Will the new government restore religious liberty and put an end to anti-Scientology bigotry and discrimination?
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Germany and Scientology: The Long Shadows of Past Mistakes
The end of federal monitoring raises questions about the legacy of a faulty policy that shaped institutional practices for decades.
Scientology: Berlin Finally Blinks
Germany’s quiet retreat from a thirty-year surveillance practice marks a return to legal fairness after a policy that caused stigma rather than security.
France TV’s “Scientology, the Empire of Secrecy” (2026). 2. Mocking Belief and Silencing Believers
The public French broadcaster treated theology as a subject of ridicule and excluded Scientologists and independent experts from its show.
France TV’s “Scientology, the Empire of Secrecy” (2026). 1. Apostates and Media Rituals
A study of a one-sided documentary that gave voice only to angry ex-members and anti-cultists—a trend that repeats itself when the media deals with “cults.”
Scientology Behind the Climb? Anti-Cult Narratives, and the Nardi Case
An Italian mountaineer who was a Scientologist died in 2019 in the Himalayas. Apostate ex-members and the media manipulated the incident to blame the “cult.”
France : l’association anti-sectes UNADFI perd de nouveau en justice
La Cour d’appel d’Aix-en-Provence a déclaré que son refus de publier un droit de réponse de « Non à la Drogue, Oui à la Vie » était illégal.
France, Anti-Cult Association UNADFI Loses Again in Court
The Court of Appeal of Aix-en-Provence stated that its refusal to publish a right of reply from “Non à la Drogue, Oui à la Vie” was unlawful.
The Truth, Please, About Steven Hassan. 3. Is He Really an “Expert”?
Hassan’s “authority” does not come from academia but from his past as a “cult” member and a deprogrammer.
France : Les discours de haine contre la Scientology désormais financés par les contribuables
Un « documentaire » de France 5 a offert un cas d’école de ce qu’il ne faut pas faire lorsqu’on présente les religions minoritaires au public.