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RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Scientologists Taking Action Against Discrimination (STAND), is in strong support of the German religious pluralism conference organized by members of the Baha’i faith in Germany and the Anne Frank Foundation, with the German government’s State Minister of Immigration, Refugees, and Integration.
MEDIA & ETHICS
Ben McCormack, host of Channel 9’s A Current Affair program, was suspended after police raided the Sydney, Australia, TV station in their investigation of his alleged involvement with “sexually explicit” child pornography.
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
The Church of Scientology has won another victory before the Court of Cassation—France’s highest court for all criminal and civil matters—in a lawsuit filed against the French government for a prosecutor’s illegal and unsuccessful attempt in 2009 to dissolve one of the Scientology Churches in Paris.
COMBATING BIGOTRY & HATE
The former Personnel Administrator of Munich’s House of Art, a 22-year veteran of the museum, has sued the institution for wrongful dismissal for terminating him based solely on suspicion about his personal religious beliefs and religious association, charging religious discrimination...
COMBATING BIGOTRY & HATE
An internationally recognized religious expert viewed Reza Aslan’s Believer show on Scientology and posted his assessment on his website. We present it here in full.
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Interfaith relations flourish as Ahmadiyya Muslim Ladies Tour Scientology headquarters at Saint Hill
To further increase friendship and to explore interfaith relations, Ahmadiyya Muslim ladies came to the Church of Scientology UK headquarters at Saint Hill Manor, East Grinstead in Sussex this past weekend.
COMBATING BIGOTRY & HATE
The Small Claims Court of the Province of Quebec, Canada, dismissed David Edgar Love’s claim against the Church of Scientology of Montreal and two Scientologists finding zero merit to his claims of mistreatment. The Judge also ordered Love to pay costs to the Church.
COMBATING BIGOTRY & HATE
CNN’s new “Believer” series hosted by Reza Aslan is getting scorched in the media for misrepresenting faith communities by focusing on tiny, bizarre sects as a ratings gimmick. Now a member of Congress is weighing in. Rep.
COMBATING BIGOTRY & HATE
Critics and religious groups are eviscerating CNN for choosing to misrepresent various religions by focusing on small, sensationalistic sects that are irrelevant to those who practice the faiths. “Needs to stop trying to shock.
COMBATING BIGOTRY & HATE
Scientologists Taking Action Against Discrimination (STAND), an international movement of concerned Scientologists, denounces in the strongest possible terms Bavarian state government discrimination against an employee of Munich’s Haus der Kunst Museum solely due to his religious beliefs.
