Scientology working group

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Office sign of the Scientology working group of the Ministry of the Interior in Hamburg, Neustadt.

The Scientology Working Group ( AGS ) was an institution of the Ministry of the Interior of the Free Hanseatic City of Hamburg that existed from 1992 to 2010 . She observed and analyzed the activities of Scientology and similar groups, had accordingly advised on problems with this organization and, among other things, had. a. Promoted the Black Book of Scientology .

The AGS also made translations of key scientific papers on cults and psychogroups available online, according to the study by Stephen A. Kent : Brainwashing in the Rehabilitation Project Force (RPF) .

In August 2010 it was decided to close the working group on August 31, 2010; their work is continued by the protection of the constitution.

Ursula Caberta has been the head of the AGS since it was founded . She continues her work after the closure of the AGS as a ministerial advisor in the interior authority.

criticism

The Scientology working group was in constant legal dispute with Scientology; since 1992 there are said to have been over 50 legal proceedings. The Scientologists understand their new religious movement as persecuted and vilified. A revision procedure lost before the Federal Administrative Court in 2005 by the Scientology working group, regarding the failure to disseminate a pre-formulated declaration against the use of L. Ron Hubbard's technology in companies, is repeatedly used by the opponents of the AGS.

Renate Hartwig , herself a critic of Scientology, described the Scientology working group and its former head Ursula Caberta as "hypocrites and Pharisees at the control trough" in her book Die Schattenspieler , who are not concerned with the fight against Scientology but with maintaining their positions.

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  1. ↑ TAZ
  2. ↑ Stephen A. Kent brainwashing in the Rehabilitation Project Force (RPF) (PDF; 322 kB)
  3. ^ Constitutional Protection Hamburg: Scientology work area
  4. ^ Anti-Scientology authorities must close , Frankfurter Rundschau, August 17, 2010
  5. ↑ http://www.hamburg.de/ag-scientology/ City of Hamburg: The former Scientology working group
  6. ↑ a b Background article on Scientology and Scientology opponents
  7. ↑ BVerwG, judgment of December 15, 2005, Az. 7 C 20.04
  8. ↑ Renate Hartwig about her experiences with Scientology and Scientology critics ( Memento from December 26, 2008 in the Internet Archive )

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