Aum Shinrikyo: A Short History Of A Deadly Cult
The beginning and not quite end of the cult responsible for the 1995 Tokyo subway sarin gas attacks
1984: Shoko Asahara, a visually impaired yogi, forms "Aum Shinsen no Kai," later renames it Aum Shinrikyo. It mixes elements of yoga, Buddhism, and other religions and begins recruiting college students and intellectuals.
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