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|commanders = [[Shoko Asahara]] | |commanders = [[Shoko Asahara]] | ||
|goals = Destroy the Japanese government and overthrow the king to create their kingdom. | |goals = Destroy the Japanese government and overthrow the king to create their kingdom. | ||
|crimes = Brainwashing<br>[[ | |crimes = Brainwashing<br>[[Mass murder]]<br>[[Terrorism]]<br>[[Torture]]<br>[[Xenophobia]] | ||
|Image=Aum-shinrikyo-logo-flag.png | |Image=Aum-shinrikyo-logo-flag.png | ||
|type of villain = Delusional Terrorists}}'''Aum Shinrikyo''' (currently sometimes known as '''Aleph''') is a controversial "new religious movement" that became a terrorist cult in Japan that gained international infamy when a faction of the cult released sarin gas into the Tokyo subway back in 1995 - killing thirteen, severally injuring thirty and temporarily blinding nearly a thousand more. Founded and led by a partially blind guru named [[Shoko Asahara]], Aum synthesized various Hinduist, Buddhist and Christian teachings in a quest for spiritual purity. But like so many other cult leaders, Asahara's quest for purity led to apocalyptic fascination. | |type of villain = Delusional Terrorists}}'''Aum Shinrikyo''' (currently sometimes known as '''Aleph''') is a controversial "new religious movement" that became a terrorist cult in Japan that gained international infamy when a faction of the cult released sarin gas into the Tokyo subway back in 1995 - killing thirteen, severally injuring thirty and temporarily blinding nearly a thousand more. Founded and led by a partially blind guru named [[Shoko Asahara]], Aum synthesized various Hinduist, Buddhist and Christian teachings in a quest for spiritual purity. But like so many other cult leaders, Asahara's quest for purity led to apocalyptic fascination. | ||