Anti-Cult Movement - The anti-cult movement is responsible for abuses often worse than cult abuses themselves. bernie.cncfamily.com/acm.htm
Anti-Cult Movement (religioustolerance.org) - Most ACM groups seem to take the legitimate public fear of destructive doomsday cults, raise it to a fever pitch, and then direct it against benign new religious groups. www.religioustolerance.org/acm.htm
Critique of Brainwashing - J. Gordon Melton's critique of brainwashing, debunking erstwhile "experts" Singer and Ofshee. www.cesnur.org/testi/melton.htm
Exit Counselling and Deprogramming in Australia - Examining abuses against religious freedom in Australia. (site apparently run by a Scientologist) www.jeack.com.au/~parkdale/cultaware_unzipped/intro.html
Santa Claus: A Dangerous Cult Leader - Takes a humorous look at people and web sites that claim that a religious group is a cult by describing Santa Claus as a cult leader. n6jpa.home.attbi.com/santacult
The Crisis of the French Anticult Mission - Information on the French Anticult Mission (MILS) and why it has been criticized by the US for religious intolerance. www.cesnur.org/testi/fr2K_dic1.htm
The Oracle of Ifa and the Verdict of the Court - English version of an article by Wim Haan, examining a court case in Holland around a failed attempt to deprogram practitioners from the African Ifa religion. www.bezinningscentrum.nl/teksten/wim_eng/oracle.htm