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France arms itself with legal weapon to fight sects // Law to shield the vulnerable worries main churches

Title: France arms itself with legal weapon to fight sects // Law to shield the vulnerable worries main churches
Date: Friday, 1 June 2001
Publisher: The Guardian (UK)
Author: Jon Henley
Main source: guardian.co.uk

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France has become the first country in the world to introduce specific legislation aimed at controlling the activities of cults. The objective is to combat the 175-odd movements of a quasi-religious nature considered a danger to society. The Scientology movement and the Unification Church of the Rev Sun Myung Moon immediately denounced the bill - endorsed almost unanimously on Wednesday by national assembly deputies - as anti-democratic and in breach of human rights laws. Roman Catholic and Protestant leaders have expressed ... [Read the rest at guardian.co.uk]