Freedom of Religion and Belief
GERMANY: State-funded Lutheran Church’s “Sect Filters” for school teachers You should state you have not attended events of, or sympathize with, Scientology, Jehovah’s Witnesses, “Moonies,” “Hare Krishna,” or Universal Life (other religions are not mentioned). By...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
GERMANY/EU: Germany and the EU in the dock at the OSCE on religious discrimination OSCE (06.10.2023) – At the Warsaw Human Conference, Germany and the EU were jointly in the dock in a statement on religious discrimination made on 6 October by Ivan Arjona, President of...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
Germany and “cults”: the Federal Administrative Court confirms “sect filters” are illegal The federal judges ruled that the City of Munich cannot ask citizens to declare that they are not Scientologists to be eligible for certain benefits. By Massimo Introvigne ...