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Support religious freedom and tolerance in Germany

Support religious freedom and tolerance in Germany

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Government of Germany - Interior Ministry
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Religious groups and beliefs are continuously attacked in Germany by the government, with the justification that these violate "Human Rights" or the constitution of Germany.

The most recent event is an attack against the Church of Scientology in Germany.

Though only a few weeks ago, Scientology was recognized as a religion in Spain and Portugal and also earlier this year was found as a religious community by the European Court for Human Rights
the German ministry for interior announced investigations on the Church of Scientology with the aim of forbidding Scientology in Germany.

The idea which is promoted by the german government is that a Scientologist should not be allowed to fill an official position such as teacher, lawyer, doctor or similar.

A Scientologist  is supposed to renounce his religion if he wishes to become a teacher or a similar profession.

The accusations and the further investigations are not based on any facts and this is only another violation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights:

"ARTICLE 18... Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion; this right includes freedom to change his religion or belief, and freedom, either alone or in community with others and in public or private, to manifest his religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship and observance."

The Church of Scientology supports since many years social betterment programs in the field of Human Rights, Anti-Drug Campaigns, Illiteracy, Rehabilitation of Criminals and bringing morals back to society with their distribution of The Way to Happiness, the first moral code based wholly on common sense.

Scientology has been attacked in Germany for many years and despite all investigations, which have consumed an enormous amount of money and time, no facts were found proving the accusations of the German Government as true.

Support this petition to show the German Government that religious intolerance is no longer accepted by the society.

It is not just about Scientology. It is a matter of protecting Human Rights and the freedom of belief for ALL religious groups and beliefs.


Religious groups and beliefs are continuously attacked in Germany by the government, with the justification that these violate "Human Rights" or the constitution of Germany.

The most recent event is an attack against the Church of Scientology in Germany.

Though only a few weeks ago, Scientology was recognized as a religion in Spain and Portugal and also earlier this year was found as a religious community by the European Court for Human Rights
the German ministry for interior announced investigations on the Church of Scientology with the aim of forbidding Scientology in Germany.

The idea which is promoted by the german government is that a Scientologist should not be allowed to fill an official position such as teacher, lawyer, doctor or similar.

A Scientologist  is supposed to renounce his religion if he wishes to become a teacher or a similar profession.

The accusations and the further investigations are not based on any facts and this is only another violation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights:

"ARTICLE 18... Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion; this right includes freedom to change his religion or belief, and freedom, either alone or in community with others and in public or private, to manifest his religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship and observance."

The Church of Scientology supports since many years social betterment programs in the field of Human Rights, Anti-Drug Campaigns, Illiteracy, Rehabilitation of Criminals and bringing morals back to society with their distribution of The Way to Happiness, the first moral code based wholly on common sense.

Scientology has been attacked in Germany for many years and despite all investigations, which have consumed an enormous amount of money and time, no facts were found proving the accusations of the German Government as true.

Support this petition to show the German Government that religious intolerance is no longer accepted by the society.

It is not just about Scientology. It is a matter of protecting Human Rights and the freedom of belief for ALL religious groups and beliefs.


We the undersigned, kindly ask you to review the recent announcements and attacks on the Church of Scientology and your actions against this and other religious groups and minorities.

Freedom of belief and freedom of religion is a Human Right which must be respected for the sake of mankind.

Scientology and other religious groups in Germany should not be attacked or harrassed because all these groups have one thing in common. To bring ethics and morals to the people on earth and help bring freedom and peace to the world.

We thank you for taking the time to read this petition and kindly ask you to actively and honestly support the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
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We signed the "Support religious freedom and tolerance in Germany" petition!
# 1,013:
1:42 pm PDT, Sep 5, David Evans Bailey, United Kingdom
Any government that does not allow basic human rights must be made to see the error of their ways, religious freedom is a basic human right, these abuses must stop in a so-called civilised country such as Germany.
# 1,012:
9:18 am PDT, Aug 23, Tamarah Swensen, Netherlands
# 1,011:
4:05 am PDT, Aug 22, LuCy J Boogaard, Netherlands
# 1,010:
1:08 pm PDT, Aug 18, Jennifer Jorgenson, California
# 1,009:
7:15 pm PDT, Aug 17, Stephanie D'Ambrosio, Massachusetts
# 1,008:
4:44 am PDT, Aug 17, Greta Malkotzoglou, Greece
# 1,007:
1:45 pm PDT, Aug 16, Name not displayed, New Jersey
# 1,006:
5:45 am PDT, Aug 5, Name not displayed, United Kingdom
People are free to believe in whatever they want to believe.
# 1,005:
3:31 am PDT, Jul 25, Charlotte Cornelius, Denmark
# 1,004:
5:03 pm PDT, Jul 5, Eva Mahoney, New York
# 1,003:
8:38 am PDT, Jul 3, Roxane Connor, Virginia
none are free till all are free diversity equals survival
# 1,002:
7:14 pm PDT, Jun 19, Name not displayed, Venezuela
# 1,001:
1:17 pm PDT, Jun 17, Gilda Mabel Russo Rincon, Venezuela
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# 1,000:
2:39 pm PDT, Jun 5, Krystina Stark, Arkansas
# 999:
1:55 pm PDT, Jun 5, Alice Olivo, Italy
# 998:
8:26 am PDT, May 29, Name not displayed, South Africa
# 997:
2:48 am PDT, May 21, Farah Frazee, Michigan
# 996:
8:08 am PDT, May 16, Sara Moore, Pennsylvania
# 995:
4:59 am PDT, May 15, Name not displayed, Germany
Well... hmmm your 'religion' is quite expensive and makes a lot of money, right? Yes, under these conditions you are a real religion.
# 994:
8:23 pm PDT, May 13, Annie Wong, California
# 993:
12:56 am PDT, May 2, Lauren Stone, California
# 992:
3:46 pm PDT, Apr 28, Shawn Tate, Illinois
# 991:
2:07 am PDT, Apr 23, ANONIMOUS ANONIMOUS, South Africa
# 990:
2:35 am PDT, Apr 22, DADID DELGADO, South Africa
# 989:
2:31 am PDT, Apr 22, NORBERTA DELGADO, South Africa
# 988:
2:47 pm PDT, Apr 18, Laura Crafton, Alabama
Religious Freedom is a human right; it cannot be taken away.
# 987:
1:10 pm PDT, Apr 16, Martin Kanstrup, Denmark
Religious freedom is a human right.
# 986:
8:01 pm PDT, Apr 11, Matt Eagle, Florida
# 985:
12:45 pm PDT, Apr 8, Eric Scionti, Arizona
Support religions! Not Cults! Co$ KILLS!
# 984:
8:22 am PDT, Mar 31, Jørgen Pedersen, Denmark
New link to Fitna, see the full movie http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8791144316262627631&hl=en See the Muhammed cartoons http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6337/2188/1600/kw.2.jpg http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6337/2188/1600/kavalkade.jpg http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6337/2188/1600/Muhammed_Arne_Soerensen_Jyllands-Posten_Cartoons.1.jpg http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6337/2188/1600/Muhammed_Annette_Carlsen_Jyllands-Posten_Cartoons.jpg http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6337/2188/1600/Muhammed_Jens_Julius_Hansen_Jyllands-Posten_Cartoons.0.jpg http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6337/2188/1600/Muhammed_Peder_Bundgaard_Jyllands-Posten_Cartoons.0.jpg http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6337/2188/1600/Muhammed_Bob_Katzennelson_Jyllands-Posten_Cartoons.0.jpg http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6337/2188/1600/Muhammed_Lars_Refn_Jyllands-Posten_Cartoons.0.jpg http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6337/2188/1600/Muhammed_Claus_Seidel_Jyllands-Posten_Cartoons.0.jpg http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6337/2188/1600/Muhammed_Erik_Abild_Soerensen_Jyllands-Posten_Cartoons.gif http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6337/2188/1600/Muhammed_Poul_Erik_Poulsen_Jyllands-Posten_Cartoons.jpg http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6337/2188/1600/Muhammed_Rasmus_Sand_Hoyer_Jyllands-Posten_Cartoons.jpg http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6337/2188/1600/Muhammed_Franz_Fuchsel_Jyllands-Posten_Cartoons.jpg See the ugly truth about islam http://img341.imageshack.us/img341/3186/iijhla5.jpg http://skeptically.org/hhor/id11.html
# 983:
3:25 pm PDT, Mar 29, Kimberly Dobson-nesti, Michigan
# 982:
12:36 pm PDT, Mar 29, Steen Jacobsen, Denmark
NEW LINK TO FITNA http://www.viddler.com/explore/bran8464/videos/9/
# 981:
9:42 am PDT, Mar 28, Niels Hermansen, Denmark
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=7d9_1206624103
# 980:
10:18 pm PDT, Mar 27, Stefany Robert, New Hampshire
# 979:
12:24 pm PDT, Mar 26, JOCELYNE ANNIE, Canada
# 978:
2:05 am PDT, Mar 25, Franquelyne Low, New Mexico
# 977:
6:28 am PDT, Mar 20, Hans Reimert, Denmark
allah and muhammed are so big homos that their assholes are 2 feet wide.
# 976:
6:25 am PDT, Mar 20, Michael Klausen, Denmark
http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6337/2188/1600/kw.2.jpg http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6337/2188/1600/kavalkade.jpg http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6337/2188/1600/Muhammed_Arne_Soerensen_Jyllands-Posten_Cartoons.1.jpg http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6337/2188/1600/Muhammed_Annette_Carlsen_Jyllands-Posten_Cartoons.jpg http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6337/2188/1600/Muhammed_Jens_Julius_Hansen_Jyllands-Posten_Cartoons.0.jpg http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6337/2188/1600/Muhammed_Peder_Bundgaard_Jyllands-Posten_Cartoons.0.jpg http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6337/2188/1600/Muhammed_Bob_Katzennelson_Jyllands-Posten_Cartoons.0.jpg http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6337/2188/1600/Muhammed_Lars_Refn_Jyllands-Posten_Cartoons.0.jpg http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6337/2188/1600/Muhammed_Claus_Seidel_Jyllands-Posten_Cartoons.0.jpg http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6337/2188/1600/Muhammed_Erik_Abild_Soerensen_Jyllands-Posten_Cartoons.gif http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6337/2188/1600/Muhammed_Poul_Erik_Poulsen_Jyllands-Posten_Cartoons.jpg http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6337/2188/1600/Muhammed_Rasmus_Sand_Hoyer_Jyllands-Posten_Cartoons.jpg http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6337/2188/1600/Muhammed_Franz_Fuchsel_Jyllands-Posten_Cartoons.jpg http://img341.imageshack.us/img341/3186/iijhla5.jpg http://skeptically.org/hhor/id11.html
# 975:
3:35 pm PDT, Mar 17, Jean-Pierre Giner, United Kingdom
# 974:
3:24 am PDT, Mar 11, Chuck Bell, Oklahoma
This has been going on in Germany for too long! I was in Frankfort in '98 for the 'Religious Freedom and Rally For Truth', to help raise awareness of this issue.
# 973:
12:41 am PST, Mar 8, Kristen Shuler, Florida
# 972:
12:10 pm PST, Mar 7, Lana A A, Jordan
# 971:
6:26 pm PST, Mar 4, Samantha Averitt, North Carolina
# 970:
9:45 am PST, Mar 4, Name not displayed, California
These attacks against Scientology in Germany are intolerant and must stop. It is a threat against the religious freedom and humanity.
# 969:
3:38 pm PST, Mar 3, Shannon Sultan, Wisconsin
All people the world over should have freedom of religion. I'm a Muslim and I fully support the Scientologists' right to practice as they believe. It is my duty to fight oppression, and in signing this I am doing a part, though it is only a very small part, in fulfilling that duty and defending those who are under attack.
# 968:
7:11 am PST, Mar 1, Leo Bar, Israel
# 966:
3:55 pm PST, Feb 26, Allison Shannon, Louisiana
# 965:
8:04 am PST, Feb 26, Linda Thomas, Virginia
# 964:
1:24 pm PST, Feb 24, Bryant Mathis, Missouri
# 963:
8:43 am PST, Feb 23, Name not displayed, South Africa
Please respect others`feelings and beliefs.
# 962:
2:26 am PST, Feb 23, Name not displayed, Germany
Germany is out of step with the rest of Europe and the world. Scientology is by far NOT the only religion being suppressed by people here who have vested interests. It's time to say NO to this endless suppression and bring those with things to hide to JUSTICE!
# 961:
7:51 am PST, Feb 22, Name not displayed, Switzerland
# 960:
1:03 am PST, Feb 19, Kamran Ahmed, Pakistan
# 959:
3:32 pm PST, Feb 18, Name not displayed, Finland
# 958:
10:48 am PST, Feb 18, Brenda McKague, Canada
Please wake up and be a world leader not a world suppressor.
# 957:
5:24 pm PST, Feb 17, Alice Mckague, Canada
# 956:
12:45 pm PST, Feb 17, Pandora Jackson, Utah
The right to have what ever religion you happen to have. Is part of human nature. In other words you would rather have a civil war instead of freedom of religion? Crazy!
# 955:
5:13 am PST, Feb 16, Elizabeth Ryan, Ireland
We all have the right to worship as we see fit. We may feel that what we practice is the true faith, but as none of us know for sure we should delay judgement on other religions. There are so many common elements running through the main orthodox religions that who's to say we do not all worship the same deity - we simply use a different name.
# 954:
8:30 am PST, Feb 11, Helene Eskildsen, Denmark
# 953:
10:54 pm PST, Feb 10, Name not displayed, Greece
# 952:
10:28 pm PST, Feb 8, Angie Hamilton, Virginia
# 951:
5:42 pm PST, Feb 7, Frances Tan, Kansas
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