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Please help improve this article by adding reliable references . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed (January 2007) This article may require cleanup to meet Wikipedia's quality standards Please improve this article if you can. The talk page may contain suggestions. (January 2009) Deprogramming refers to actions that attempt to force a person to abandon allegiance to a religious, political, economic, or social group. Methods and practices may involve kidnapping and coercion Similar actions, when done without force, are called " exit counseling Deprogramming is often commissioned by relatives, often parents of adult children, who object to someone's membership in an organization or group. The person in question is taken against his/her will, which has led to controversies over freedom of religion, kidnapping and civil rights. The validity and legality of involuntary deprogramming has been attacked by members of new religious movements , by the ACLU , and by professor Eileen Barker and other scholars. Their common argument asserts that it is dangerous and illegal to kidnap someone from any organization in which they voluntarily participate. Barker further argues that if the involuntary deprogramming fails then it will only widen the rift between the member of the new religious movement and his or her family. | |
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