Aleph: References & Edit History
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Additional Reading
A useful introduction to the sect can be found in Ian Reader, A Poisonous Cocktail?: Aum Shinrikyō’s Path to Violence (1996).
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Add new Web site: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Emerging Infectious Diseases - Aum Shinrikyo: Once and Future Threat? | Apr 16, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: BBC News - Aum Shinrikyo: The Japanese cult behind the Tokyo Sarin attack. | Jul 03, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Queen's University Belfast - Reactions to legal challenges by Aum Shinrikyō and its successor organisations (PDF). | Dec 26, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Queen's University Belfast - Reactions to legal challenges by Aum Shinrikyō and its successor organisations (PDF). | Dec 26, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: MIT - The Aleph. | Nov 16, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: JayScholar at ETown - Marketing Terrorism: Aum Shinrikyo's Cult Following in Post-Soviet Russia. | Oct 05, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Mackenzie Institute - Aum Shinrikyo (Aleph). | Jul 12, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Academia - Editors' Introduction: Impact and Ramifications: The Aftermath of the Aum Affair in the Japanese Religious Context. | May 17, 2024 | ||
| Link added. | Apr 08, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Kanagawa University - Syncretism in Japanese New Religions : The Case of Aum Shinrikyo and Aleph. | Dec 19, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: BBC - Witness History - Sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway. | Oct 31, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Nuclear Threat Initiative - Revisiting Aum Shinrikyo: New Insights into the Most Extensive Non-State Biological Weapons Program to Date. | Oct 24, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: World Religious and Spirituality Project - Aum Shinrikyō. | Sep 14, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: GlobalSecurity.org - Aum Supreme Truth. | Jun 07, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Council on Foreign Relations - Aum Shinrikyo. | Apr 15, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Learn Religions - Aum Shinrikyo: Doomsday Cult That Attacked the Tokyo Subway System. | Feb 17, 2023 | ||
| Replaced photograph. | Mar 16, 2022 | ||
| Replaced photograph. | Feb 07, 2017 | ||
| Article revised to mention that Takahashi Katsuya, the last fugitive from the 1995 Tokyo subway attack, was captured in 2012. | Aug 17, 2012 | ||
| Add new Web site: Federation of American Scientists - Aum Shinrikyo Aleph. | Sep 23, 2011 | ||
| Add new Web site: Official Site of Aleph. | Sep 23, 2011 | ||
| Add new Web site: CRW Flags - Flag of Aleph, Japan. | Sep 23, 2011 | ||
| Add new Web site: Council on Foreign Relations - Aum Shinrikyo. | Jun 28, 2011 | ||
| Add new Web site: GlobalSecurity.org - Aum Shinrikyo. | Jun 28, 2011 | ||
| Title changed to "Aleph" to reflect the organization's new name. Article revised to mention that Joyu Fumihiro, Aleph's leader, formed a new movement, Hikare no Wa. | Mar 04, 2010 | ||
| Article revised. | Apr 08, 2004 | ||
| Article revised. | Mar 06, 2003 | ||
| New article added. | Oct 19, 2000 |
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