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Dec 22, 1996
Scientology and Germany: Falling back into the past — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
Dec 13, 1996
[Advertisement] When teachers become "unfit" / Germany — New York Times
Dec 6, 1996
[Advertisement] Practicing artistic discrimination / Germany — New York Times
Nov 29, 1996
[Advertisement] Subverting education with "enlightenment" / Germany — New York Times
Nov 23, 1996
French Scientologist sentenced after church member's suicide — New York Times
Type: Press
Author(s):
Craig R. Whitney Source:
New York Times The founder and former head of the Church of Scientology in Lyons was convicted of fraud and involuntary homicide today in the death of a church member who committed suicide after going heavily into debt to pay the sect for counseling sessions.
A French tribunal sentenced the defendant, Jean-Jacques Mazier, to serve 18 months in prison, with an additional 18 months suspended, and fined him $100,000.
The eight-day trial, in the first week of October, also examined charges of fraud, attempted ...
Nov 22, 1996
[Advertisement] Practicing religious persecution / Germany — New York Times
Nov 15, 1996
[Advertisement] Practicing economic ostracism / Germany — New York Times
Nov 8, 1996
[Advertisement] Practicing hate propaganda / Germany — New York Times
Nov 1, 1996
[Advertisement] Practicing social ostracism // Germany — New York Times
Oct 25, 1996
[Advertisement] Inciting religious paranoia // Germany — New York Times
Oct 17, 1996
The following is the text of the ad placed by the Scientologists in The New York Times — CNN
Oct 17, 1996
[Advertisement] Practicing religious intolerance // Germany — New York Times
Sep 6, 1996
Behind an Internet message service's close // Pressure from the Church of Scientology is blamed for the shutdown — New York TimesMore: link
Type: Press
Author(s):
Peter H. Lewis Source:
New York Times Pressure from the Church of Scientology International was at least partly responsible for the recent shutdown of a well-known Internet messaging service based in Helsinki, according to the Finnish operator of the service. The service, known by its Internet address, anon.penet.fi, was used by hundreds of thousands of people worldwide to send and receive electronic messages without divulging their true identities. It was the best known of a small, global network of special computers known as remailers, whose legitimate users include ...
Sep 1, 1996
Germany finds Scientology to have menacing mission — Indianapolis Star (Indiana)More: link
Type: Press
Author(s):
Barbara Demick Source:
Indianapolis Star (Indiana) Lawmakers are looking at barring its members from teaching, police work, other government jobs. HAMBURG, Germany — As the politicians see it, Germany, is being threatened by an evil plot to infiltrate business and government. "A giant octopus . . . that will stop at nothing in its desire to spread its blind ideology" is how Labor Secretary Norbert Blum has described the plot against Germany. Claudia Nolte, another member of Chancellor Helmut Kohl's Cabinet, warns, "They aim at world domination ...
Jun 20, 1996
Europe scrutinizes sects: Faith, or false facades? — New York Times
Type: Press
Author(s):
Marlise Simons Source:
New York Times PARIS, June 19 — Gilbert Bourdin wears a winged crown, calls himself Lord Manarah the Cosmic Messiah, and lives with his followers in the Holy City of Mandar'om on a mountaintop in Provence in southern France. From time to time, loudspeakers blare "ommm" over the compound, a place studded with temples and colossal statues of Buddha, Jesus and Mr. Bourdin himself. The "ommm" may now stop. The sect leader, 73, has sent out faxes announcing that he plans to renounce his ...
Jan 22, 1996
Opinion / Germany retaliates against Scientology — New York Times
Jan 20, 1996
A posting on Internet is ruled to be illegal — New York TimesMore: link
Jan 11, 1996
German official calls for security surveillance of Scientologists — New York TimesMore: link
Type: Press
Author(s):
Alan Cowell Source:
New York Times BONN, Jan. 10 — In the long-running duel between the German authorities and the Church of Scientology, a senior Government official urged today that it be placed under surveillance by the same internal security agency that tracks terrorists and political extremists. The official, Claudia Nolte, the Minister for Family Policy, described the church as "one of the most aggressive groups in our society" and said she would "oppose the Scientology organization with all the means at my disposal." The Church of ...
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