How Scientology And The Nation Of Islam Formed A Bizarre And Dangerous Alliance
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The Federalist ^
| November 26, 2018 | Alex VanNess and Ryan Mauro
The Church of Scientology, an organization created by the science fiction writer L. Ron Hubbard, is a cult that boasts multiple A-list actors as members. Scientology
was founded in the 1950s, after the publishing of Hubbard’s self-help book “Dianetics.” This cult is built around the ideas found within “Dianetics” and the science fiction genre for which Hubbard was known. Scientology has multiple celebrities and business magnates in its membership. In addition to being worth billions of dollars, with massive real-estate holdings, Scientology has been known to attack detractors and cover up the misdeeds of some of its most prominent members....
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Church of Scientology, former member settle long lawsuit (Forced Abortion)
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Tampa Bay Times ^
| July 24, 2018 | Staff
<p>LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Church of Scientology and one of its former members have settled a lawsuit she filed nearly a decade ago alleging she was forced to work long hours as a pre-teen and was coerced to have an abortion at 17.</p>
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Leah Remini ramps up work with A+E as her Scientology And The Aftermath is picked up for [tr]
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UK Daily Mail ^
| April 13, 2018 | Bobbie Whiteman
ook out for more Leah Remini on A+E Networks. Her hit series Leah Remini: Scientology And The Aftermath is being renewed for a third season. And
the 47-year-old has signed a two-year, first-look development deal to produce new projects for the company, Deadline reported on Friday.
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The Troubling Connections between Scientology and the Nation of Islam
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National Review ^
| April 2, 2018 | Bethany Mandel
Scientology is commonly known as the religion of the stars. Its
reach inside Hollywood is deep, and celebrity recruitment is a huge component of the group’s marketing strategy. It sounds strange to describe the proselytizing efforts of a religion as a marketing strategy, but Scientology is unlike any other American religion. It operates as a business at best and as a cult at worst. In Los Angeles, Scientology’s most expensive outpost is the Celebrity Center. At a 1999 fundraiser for the Center, actress Leah Remini said, “Celebrity Center is my second home, and there is not a person here that...
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Scientology TV Launches: "We're Not Here to Preach to You"
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hollywoodreporter.com ^
| 3/13/2018 | unknown
The new network premiered on Monday evening with four original programs and an hourlong launch special introduced by Church leader David Miscavige. Scientology TV, a network dedicated to the religion, officially launched Monday evening at 5 p.m. PT with a message from Church leader David Miscavige, making a rare on-camera appearance. "We're
not here to preach to you, to convince you or to convert you," he said. "No, we simply want to show you, because after all, the first principle of Scientology is that it's only true if it is true to you. So, take a look and then decide...
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Scientology Poised to Launch TV Network
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The Hollywood Reporter ^
| March 11, 2018 | Michael O'Connell
The Church of Scientology is getting its own TV network. The
controversial group, headed by David Miscavige, is poised to launch a channel on DirectTV and platforms Apple TV and Roku on Monday, March 12. Evidence of the network is already on Apple's app store, where "Scientology TV" is available for download from The Church of Scientology International. Running the app reveals a placeholder announcement that content will officially launch at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. P.T. There's also a newly launched Twitter account, with first updates coming early Sunday morning, pointing to a website that doesn't yet appear to be...
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SAMANTHA BEE INVITES ‘BRAINWASHED’ NRA MEMBERS TO JOIN SCIENTOLOGY INSTEAD
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Newsweek ^
| March 8, 2018 | Samantha Bee
"...Both of these cults are based on myths...One says that 75 million years ago an intergalactic warlord nuked billions of people..., and then there's the really crazy myth that guns have nothing to do with gun violence....".
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Samantha Bee Wants NRA Members to Give Scientology a Shot
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vulture.com ^
| 3/8/2018 | Tolly Wright
In a new “PSA” for NRA members, Full Frontal host Samantha Bee urges gun owners to leave the National Rifle Association and instead join the Church of Scientology. She explained, “Who needs a rifle to defend themselves when, as an OT VII, you could blow someone away with your brain?” Still
skeptical about making the transition? Bee reassured her viewers, “Is Scientology safe? Of course not! It’s bonkers, but it’s safer for the rest of us.” That being said, you might want to watch Leah Remini’s A&E docuseries Scientology and the Aftermath before you begin your journey to becoming an...
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Trump thinks Scientology should lose its tax-exempt status
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The Hill ^
| November 9, 2017 | John Bowden
President Trump has thrown his support behind removing the Church of Scientology's tax-exempt status, according to a HuffPost report. Twitter
messages from a Trump family friend and top official at the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) claimed that Trump and his family "couldn't agree more" that the church should lose its tax-exempt status. "From The moment I saw your series I told President Trump & his family we needed to revoke their tax exempt status. They couldn’t agree more, but please don’t publicize that yet," Lynne Patton wrote to actress Leah Remini in the messages obtained by HuffPost....
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Leah Remini Forgives Mother For Introducing Her To Scientology As She Accepts Emmy
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Deadline ^
| September 9, 2017 | Lisa de Moraes
Leah Remini snapped Anthony Bourdain’s four-year Emmy winning streak, taking the trophy tonight for Best Informational Series or Special at the Creative Arts Emmy Awards. Remini won her first Emmy, off her first nom, for A&E’s Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath, exploring accounts of former Scientology members whose lives have been
significantly impacted by the org’s practices.
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Leah Remini Doubles Down on Anti-Scientology Crusade: I Want a Federal Investigation
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Hollywood Reporter ^
| 8/9/2017 | Seth Abramovitch
Some moments from Leah Remini's childhood will never fade. Like
the afternoon she rode a graffiti-covered B Train with her big sister, Nicole — at ages 8 and 10, their first time alone on New York City mass transit. Their journey took them from Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, to Times Square — a seedy porn-theater mecca in the late '70s — and the Church of Scientology building on 46th Street. There, they met their mother, Vicki, a divorcee whose new boyfriend had indoctrinated the family in the self-fulfillment movement. "We went all-in, because Scientology is an all-in proposition," says Remini. "My mother...
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Two US Scientology Rehab Facilities Shut Down for Holding Patients Prisoner
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sputnik ^
| 05-05-2017 | staff
A pair of Tennessee rehab facilities run by members of the Church of Scientology have been shut down after police discovered that patients there were being held against their will. The
facilities in Cannon County came under investigation after police received a 911 call from a man who claimed to be trapped in one of the facilities. When they came to investigate, they found the man locked in a cabin with no way to escape. The facilities were little more than a handful of cabins and a double wide trailer concealed in the middle of the wilderness. Police described the...
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Tom Cruise partied on the deck of Scientology's cushy cruise ship but ex member tells [tr]
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UK Daily Mail ^
| January 25, 2017 | Chris White
The Freewinds cruise ship is the Holy Grail for any dedicated Scientologist: a coveted destination where members can mingle with rich and powerful A-listers - for a price. Hollywood
celebrities, such as Tom Cruise, John Travolta, Lisa Marie Presley and Kirstie Alley, and top-ranking management - most notably leader David Miscavige - have attended extravagant parties on Freewinds.
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Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath
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Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath ^
| 01/11/17 | A & E
Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath gives a voice to victims of the Church of Scientology despite public attempts to discredit them.
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I Visited The Church Of Scientology. Here’s What Happened
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The Federalist ^
| January 5, 2017 | Bre Payton
Last week I wandered into the Church of Scientology in Pasadena, California, and what happened during my visit made me afraid for the church's members. While
shopping along Raymond Avenue in Old Town Pasadena last week, my friend and I stopped into the Church of Scientology to take a free personality test that was advertised on an A-frame chalkboard sign just outside. As a Christian, I wasn’t really searching for guidance or salvation, but I wanted to hear the Church of Scientology’s elevator pitch. I wanted to know what they said to make people fork over massive amounts of money,...
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(Vanity) AETVs Anti Scientology Series: Leah Remini Scientology and the Aftermath
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AETV ^
| 12/25/16
Found this very interesting on the Scientology Cult. Leah Remini Scientology and the Aftermath | Season 1 Episode 1 | Disconnection
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Leah Remini: Tom Cruise Urged Me to Get Leslie Moonves to Kill '60 Minutes' Scientology Story
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hollywoodreporter.com ^
| 11/29/16 | Seth Abramovitch
As the first episode of her "ballsy" A&E series premieres, the actress/author-turned-investigative reporter reveals what everyone from pal Jennifer Lopez to co-star Kevin James felt about her former religion — and shares the memory of an awkward phone conversation she once had with the CBS chief at the 'Mission: Impossible' star's behest.A&E's
legal department is no doubt burning the midnight oil to usher its latest series, Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath, on-air. The network has already received multiple threatening letters from the Church of Scientology, in which the show's host, Leah Remini, is described as a "has-been actress" and...
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Don’t ‘say no to drugs’ in Germany! Rehab clinic masks illegal Scientology church
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RT ^
| 07-23-2016 | Staff
Ad stands for rehab facilities with the particular slogan ‘Say no to drugs – say yes to life’ in Germany are under serious suspicion of being nothing more than a Scientology recruitment scheme, police warn. The
sect is illegal in Germany. The enigmatic group, which believes our human souls have alien beginnings, does not enjoy the same legal status everywhere. In the United States it boasts dozens of Hollywood A-listers among its members and biggest donors. Not so in Germany, where the religious sect has been deemed “unconstitutional” since 1997 by domestic security, despite its existence there since the 1970s....
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Inside Tom Cruise's new $50 million 'Scientology CNN' TV and Hollywood movie studio
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dailymail.co.uk ^
| 06/21/2106 | Chris White For Dailymail.com
The grand opening of Scientology's Hollywood movie studio was hosted by church leader David Miscavige and attended by Church celebrities Scientology 'CNN TV' is set to be launched from the new $50 million studio Miscavige told a crowd of 10,000 people that the religion was going to rewrite history...
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“Church” of Scientology Accused of Forcing Woman to Have Abortion
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lifenews.com ^
| May 2 2016 | Emily Derois
After decades of coercion, former Scientologist Laura DeCrescenzo is suing the Church of Scientology for allegedly forcing her to have an abortion. It
was 1991 when 12-year-old DeCrescenzo said she signed a contract promising “eternal devotion to a religious order – not just for this lifetime, but for all future lifetimes,” according to ABC7. As her parents were devout scientologists, they supported her decision to move to the Scientology’s Pacific Area Command Base, despite her young age. Yet when she became pregnant at 17, DeCrescenzo’s new home would become her prison. She said she was immediately pressured into aborting the...
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