"Yoshirou Fujikura, the 'Religious Troublemaker', demands money following the desecration of the Gohonzon!! The astonishing content of the demand - audio data released"

Today, September 18, 2018, around 11:20 AM, 'religious troublemaker' Yoshirou Fujikura demanded 3 million yen from the headquarters of the religious organization.

On Tuesday, September 11, last week, Fujikura and others committed an unprecedented act of serious desecration against faith by kicking the Gohonzon, which is the object of worship, obtained without permission from our religious organization.

Since Fujikura, who does not hold our faith, possessing the Gohonzon would defile the deities, our religious organization had notified Fujikura via certified mail to promptly return the Gohonzon in his possession.

Then today, the 18th, Fujikura called the headquarters of the religious organization and proposed to the public relations officer who responded, "I received it from a former believer who bought it for 3 million yen. If it's to be returned, I would like to receive 3 million yen in exchange, so I can return it to the former believer."

Although he claims it's about the former believer, in essence, it's a blatant demand for 'give me 3 million yen', to which the public relations officer who responded this time said, "He often raises issues of human rights violations, but with this call, I understood that 'after all, it's for monetary purposes'. In his tweet, he also states that we refused his demand with 'It seems I won't get a single yen', but I feel strong indignation at his complete lack of remorse for defiling religion."

In the first place, the Gohonzon in religion is something that is allowed to be received from the religious organization accompanied by the sincere offerings of the believers as an expression of their precious faith, and it should never be made an object of trade or a bargaining chip for monetary demands.

We hereby make known Fujikura's evil deeds of demanding money after committing desecration and call for widespread public awareness.