Soka Gakkai Italian Buddhist Institute

The Soka Gakkai Italian Buddhist Institute (Italian: Istituto Buddista Italiano Soka Gakkai) is the Italian section of Soka Gakkai, a Japanese Buddhist religious movement, and, consequently, of the Soka Gakkai International organisation (hence the acronyms SGI-Italia and SGI-I).

The SGI-Italia was founded in 1998 on the ashes of the Soka Gakkai Italian Association (1993), whose precursors were active since the late 1970s.[1][2]

In 2015 the SGI-I, which counts 75,000 members,[2] signed an agreement with the Italian government, in accordance with article 8 of the Italian Constitution (which regulates the relations with religious minorities), but the agreement has not yet become law[3][4] (the rapporteur in the Senate is Roberto Calderoli of Lega Nord).[5][6]

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  1. ↑ http://www.sgi-italia.org/sokagakkai/IBISG-QuandoNasce.php
  2. 1 2 http://www.cesnur.com/il-buddhismo-in-italia/la-soka-gakkai/
  3. ↑ http://presidenza.governo.it/USRI/confessioni/intese_indice.html
  4. ↑ http://presidenza.governo.it/USRI/confessioni/doc/IBISG_intesa_firmata.PDF
  5. ↑ http://www.senato.it/leg/17/BGT/Schede/Ddliter/46361.htm
  6. ↑ http://www.publicpolicy.it/ddl-rapporti-italia-soka-gakkai-58029.html
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