Aum Shinrikyo

Fact Sheet

Name	Aum Shinrikyo
Alternate name(s)	- Aleph (note: since 2000 the current name of the group) - Aum Shin Rikyo - Supreme Truth
Leader(s)	Fumihiro Joyu
Founder(s)	Shoko Asahara
Established	1984, Tokyo, Japan
Websites	- english.aleph.to - www.joyu.to (Japanese)
Quick links	Critical links | Resources | Audio/Video | News

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Aum Shinrikyo News

• Mar. 13, 2007: Japanese doomsday cult leader sets up new group
• Sep. 15, 2006: Cult leader to be executed for Tokyo gas attacks
• Apr. 18, 2006: Doomsday cult raided in Japan
• Apr. 17, 2006: Daughters seek answers from terrorist father

Critical Links

• Aum Shinrikyo (Apologetics Index)
• Aum Shinri Kyo (Supreme Truth) (Religious Tolerance)
• Aum's lingering legacy (BBC News, Feb. 26, 2004)
• The Anti-Semitism of Japan's Aum Shinrikyo: A Dangerous Revival

Resources

• Aum Shinrikyo (MSN Encarta)
• Group profile: Aum Shinri Kyo (MIPT Terrorism Knowledge Base)
• Aum Shinrikyo: Once and Future Threat? (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Global Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction: A Case Study on the Aum Shinrikyo (Senate Government Affairs Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, October 31, 1995 Staff Statement)
• It gassed the Tokyo subway, microwaved its enemies and tortured its members. So why is the Aum cult thriving? (Guardian Unlimited, July 15, 1999)
• Profile: Shoko Asahara (BBC News, Feb. 27, 2004)

The Sarin Attack

• Background Q&A (Council on Foreign Relations)
• Sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway (Wikipedia)
• Life sentence for Japan's 'Dr Death' (BBC News, Mar. 26 1998)
• Doomsday cultist sentenced to death (BBC News, Oct. 23 1998)
• Incident profile: Aum Shinri Kyo attacked Transportation target (MIPT Terrorism Knowledge Base)

(Online) Books

• False Prophet: The Aum Cult of Terror (online book by Patrick Bellamy, courtTV Criminal Minds)
• Destroying the World to Save It: Aum Shinrikyo, Apocalyptic Violence, and the New Global Terrorism (book by Robert Jay Lifton)

Audio/Video

• Sep. 20, 2006: 60 Minutes - with Steve Hassan
• Mar. 20, 1995: Tokyo gas attack