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Scientologists urge into the schools (German Press Agency) German Press Agency

Scientologen try to exert influence on the ethics and religious education at German schools. In the entire federal territory members send doubtful documentation away at school lines. Of it now the German Philologenverband warns.

Scientology try to exert obviously systematically influence on the ethics and religious education at German schools. At the beginning of of May school lines and subject teachers received generally speaking to federal territory a letter one in Copenhagen resident „LIBRARY Donation service “, in which for Scientology sect one recruits. A film DVD was attached, on which an interview with the founder of the organization is to be seen Ron Hubbard from the year 1966.

„In the plant you find a copy of the mentioned interview for your information and the employment in the religion and ethics instruction, “, free and noncommittal are called it literally in the letter to the teachers. With „the LIBRARY Donation service “seems to concern it a Scientology sectnear enterprise. The Philologenverband speaks of a dreisten procedure.

Scientology sect Germany had only provided few weeks ago with the opening of a branch in Berlin for headlines. The organization is examined by the protection of the constitution. In the recent report of the Federal Constitution protection it is called it with reference to the constant conference of the Ministers of the Interior, gives „actual reference points for efforts against the liberal constitutional structure “. In the past year it was admits become that Scientologen covers partially pupil after assistance enterprises operates. Hubbard had created „the Scientology sect Church “1954. It represented allegedly scientific teachings for the solution of „problems of the human understanding “. In Germany the organization fights for years for its acknowledgment as religious community.

A spokeswoman of Scientology sect Germany indicated to have no knowledge of the publicity campaign at schools. It stressed however that their organization quite welcomes such initiatives. Since in the religion and ethics instruction about Scientology sect one speak, these information in any case is useful „“. „If one over Scientology sect teaches, should know one also somewhat about it “, said the spokeswoman of the residents of Munich representative office.

The German Philologenverband rated the letter as „frightening voucher “for it that „Scientology sect takes obviously very much money into the hand, over their aggressive advertisement with young people and in educational facilities to intensify “. „The request, which is to be used sent materials in instruction dreist. It would be against all school laws “, said Philologen boss Heinz Peter Meidinger WORLD ON-LINE ONE. Of the school lines it required not to use „the manipulativen materials “in instruction to destroy but. „The employment of these materials in instruction is a request of the school lines to the breach of law “, said Meidinger.

Hessen Kultusministerin Karin Wolff (CDU) said, one may into things Scientology sect „neither into hysteria nor into minimization purge “. In Hessen she still none of these letters got on the desk. „Teachers should be affected by the action, go out I of it that they sink, said the materials into the waste-paper basket “Wolff, the presidency member of the conference of Secretary of cultural affairs (KMK) are, WORLD ON-LINE ONE.