49 dead in NZ mosque shootings https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20190315_42/
Police in New Zealand say 49 people have died and dozens more are wounded after mass shootings at two mosques in Christchurch
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#SWC ハイヤー師がニュージーランドモスク襲撃で声明。This kind of fanaticism cannot be tolerated irrespective of one’s faith, creed or place of origin. We express our sincere condolences to the community and families of all of the victims. https://youtu.be/95mamScAbaM via @YouTube
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Tonight on the #IngrahamAngle the media & leftists rush in to use tragedy to smash @realDonaldTrump. Harmeet Dhillon @pnjaban, @RaymondArroyo, @realJeffreyLord @HowardKurtz @TuckerCarlson
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New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinta Ardern tells Trump: Best way to support NZ in wake of mosque attacks would be to show “sympathy and love for all Muslim communities.” https://trib.al/XxMsSHJ
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Aum Shinrikyo, which was found responsible for the sarin attack and for several murders with VX, the most toxic nerve agent known, is regrouping, recruiting new members at home and abroad, and raising vast sums of money, security officials and Japanese and American terrorism experts say. The U.S. State Department has designated it a terrorist group, although it has not been linked to any illegal acts since 1995.
The resurgence of the sect that masterminded the most serious terrorist attack in Japan's modern history, the officials said, is a result partly of Japan's unwillingness to ban it.
The Tokyo district court deprived Aum Shinrikyo of its legal religious status in 1995 and liquidated its assets after declaring it insolvent the following year.
But the Japanese government decided last year that the Justice Ministry had not proved that the group posed an "immediate or obvious threat" to Japanese society. It rejected a request from security officials to outlaw the sect under a 1952 law against subversive activities. The law has never been applied.
As a result, despite security experts' warnings, Aum Shinrikyo, arguing that the government has effectively sanctioned its existence, has used the decision to rebound.
"There has been no word of repentance or apology," concludes the Public Security Investigation Agency, the main intelligence arm of Japan's Ministry of Justice, in a 70-page report issued in January. Moreover, the document states, Aum Shinrikyo -- the name is the Buddhist mantra "Om" followed by "Supreme Truth" -- has not revised or abandoned "its dangerous doctrine that justifies murder to achieve its ends."
According to the report and interviews with Japanese security officials and independent experts, the group now has about 5,000 followers, including 500 "monks," followers who are "ordained" and live communally. It operates some 28 installations at 18 branches (down from a peak of 24) throughout the country.
Despite being banned in Russia, the group is still active there, as well as in Ukraine, Belarus and Kazakhstan. It maintains encrypted Web sites and chat rooms in Japanese, English and Russian and controls a network of electronic, computer and other stores that generated about $30 million in revenues in 1997. Its publishing company, now its second-largest source of revenue, reopened in April and issues at least one book or pamphlet a month, officials said.
