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Russian court bans Hubbard's Scientology books as extremist
Published: 21 April, 2010, 17:11
Edited: 30 April, 2010, 09:34
A court in Russia’s Urals has ruled that the materials by L. Ron Hubbard are to be banned as undermining the spiritual basis of life in Russia, says the Prosecutor-General’s official website.
According to Russian legislature, the books are to be included in the federal list of extremist materials and are to be forbidden on the whole territory of the country.
The ruling, involving the expertise of psychologists, psychiatrists and sociologists, was prompted by a transport Prosecutor’s office in Russia’s Urals when a customs officers discovered that books and video materials by Hubbard were being sent from the US to different addresses in the area. The materials were confiscated and subjected to a thorough investigation by specialists.
The experts stated that the materials contain calls for social and religious hatred, promote ideas of superiority and inferiority based on the creed of the person, as well as urge to hinder the activity of courts and law-enforcement bodies.
Scientology is a total of beliefs and related practices created by L. Ron Hubbard. It teaches that people are immortal spiritual beings who have forgotten their true nature.
The Church of Scientology is legally recognized in the US. Despite some famous followers, such as Tom Cruise, Katie Holmes and John Travolta, scientology constantly comes in for severe criticism as being destructive and abusive to its members, as well as conning followers out of money.
Thus, in 2009, a court in France convicted the church and six of its members of organized fraud. They were fined $595,000 each and given a suspended two-year jail sentence.
In Russia, the Church of Scientology was first registered in the Siberian city of Surgut in 1994 as a non-governmental organization, but was later banned. Following the failure to officially re-register the church, Scientologists sued Russia in the European Court for Human Rights.
The Court ruled that Russia must pay €10,000 for punitive damages and another €10,000 in legal costs.
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Such experts on ever subject. So how many have actually been to a Scientology Church or even read anything more than a beginers book on the subject. I love these people that use the art of gossip to try to appear to be an authority. Too much like work, much easier to take some moot point and extrapolate. William James pointed out this. As he said. Contempt prior to investigation will lead a man into ever lasting ignorance.
Independence of fears, lies, misconceptions. and i will never get why some info - is more reliable then another. Even if neither one can be checked or proven. Scientology "attracts" insecure human - because although they are weren't blessed with comfortable secure environment - they got the guts to try to improve quality of their lives. Those people are heroes. They fight for their happiness. They search for the ways to improve their life. They find that Scientology works for them - so what? They deserve the right of free choice. And when someone tries to invalidate their point of view - were was he when they're needed him for actual help. To blame the moves of others - is the easiest part. To actually offer something in return - is much more time consuming. Can anyone here offer something to those who were called as a "emotionally insecure people" to make a "secure people" out of them for free? You support Russian court - just out of hate to Sc. But you do not care - if in Russia courts are corrupted - and that they defy the human rights. If you fight with something which you do not even know and do not want to research out of a meaning created by media about it, it shows that you fear it so much that you actually support something bad, to at least fight with what you hate. regardless of the ways used to fight it. Thats an unhonorable position to say the least.There are have to be a civilized ways to fight it. Or it does not give you credit and therefore is not portraying you as a "light" side.
This- L. Ron Hubbard. It teaches that people are immortal spiritual beings who have forgotten their true nature.is taken from the above article. This is Not extremist. Buddhism teaches similar things.Some things from the bible are worse, one, sending an angel to kill all the 1st born. What material are they talking about exactly then. Scientology books or some other stuff from the US. Why no attempt to make it clear for us what extremist material. I am willing to look at both sides but here only general blah is written. The leader David Miscavage is accused of hitting people, people have eventually spoken out.That's bad news coming from a so called religious leader. But this, generalities and no facts. Psychiatry hates scientology so they won't give real facts. Bad press writing for me.