International Religious Freedom Report 2006 released by the US State Department!

For those interested, Scientology is being reported about in the chapters on Germany, France and Spain.

Perestroika!

Last weekend the Church of Scientology of Moscow joined the local chapter of Youth for Human Rights International and the Moscow government in organizing the 26th annual International Marathon for Peace.

And when 60 runners carrying the flags of 45 countries joined the race in a symbolic message of peace, the idea of a world without the insanity of war and hatred and where human rights are a fact had already begun the shift from "idealistic dream" to "everyday fact." This is a message of Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard, who said many decades ago:

"Human Rights must be made a fact, not an idealistic dream."

(Source for photo: Scientology Today)

Scientology Volunteer Ministers Take a Stand Against Crime in Fiji

Yellow shirts mingled with blue ones on the first day of Crime Prevention Week, when the Church of Scientology Volunteer Ministers South Pacific Goodwill Tour brought their anti-crime initiative to the police.

News from Scientology Today here

Scientology Anti-Drug Initiative Receives Charity Status in Australia

The Federal Treasury and the Department of Family and Community Services has granted the Drug-Free Ambassadors full tax deductible status and put them on the register of Harm Prevention Charities.

The timing of this recognition couldn't be better. It coincides with the Ambassadors' plan to release hundreds of thousands of new booklets to let youth know the truth about heroin, marijuana, cocaine, LSD, speed or methamphetamines, ecstasy, crack, kiddie cocaine (ritalin) and painkillers.

(Found in: Scientology Today of 8 September 2006)

Kabbalah and Scientology

Just read the "Observer":

"Hollywood and Divine
Hollywood, USA - Sometimes it seems it is almost impossible to open a newpaper without seeing a celebrity sporting the telltale red string of Kabbalah."

Hmm... Must be a different Hollywood. I have been living in central Hollywood since a while and have not seen any such "string". More likely to meet Scientologists around here. Anyone sharing that experience?