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Aleph (Aum Shinrikyo successor)
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Direct successor organisation to Aum Shinrikyo. Renamed Aleph in 2000. Under continuous Japanese Public Security Intelligence Agency surveillance. Continues to retain ≈1,500 members despite legal restrictions.
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Information Control7/10
Thought Control8/10
Emotional Control7/10
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0 — direct successor to Aum Shinrikyo; under continuous Japanese Public Security surveillance.
Profile facts
Founded
2000 (Aum successor)
Members
Approximately 1,500 (2026).
Active in
Asia
In context
Aleph continues Asahara's Aum Shinrikyo teachings under modified leadership. The Japanese Public Security Intelligence Agency renews surveillance designation periodically; Aleph and the related Hikari no Wa continue under restrictive monitoring. Multiple Aleph members have been prosecuted for individual offences post-2000.
Key control doctrines
- Continuation of Asahara teachings
- Communal commitment
Recovery resources
- INFORM (Information Network on Religious Movements) — LSE-founded UK research-based information service; substantial Aum Shinrikyo / Aleph successor archive.
- ICSA (International Cultic Studies Association) — ICSA archive carries Lifton's Aum analysis and post-Asahara successor-group material.
- Freedom of Mind Resource Center — Steven Hassan's organisation; BITE-model resources covering Aum lineage.
- HAYAT-Deutschland — German family-support service for relatives of people in violent religious movements; methodologically relevant to Aleph cases.
See the full curated list at /resources.
Legal cases & controversies
- Continuous PSIA surveillance
- Multiple individual member prosecutions
Evidence by BITE axis
Thought Control
- Direct successor to convicted terror organisation
- Continuous Japanese state surveillance
- Substantial communal commitment
- Asahara veneration continues despite his 2018 execution
- Continuation of Asahara teachings
- Communal commitment
- under continuous Japanese Public Security surveillance
Timeline
- 2000Aleph renames from Aum Shinrikyo
- 2018Asahara executed
- ContinuousPSIA surveillance renewals
Evidence matrix
Structured sources cross-linked to the claims they document. Tiered per the source hierarchy. For free-text citations see the Sources section below.
Sources
- Japanese PSIA reports search ↗
- Various Japanese press coverage search ↗
- Order Recommending that Each Entity Listed as of 23 July 2004, in the Regulations Establishing a List of Entities Remain a Listed Entity — http://laws.justice.gc.ca/eng/regulations/SI-2004-155/FullText.html?pedisable=true open ↗
- EU terrorist list — http://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/policies/fight-against-terrorism/terrorist-list open ↗
- The White Paper on Police 2009 — http://www.npa.go.jp/english/kokusai9/WHITE_PAPER_on_POLICE2009.htm open ↗
- Bacillus anthracis Bioterrorism Incident, Kameido, Tokyo, 1993 — https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3322761 open ↗
- Aum Shinrikyo: Once and Future Threat? — https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2627754 open ↗
- PSIA (Public Security Investigative Agency) report — http://www.moj.go.jp/ENGLISH/PSIA/psia01-04.html open ↗
- Japan Executes Cult Leader Behind 1995 Sarin Gas Subway Attack — https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/05/world/asia/japan-cult-execute-sarin.html open ↗
- Tokyo Sarin attack: Aum Shinrikyo cult leaders executed — https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-43395483 open ↗
- Tokyo Sarin attack: Japan executes last Aum Shinrikyo members on death row — https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-44962581 open ↗
- US removes 5 groups from terror blacklist, retains al-Qaida — https://apnews.com/article/eta-al-qaida-united-states-government-and-politics-middle-east-20a3957d42039f94fbf7b9a09b0fae30 open ↗
- Surveillance of Aum successor cults extended three more years — http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/01/24/national/crime-legal/aum-successor-groups-remain-surveillance-three-years open ↗
- Court lets Aum splinter group Hikari no Wa off surveillance but keeps Aleph in check — https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/09/25/national/crime-legal/court-lets-aum-splinter-group-hikari-no-wa-off-surveillance-keeps-aleph-check/ open ↗
- Did Aum Change Everything? — https://www.researchgate.net/publication/261979084 open ↗
- What is the origin of the name al-Qaida? — https://www.theguardian.com/books/2002/aug/24/alqaida.sciencefictionfantasyandhorror open ↗
- The Cult at the End of the World — https://www.wired.com/1996/07/aum/ open ↗
- Scholarship, Aum Shinrikyô, and Academic Integrity — https://doi.org/10.1525%2Fnr.2000.3.2.368 open ↗
- Nous ne sommes pas Charlie: Voices that mock authority in Japan muzzled — http://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2015/01/26/issues/nous-ne-sommes-pas-charlie-voices-mock-authority-japan-muzzled open ↗
- Bacillus anthracis Bioterrorism Incident, Kameido, Tokyo, 1993 — Emerging Infectious Diseases (2004) — https://doi.org/10.3201%2Feid1001.030238 open ↗
- Dead Sheep Tell No Tales: Aum Shinrikyo's Alleged Sarin Tests in Australia Never Happened — https://doi.org/10.1080/1057610X.2025.2494251 open ↗
- Dead Sheep Tell No Tales: Aum Shinrikyo’s Alleged Sarin Tests in Australia Never Happened — Studies in Conflict & Terrorism (2025) — https://doi.org/10.1080%2F1057610X.2025.2494251 open ↗
- Aum Shinrikyo: Once and Future Threat? — Emerging Infectious Diseases (1999) — https://doi.org/10.3201%2Feid0504.990409 open ↗
- The use of VX as a terrorist agent: action by Aum Shinrikyo of Japan and the death of Kim Jong-Nam in Malaysia: four case studies — https://doi.org/10.1080%2F23779497.2020.1801352 open ↗
- The Asahara Trial: Aum member explains VX attack — https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/1999/11/04/national/the-asahara-trial-aum-member-explains-vx-attack/ open ↗
- The use of VX as a terrorist agent: action by Aum Shinrikyo of Japan and the death of Kim Jong-Nam in Malaysia: four case studies — https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Syringe-and-tube-used-to-injure-two-victims-The-photographs-were-given-to-Tu-by_fig1_343395749 open ↗
- Skin on Fire: A Firsthand Account of a VX Attack — https://www.wsj.com/articles/skin-on-fire-a-firsthand-account-of-a-vx-attack-1487937315 open ↗
- Aum Shinrikyo cult fugitive turns himself in after 16 years — https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/jan/01/aum-shinri-kyo-fugitive open ↗
- Japan cultists sentenced to death — https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/837000.stm open ↗
- Cultist says Asahara ordered 1,000 machineguns be made — https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2000/07/08/national/cultist-says-asahara-ordered-1000-machineguns-be-made/ open ↗
- Hijacker Used Clay, Water as Fake Weapons — https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-06-25-mn-17159-story.html open ↗
- Aum Shinrikyo cult fugitive surrenders to Japan police — https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-16377178 open ↗
- 16-year Aum fugitive mum on life on run — http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120102x1.html open ↗
- Last Aum cult fugitive Katsuya Takahashi arrested in Japan — https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-18453996 open ↗
- Japan hangs seven members of doomsday cult that attacked subway with sarin — https://www.reuters.com/article/us-japan-crime-sarin/several-ex-members-of-japan-doomsday-cult-including-leader-executed-media-idUSKBN1JW009 open ↗
- Profiles of top Aum Shinrikyo members, including six still on death row — https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/07/06/national/crime-legal/profiles-top-aum-shinrikyo-members-including-six-still-death-row open ↗
- Top court: 2nd daughter gets executed Aum guru's remains — https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/14388551 open ↗
- Japanese Lotus Millenialism — https://www.princeton.edu/~jstone/Articles%20on%20the%20Lotus%20Sutra%20Tendai%20and%20Nichiren%20Buddhism/Japanese%20Lotus%20Millenialism%20-%20From%20Militant%20Nationalism%20to%20Con.pdf open ↗
- Millennialism in Relation to Buddhism — https://www.jstor.org/stable/178116 open ↗
- Millennialism in Relation to Buddhism — Comparative Studies in Society and History (1970) — https://doi.org/10.1017%2FS0010417500005983 open ↗
- Two cases of pseudologia phantastica: Consideration from the viewpoint of forensic psychiatry — https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1440-1819.1997.tb02581.x open ↗
- Two cases of pseudologia phantastica: Consideration from the viewpoint of forensic psychiatry — Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences (1997) — https://doi.org/10.1111%2Fj.1440-1819.1997.tb02581.x open ↗
- Religious Terrorism in Japan: The Fatal Appeal of Aum Shinrikyo — Asian Survey (1995) — https://doi.org/10.2307%2F2645835 open ↗
- Japan Sect's Name Change Brings Confusion and Fear — https://www.nytimes.com/2000/01/24/world/japan-sect-s-name-change-brings-confusion-and-fear.html open ↗
- Aum cult blames leader for gas attack — https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/608770.stm open ↗
- Ouchi gets eight years for role in cultist killing — https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2000/11/07/national/ouchi-gets-eight-years-for-role-in-cultist-killing/ open ↗
- Lower House panel approves bills to crack down on Aum — http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5 open ↗
- Authorities uncover Aum cult cell in Moscow: Russian media — https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/10/21/national/crime-legal/authorities-uncover-aum-cult-cell-moscow-russian-media/#.VioP93bP1qY open ↗
- Japanese police raid cult offices — https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/5351376.stm open ↗
- Last trial brings dark Aum era to end — http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20111122i1.html open ↗
- Aum may be gone in name but guru still has following — http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20111121x2.html open ↗
- Aum cultists inspire a new generation of admirers — http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/03/20/national/social-issues/aum-cultists-inspire-a-new-generation-of-admirers open ↗
- Aum Shinrikyo: The Japanese cult behind the Tokyo Sarin attack — https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-35975069 open ↗
- Offices of Aum successor Aleph raided over recruiting practices — https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/11/13/national/crime-legal/offices-aum-successor-adelph-raided-recruiting-practices open ↗
- Court lets Aum splinter group Hikari no Wa off surveillance but keeps Aleph in check — https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article-expired/ open ↗
- Scholarship, Aum Shinrikyô, and Academic Integrity — Nova Religio (2000) — https://dx.doi.org/10.1525%2Fnr.2000.3.2.368 open ↗
- Bacillus anthracis Bioterrorism Incident, Kameido, Tokyo, 1993 — Emerging Infectious Diseases (2004) — https://dx.doi.org/10.3201%2Feid1001.030238 open ↗
- The use of VX as a terrorist agent: action by Aum Shinrikyo of Japan and the death of Kim Jong-Nam in Malaysia: four case studies — https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23779497.2020.1801352 open ↗
- Aum Shinrikyo: Once and Future Threat? — Emerging Infectious Diseases (1999) — https://dx.doi.org/10.3201%2Feid0504.990409 open ↗
- Religious Terrorism in Japan: The Fatal Appeal of Aum Shinrikyo — Asian Survey (1995) — https://dx.doi.org/10.2307%2F2645835 open ↗
- Aum Shinrikyo guru Shoko Asahara and six other cultists hanged for mass murders: officials — https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/07/06/national/crime-legal/aum-shinrikyo-guru-shoko-asahara-hanged-mass-murder-reports/#.Wz905RwnbJM open ↗
- Japón captura al último fugitivo del atentado con gas sarín en Tokio en 1995 — http://www.abc.es/20120615/internacional/abci-japones-sarin-arrestado-201206151113.html open ↗
- Kyle B. Olson, « Aum Shinrikyo: Once and Future Threat? » sur le site du CDC — https://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/eid/vol5no4/olson.htm open ↗
- Page Aum Shinrikyo sur START — http://www.start.umd.edu/start/data_collections/tops/terrorist_organization_profile.asp?id=3956 open ↗
- Aum sur la liste des organisations terroristes de UMD — http://www.start.umd.edu/tops/terrorist_organization_profile.asp?id=3956 open ↗
- sur publicsafety.gc.ca — http://www.publicsafety.gc.ca/prg/ns/le/cle-eng.aspx open ↗
- Sur europa.eu — http://eeas.europa.eu/cfsp/sanctions/consol-list_en.htm open ↗
- Foreign Terrorist Organizations — https://www.state.gov/foreign-terrorist-organizations/ open ↗
- Um mouthpiece Joyu freed from prison, returns to cult — http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/1999/12/29/national/aum-mouthpiece-joyu-freed-from-prison-returns-to-cult/#.Vp-GxUbV-uB open ↗
- Aum victim keeps memory alive via film — http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20100309f1.html open ↗
- Institute of International studies, James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies — http://cns.miis.edu/reports/pdfs/aum_chrn.pdfMonterey open ↗
- Détails accablants sur la culpabilité du gourou de la secte Aum au Japon », _Libération_, 26 avril 1996 — http://www.liberation.fr/monde/0101176856-details-accablants-sur-la-culpabilite-du-gourou-de-la-secte-aum-au-japon open ↗
- VX survivor recalls brush with Aum assassin in ’95 — https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/02/25/national/japanese-survivor-recalls-cult-used-vx-attack-tokyo-1995/#.Wz-K35MyWUk open ↗
- Le chef de la police blessé dans un attentat à Tokyo — http://www.liberation.fr/planete/1995/03/31/le-chef-de-la-police-blesse-dans-un-attentat-a-tokyo_125343 open ↗
- Lower House panel approves bills to crack down on Aum — http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn19991117a1.html open ↗
- Surveillance of Aum to continue on grounds it still poses threat to public — http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20030119a8.html open ↗
- Court clears way for cult member's execution — http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2005/04/07/1340716.htm open ↗
- Mit Giftgas wollte die Aum-Sekte den Weltuntergang vorbereiten — https://www.welt.de/geschichte/article206667993/Anschlag-in-Tokio-1995-Mit-Giftgas-den-Weltuntergang-vorbereiten.html open ↗
- 宗教年鑑 – „Religionsjahrbuch“. — https://www.bunka.go.jp/tokei_hakusho_shuppan/hakusho_nenjihokokusho/shukyo_nenkan/pdf/r03nenkan.pdf open ↗
- XI – National Cultural Facilities. — https://www.bunka.go.jp/english/pdf/chapter_11.pdf open ↗
- Religious Terrorism in Japan: The Fatal Appeal of Aum Shinrikyo — https://www.jstor.org/stable/2645835 open ↗
- Terrorism in Japan: The Fatal Appeal of Aum Shinrikyo — https://www.jstor.org/stable/2645835Religious open ↗
- The God in Exile a Visit with the Leader of Tibet, the Subject of a New Movie, but a Star without A Stage — https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,987571-2,00.html open ↗
- Aum Shinrikyo. — http://religiousmovements.lib.virginia.edu/nrms/aums.html open ↗
- Shoko Tactics — https://www.theguardian.com/world/1995/may/16/japan.fromthearchive open ↗
- Jenny Lee – The Evils of Aum Shinrikyo and Japanese Society — https://scholarship.tricolib.brynmawr.edu/server/api/core/bitstreams/af7ef93d-c540-45b1-b115-55eb770270f6/content open ↗
- cambridge.org — https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/prehospital-and-disaster-medicine/article/abs/aum-shinrikyo-and-the-japanese-law-on-bioterrorism/25804EA9BD5CC93DFCADBE60945BA69A open ↗
- Anschlag mit Toxin — https://www.babs.admin.ch/content/babs-internet/de/aufgabenbabs/gefaehrdrisiken/natgefaehrdanalyse/gefaehrddossier/_jcr_content/contentPar/accordion/accordionItems/gesellschaftsbedingt/accordionPar/downloadlist/downloadItems/163_1604483644026.download/36-Anschlag-Toxin-GD-de.pdf open ↗
- Die Geschichte der japanischen Sekte, die mit Yoga, Schlamm und Giftgas gegen den Weltuntergang kämpfte — https://www.vice.com/de/article/gy3xex/japanische-sekte-omu-shinrikyo-shoko-asahara-tokio-giftgas open ↗
- tandfonline.com — https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/09546559908427537?journalCode=ftpv20 open ↗
- doi:10.1016/S1473-3099(03)00804-1 — https://doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(03 open ↗
- Aum Shinrikyo and Weapons of Mass Destruction: A Case Study. — https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.167.7334&rep=rep1&type=pdf open ↗
- Public Security Intelligence Agency — http://www.moj.go.jp/psia/ITH/organizations/index.html open ↗
- “Currently listed entities” — http://www.publicsafety.gc.ca/cnt/ntnl-scrt/cntr-trrrsm/lstd-ntts/crrnt-lstd-ntts-eng.aspx open ↗
- “Foreign Terrorist Organizations” — https://www.state.gov/j/ct/rls/other/des/123085.htm open ↗
- “オウム真理教 | 国際テロリズム要覧（Web版） — http://www.moj.go.jp/psia/ITH/organizations/ES_E-asia_oce/aum.html open ↗
- 平成7合(わ)141 殺人等 平成16年2月27日 東京地方裁判所 — http://www.courts.go.jp/app/files/hanrei_jp/572/005572_hanrei.pdf open ↗
- 平成7合(わ)141 殺人等 平成16年2月27日 東京地方裁判所 — https://www.courts.go.jp/assets/hanrei/hanrei-pdf-5572.pdf open ↗
- オウム真理教 | 国際テロリズム要覧（Web版） — https://www.moj.go.jp/psia/ITH/organizations/E-asia/aum.html open ↗
- “A decade after the Tokyo sarin attack: a review of neurological follow-up of the victims” — https://doi.org/10.7205/MILMED.172.6.607 open ↗
- A Decade after the Tokyo Sarin Attack: A Review of Neurological Follow-Up of the Victims — Military Medicine (2007) — https://doi.org/10.7205%2FMILMED.172.6.607 open ↗
- オウム教祖判決 傷あと 「麻原」判決を前に 5:教祖 失意重ね、一線越す — http://www.asahi.com/special/matsumoto/kizuato/040226.html open ↗
- 平成7年刑（わ）894号等犯人蔵匿，犯人隠避，殺人，殺人未遂，監禁，死体損壊被告事件 — https://www.courts.go.jp/assets/hanrei/hanrei-pdf-5817.pdf open ↗
- オウムを追い出した村、代償9.2億円 熊本・波野は今 — https://www.asahi.com/articles/ASL765H47L76TIPE03X.html open ↗
- 裁判でも続いた麻原劇場 殺人を正当化した教祖の狂気 ＜麻原彰晃の真実（3）＞ — https://dot.asahi.com/articles/-/114930?page=1 open ↗
- 1988: Thousands die in Halabja gas attack — http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/march/16/newsid_4304000/4304853.stm open ↗
- No.950 横浜駅などで発生した異臭事件（1） — https://www.niph.go.jp/h-crisis/archives/83735/ open ↗
- 平成18年(し)第202号 — https://www.courts.go.jp/app/hanrei_jp/detail2?id=33538 open ↗
- 死刑確定囚13人、全員執行 オウム真理教事件 — https://www.asahi.com/articles/ASL787HXWL78UTIL01K.html open ↗
- 10.24546/81010890 — https://doi.org/10.24546%2F81010890 open ↗
- 1.タントリズムとオウム真理教(III.「宗教体験」としてのオウム真理教,ワークショップ(2)「宗教」としてのオウム真理教) — https://doi.org/10.20594/religionandsociety.2.Suppl_72 open ↗
- 10.20594/religionandsociety.2.Suppl_72 — https://doi.org/10.20594%2Freligionandsociety.2.Suppl_72 open ↗
- AUM SHINRIKYO (AUM) — https://state.gov/md195553.htm#aum open ↗
- Country Reports on Terrorism 2011 — https://www.state.gov/documents/organization/195768.pdf open ↗
- Sarin Gas Attack in Matsumoto Marks 20th Anniversary — https://blogs.wsj.com/japanrealtime/2014/06/27/sarin-gas-attack-in-matsumoto-marks-20th-anniversary/?mod=WSJ_Japan_JapanRealTime open ↗
- Timing of AUM mass executions questioned; possible link to end of Heisei era — https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20180707/p2a/00m/0na/008000c open ↗
- Иск к телеканалу «2Х2». «Аум Синрикё» хотят заставить оплатить лечение учеников — http://kommersant.ru/doc/92539 open ↗
- His material highness — http://www.salon.com/news/1998/07/13news.html open ↗
- The Dalai Lama: A very earthly representative — https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/faith/the-dalai-lama-a-very-earthly-representative-2134033.html open ↗
- Annual Report 2009 Review and Prospect of Internal and Extarnal Situations — http://www.moj.go.jp/content/000020031.pdf open ↗
- Asahara Shoko — http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/37639/Asahara-Shoko/ open ↗
- Chronology of Aum Shinrikyo’s CBW Activities — http://cns.miis.edu/reports/pdfs/aum_chrn.pdf open ↗
- Psychology of Terrorism — https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/grants/208552.pdf open ↗
- Guardians at the Gates of Hell Estimating the Risk of Nuclear Theft and Terrorism – and Identifying the Highest-Priority Risks of Nuclear Theft — http://esd.mit.edu/people/dissertations/bunn.pdf open ↗
- Behind the Curve. Globalization and International Terrorism — http://belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu/files/88504_cronin.pdf open ↗
- Different Dreams: An Examination of America' and Japan's National Characters — http://cardinalscholar.bsu.edu/bitstream/handle/191203/1/K64_2009KoenigToriA.pdf open ↗
- Open Literature Review of Threats Including Sabotage and Theft of Fissile Material Transport in Japan — http://prod.sandia.gov/techlib/access-control.cgi/2005/050414.pdf open ↗
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- 2026-05-20Score band scheme migrated from 4 bands to 5 (Minimal 0–5 / Low 6–12 / Moderate 13–20 / High 21–30 / Extreme 31–40). No CLCI value changed; the new Minimal band was carved out of the bottom of the previous Low band.
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Frequently asked questions
Q.Is Aleph a cult?
CLCI Hub deliberately avoids the binary label "cult." Instead it places groups on a transparent 0–40 spectrum of documented control using Steven Hassan's BITE model (Behaviour, Information, Thought, Emotional). Aleph scores 29 out of 40 — "High Control", at high confidence. The score describes documented control patterns, not a judgement of members' sincerity or beliefs; many members do not personally experience the patterns listed.
Q.What is Aleph's CLCI score?
Aleph scores 29 out of 40 on the Cult-Like Control Index, which falls in the "High" band. That total is the sum of four BITE axes — Behaviour 7, Information 7, Thought 8, Emotional 7 — plus a signed modifier of +0 for aggravating or mitigating factors.
Q.Why does Aleph score 29 on the CLCI?
The score reflects publicly documented patterns including: Direct successor to convicted terror organisation; Continuous Japanese state surveillance; Substantial communal commitment; Asahara veneration continues despite his 2018 execution. These map onto the BITE axes of behaviour, information, thought, and emotional control, and a signed modifier of +0 is applied for factors such as financial demands, leadership accountability, and exit costs. Every claim is backed by the citations in the Sources section on this page.
Q.How reliable is the Aleph rating?
This profile is rated High confidence. High confidence means the score is backed by court records, academic work, and/or sustained investigative journalism. CLCI scores are not fixed — they are revised whenever new public evidence appears, and groups that reform can score lower over time.
Q.Where can I get help regarding Aleph?
If you or someone you care about is affected by Aleph, start with the Recovery resources listed on this page. General cult-aware support is available from the International Cultic Studies Association (icsahome.com) and the Freedom of Mind Resource Center (freedomofmind.com). CLCI Hub is an educational resource, not a crisis service — if anyone is in immediate danger, contact local emergency services.
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Disclaimer. This profile is an educational summary based on publicly available reports. Many members of this group do not experience the patterns described. Individual congregations and chapters vary widely. If you or someone you know needs support, contact a licensed therapist or the International Cultic Studies Association.