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Will France ban Scientology?

Title: Will France ban Scientology?
Date: Monday, 2 November 2009
Publisher: The Daily Beast
Author: Eric Pape
Main source: thedailybeast.com

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Five years after Tom Cruise called Nicolas Sarkozy a “wonderful guy,” a French court convicted his church of fraud. Eric Pape on Scientology’s latest crisis. Scientology isn’t a religion, it’s a dangerous sect overseen by convicted criminals—at least as far as France is concerned. There is no doubt that the last week has brought a flurry of bad news for Scientology. There was the vocal defection of respected film director Paul Haggis, as well as fresh indications that John Travolta, one ... [Read the rest at thedailybeast.com]