Aum Shinrikyo
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Waiting for the end of the world...not great Sometimes, the fixation can lead to tragedy. In 1995, members of the Japanese group Aum Shinrikyo released sarin nerve gas into the Tokyo subway system, killing 12 people. Two years later, members of the Heaven's Gate cult... In this article: God, United States, Napoleon, Nostradamus, Friends Church, Suicide, and Judaism |
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The Japan Times: All Stories | November 06, 2009
Supreme Court upholds gallows for Aum pair in nerve gas attack
...attack The Supreme Court on Friday upheld the death sentences for two Aum Shinrikyo cultists convicted for their role in the 1995 sarin nerve gas attack on the Tokyo subway system that killed 12 people and left thousands injured. Fat...
In this article: Supreme Court, Sarin, Shoko Asahara, Ikuo Hayashi, Tokyo, and Yukio Aoshima
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The Australian | July 31, 2009
A charismatic thorn in Beijing's side
...in Xinjiang last month. China's ambassador to Japan said during Kadeer's stay in Tokyo: "She is a criminal," and compared her to Aum Shinrikyo, the cult leader who unleashed sarin gas in the Tokyo subway in 1995. Mamtimin Ala, the general...
In this article: Rebiya Kadeer, Beijing, Dalai Lama, China, Xinjiang, Tokyo, East Turkestan Islamic Movement, UN, and George W. Bush
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Aum victim distressed by call to lay judge duty
...to serve as a lay judge at the Tokyo District Court. She was one of the thousands of people injured in the March 1995 sarin attack on the Tokyo subway system by the Aum Shinrikyo cult. Twelve people were killed. The Tokyo District Court...
In this article: Sarin, Tokyo, Summons, and Shoko Asahara
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Telegraph.co.uk - International news | August 12, 2009
Japan's Happiness Party plans to attack North Korea
...experts. The appeal of tax reductions and space shuttles aside, experts highlighted the wariness among Japanese voters of mixing politics with religion in the aftermath of the 1995 Tokyo subway sarin attacks by Aum Shinrikyo. Professor...
In this article: Japan, North Korea, Temple University, Pacifism, Tax, Space Shuttle, and Liberal Democratic Party
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Wikipedia | July 18, 2009
James R. Lewis
...could not have produced the sarin that the attacks had been committed with. They had determined this, Lewis said, from photos and documents provided by the group. Police reports describe that they had discovered at Aum's main compound in...
In this article: James R. Lewis, Sarin, Gordon Melton, University of Wales, Lampeter, University of Wisconsin System, DePaul University, Cults, Leonardtown, Maryland, and New Port Richey, Florida
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Party offers a third way: happiness
...and clout." Tokyoites had their fill of apocalyptic cults in the 1990s when Aum Shinrikyo - also led by a guru who could commune with the spirits - gassed the Tokyo subway in 1995 in a bizarre plot to take over the government. Twelve people...
In this article: Japan, Liberal Democratic Party, Tokyo, Kim Jong Il, Buddhist, and God
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Shinshukyo
...image of organisations labelled as cults or sects. In the West, the best-known Shinshukyo is probably Aum Shinrikyo, the group which released a sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway in 1995. In the 1860s Japan began to experience great social...
In this article: Buddhism, Japan, Christianity, God, World War II, Nationalism, Soka Gakkai, and Sukyo Mahikari
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Reuters | April 06, 2009
Biotechnology boom raises security fears
...made 13 sick. Thousands were given antibiotics to prevent disease. In 1995, Japan's Aum Shinrikyo cult killed 12 people in a Sarin gas attack on Tokyo's subway system. "The thinking is out there and it is naive to assume some people are...
In this article: Chernobyl, Sarin gas, U.S. Postal Service, Al Qaeda, and North Africa
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Nagasaki airport gets sarin threat The Japan Times Online
...had been reported as of Friday evening. Sarin gained notoriety after Aum Shinrikyo used it to attack the Tokyo subway system in 1995, killing 12 people and wounding more than 5,500. The cult's use of the nerve agent to deadly...
In this article: Sarin, Nagasaki Airport, Nagasaki Prefecture, Nerve agent, University of Tokyo, Toyota, The Japan Times Online, Nagano Prefecture, and Tokyo
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Aum Shinrikyo, now known as Aleph, is a Japanese new religious movement organization. The group was founded by Shoko Asahara in 1984. The group gained international notoriety in 1995, when it carried out the sarin gas attack in the Tokyo subways.
The name "Aum Shinrikyo" derives from the Sanskrit syllable Aum (which represents the universe), followed by Shinrikyo written in kanji, roughly meaning "religion of Truth" or more literally, "True Principle Teachings". In English, it is usually translated as "Supreme Truth." In 2000, the organization changed its name to "Aleph" (the first letter of the Hebrew and Arabic alphabet), changing its logo as well.
In 1995, the group had 9,000 members in Japan, and as many as 40,000 worldwide. As of 2005, Aum Shinrikyo/Aleph membership was estimated at 1,650 people by the government.
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