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The higher administrative court (OVG) North Rhine-Westphalia acknowledged an earlier decision of the Administrative Court Cologne on Tuesday in Münster from the year 2004. Scientology sect, since eleven years under observation of the state protection, had complained against the monitoring and announced after the pronouncement of judgment further legal steps. The senate left open expressly whether Scientology sect was a religious community. This is not relevant for the decision. A revision did not become certified.

The 5. Senate of the OVG detected efforts in the work of Scientology sect against the free democratic constitutional structure. Referring to it would result from a multiplicity of writings and other activities. Scientology sect aims at a social order, in which central of condition values as and which right to equal treatment or completely scooped out should be limited. „The suspicion exists in particular that in a scientologian society only Scientologists the civic rights are to be entitled. “Redress wants to insert sparkling winesScientology sect announced complaint against this decision at the Federal Administrative Court. Despite the more than ten years continuous investigations did not succeed in the protection of the constitution until today finding „any sound proofs “for it that the organization or its members represented a threat for the democratic legal order, said a Scientology sect spokeswoman. One is convinced to win in the next instance.Widths space took Ron Hubbard, which are to occupy the unconstitutional tendencies of the organization from view of the Federal Constitution protection in the court hearing of quotations of Scientology sect founder L. It concerned among other things critical expressions Hubbards to the democracy. The Scientology sect lawyers called appropriate expressions Hubbards from the 50’s-years „refuse dumps “. OVG president Michael Bertrams stressed however that he could not detect dissociation at Scientology sect „“from Hubbards the disputed expressions.

The speaker relating to domestic affairs of the FDP federal state parliament parliamentary group, refuge angel, called the observation of the organization by the protection of the constitution „correctly and importantly “. „Who (…) about pupil oh assistance and other supplies tried to influence particularly children and their parents belonged by the competent authorities exactly observed “, Engel said.