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Aum Shinrikyo

Aleph (Japanese: アレフ, Hepburn: Arefu), better known by their former name Aum Shinrikyo (オウム真理教, Ōmu Shinrikyō; lit. 'religion of Aum Supreme Truth'), is a Japanese new religious movement and doomsday cult founded by Shoko Asahara in 1987. It carried out the deadly Tokyo subway sarin attack in 1995 and was then found to have been responsible for the…

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Classification
Buddhist new religious movement
Founder
Shoko Asahara
Members
Approximately 1,650 (2011)
Orientation
Dharmic
Origin
1987; 39 years ago (1987) Tokyo, Japan
Other names
Aum Shinrikyo (オウム真理教, Ōmu Shinrikyō) (1984–2007)

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Aum Shinrikyo

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Aum Shinrikyo

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related to Doctrine · 31
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related to After 1995 · 21
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related to Split · 14
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related to 2013 investigation and media coverage · 12
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related to 2016 Russian crackdown · 10
Aum Shinrikyo → April, Federal Security Service, FSB, Investigative Committee, Moscow, On, Russia, Russian, Saint Petersburg, September
related to 2019 Tokyo car attack · 10
Aum Shinrikyo → Aum, Harajuku, It, January, Kazuhiro Kusakabe, New Year's Day, On, Takeshita Street, The, Tokyo
related to 2016 Montenegro crackdown · 8
Aum Shinrikyo → Belarus, Four, In March, Japan, Montenegro, Russia, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Classification · 1
Aum Shinrikyo → Buddhist new religious movement
Founder · 1
Aum Shinrikyo → Shoko Asahara
Members · 1
Aum Shinrikyo → Approximately 1,650 (2011)

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Aum ShinrikyoClassificationBuddhist new religious movement1.00infobox
Aum ShinrikyoFounderShoko Asahara1.00infobox
Aum ShinrikyoMembersApproximately 1,650 (2011)1.00infobox
Aum ShinrikyoOrientationDharmic1.00infobox
Aum ShinrikyoOrigin1987; 39 years ago (1987) Tokyo, Japan1.00infobox
Aum ShinrikyoOther namesAum Shinrikyo (オウム真理教, Ōmu Shinrikyō) (1984–2007)1.00infobox
Aum ShinrikyoRegionJapan1.00infobox
Aum ShinrikyoSeparationsHikari no Wa (2008), Yamada's Club, Keroyon Club1.00infobox
Aum ShinrikyoStructureYoga meetings1.00infobox
Aum ShinrikyoTheologyWestern millenarianism/millennialism (formerly)1.00infobox
Aum ShinrikyoTypeJapanese new religious movement1.00infobox
Nichiren Shōshūinstance ofIts original teachings were based on doctrines derived from Nichiren-based sects0.80text

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