Is the Church of Scientology a threat to the German state? According to this news report from Germany’s Bild am Sonntag, German intelligence authorities have uncovered internal Scientology documentation that reveals the threat that the group poses, and are investigation banning it from the country.
“In order to execute our planetary rescue campaigns we need to reach the highest levels of the German government in Berlin”
–Internal Scientology document released by German intelligence
By Von R. Eichinger und J. Gaugele
Translated By Ulf Behncke
November 12, 2007
Germany – Bild am Sonntag – Original Article (German)
Hamburg: The best-known face of Scientology is that of superstar Tom Cruise, one of the most popular actors in the world. But security authorities are convinced that behind the Hollywood facade hides a dangerous cult that is reaching for power – even within Germany.
“Scientology is an unconstitutional organization” says Interior Minister Wolfgang Schäuble (of the Christian Democratic Union ) in an interview with BILD am SONNTAG. “Significant and fundamental human rights, such as the right to human dignity and the right to equal treatment are to be restricted or repealed. The democratic system is being rejected.”
The dramatic warning to the Interior Minister: “Scientology is also working out in Germany, political power and influence to gain.”
The Interior Minister’s dramatic warning: “Scientology is working to gain political power and influence in Germany as well.”
In its latest report, the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution [one of Germany’s intelligence agencies ] quotes from an internal document of the sect, which affords some terrifying insights. “Berlin, as the capital of Germany, is a vital address with regard to Scientology,” the report says. “In order to execute our planetary rescue campaigns we need to reach the highest levels of the German government in Berlin.”
The organization is extending its reach: At the beginning this year, Scientology’s new center in Berlin was inaugurated – a six-floor glass palace with 4,000 square meters. New centers also opened in Madrid, London and Brussels.
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