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| Processed by: | richwarm (2017-04-26 11:56:09 UTC) |
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<< review queue entry 60097 >> https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falun_Gong https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persecution_of_Falun_Gong Falun Gong is not a cult.United States House Resolution 605 "...Chinese authorities have devoted extensive time and resources over the past decade worldwide to distributing false propaganda claiming that Falun Gong is a suicidal and militant ‘‘evil cult’’ rather than a spiritual movement which draws upon traditional Chinese concepts of meditation and exercise" "...calling for an immediate end to the campaign to persecute..." https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/house-resolution/605/text United Nation 53rd session 14 august 2001 "...The (Chinese) Government had sought to justify its terrorism against Falun Gong by calling it an evil cult that had caused deaths and the break-up of families, but the organization's investigation showed that the only deaths and resulting family breakups had been at the hands of Chinese authorities, who had resorted to extreme torture and unacceptable detention of thousands of people. International Educational Development had discovered that a self-immolation cited by the Chinese Government as proof that the Falun Gong was an evil cult in fact had been staged..." http://archive.is/btaeZ and http://ap.ohchr.org/documents/alldocs.aspx?doc_id=7343 pdf E/CN.4/Sub.2/2001/SR.21 -------------------- Editor: > "Falun Gong is not a cult." Our definition doesn't say it is. > [Chinese authorities have been] claiming that Falun Gong is a suicidal and militant ‘‘evil cult’’ Our definition mentions that too. > "combines meditation and qigong exercises with a moral philosophy centered on the tenets of truthfulness, compassion, and forbearance" People can find out more about FLG in other sources. We're keeping our entry brief. |
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# - 法輪功 法轮功 [Fa3 lun2 Gong1] /Falun Gong (Chinese spiritual movement founded in 1992, regarded as a cult by the PRC government)/ # + 法輪功 法轮功 [Fa3 lun2 Gong1] /Falun Gong (Chinese spiritual practice founded in 1992, that combines meditation and qigong exercises with a moral philosophy centered on the tenets of truthfulness, compassion, and forbearance 真、善、忍)/ |