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Scientology on Trial Submitted by Jameson on Tue, 2009-05-26 03:17
This just in from The NZ Herald's entertainment section: France is trying to evict the pseudo-religion on the grounds of fraud. While the whole movement is almost certainly a hoax I can't see they've done anything wrong. Anyone stupid enough to put their psychology in the hands of Tom Cruise and his band of High-on-Lifers should have their heads read by a professional shrink. In the meantime, the NIOF principle prevails... Two female plaintiffs allege that, between 1997 and 1999, the French movement persuaded them to pay the equivalent of €20,000 each on drugs, vitamins, counselling, saunas and equipment to improve their mental and physical health. This included an "electrometer" to measure the state of their "spiritual condition".
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Germany...
...also has a history of trying to ban Scientology.
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"On December 7, 2007, German federal and state interior ministers expressed the opinion that the Scientology organization was continuing to pursue anti-constitutional goals, restricting "essential basic and human rights like the dignity of man or the right to equal treatment," and asked Germany's domestic intelligence agencies to collect and evaluate the information required for a possible judicial inquiry aimed at banning the organization...
In November 2008, the government abandoned its attempts to ban Scientology, after finding insufficient evidence of illegal or unconstitutional activity."
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Germany also refuses to recognize Scientology as an 'official' religion, although such Government-sanctioned distinctions should not exist in the first place.
There was even talk of banning or boycotting any films starring Tom Cruise, as he is a well-known and supposedly influential Scientology member.
Funny enough, in countries such as Germany and France, Scientologists portray themselves as being fighters for freedom of speech.
Of course, given their situation, it does appear they have a valid point.