S. to intervene to stop the bloody repression of protests in Taiwan in 1947. He was not heard. It is a story with a lesson for the Tai Ji Men case.
Hate Speech, Media Bias, and Education: A Comparative Analysis of the Tai Ji Men and Unification Church Cases
Hostile forces fueled media campaigns against Tai Ji Men in Taiwan and the Unification Church in Japan, with a detrimental effect on their educational...
“Ye Were Not Made to Live Like Unto Brutes”: Tai Ji Men as Reciprocal Education
Education is the effort to bring human beings up to their inherent and untouchable value. Tai Ji Men performs this supreme duty through its constant appeal to conscience.
Islam, Tai Ji Men, and Education: A Comparative Analysis
A comparison between the perspectives on the fundamental right of freedom of education in Islam and Tai Ji men.
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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