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<div class="hnews hentry item">[[File:f372.png]] '''<span class="url entry-title">[http://www.apnewsarchive.com/1998/Germany-Defends-Scientology-Probe/id-cd6d07ffb54d34d951a31255066a08ed Germany Defends Scientology Probe]</span>''' <span class="updated">February 27, 1998</span>, <span class="author vcard"><span class="org organization-name">Associated Press</span></span>
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<span class="entry-content">WASHINGTON (AP) _ A German parliamentary commission defended its examination of Scientology and other "so-called sects and pyscho groups" Friday, saying [[:Category:Germany|Germany]]'s totalitarian history makes it wary of such groups.

Commission members strongly asserted there is total religious freedom in Germany, but insisted that Scientology is not a religion and its methods must be scrutinized because it is the subject of complaints by German citizens.

"We take the concerns of the people very seriously," said German parliamentarian [[:Category:Ortrun Schatzle|Ortrun Schatzle]], commission chairwoman.</span>
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