Aum Sect/Shoko Asahara - http://www.rickross.com/groups/asahara.html
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. |
BBC News - Profile: Shoko Asahara - http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3504237.stm
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? - http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol5no4/olson.htm
The group's sarin gas attacks and unsuccessful attempts to release botulin toxin and anthrax spores, funding sources, and background. |
FAS: Aum Supreme Truth (Aum) - http://www.fas.org/irp/world/para/aum.htm
Description, activities, strength, area of operation and external aid. Links to additional resources. From the Federation of American Scientists. USA. |