BBC News - Profile: Shoko Asahara
Profile of Shoko Asahara, who led Japan's Aum Shinrikyo cult which carried out the 1995 sarin gas attack in Tokyo.
CDC: Aum Shinrikyo: Once and Future Threat?
The group's sarin gas attacks and unsuccessful attempts to release botulin toxin and anthrax spores, funding sources, and background.
Aum Shinrikyo/Aleph in the News
Collection of articles and links in chronological order on Aum and its newly recreated form, from Cults on Campus, a cult watchdog group.
FAS: Aum Supreme Truth (Aum)
Description, activities, strength, area of operation and external aid. Links to additional resources. From the Federation of American Scientists. USA.
ICT: Aum Shinrikyo
Articles, links, updates and history of attacks. From The International Policy Institute for Counter-Terrorism. Israel.
Japan Times - Chronology of Aum Developments
Gives a 20 year synopsis of events of the Aum Shinri Kyo, up to the death sentence handed down to its leader.
Aum Sect/Shoko Asahara
Database of news article on Aum and its founder, including historical background, criminal prosecutions, claims against Aum, government action, public reaction to Aum, and protests against the cult.
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