New World Encyclopedia entry on Aum Shinrikyo, giving a reported 1995 membership figure (about 9,000 in Japan, as many as 40,000 worldwide) at the time of the Tokyo subway sarin attack, and a 2004 estimate of 1,500 to 2,000 for its successor Aleph.
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The New World Encyclopedia's entry on Aum Shinrikyo, the lower tier reflecting that it is a general reference encyclopedia rather than an independent scholarly source, notwithstanding that its reported 1995 membership figure, about 9,000 in Japan and as many as 40,000 worldwide at the time of the Tokyo subway sarin attack, and its 2004 estimate of 1,500 to 2,000 for successor group Aleph, are stated as reported figures rather than the encyclopedia's own independent research. NotesA volunteer-written, values-oriented encyclopedia rather than a peer-reviewed publication; its membership figures are stated as general reported estimates without a named primary source in the article text, so they are recorded here as scholarly-estimate rather than a government or church count.
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PublisherNew World Encyclopedia
URLhttps://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Aum_Shinrikyo
Source Typeencyclopedia
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This source names Japan directly: "1995 membership figure (about 9,000 in Japan, as many as 40,000 worldwide) at the time of the Tokyo subway sarin attack, and a 2004 estimate of 1,500 to 2,000 for its successor Aleph."
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