The Aum Shinrikyo Report: Assessment of a Terror Cult

Aum Ahinrikyo/Aleph

Aum Shinrikyo means the “Supreme Truth” and its spiritual leader and founder is Shoko Asahara (born as Chizuo Matsumoto).1   Aum Shinrikyo officially disbanded in 2000 and many of its former members now are part of the new group Aleph.2  Aleph is the first letter in the Hebrew alphabet.
 


1.  Sopko, John. Global Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction. Senate Government Affairs Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations. 1995.
2. Hoffman, Bruce. Inside Terrorism. Columbia University Press. Revised and Expanded Edition, 2006.
 
 

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