Sectarian drifts: These new movements that are surfing the pandemic.

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New wellness gurus have taken advantage of the covid 19 pandemic and the uncertainties of our world to win over new followers © Pixabay_kaboompics

By: Chantal Lorho Follow |

Charlie Dupiot Follow

1 min

A myriad of sectarian movements have grown in importance in recent years.

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New well-being gurus who have taken advantage of the covid 19 pandemic and the uncertainties of our world to seduce new followers, the internet offering them another field of expression.

In France, Mivilude, the interministerial mission for vigilance and the fight against sectarian aberrations, recorded more than 3,000 reports in 2020, which is almost 40% more than in 2015. In a pioneer country in the fight against sectarian drifts, the public authorities seem to have let their guard down while nearly half a million French people are concerned by sectarian phenomena.

What are the contours of these new movements of influence?

What do they say about our societies?  

With :

Timothée de Rauglaudre

, journalist, co-author of

Jean-Loup Adenor,

 journalist, co-author of 

Marie Drilhon

, president of the Association for the

Yvelines, member of the

The testimony of Enzo collected by 

.

Enzo is 21 years old and grew up with the theology of Jehovah's Witnesses, a movement whose sectarian aberrations are denounced.

He tells us how he was brainwashed.  

The testimony of Enzo, a former Jehovah's Witness gathered by Charlie Dupiot

Musical programming: 

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- Orelsan 

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- Bernard Lavilliers 

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