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Controversial Cult: German Parties Reject Bid to Ban Scientology

Title: Controversial Cult: German Parties Reject Bid to Ban Scientology
Date: Wednesday, 8 August 2007
Publisher: Spiegel
Main source: spiegel.de

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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 ... [Read the rest at spiegel.de]