Rael awards Mordechai Vanunu ‘Honorary Guide of Humanity’ title
LAS VEGAS, May 21 – Rael, founder of the International Raelian Movement (www.rael.org) has awarded Mordechai Vanunu the title of Honorary Guide of Humanity in recognition of his 25-year struggle for a nuclear-free Middle East.
Vanunu, an Israeli nuclear technician, leaked Israeli nuclear plans to a British media in 1986, thus exposing top secret information to the world. The Israeli government drugged, kidnapped and convicted Vanunu and then sent him to prison, where he spent most of his 18 years of incarceration in solitary confinement.
“All of this happened to him for working toward a non-nuclear world,” said Leon Mellul, Grand Rabbi for the Israeli Raelian Movement. “Vanunu is an exemplary human being. He has dedicated his entire adult life to peace at the risk of his own life. There are far too few people like him.”
Mellul said Rael has awarded the title “Honorary Guide of Humanity” to only a few people.
“Each Honorary Guide has dedicated his or her life to the betterment of humanity through selfless works, and often at great personal risk, as in Vanunu’s case,” Mellul said.
He then went on to explain the nature of the risk.
“Because Vanunu is so deeply committed to peace, he’s been trying for years to cancel his Israeli citizenship,” Melul explained. “He doesn’t want to be counted as a citizen of a country that uses nuclear technology for destructive purposes. But Israel recently passed a law authorizing revocation of Israeli citizenship for those who’ve been convicted of espionage and treason. So [on those grounds] Vanunu once again appealed to the Israeli government for revocation of his citizenship.”
Rael and the Raelian Movement have been soliciting people worldwide to demand the halt and destruction of all nuclear weapons. In addition, Raelians want a different calendar – one that marks the beginning of the Nuclear Age. (See icacci.org.)
“For 20 years, the Raelian Movement has been petitioning the United Nations to dump the traditional calendar based on Christian dates,” Mellul explained. “We want the UN to launch a new, international calendar that would recognize Aug. 6, 1945, as the very first day of Year One because that’s the date when nuclear energy was first used for destructive purposes, over Hiroshima.”
Mellul pointed out that for 37 years, Rael has been teaching that humanity entered into a crucial new era on that date.
“He says this is an age that will bring the end of humanity itself if we don’t master our violent tendencies,” Mellul said. “By revising the calendar, humanity would literally be reminded every day of the extreme need for complete, worldwide nuclear disarmament.”
Vanunu, an Israeli nuclear technician, leaked Israeli nuclear plans to a British media in 1986, thus exposing top secret information to the world. The Israeli government drugged, kidnapped and convicted Vanunu and then sent him to prison, where he spent most of his 18 years of incarceration in solitary confinement.
“All of this happened to him for working toward a non-nuclear world,” said Leon Mellul, Grand Rabbi for the Israeli Raelian Movement. “Vanunu is an exemplary human being. He has dedicated his entire adult life to peace at the risk of his own life. There are far too few people like him.”
Mellul said Rael has awarded the title “Honorary Guide of Humanity” to only a few people.
“Each Honorary Guide has dedicated his or her life to the betterment of humanity through selfless works, and often at great personal risk, as in Vanunu’s case,” Mellul said.
He then went on to explain the nature of the risk.
“Because Vanunu is so deeply committed to peace, he’s been trying for years to cancel his Israeli citizenship,” Melul explained. “He doesn’t want to be counted as a citizen of a country that uses nuclear technology for destructive purposes. But Israel recently passed a law authorizing revocation of Israeli citizenship for those who’ve been convicted of espionage and treason. So [on those grounds] Vanunu once again appealed to the Israeli government for revocation of his citizenship.”
Rael and the Raelian Movement have been soliciting people worldwide to demand the halt and destruction of all nuclear weapons. In addition, Raelians want a different calendar – one that marks the beginning of the Nuclear Age. (See icacci.org.)
“For 20 years, the Raelian Movement has been petitioning the United Nations to dump the traditional calendar based on Christian dates,” Mellul explained. “We want the UN to launch a new, international calendar that would recognize Aug. 6, 1945, as the very first day of Year One because that’s the date when nuclear energy was first used for destructive purposes, over Hiroshima.”
Mellul pointed out that for 37 years, Rael has been teaching that humanity entered into a crucial new era on that date.
“He says this is an age that will bring the end of humanity itself if we don’t master our violent tendencies,” Mellul said. “By revising the calendar, humanity would literally be reminded every day of the extreme need for complete, worldwide nuclear disarmament.”
French Raelian murdered in Ivory Coast
LAS VEGAS, May 15 – According to a statement released this morning by the International Raelian Movement, Philippe Remond, a professor at the Institut National Polytechnique Felix Houphouet Boigny in Yamoussoukro, Ivory Coast, and a member of the Raelian Movement, was found murdered in his hotel room in Yamoussoukro the day after Alassane Ouattara’s forces took control of the country.
“Philippe Remond was one of those French nationals who regularly denounced French interference in Ivory Coast issues,” said Brigitte Boisselier, spokesperson for the IRM, adding that an example of Remond’s eloquent protests may be seen at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAmMBPEgJNo
“When he became a Raelian, he also actively conveyed Rael’s ideas concerning the African continent,” Boisselier added. “On an Ivory Coast TV channel as well as in his preceding press releases, he openly condemned the French intervention of siding with Ouatarra [now the country’s new president].”
She said members of the Raelian Movement in Ivory Coast have no doubt that Remond was assassinated on orders from Paris.
“He was a fervent advocate of Rael’s peaceful solution to the crisis in Ivory Coast, a solution without military intervention,” Boisselier explained, adding that another leader of the Raelian Movement in Ivory Coast, Zadou Azael, who is also its doyen, “was manhandled by Ouatarra supporters.”
“Guide Zadou Azael was molested, assaulted, humiliated and threatened with death, then robbed of his money and his car, which were stolen by the armed, republican forces of President Ouatarra,” she said. “And it should be noted that Zadou Azael belongs to the Bete ethnic group, the same ethnic group that former President Gbagbo belonged to. Was he threatened because of his ethnicity or because of his political and religious beliefs?”
"For decades", Boisselier said, "African Raelians have been advocating a peaceful solution for conflicts on the continent."
“We’re calling for the abolition of colonial borders and restoration of the borders used by ancient kingdoms, which was land division based on ethnic groups,” she explained. “The return to those pre-colonial divisions will help restore the harmonious, interethnic relations that prevailed in Africa before Western countries imposed their new, arbitrary borders. This restoration [of original boundaries] could be achieved through the establishment of the United Kingdoms of Kama [Kama was the indigenous, precolonial term for Africa.]
“Philippe Remond has paid dearly for daringly proposing and defending these generous and conscious solutions that displease the settlers,” Boisselier concluded. “In view of his assassination and the aggression suffered by the doyen of Ivory Coast Raelians, and considering the way French Raelians are mistreated in France, we are genuinely concerned for the lives of Raelians in Ivory Coast. We therefore call for an end to military and paramilitary French Army operations in that country!”
“Philippe Remond was one of those French nationals who regularly denounced French interference in Ivory Coast issues,” said Brigitte Boisselier, spokesperson for the IRM, adding that an example of Remond’s eloquent protests may be seen at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAmMBPEgJNo
“When he became a Raelian, he also actively conveyed Rael’s ideas concerning the African continent,” Boisselier added. “On an Ivory Coast TV channel as well as in his preceding press releases, he openly condemned the French intervention of siding with Ouatarra [now the country’s new president].”
She said members of the Raelian Movement in Ivory Coast have no doubt that Remond was assassinated on orders from Paris.
“He was a fervent advocate of Rael’s peaceful solution to the crisis in Ivory Coast, a solution without military intervention,” Boisselier explained, adding that another leader of the Raelian Movement in Ivory Coast, Zadou Azael, who is also its doyen, “was manhandled by Ouatarra supporters.”
“Guide Zadou Azael was molested, assaulted, humiliated and threatened with death, then robbed of his money and his car, which were stolen by the armed, republican forces of President Ouatarra,” she said. “And it should be noted that Zadou Azael belongs to the Bete ethnic group, the same ethnic group that former President Gbagbo belonged to. Was he threatened because of his ethnicity or because of his political and religious beliefs?”
"For decades", Boisselier said, "African Raelians have been advocating a peaceful solution for conflicts on the continent."
“We’re calling for the abolition of colonial borders and restoration of the borders used by ancient kingdoms, which was land division based on ethnic groups,” she explained. “The return to those pre-colonial divisions will help restore the harmonious, interethnic relations that prevailed in Africa before Western countries imposed their new, arbitrary borders. This restoration [of original boundaries] could be achieved through the establishment of the United Kingdoms of Kama [Kama was the indigenous, precolonial term for Africa.]
“Philippe Remond has paid dearly for daringly proposing and defending these generous and conscious solutions that displease the settlers,” Boisselier concluded. “In view of his assassination and the aggression suffered by the doyen of Ivory Coast Raelians, and considering the way French Raelians are mistreated in France, we are genuinely concerned for the lives of Raelians in Ivory Coast. We therefore call for an end to military and paramilitary French Army operations in that country!”
Rael: ‘Overpopulation is the true cause of Fukushima!’
LAS VEGAS, May 9 – In a recent speech given in Japan, Rael, spiritual leader of the International Raelian Movement (IRM) commented on the Fukushima problem, saying that the Japanese government indeed made a mistake by building a plant so close to the ocean with such vulnerability to tsunamis, but he also said the Japanese government didn’t have much choice since it has 120 million citizens expecting power.
"The problem facing humanity is that we need too much electricity because we have too many people on Earth; it is overpopulated,” Rael explained.
The concept of having too many humans on Earth is not new to Raelians. The threat linked to overpopulation was clearly described in the Message given to Rael in 1973, when he met the scientists who created life on Earth,”according to the Raelian scriptures.
“With our present technology, Earth shouldn’t have more than 3 billion people. But we now have more than twice that number,” Rael said in his recent speech. “Right now, almost all of the world’s governments are criminals, not because they create nuclear plants, but because they keep pushing people to have more children – and those additional want to have more electricity and hence more facilities like Fukushima. The Fukushima crisis is a result of overpopulation!”
According to Rael, if there were only 60 million people in Japan, there would be no need for risky plants like Fukushima.
“The Japanese government is urging Japanese families to have more children,” Rael said. “That’s the real crime, not building Fukushima. The only responsible policy would be to say to every human being, as the Message of the Elohim conveyed in 1973, ‘Have less children!’ But we are having more children instead! If humanity survives – and we are not sure it will survive – maybe millions of people will die because of this mistake. And if we do survive, future humanity on Earth will judge us, those living now, and say, ‘How stupid they were!’”
Rael said the United Nations should not be attacking Libya or Syria, or checking for nuclear bombs in North Korea. The emphasis should be on population control, he said.
“The United Nations should force every country on Earth to impose limits of one child per family or per person, everywhere in the world,” he said. “Remember, when you make babies, you are committing a crime against humanity. We have arrived at this kind of funny state of affairs where giving life is giving death. For every time you give birth to a baby, you cause more death in the future because additional babies will need power.
The wise decision is to limit the population. Of course people want to love a child; it’s a beautiful thing. But if we transfer that love to loving other people, instead of loving my children, my baby, which is very selfish, we will be loving humanity.
If we start to consider humanity as our child, we don’t need this narcissistic experience of having a baby with the same face that we have.”
Rael reminded us also that if we don't fix this overpopulation problem, we will disappear. “The earth will not disappear, there is no need to save the Earth as the Earth doesn't need us, but Humanity needs the Earth to survive and that's why we must limit our number.”
He also added that it is time to learn some humility as no one at this time can fix the problems faced by Humanity: “If humanity starts to say, ‘We’ve been stupid, so let’s be a little bit more humble,’ let’s first stop having so many babies and start using the Earth’s resources in a responsible way. Let’s stop making a few people rich while everybody else is starving to death and stop making wars. There are so many things to change. But to make those changes we need to learn humility.”
In his conclusion, Rael referred back to the Messages he received in 1973 that not only predicted the problems of the times we are living now, but also gave the solutions.
"The best act of humility is to recognize the Elohim as our creators and stop thinking we are the leaders of the universe," he said. "We need to accept that some intelligences are higher than ours and welcome them with humility, love and thankfulness. Then they will help us. There is only one way out, and that is to welcome the Elohim and ask them to clean up our mess. Right now, we have thousands of scientists trying to clean Fukushima and they cannot, and it will take at least another 25 years to clean up Chernobyl. They don't know how to do it; they have no clue. The only way to solve the problem is to build the embassy and to welcome the Elohim. If we do that, they will fix it in a few seconds!"
"The problem facing humanity is that we need too much electricity because we have too many people on Earth; it is overpopulated,” Rael explained.
The concept of having too many humans on Earth is not new to Raelians. The threat linked to overpopulation was clearly described in the Message given to Rael in 1973, when he met the scientists who created life on Earth,”according to the Raelian scriptures.
“With our present technology, Earth shouldn’t have more than 3 billion people. But we now have more than twice that number,” Rael said in his recent speech. “Right now, almost all of the world’s governments are criminals, not because they create nuclear plants, but because they keep pushing people to have more children – and those additional want to have more electricity and hence more facilities like Fukushima. The Fukushima crisis is a result of overpopulation!”
According to Rael, if there were only 60 million people in Japan, there would be no need for risky plants like Fukushima.
“The Japanese government is urging Japanese families to have more children,” Rael said. “That’s the real crime, not building Fukushima. The only responsible policy would be to say to every human being, as the Message of the Elohim conveyed in 1973, ‘Have less children!’ But we are having more children instead! If humanity survives – and we are not sure it will survive – maybe millions of people will die because of this mistake. And if we do survive, future humanity on Earth will judge us, those living now, and say, ‘How stupid they were!’”
Rael said the United Nations should not be attacking Libya or Syria, or checking for nuclear bombs in North Korea. The emphasis should be on population control, he said.
“The United Nations should force every country on Earth to impose limits of one child per family or per person, everywhere in the world,” he said. “Remember, when you make babies, you are committing a crime against humanity. We have arrived at this kind of funny state of affairs where giving life is giving death. For every time you give birth to a baby, you cause more death in the future because additional babies will need power.
The wise decision is to limit the population. Of course people want to love a child; it’s a beautiful thing. But if we transfer that love to loving other people, instead of loving my children, my baby, which is very selfish, we will be loving humanity.
If we start to consider humanity as our child, we don’t need this narcissistic experience of having a baby with the same face that we have.”
Rael reminded us also that if we don't fix this overpopulation problem, we will disappear. “The earth will not disappear, there is no need to save the Earth as the Earth doesn't need us, but Humanity needs the Earth to survive and that's why we must limit our number.”
He also added that it is time to learn some humility as no one at this time can fix the problems faced by Humanity: “If humanity starts to say, ‘We’ve been stupid, so let’s be a little bit more humble,’ let’s first stop having so many babies and start using the Earth’s resources in a responsible way. Let’s stop making a few people rich while everybody else is starving to death and stop making wars. There are so many things to change. But to make those changes we need to learn humility.”
In his conclusion, Rael referred back to the Messages he received in 1973 that not only predicted the problems of the times we are living now, but also gave the solutions.
"The best act of humility is to recognize the Elohim as our creators and stop thinking we are the leaders of the universe," he said. "We need to accept that some intelligences are higher than ours and welcome them with humility, love and thankfulness. Then they will help us. There is only one way out, and that is to welcome the Elohim and ask them to clean up our mess. Right now, we have thousands of scientists trying to clean Fukushima and they cannot, and it will take at least another 25 years to clean up Chernobyl. They don't know how to do it; they have no clue. The only way to solve the problem is to build the embassy and to welcome the Elohim. If we do that, they will fix it in a few seconds!"
Rael awards Dr. Amar Bose ‘Honorary Guide for Humanity’ title
LAS VEGAS, May 9 – The Massachusetts Institute of Technology announced on April 29 that Dr. Amar Bose, the 81-year-old founder of the sound system company that bears his name, has donated the majority of the Bose Corporation’s stock to the school. Following that announcement, Rael, leader of the Raelian Movement, decided to honor Bose with the title ‘Honorary Guide for Humanity’ for using a significant portion of his wealth to help science and education rather than leave it to his children as an inheritance.
According to MIT, the donation is in the form of non-voting shares, and the school will not participate in the management or governance of the company, but it will receive annual cash dividends on its shares when Bose pays them out.
Rael has bestowed the title of Honorary Guide for Humanity upon approximately 50 individuals. Each has placed a love for justice and humanity above his or her own comfort and career and often even above concern for personal safety.
In a recent address, Rael talked about the overpopulation problem humanity is facing, which he says is the ultimate cause behind all current crises.
“Every time a baby is born, there is more death to expect in the future because [additional babies] will need power and hence more Fukushimas,” he said. “The wise decision is to limit the population. Of course people want to love a child; it’s beautiful. But if we transfer this love for our own child, which is very selfish, to loving other people, to loving humanity, if we start considering humanity as our child, we don’t need the narcissistic experience of having a baby with the same face we have.”
According to a statement released today by the Raelian Movement, Bose’s gift to MIT is in the same vein; it is a gift to humanity, to those who will benefit from an MIT education and will hopefully remember Bose’s gesture by paying it forward.
According to MIT, the donation is in the form of non-voting shares, and the school will not participate in the management or governance of the company, but it will receive annual cash dividends on its shares when Bose pays them out.
Rael has bestowed the title of Honorary Guide for Humanity upon approximately 50 individuals. Each has placed a love for justice and humanity above his or her own comfort and career and often even above concern for personal safety.
In a recent address, Rael talked about the overpopulation problem humanity is facing, which he says is the ultimate cause behind all current crises.
“Every time a baby is born, there is more death to expect in the future because [additional babies] will need power and hence more Fukushimas,” he said. “The wise decision is to limit the population. Of course people want to love a child; it’s beautiful. But if we transfer this love for our own child, which is very selfish, to loving other people, to loving humanity, if we start considering humanity as our child, we don’t need the narcissistic experience of having a baby with the same face we have.”
According to a statement released today by the Raelian Movement, Bose’s gift to MIT is in the same vein; it is a gift to humanity, to those who will benefit from an MIT education and will hopefully remember Bose’s gesture by paying it forward.
French Raelian leader’s poignant victory: 15 days into his hunger strike, French government admits that he was denied access to his work at a nuclear plant because of his religion
LAS VEGAS, May 6 – Fifteen days into his protest hunger strike in Metz, France, Kimbangu Piffer, leader of the Raelians in France, finally received an explanation from the French government as to why he could no longer access the nuclear plant at Cattenom in 2006 following a full decade of access.
A government representative in his town met with Piffer on Thursday and told him the reason he was refused access was linked to his religious beliefs. Piffer was also given access to the file pertaining to this matter.
In 2006, he received a note from the French government authority stating that he couldn't enter the plant. No explanation was given at the time, so Piffer sent numerous queries to French authorities asking the reason for the sudden change. In July 2010, Piffer was once again given access to the plant, but still had received no explanation of the denied access during the interim. In fact, until now, he had received no response whatsoever.
According to the file given to Piffer this week, “The decision [canceling access to Cattenom] was taken because Piffer was known by the security services as an important leader in the Raelian Church and close to guru Rael.” The file also states that, “These elements are an indication of vulnerability, defined as a fragility that lowers the guaranties of a person regarding protection against intelligence and malevolence as they could bring pressure of diverse kinds.”
“Thanks to Piffer’s determination, we now have written evidence that the French Government acts with discrimination against members of the Raelian Movement,” said Brigitte Boisselier, PhD, spokesperson of the Raelian Movement, in a statement released today. “They gave him back his access after La Halde, a French human rights organization, advised the French authorities that their decision violated Articles 9 and 14 of the European Convention for Human Rights and Fundamental Freedom, and that it was also against the principle of freedom of conscience. The government tried to bury the matter by refusing to answer Kimbangu’s queries, but his determination was stronger than their cowardice. Now, thanks to the file’s explicit confirmation of religious discrimination, we will sue the French government at the European Court of Human Rights.”
Boisselier added, “This is an important victory for the French Raelians. Over the last 20 years they have suffered from repeated acts of discrimination that forced many of them to leave the country. This acknowledgment from the French Government that it acted against basic human rights might open the door to fairer treatment in the future. It is a first step that the French Raelians will celebrate, and the French government can count on the fact that their leader will remind them about human rights whenever that reminder is needed. If there is someone ‘with vulnerability,’ it is clearly the French government; its policy against minorities is so out of synch with its both own constitution and that of Europe, that it surely cannot continue its discriminatory acts.”
A government representative in his town met with Piffer on Thursday and told him the reason he was refused access was linked to his religious beliefs. Piffer was also given access to the file pertaining to this matter.
In 2006, he received a note from the French government authority stating that he couldn't enter the plant. No explanation was given at the time, so Piffer sent numerous queries to French authorities asking the reason for the sudden change. In July 2010, Piffer was once again given access to the plant, but still had received no explanation of the denied access during the interim. In fact, until now, he had received no response whatsoever.
According to the file given to Piffer this week, “The decision [canceling access to Cattenom] was taken because Piffer was known by the security services as an important leader in the Raelian Church and close to guru Rael.” The file also states that, “These elements are an indication of vulnerability, defined as a fragility that lowers the guaranties of a person regarding protection against intelligence and malevolence as they could bring pressure of diverse kinds.”
“Thanks to Piffer’s determination, we now have written evidence that the French Government acts with discrimination against members of the Raelian Movement,” said Brigitte Boisselier, PhD, spokesperson of the Raelian Movement, in a statement released today. “They gave him back his access after La Halde, a French human rights organization, advised the French authorities that their decision violated Articles 9 and 14 of the European Convention for Human Rights and Fundamental Freedom, and that it was also against the principle of freedom of conscience. The government tried to bury the matter by refusing to answer Kimbangu’s queries, but his determination was stronger than their cowardice. Now, thanks to the file’s explicit confirmation of religious discrimination, we will sue the French government at the European Court of Human Rights.”
Boisselier added, “This is an important victory for the French Raelians. Over the last 20 years they have suffered from repeated acts of discrimination that forced many of them to leave the country. This acknowledgment from the French Government that it acted against basic human rights might open the door to fairer treatment in the future. It is a first step that the French Raelians will celebrate, and the French government can count on the fact that their leader will remind them about human rights whenever that reminder is needed. If there is someone ‘with vulnerability,’ it is clearly the French government; its policy against minorities is so out of synch with its both own constitution and that of Europe, that it surely cannot continue its discriminatory acts.”
French Government still silent as Raelian leader enters 14th day of hunger strike
LONDON, May 4 - According to a statement released this morning by the International Raelian Movement (IRM), the IRM's French leader is entering the 14th day of his hunger strike protest today in Metz, France.
After years of having access to sensitive locations, Kimbangu Piffer was abruptly told six years ago that he couldn’t work at the nuclear plant at Cattenom. He then asked the French authorities to explain why he was suddenly unwanted, but to date he hasn't received an answer.
“This situation illustrates the dangerous lack of respect that members of religious minorities face in France," said Brigitte Boisselier, Ph.D., spokesperson for the IRM. “No one in the government has dared to tell Kimbangu why he was suddenly unwanted in his country, and they are probably too afraid of being condemned by the International community to admit he was refused because of his religion since that is obviously a violation of human rights."
Emphasizing the urgency of the situation, Boisselier asked the international community to save the French Raelian leader .
“Kimbangu Piffer, the French Raelian now into the 14th day of his hunger strike, will not give up because his life and the lives of all French Raelians have become hell," she said. "I know him, and he has reached the limit of what any individual can take in terms of insults. He will no longer let his religion and his fellow Raelians be insulted by the government. I know he will die if the authorities don't recognize that it was a mistake to remove Piffer's access to the nuclear plant.”
Over the last week, Raelians in many countries have made plans to visit French Embassies and voice their concern about the health and safety of Piffer and the other French Raelians.
“For 20 years, public opinion has been manipulated by the French government and the media to believe there are more than 150 dangerous religious or philosophical organizations in the country, including the Raelian Movement," Boisselier said. “But no evidence has ever been presented that could prove such danger and no criminal offense has ever been reported. Nevertheless, the negative label remains, generating fear and distrust among members of the public and frustration among the Raelians who have had enough.
“Many Raelians, including myself, have already left France so that we can live our religion freely,” Boisselier said. "But Piffer has chosen to stay and fight so that his country remembers what the term "human rights" means. He said he is ready to die for that, so I deeply hope that the French government will stop ignoring the situation and give him the minimum required, which is an answer to the question he has rightfully asked for 6 years: "Why am I unwanted at Cattenom?'"
In conclusion, Boisselier said the more than 80,000 Raelians of the world will be expressing their support to Kimbangu in front of most French embassies during this week.
After years of having access to sensitive locations, Kimbangu Piffer was abruptly told six years ago that he couldn’t work at the nuclear plant at Cattenom. He then asked the French authorities to explain why he was suddenly unwanted, but to date he hasn't received an answer.
“This situation illustrates the dangerous lack of respect that members of religious minorities face in France," said Brigitte Boisselier, Ph.D., spokesperson for the IRM. “No one in the government has dared to tell Kimbangu why he was suddenly unwanted in his country, and they are probably too afraid of being condemned by the International community to admit he was refused because of his religion since that is obviously a violation of human rights."
Emphasizing the urgency of the situation, Boisselier asked the international community to save the French Raelian leader .
“Kimbangu Piffer, the French Raelian now into the 14th day of his hunger strike, will not give up because his life and the lives of all French Raelians have become hell," she said. "I know him, and he has reached the limit of what any individual can take in terms of insults. He will no longer let his religion and his fellow Raelians be insulted by the government. I know he will die if the authorities don't recognize that it was a mistake to remove Piffer's access to the nuclear plant.”
Over the last week, Raelians in many countries have made plans to visit French Embassies and voice their concern about the health and safety of Piffer and the other French Raelians.
“For 20 years, public opinion has been manipulated by the French government and the media to believe there are more than 150 dangerous religious or philosophical organizations in the country, including the Raelian Movement," Boisselier said. “But no evidence has ever been presented that could prove such danger and no criminal offense has ever been reported. Nevertheless, the negative label remains, generating fear and distrust among members of the public and frustration among the Raelians who have had enough.
“Many Raelians, including myself, have already left France so that we can live our religion freely,” Boisselier said. "But Piffer has chosen to stay and fight so that his country remembers what the term "human rights" means. He said he is ready to die for that, so I deeply hope that the French government will stop ignoring the situation and give him the minimum required, which is an answer to the question he has rightfully asked for 6 years: "Why am I unwanted at Cattenom?'"
In conclusion, Boisselier said the more than 80,000 Raelians of the world will be expressing their support to Kimbangu in front of most French embassies during this week.
International Raelian Movement claims Swiss justice conveys highly discriminatory message: ‘It’s OK to send death threats to Raelians.’
In a statement released this morning, the International Raelian Movement (IRM) said the Swiss justice looks the other way when death threats are made against Raelians.
“In 2005, just such a threat was sent to Swiss Raelians,” said Brigitte Boisselier, spokesperson for the IRM. “It included, among other insults, the words, ‘Let’s kill all the Raelians and their bastard leader,’ and, ‘Your sick Rael should be killed.’”
Boisselier said the Swiss Raelian Movement immediately filed a lawsuit. It also presented evidence of the threat to Swiss justice officials, she said. Then six years passed.
“After all this time, the Swiss justice authorities finally answered a few days ago and the message they sent is appalling,” Boisselier said. “In fact, everyone will conclude from their statement that it’s perfectly OK to send death threats to Raelians. They said the statute of limitations had been reached ‘since the facts of the case occurred on April 27, 2005.’ In other words, the file is now closed, and without having been studied by anyone in the Swiss justice over the past 6 years.”
Boisselier said the closed file represents discriminatory treatment by the Swiss justice authorities.
“It shows that hatred against religious minorities like the Raelians is deeply rooted in the Swiss society,” she said. “In fact, we’re reaching a dangerous level of discrimination close to what the Jewish people were facing in the last century. And I have no doubt that death threats against them were a source of laughter to justice officials at the time.”
Boisselier said the Raelians of Switzerland, France and Belgium have already filed complaints at the United Nations and have met several times with Asma Jahangir, the U.N. Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion and Belief, who has been receptive to the deteriorating situation of Raelians in those countries.
“This new example of obvious discrimination by the Swiss justice will be added to the already large discrimination file of the Rapporteur,” Boisselier said.
She added that the leader of the French Raelians is today entering the 14th day of his hunger strike protest in Metz, France.
“As in the Swiss matter, events leading up to this hunger strike actually started 6 years ago,” Boisselier said. “After years of having access to sensitive locations, our French leader was abruptly told that he couldn’t work at the nuclear plant at Cattenom. For 6 years, he has asked the French authorities to explain why he was suddenly unwanted, but to date he has received no answer.”
“The obvious lack of protection and respect for members of the Raelian Religion demonstrated by the governments and legal authorities in Switzerland and France urgently needs to be addressed,” Boisselier said. “They have ignored our complaints for years and have let the problem expand to a point that is now life-threatening.”
She said she had to leave France 12 years ago after losing her job and the custody of her children because of her religion.
“But my fellow Raelians still living there could now lose their lives,” she said. “That’s why we’re asking for the help of the international community, and we’re calling for everyone who still values human rights to ask the governments of France and Switzerland to respect their minorities and protect them before it’s too late.”
“In 2005, just such a threat was sent to Swiss Raelians,” said Brigitte Boisselier, spokesperson for the IRM. “It included, among other insults, the words, ‘Let’s kill all the Raelians and their bastard leader,’ and, ‘Your sick Rael should be killed.’”
Boisselier said the Swiss Raelian Movement immediately filed a lawsuit. It also presented evidence of the threat to Swiss justice officials, she said. Then six years passed.
“After all this time, the Swiss justice authorities finally answered a few days ago and the message they sent is appalling,” Boisselier said. “In fact, everyone will conclude from their statement that it’s perfectly OK to send death threats to Raelians. They said the statute of limitations had been reached ‘since the facts of the case occurred on April 27, 2005.’ In other words, the file is now closed, and without having been studied by anyone in the Swiss justice over the past 6 years.”
Boisselier said the closed file represents discriminatory treatment by the Swiss justice authorities.
“It shows that hatred against religious minorities like the Raelians is deeply rooted in the Swiss society,” she said. “In fact, we’re reaching a dangerous level of discrimination close to what the Jewish people were facing in the last century. And I have no doubt that death threats against them were a source of laughter to justice officials at the time.”
Boisselier said the Raelians of Switzerland, France and Belgium have already filed complaints at the United Nations and have met several times with Asma Jahangir, the U.N. Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion and Belief, who has been receptive to the deteriorating situation of Raelians in those countries.
“This new example of obvious discrimination by the Swiss justice will be added to the already large discrimination file of the Rapporteur,” Boisselier said.
She added that the leader of the French Raelians is today entering the 14th day of his hunger strike protest in Metz, France.
“As in the Swiss matter, events leading up to this hunger strike actually started 6 years ago,” Boisselier said. “After years of having access to sensitive locations, our French leader was abruptly told that he couldn’t work at the nuclear plant at Cattenom. For 6 years, he has asked the French authorities to explain why he was suddenly unwanted, but to date he has received no answer.”
“The obvious lack of protection and respect for members of the Raelian Religion demonstrated by the governments and legal authorities in Switzerland and France urgently needs to be addressed,” Boisselier said. “They have ignored our complaints for years and have let the problem expand to a point that is now life-threatening.”
She said she had to leave France 12 years ago after losing her job and the custody of her children because of her religion.
“But my fellow Raelians still living there could now lose their lives,” she said. “That’s why we’re asking for the help of the international community, and we’re calling for everyone who still values human rights to ask the governments of France and Switzerland to respect their minorities and protect them before it’s too late.”
French Raelian leader declares hunger strike to protest discrimination against minorities in France - Civil servant of FT/Orange now four days without food in front of Moselle Prefecture
LAS VEGAS, April 24 – In a statement released this morning, the International Raelian Movement announced a hunger strike by its national leader in France. The strike, now into its fourth day, was launched in front of the Moselle Prefecture on Thursday.
Kimbangu Mundele Piffer, technician for 32 years at FT / Orange (formerly France Telecom) said he had decided, as a last resort, to begin a hunger strike to protest discrimination against minorities in France, including Raelians. He cited 6 years of vain attempts to communicate with French administrative authorities and agencies of civil rights, including the Prefecture of Lorraine and HALDE.
“I tried everything with my employer, Halde, and with government agencies and even with the Elysee and the United Nations: correspondence, vigils, free hugs and complaints,” Piffer said. “But there was total disregard for those attempts. For six years I was an unwanted and despised citizen. The authorities will have to face up to their decision and either admit to the reason for their discrimination or watch me die, because I will not give up. The situation of the Raëlians I represent and of all religious minorities in general has become intolerable in France, and I see no other solution than to die to remind the French that human rights also apply to members of religious minorities.”
In 2005, Piffer was denied renewal of permits allowing him access to the EDF nuclear power plant of Cattenom in Lorraine, although he had previously worked in sensitive areas many times using his well-recognized professional skills. He immediately tried to learn the reasons for the non-renewal, taking multiple steps with the director and head of security at the plant, with the prefecture and with many other institutions, all to no avail. He is now convinced that he was evicted from Cattenom because of his membership in the Raelian Movement, which is a stigmatized religious minority in France.
Piffer said the French government has waged “a vile witch hunt against so-called cults for over 20 years.”
“Since the creation of the infamous blacklist of philosophical minorities established in 1995, many Raelians have suffered from assaults and some have had death threats,” Piffer said. “Others have been fired or lost custody of their children for the simple reason that they are Raelians. No media outlets and few philosophers are worried about this. Yet the only other state to have established such a blacklist was the Weimar Republic led by Chancellor Adolf Hitler. Through an enormous manipulation, an entire population believed in the merits of that list, which was established on Feb. 28, 1933.”
Piffer said French people are being manipulated today in the same way that the Germans of the 30s were manipulated, and with the same type of list.
“We will not let them reduce our freedoms any further,” he said, adding that a support committee has been formed between Raelians and members of other religious minorities, both in France and abroad, with the aim of mobilizing freedom defenders to express support for Piffer’s hunger strike.
“I thought for a long time about my decision,” Piffer said. “If my action helps to open the eyes of some of the French and can alert international authorities to the blatant disregard of human rights in France, then I will have accomplished my mission. Before sending the army to fix a supposed constitutional problem in Côte d'Ivoire and Libya, our government should ensure that it respects its own constitution, not just for the majority of people in France, but even more so for minorities. As rightly pointed out by Rael, my spiritual leader, human rights were not enacted to protect the majority. The majority is very well protected simply because it is the majority. Human rights laws were instead designed to ensure that each individual who thinks differently has the right to do so, and to share and thereby enjoy the same rights as those who follow the thoughts of the majority. I am now ready to die for my country to relearn the meaning of ‘human rights.’”
Kimbangu Mundele Piffer, technician for 32 years at FT / Orange (formerly France Telecom) said he had decided, as a last resort, to begin a hunger strike to protest discrimination against minorities in France, including Raelians. He cited 6 years of vain attempts to communicate with French administrative authorities and agencies of civil rights, including the Prefecture of Lorraine and HALDE.
“I tried everything with my employer, Halde, and with government agencies and even with the Elysee and the United Nations: correspondence, vigils, free hugs and complaints,” Piffer said. “But there was total disregard for those attempts. For six years I was an unwanted and despised citizen. The authorities will have to face up to their decision and either admit to the reason for their discrimination or watch me die, because I will not give up. The situation of the Raëlians I represent and of all religious minorities in general has become intolerable in France, and I see no other solution than to die to remind the French that human rights also apply to members of religious minorities.”
In 2005, Piffer was denied renewal of permits allowing him access to the EDF nuclear power plant of Cattenom in Lorraine, although he had previously worked in sensitive areas many times using his well-recognized professional skills. He immediately tried to learn the reasons for the non-renewal, taking multiple steps with the director and head of security at the plant, with the prefecture and with many other institutions, all to no avail. He is now convinced that he was evicted from Cattenom because of his membership in the Raelian Movement, which is a stigmatized religious minority in France.
Piffer said the French government has waged “a vile witch hunt against so-called cults for over 20 years.”
“Since the creation of the infamous blacklist of philosophical minorities established in 1995, many Raelians have suffered from assaults and some have had death threats,” Piffer said. “Others have been fired or lost custody of their children for the simple reason that they are Raelians. No media outlets and few philosophers are worried about this. Yet the only other state to have established such a blacklist was the Weimar Republic led by Chancellor Adolf Hitler. Through an enormous manipulation, an entire population believed in the merits of that list, which was established on Feb. 28, 1933.”
Piffer said French people are being manipulated today in the same way that the Germans of the 30s were manipulated, and with the same type of list.
“We will not let them reduce our freedoms any further,” he said, adding that a support committee has been formed between Raelians and members of other religious minorities, both in France and abroad, with the aim of mobilizing freedom defenders to express support for Piffer’s hunger strike.
“I thought for a long time about my decision,” Piffer said. “If my action helps to open the eyes of some of the French and can alert international authorities to the blatant disregard of human rights in France, then I will have accomplished my mission. Before sending the army to fix a supposed constitutional problem in Côte d'Ivoire and Libya, our government should ensure that it respects its own constitution, not just for the majority of people in France, but even more so for minorities. As rightly pointed out by Rael, my spiritual leader, human rights were not enacted to protect the majority. The majority is very well protected simply because it is the majority. Human rights laws were instead designed to ensure that each individual who thinks differently has the right to do so, and to share and thereby enjoy the same rights as those who follow the thoughts of the majority. I am now ready to die for my country to relearn the meaning of ‘human rights.’”
Rael supports Mugabe’s move to nationalize Western-owned companies in Zimbabwe
LAS VEGAS, April 21 – In a speech made public on Sat., April 16, Rael, founder and spiritual leader of the International Raelian Movement, congratulated and supported President Robert Mugabe’s policy of nationalizing Western-owned companies in Zimbabwe.
In a recent speech, Mugabe said his government will proceed with “the indigenization and empowerment policy and programs to ensure that resources are managed, controlled and exploited by Zimbabwe and that they benefit the majority of the people.” He also said he would appreciate having whites do business in Zimbabwe only as subordinates to the indigenous Zimbabweans in all areas of commerce.
In his own speech, Rael applauded Mugabe’s decision.
“All African countries should do the same,” he said. “Africa belongs to Africans, not to ex-colonizers who continue their colonialist behavior under the guise of powerful multinational conglomerates.”
In a previously released statement, Rael said, “All African nations should nationalize all companies and lands belonging to ex-colonialist countries or their descendants, and they should do this without paying any compensation. On the contrary, even after nationalization, the ex-colonialist countries should still pay huge reparations to cover the centuries of exploiting and pillaging African resources.”
Source: http://fr.raelafrica.org/news.php?extend.130
As another example of his consistent support of Africa, Rael has said:
“Yes, it’s truly time that Africans finally get true independence and put an end to the shame. Africans, take your destiny in your hands by rejecting as a block all foreign structures that have been imposed on you by force, whether political, religious or cultural." He added, “Africa, and in particular the resources that continue to be plundered by the former colonial powers, must belong to the Africans. Africa to the Africans!"
For more information, visit www.raelafrica.org or write to info©raelafrica.org.
In a recent speech, Mugabe said his government will proceed with “the indigenization and empowerment policy and programs to ensure that resources are managed, controlled and exploited by Zimbabwe and that they benefit the majority of the people.” He also said he would appreciate having whites do business in Zimbabwe only as subordinates to the indigenous Zimbabweans in all areas of commerce.
In his own speech, Rael applauded Mugabe’s decision.
“All African countries should do the same,” he said. “Africa belongs to Africans, not to ex-colonizers who continue their colonialist behavior under the guise of powerful multinational conglomerates.”
In a previously released statement, Rael said, “All African nations should nationalize all companies and lands belonging to ex-colonialist countries or their descendants, and they should do this without paying any compensation. On the contrary, even after nationalization, the ex-colonialist countries should still pay huge reparations to cover the centuries of exploiting and pillaging African resources.”
Source: http://fr.raelafrica.org/news.php?extend.130
As another example of his consistent support of Africa, Rael has said:
“Yes, it’s truly time that Africans finally get true independence and put an end to the shame. Africans, take your destiny in your hands by rejecting as a block all foreign structures that have been imposed on you by force, whether political, religious or cultural." He added, “Africa, and in particular the resources that continue to be plundered by the former colonial powers, must belong to the Africans. Africa to the Africans!"
For more information, visit www.raelafrica.org or write to info©raelafrica.org.
Raelian guide: ‘Rael’s assertion that 24 hours per week of water-only fasting increases life span and promotes a healthier body has been proven conclusively correct by a recent study.’
LONDON, April 8 – “The Raelian Movement’s assertions are once again proven and are now widely reported to be correct,” said Marcus Wenner, Ph.D, a Raelian guide in the United Kingdom.
He said the Raelian Movement teaches techniques that have always claimed to promote a happier and healthier mind and body, including key teachings that include fasting or a calorie-restricted diet. According to Wenner, these teachings were given to Rael, leader of the Raelian Movement, almost 40 years ago by an advanced race of human scientists who claimed to have created all life on Earth.
Wenner described a study in which doctors followed the health and habits of more than 200 residents in the state of Utah, where fasting for at least one day a month is a way of life for many Mormons. X-ray scans revealed narrowing of the arteries in around 75 per cent of those people who didn’t fast compared to only 63 per cent of those who did. Fasting also appeared to more than halve the odds of developing diabetes, according to the study, which was presented at the American College of Cardiology conference.
“The Raelian Movement has taught for several decades the huge benefits to our bodies if we do a 24-hour fast once a week and drink only pure water,” Wenner said. “To ensure in the recent study that the results were not due only to fasters having healthier lifestyles, the researchers carried out a second study on people who were not regular fasters.
This second group ate nothing for 24 hours while drinking only water. They underwent a series of health checks and were also monitored while eating normally. The tests revealed that water-only fasting triggers a significant surge in human growth hormone, a hormone credited with speeding up metabolism and burning off fat.”
Wenner said that with each passing week, new independent studies are published that prove Raelian teachings have always been huge leaps ahead of established thinking.
“Surely we are arriving at the unavoidable position of having to ask ourselves, ‘What else was Rael correct about?’” Wenner commented. “Evidence in Rael’s favor and the Raelian Movement’s favor is stacking up daily!”
Wenner said the Raelian Movement has often been ridiculed for its claims.
“Some out-of-touch people may still think the assertions made by the Raelian Movement are far out, crazy or wacky,” he said. “But the truth is now becoming apparent and is being backed up by modern scientific discoveries on a daily basis. The Raelian teachings contain the truth of our origins as well as a revolutionary philosophy that will help all of us to live happier, healthier lives.”
He said the Raelian Movement teaches techniques that have always claimed to promote a happier and healthier mind and body, including key teachings that include fasting or a calorie-restricted diet. According to Wenner, these teachings were given to Rael, leader of the Raelian Movement, almost 40 years ago by an advanced race of human scientists who claimed to have created all life on Earth.
Wenner described a study in which doctors followed the health and habits of more than 200 residents in the state of Utah, where fasting for at least one day a month is a way of life for many Mormons. X-ray scans revealed narrowing of the arteries in around 75 per cent of those people who didn’t fast compared to only 63 per cent of those who did. Fasting also appeared to more than halve the odds of developing diabetes, according to the study, which was presented at the American College of Cardiology conference.
“The Raelian Movement has taught for several decades the huge benefits to our bodies if we do a 24-hour fast once a week and drink only pure water,” Wenner said. “To ensure in the recent study that the results were not due only to fasters having healthier lifestyles, the researchers carried out a second study on people who were not regular fasters.
This second group ate nothing for 24 hours while drinking only water. They underwent a series of health checks and were also monitored while eating normally. The tests revealed that water-only fasting triggers a significant surge in human growth hormone, a hormone credited with speeding up metabolism and burning off fat.”
Wenner said that with each passing week, new independent studies are published that prove Raelian teachings have always been huge leaps ahead of established thinking.
“Surely we are arriving at the unavoidable position of having to ask ourselves, ‘What else was Rael correct about?’” Wenner commented. “Evidence in Rael’s favor and the Raelian Movement’s favor is stacking up daily!”
Wenner said the Raelian Movement has often been ridiculed for its claims.
“Some out-of-touch people may still think the assertions made by the Raelian Movement are far out, crazy or wacky,” he said. “But the truth is now becoming apparent and is being backed up by modern scientific discoveries on a daily basis. The Raelian teachings contain the truth of our origins as well as a revolutionary philosophy that will help all of us to live happier, healthier lives.”
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