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Published on Tuesday 25th March 2008
But it was two recent events that propelled the members of Anonymous to act. Sources told ABCNEWS.com that they were initially intrigued by the publication of Andrew Morton’s biography of Tom Cruise, which was highly critical of Scientology. That drew them to the Internet for more information where they came across the leak of several church videos on YouTube featuring Cruise’s wildly enthusiastic praise of Scientology.
Bertie Ahern has angered the Church of Scientology by “snubbing” it in the official church-state dialogue process.
As part of his attempt to combat “aggressive secularism” in Irish society, he issued invitations to Catholic bishops, the Church of Ireland, the Jewish Chief Rabbi and Muslim leaders to take part in multi-faith talks.
But the Church of Scientology, which counts film stars such as Tom Cruise and John Travolta among its members, was left out.
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Published on Sunday 10th February 2008
Dressed in black, sporting masks and handing out leaflets on a sunny Sunday morning, more than 30 people stand on an Edinburgh pavement protesting against the Church of Scientology in Scotland.
John is among them, a 29-year-old from Edinburgh who lifts up his grinning Guy Fawkes mask so he can explain why he’s standing with complete strangers on the city’s South Bridge with a flyer urging Scots not to “let a UFO cult take us back to the Middle Ages”.
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Published on Monday 4th February 2008
A day of free speech protests have been planned outside Scientology centres around the world, with campaigners mobilising on Facebook and YouTube against the group.
Hackers are incensed at what they claim is a restriction on free speech by Scientologist by forcing YouTube to remove embarrassing footage of Tom Cruise talking about what ‘a blast’ the religion is.
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Published on Monday 4th February 2008
Protesters are vowing to picket buildings in London, Birmingham, Manchester, Edinburgh and York on the British leg of the day of direct action, three weeks after a group of internet activists called Anonymous vowed to destroy the movement.
They said they were opposed to Scientologists’ “speech-suppression tactics”, which they claim include “frivolous” lawsuits and the use of copyright and trademark laws to silence free speech.
