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Aug 17, 2010
A victim of savings measures // Hamburg to close down Scientology Task Force — Spiegel
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Spiegel The city of Hamburg said this week it would suspend the work of its 17-year-old Scientology task force, one of the most vociferous critics of the secretive organization. Leader Ursula Caberta has successfully defended herself in numerous cases brought by Scientologists. However, the city says it will continue to monitor the group. From Berlin, Germany, to Clearwater, Florida, there are few people more disliked by the Church of Scientology than Ursula Caberta. For 17 years, Caberta has fought against Scientology in ...
Feb 2, 2010
Based on a true story / TV movie portrays dark side of Scientology — Spiegel Online
Jan 23, 2009
Berlin District Posts Warning About Scientology — Spiegel Online
May 13, 2008
'Valkyrie' release to be postponed — Spiegel
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Spiegel "Valkyrie," the Tom Cruise movie about the 1944 plot by German officers to kill Hitler, was beset by problems right from the start of filming in Berlin last year. Now reports say the release of the film has been put back until February 2009 to re-shoot scenes after test audiences were unimpressed. The release of "Valkyrie," the Hollywood movie in which Tom Cruise plays Adolf Hitler's would-be assassin Claus von Stauffenberg, has been delayed for the second time and is now ...
Feb 26, 2008
Pattycake and L. Ron Hubbard: Munich Closes Scientologists' Day-Care Center — Spiegel
Feb 13, 2008
Threatened by 'Operation Planetary Calm': Germany Will Continue to Watch Scientologists — Spiegel Online
Dec 10, 2007
Lack of Evidence: Agencies Warn Scientology Ban Doomed to Fail — Spiegel
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Spiegel Germany's domestic intelligence agencies are warning that an effort by the country's interior ministers to ban Scientology could fail. They say the group has failed to gain a foothold in German society and that there isn't enough evidence to support freezing its activities.
A plan by Germany's state interior ministers to attempt to ban Scientology appears to have little chance of success. According to an assessment made by officials at the country's state and federal intelligence agencies, the Offices for the ...
Dec 7, 2007
Germany Prepares to Ban Scientology — Spiegel
Dec 6, 2007
If we can't ban 'em, let's bankrupt 'em — Spiegel
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Spiegel Germany's interior ministers have faced frustrating setbacks fighting the far-right in court. A new tactic under consideration involves hitting organizations that support the party where it really hurts – in the wallet. [...] Some interior ministers have also voiced their support for using this tactic on other groups. "That must also be valid for left extreme or radical foreign establishments," Bouffier said. Such a foreign establishment could include the Church of Scientology, which German politicians have labelled as a money-making cult ...
Aug 8, 2007
Controversial Cult: German Parties Reject Bid to Ban Scientology — Spiegel
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Spiegel Senior politicians from Chancellor Angela Merkel's coalition have rejected calls for a ban on the Scientology cult. A legal bid to outlaw it would fail because authorities haven't had time to build a proper case against the organization, they say.
Politicians from Germany's two ruling parties have rejected calls for Scientology to be banned in Germany.
A bid to outlaw Scientology may fail because Germany's domestic intelligence service is unlikely to have gathered enough evidence against it to back court action ...
Mar 27, 2007
Scientology's New European Offensive: The March of the 'Orgs' — Spiegel
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Holger Stark Source:
Spiegel Scientology has started a new propaganda offensive in Europe, opening new offices in capitals across the continent. German authorities are responding by increasing their efforts to monitor the controversial organization. At first sight, the building in Berlin's Charlottenburg neighborhood looks like a run-of-the-mill office complex: a functional, seven-story construction covered with glass windows. The young receptionist is dressed in black and wears a futuristic-looking headset. But for Scientologists, the building is a chapel, a place for studying their own doctrine and, ...
Jan 26, 2007
Keep Sunday Special: German Sunday Closing Law Applies to New Scientology Center — Spiegel
Jan 9, 2007
Sect Worries: Berlin Concerned about Huge New Scientology Center — Spiegel
Jun 22, 2006
Scientology in Germany // Suspicious tutoring — Spiegel
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Guido Kleinhubbert Source:
Spiegel Scientologists are taking advantage of Germany's education problems for their own ends: They are luring weak students by providing after-school tutoring. Education authorities in Germany are on alert. The ad on a supermarket notice board in the city of Essen was aimed at all the parents in the neighborhood. Right nearby there was an "alternative school" where learning was still fun. "Sounds just right", thought one dad, who is now reluctant to give his name out of sheer fear. He took ...
Jun 28, 2005
Missionary Man: Tom Cruise and the Church of Scientology — Spiegel Online
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James Verini Source:
Spiegel Online Tom Cruise has become a top proselytizer for Scientology. Is it because of a new private conviction, or a new public role for the church itself? In the course of just a few months, Tom Cruise has made an astounding public leap: He has transformed himself from one of the world's biggest movie stars into one of the oddest. It's not just his sudden romance with and engagement to actress Katie Holmes, which has not yet managed to shake the air ...
Jun 2, 2005
How personal is too personal for a star like Tom Cruise? — New York Times
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Sharon Waxman Source:
New York Times Just months into his tenure as chairman of Paramount, Brad Grey is facing the sort of decision that makes Hollywood executives quiver: whether to proceed with production of the hugely expensive "Mission: Impossible III," even as its star, Tom Cruise, is puzzling associates and members of the public with his behavior while promoting another Paramount venture, "War of the Worlds." An executive for Viacom, Paramount's parent company, said the studio had not yet decided whether to push ahead with production of ...
Apr 27, 2005
Actor Tom Cruise opens up about his beliefs in the Church of Scientology — Spiegel
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Spiegel Actor Tom Cruise talks about his 20-year membership in the Church of Scientology as he and Director Steven Spielberg discuss the filming of the soon-to-be-released "War of the Worlds." The film, coming out June 29, plays off Americans' fears about terrorism. Spielberg says he has always wanted to direct a "really mean invasion from outer space." Cruise insists, "I just want to help people." SPIEGEL: Mr. Spielberg, no other film director has done more image-building for aliens than you: in your ...
Jul 5, 1998
Church persecuted — Sun Herald (Australia)
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Sun Herald (Australia) CLARIFICATION is required regarding the article on Scientology (June 21), as no German court decision exists which states that Scientology is not a religion, while 36 local and regional courts there have held that it is a bona fide religious community. It appears that the German courts have had to shoulder the whole burden of being objective and just. The Government inquiry on new religions was roundly condemned by parliamentarians and scholars and solidly lampooned in Spiegel magazine as "a kindergarten ...
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