A Soka Gakkai International retrospective article on World Tribune, its own English-language publication, read 2026-08-16, stating that on 1991-11-28 Nichiren Shoshu high priest Nikken Abe excommunicated the Soka Gakkai's over 10 million lay members. Used here for that membership figure.
Facts
Citation
AuthorWorld Tribune editorial staff
PublisherWorld Tribune (Soka Gakkai International)
Publication Year2024
URLhttps://www.worldtribune.org/2024/1991-2003-soka-renaissance/
Source Typeorganization primary source
Assessment
Reliability Tier3
Tier three: Soka Gakkai International's own retrospective publication about its own history, an interested party's own account of the 1991 excommunication it survived, used here only for the numeric membership figure it states about itself at that moment, not for any characterization of the priesthood's side of the dispute. Cross-Tradition Connections
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This source names Nichiren Shoshu directly: "2026-08-16, stating that on 1991-11-28 Nichiren Shoshu high priest Nikken Abe excommunicated the Soka Gakkai's over 10 million lay members."
This source names Soka Gakkai directly: "A Soka Gakkai International retrospective article on World Tribune, its own English-language publication, read 2026-08-16, stating that on 1991-11-28 Nichiren Shoshu high priest Nikken Abe..."
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