Germany denies religious bias

Bonn - The German Foreign Minister, Mr Klaus Kinkel, yesterday criticised a US House of Representatives committee resolution …

Bonn - The German Foreign Minister, Mr Klaus Kinkel, yesterday criticised a US House of Representatives committee resolution which denounced Germany for its treatment of the Church of Scientology and other minority religions. He said: "The truth is that Scientology is not a religion or an ideological community. Its aims, in any case in Germany, are directed towards economic activities."

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