Web Directory

» 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.
   http://www.rickross.com/groups/asahara.html

» 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.
   http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3504237.stm

» 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.
   http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol5no4/olson.htm

» 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.
   http://www.fas.org/irp/world/para/aum.htm