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	Aum Shinrikyo
		Aum Shinrikyo (Japanese: オウム真理教) (or Aum Supreme Truth) is the name of a cult operating in Japan.
		Aum, better known as Om in the West, is a Sanskrit word meaning "powers of destruction and creation in the universe," and Shinrikyo means "teaching of the supreme truth".
		An important part of Aum's doctrine was the controversial Buddhist idea of poa, that under certain circumstances murder could spiritually elevate both the victim and the killer.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/a/au/aum_shinrikyo.html (1070 words)

	Terrorism: Q & A \| Aum Shinrikyo
		Aum Shinrikyo is a Japanese religious cult obsessed with the apocalypse.
		Aum members transported the sarin as a liquid solution, tightly contained in packages made to look like lunch boxes or bottled drinks, the Japanese police said.
		Aum Shinrikyo is a doomsday cult whose teachings are based on tenets borrowed from Hinduism and Buddhism.
	cfrterrorism.org /groups/aumshinrikyo.html (581 words)

	Aum Shinri-kyo Updates (CESNUR) - January-May 2005
		The two followers of the Aum Supreme Truth sect, which attacked the Tokyo subway in 1995, were convicted of battering the woman to death as part of initiation training meant to beat out bad karma.
		Aum founder Chizuo Matsumoto, commonly known as Shoko Asahara, was sentenced to death by the Tokyo District Court in February last year, but procedures to begin his appeal trial have yet to begin.
		Okazaki's statement said AUM followers, with the freedom to speak up during their trials, are the only option of shedding light on the AUM cases, since Asahara has maintained his silence in his trial.
	www.cesnur.org /2005/aum_01.htm (6620 words)

	DAVID E. KAPLAN & ANDREW MARSHALL: 'The Cult at the End of the World' - BETWEEN THE LINES (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		But Aum Supreme Truth had its adversaries: with the disappearance of its most extreme activist, attorney Tsutsumi Sakamoto, along with his wife and young son, the Japanese public began to question the operations of the cult.
		Aum Supreme Truth literally forced the government to deem them an 'accepted' religion, while plans to expand into Russia began with frequent missions of enlightenment encompassing yoga, meditation and, of course, the continually warping ideologies of Aum Supreme Truth.
		Luckily, Aum Supreme Truth suffered from the inexperience of its young academics and the frenetic madness of its guru.
	www.thei.aust.com /isite/btl/btlrvaum.html (1244 words)

	Aum Shinrikyo : Apologetics research resources (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Aum Shinrikyo, a Japanese religious movement currently operating under the name 'Aleph,' is best known for its March 20, 1995 terrorist attack on the Tokyo subway system.
		Aum and its leader, Shoko Asahara, were possessed by visions of the end of the world that are probably as old as death itself.
		Aum Shnrikyo is a religious sect founded by the 'Venerated Master,' Shoko Asahara (born Chizuo Matsumoto on March 2, 1955).
	www.apologeticsindex.org /a06.html (791 words)

	4.07: The Cult at the End of the World
		Aum's scientists had built a vast automated plant to mass-produce sarin, the Nazi nerve gas that would prove their weapon of choice.
		Aum Supreme Truth, of course, was no democracy, nor was the state it sought to create.
		Aum's forays into conventional weapons - its explosives and AK-74s - were alarming enough, as were the cult's eerie experiments with electrodes, drugs, and mind control.
	www.wired.com /wired/archive/4.07/aum_pr.html (6833 words)

	coming to a subway near you...
		Aum, whose computer business has been a major source of its income, was also involved in developing software used by a number of government ministries and major companies.
		Aum was stripped of its legal status and tax privileges as a religious organization, but the government concluded it was no longer a threat and stopped short of using an anti-subversion law to ban it.
		This Aum complex in the Yamanashi Prefecture includes the chemical plant where the sarin used in the 1995 subway attack was allegedly produced.
	www.mayhem.net /Crime/supremetruth.html (5650 words)

	Aum Supreme Truth (Aum) Aum Shinrikyo
		Aum Shinrikyo's recruiters aggressively targeted university communities, attracting disaffected students and other experts in science and engineering with promises of spiritual enlightenment.
		At the time of the 1995 attack, Aum Shinrikyo claimed up to 10,000 adherents in Japan and a total of as many as 65,000 worldwide, with the majority located in Russia, where the cult was able to purchase access to Russian radio and television.
		By being the first terrorists to use chemical weapons in an indiscriminate public attack, the group may have "raised the bar" on the extent of attack required to generate enough psychological shock to achieve a terrorist political objective.
	www.cdi.org /program/document.cfm?DocumentID=879&StartRow=1&ListRows=10&appendURL=&Orderby=D.DateLastUpdated&programID=39&IssueID=0&Issue=&Date_From=&Date_To=&Keywords=aum&ContentType=&Author=&from_page=documents.cfm (1252 words)

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		Aum Supreme Truth (Aum Shinrikyo) was especially attractive to the idealistic young because it seemed to represent a way out of their frustration with the pressures and values of "progress" and "rationalism" in the world of their parents.
		Aum adherents undertook rigorous spiritual training, according to a practice that tended to combine culturally "familiar" elements of the discipline and bashing of the old Imperial Army with some of the physical and spiritual hardships of Zen Buddhism.
		Aum insisted that the sect was not the producer of sarin gas, but rather its victim, and that Japanese and American aircraft were swooping low over their compound to spray it with gas.
	www.japanfocus.org /113.html (8412 words)

	CESNUR - Aum Shinri-kyo Controversies
		The Aum Shinri Kyo (Supreme Truth) sect should apologise for the crimes committed under its leader, Shoko Asahara, his imprisoned wife said in a letter to a magazine published yesterday.
		Aum officials said that they are baffled by the widespread opposition to its members, who themselves have not been accused of any crime.
		Although Aum Shinrikyo denied involvement in any attack and the police had no evidence implicating it, the young woman's accusations were widely believed, raising public anxiety and calls for the government to take action.
	www.cesnur.org /testi/aum2.htm (4824 words)

	AUM SHINRI KYO (SUPREME TRUTH)
		The Aum Shinri Kyo is a destructive, doomsday cult centered in Japan.
		Their name is a combination of Aum which is a sacred Hindu syllable, and Shinri Kyo which means "supreme truth".
		Supreme Truth emphasized a siege mentality: that outside groups, including the national governments, were intent on destroying their organization.
	www.religioustolerance.org /dc_aumsh.htm (1142 words)

	Chapter 2 of AUM - Mass Murderers: Before the Raids (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The police later explained this was from an attempt by Aum to spray anthrax bacillus in the vicinity of a neighboring building, but that perhaps the bacillus had not been fully developed.
		Per the testimony of Dr. Ikou Hayashi, because the police found sarin near the Aum compound, and police were still investigating the seven deaths from the sarin attack in Nagoya, Aum knew that they would soon be raided.
		It was estimated by key Aum members that a sarin attack on the Tokyo subway would divert attention away from Aum.
	www.cultawarenessnetwork.org /AUM/02.html (819 words)

	Chapter 4 of AUM: Mass Murderers: Intense Drugs and Psychiatric Treatment (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Takahashia was wanted by police because a 76 year old woman was found in a coma and she had been brought there from her home, and Aum members had removed between 4 to 5 million yen from her bank account.
		The first reports were that at first Aum bought psychiatric drugs in the market place, but that eventually they had to manufacture their own drugs due to the quantities they needed.
		Aum leadership could only be described as a large social psychiatric experiment running out of control.
	www.cultawarenessnetwork.org /AUM/04.html (1397 words)

	Japan's Aum Supreme Truth sect finally on the run: analysts
		"Aum is being pressured by the heated outcry both from the government and public, and all these measures such as announcing a halt in its activities, changing the name and moving its headquarters building are being taken by the cult for its own survival," Sakuta said.
		But "as Aum is being placed in a corner, there is a danger that the cult will then go underground," he warned.
		Aum Supreme Truth has boosted its financial base with computer sales and is now regrouping, with some 1,500 followers at more than 30 facilities in Tokyo and other cities, according to the public security investigation agency.
	www.rickross.com /reference/aum/aum139.html (588 words)

	Aum Supreme Truth (AUM (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Japanese Government revoked its recognition of Aum as a religious organization in October 1995, but in 1997 a government panel decided not to invoke the Anti-Subversive Law against the group, which would have outlawed the cult.
		On 20 March 1995, Aum members simultaneously released the chemical nerve agent sarin on several Tokyo subway trains, killing 12 persons and injuring up to 6,000.
		The Aum is known to operated only in Japan, but it may have an unknown number of residual followers in Russia.
	www.milnet.com /tgp/data/aum.htm (291 words)

	Aum Shinrikyo :: Key events involving Aum Supreme Truth doomsday cult (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		TOKYO : A Japanese court on Friday sentenced to death Aum Supreme Truth guru Shoko Asahara, who masterminded the deadly Sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway in 1995.
		Nov 2000: The former head of Aum's Russian branch, Toshiyasu Ouchi, is sentenced to eight years in prison for murdering a fellow cultist and mutilating the corpse of another.
		June 2002: Aum member Tomomitsu Niimi is sentenced to death for his role as a key conspirator in the Tokyo and Matsumoto attacks and other murders.
	www.religionnewsblog.com /6230 (974 words)

	Japan's Aum cult may admit to gas attack
		TOKYO, SEPT 28: Japan's Aum Supreme Truth cult is expected to admit for the first time that its members launched a gas attack on Tokyo's subways killing 12 people and injuring thousands, reports said on Tuesday.
		Aum Supreme Truth members could not be reached for comment.
		Aum has boosted its financial base with computer sales and is now regrouping with some 1,500 followers at more than 30 facilities inTokyo and other cities, according to the public security investigation agency.
	www.expressindia.com /ie/daily/19990929/ige29017.html (465 words)

	Shoko Asahara (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Aum is a composite belief system, which incorporated Asahara's own idiosyncratic interpretations of Yoga along with facets of Buddhism, Christianity and even the writings of Nostradamus.
		Aum's search for new weapons included a "medical mission" in 1992 to Zaire, supposedly to help fight an outbreak of the Ebola virus, but actually devised to obtain a strain of that virus for use in biological warfare.
		Aum's Tokyo gas attack was supposedly the spark that would set off Asahara's prophetic vision of a final conflict.
	www.culteducation.com /asahara.html (851 words)

	Aum Shinrikyo/Aleph in the News
		The Supreme Court on Thursday turned down an appeal by a former AUM Shinrikyo cult member, finalizing his death sentence for murdering a lawyer's family and a fellow cult member.
		Aum Supreme Truth cult founder Chizuo Matsumoto was sentenced to death Friday at the Tokyo District Court for masterminding 13 crimes, including the sarin gas attacks on the Tokyo subway system and in Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture, and the 1989 murder of lawyer Tsutsumi Sakamoto and his family...)
		Aum Supreme Truth cult leader Chizuo Matsumoto, 48, left his hometown in Kumamoto Prefecture for Tokyo to pursue his goal of studying at Tokyo University.
	www.cultsoncampus.com /aum.html (3511 words)

	Amazon.com: Books: Cult at the End of the World, The : The Terrifying Story of the Aum Doomsday Cult, from the Subways ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		By the time Japan's bizarre Aum Shinrikyo cult launched its 1995 nerve-gas attack on the Tokyo subway system, killing 12 and injuring thousands, the wealthy religious sect, which received generous tax breaks, had a global network of at least 37 companies, according to this exhaustively researched page-turner.
		Aum had acquired powerful lasers and was planning a military assault on Japan's parliament so that its bearded, near-blind leader, Shoko Asahara, a fanatical admirer of Hitler, could install himself as head of a new religious state.
		Aum continues to exist in Japan, though with a much smaller membership, much smaller coffers, and one hopes a much smaller capacity for inflicting mayhem.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0517705435?v=glance (1672 words)

	Aum Shinrikyo (Aum) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Japanese Government revoked its recognition of the Aum as a religious organization in October 1995, but in 1997 a Government panel decided not to invoke the Anti-Subversive Law against the group, which would have outlawed it.
		Under the leadership of Fumihiro Joyu, the Aum changed its name to Aleph in January 2000 and tried to distance itself from the violent and apocalyptic teachings of its founder.
		In July 2001, Russian authorities arrested a group of Russian Aum followers who had planned to set off bombs near the Imperial Palace in Tokyo as part of an operation to free Asahara from jail and smuggle him to Russia.
	library.nps.navy.mil /home/tgp/aum.htm (413 words)

	Aum Shinrikyo used anthrax from U.S. in 1993
		WASHINGTON--The anthrax bacteria that was spread in the Aum Supreme Truth cult's general headquarters in Koto Ward, Tokyo, in July 1993 for unknown reasons was a harmless strain imported from the United States and designed to be used as vaccine for cattle, a Northern Arizona University research group said Tuesday.
		Although no one contracted the disease in the Aum case, the research group members said there was a possibility the bacteria could have been turned into a biological weapon.
		According to the public prosecutor's concluding speech during an Aum Supreme Truth trial, followers of the cult in 1993 spread the anthrax germ in Tokyo after cultivating it in their buildings.
	www.apologeticsindex.org /news1/an011011-01.html (399 words)

	Encyclopedia: Aum Supreme Truth (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
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		Since Japanese: オウム真理教) derives from the Hindu syllable Aum (which represents the universe), followed by the three kanji characters shin ("truth," "reality," "Buddhist sect"), ri ("reason," "justice," "truth"), and kyo ("teaching," "faith," "doctrine").
		According to a report (http://asia.news.yahoo.com/040416/ap/d81vn7p85.html) issued in April 2004, the government still considers Aum "a threat to society."
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Aum-Supreme-Truth (1355 words)

	Directory - Society: Issues: Terrorism: Terrorist Organizations: Aum Supreme Truth (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		FAS: Aum Supreme Truth (Aum) · cached · Description, activities, strength, area of operation and external aid.
		Aum Sect/Shoko Asahara · cached · Database of news article on Aum and its founder, including historical background, criminal prosecutions, claims against Aum, government action, public reaction to Aum, and protests against the cult.
		Aum Shinrikyo/Aleph in the News · cached · Collection of articles and links in chronological order on Aum and its newly recreated form, from Cults on Campus, a cult watchdog group.
	www.incywincy.com /default?p=5807162 (183 words)

	Aum Supreme Truth (Aum) a.k.a. Aum Shinrikyo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Under the leadership of Fumihiro Joyu, the Aum changed its name to Aleph in January 2000 and claimed to have rejected the violent and apocalyptic teachings of its founder.
		In July 2001, Russian authorities arrested a group of Russian Aum followers who had planned to set off bombs near the Imperial Palace in Tokyo as part of an operation to free Asahara from jail and then smuggle him to Russia.
		The Aum’s current membership is estimated to be less than 1,000 persons.
	fas.org /irp/world/para/aum.htm (423 words)

	Aum shinrikyo (Aleph) - News archive and research resources on Japan's Aum shinri kyo cult.
		July 1987: Asahara renames the cult Aum Supreme Truth with headquarters at Fujinomiya in central Japan and in Tokyo.
		June 29, 2000: A Japanese court sentences Aum Supreme Truth cult's Yasuo Hayashi to death for unleashing Sarin gas in the 1995 Tokyo subway attack.
		Since Aum Shinrikyo gassed the Tokyo subway in 1995, many terrorism authorities, government officials, and other experts have prophesied a wave of chemical and biological terrorism causing mass casualties.
	www.xs4all.nl /~ahein/a06.html (2151 words)

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