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An Italian Anti-Cult Organization Was Ordered to Pay €35,000 for Defaming the Soka Gakkai.

Summary by Bitter Winter
The Court of Florence has established the fundamental principle that calling a religious movement a "sect" constitutes defamation per se. By Massimo Introvigne The headquarters of the Italian branch of the Soka Gakkai in Rome. On June 16, 2025, the Court of Florence, in a ruling whose reasons have now been published, ordered the Italian Association of Victims of Cults (AIVS), one of Italy's leading anti-cult organizations, and its two leaders to…
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The Court of Florence has established the fundamental principle that calling a religious movement a "sect" constitutes defamation per se. By Massimo Introvigne The headquarters of the Italian branch of the Soka Gakkai in Rome. On June 16, 2025, the Court of Florence, in a ruling whose reasons have now been published, ordered the Italian Association of Victims of Cults (AIVS), one of Italy's leading anti-cult organizations, and its two leaders to…

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Bitter Winter broke the news in on Friday, July 25, 2025.
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