Scientology is “an organization that is not compatible” with the constitution of Germany.
Ministers of Germany’s sixteen states along with the national government have formally agreed that Scientology is not a religion but a “commercial enterprise that takes advantage of vulnerable people”.
Germany’s domestic intelligence agencies have been ordered to prepare a dossier to “possibly serve as the basis for a ban of the sect” because “Scientology pursues anti-constitutional goals in an aggressively fierce manner that run counter to human rights and dignity.”
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Hmmm, no story at the LATimes?
Berlin established an office to deal with complaints about Scientology. Seeing it as “a cult masquerading as a church to make money”, Scientology has been monitored by German intelligence agencies for more than ten years.