History of the Anti-Cult Struggle in France
CICNS's year-by-year chronicle of the anti-cult struggle in France: laws, parliamentary reports, court cases and media campaigns from 1893 to the 2010s.
2 April 2015
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Waco: What Really Happened?
CICNS's account of the 1993 siege of the Branch Davidians at Mount Carmel: the ATF raid, the 51-day standoff, the final assault, and the media narrative.
1 January 2008
Interview with Raphaël Liogier: Full Transcript
Full transcript of the CICNS interview with sociologist Raphaël Liogier on French laïcité, state neutrality as intervention, and how 'good' and 'bad' religions are classified.
1 May 2006
Interview with Anne Morelli: Full Transcript
Full transcript of the CICNS interview with historian Anne Morelli (ULB) on who decides the label 'sect', media treatment of religious minorities, and freedom of conscience.
1 November 2005
Interview with Jean-Luc Martin-Lagardette: Full Transcript
Full transcript of the CICNS interview with journalist Jean-Luc Martin-Lagardette on France's anti-cult policy, the MIVILUDES, and the role of the media.
1 January 2005
Interview with Massimo Introvigne: Full Transcript
Full transcript of the CICNS interview with sociologist Massimo Introvigne on the history of brainwashing theory, MK-ULTRA, deprogramming, and anti-cult laws.
1 January 2005
Amalgames: The Elements of a Manipulation
A CICNS essay of pointed questions about conflation: why acts found across all of society are treated as defining crimes when they occur in spiritual minorities.
1 January 2004