- Ursula Caberta
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footnotes =Ursula Caberta y Diaz (born 1950) is a German politician, State of
Hamburg government official and the Commissioner for theScientology Task Force of the Hamburg Interior Authority . She graduated in political economy. She is widely cited as an expert on sects in German media. Caberta is also an official in Hamburg's authority for interior affairs.cite book
last = Arweck
first = Elizabeth
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title = Researching New Religious Movements: Responses and Redefinitions
publisher = Routledge
date = 2006
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pages = 172, 200, 201
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id = ISBN 041527754X]The Hamburg Scientology Task Force was founded in 1992 to monitor the activities and publications of Scientology, and raise public awareness about the group.
Views on Scientology
In 1995, Caberta took on an active role in controversies related to Scientology in schools in
Bjerndrup near the German border [cite book
last = Richardson
first = James T.
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title = Regulating Religion: case studies from around the globe
publisher = Springer
date = 2004
location =
pages = 228
url =
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id = ISBN 0306478870 ] . In 1996, Caberta stated in "The New York Times " that she saw similarities between Germany's prior history with the Third Reich, and the Church of Scientology [cite news
last = Staff
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title = The Test of German Tolerance
work =The New York Times
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publisher =The New York Times Company
date =September 15 ,1996
url = http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9407E0DF153AF936A2575AC0A960958260
accessdate = ] . In 2007, Caberta was quoted in "Spiegel" as being worried that theChurch of Scientology wanted to influencepolitics in Germany and throughoutEurope cite news
last = Staff
first =
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title = SECT WORRIES: Berlin Concerned about Huge New Scientology Center
work = Spiegel
pages =
language = English
publisher = Spiegel Online 2007
date =January 9 ,2007
url = http://www.spiegel.de/international/0,1518,458616,00.html
accessdate = ] . Caberta stated that the Church of Scientology aimed to undermine Germany's democracy with a "cynical ideology"cite news
last = Staff
first =
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title = New Scientology Center in Berlin Riles Authorities
work = Deutsche Welle
pages =
language = English
publisher = 2007 Deutsche Welle
date = 2007-01-13
url = http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,2309694,00.html
accessdate = ] . In August 2007, along withUdo Nagel , Hamburg State Interior Minister, Caberta called for a ban on the Scientology organization, but this was rejected by Federal politicians in Berlin. [cite web |url = http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,2730936,00.html |title = Scientology Targets Europe Amid Fresh Calls for Ban in Germany |accessdate = 2007-08-24 |last = Bösch |first = Marcus |date =2007-08-09 |publisher =Deutsche Welle |language = English]Wolfgang Bosbach , deputy parliamentary group leader of ChancellorAngela Merkel 's conservatives said that a bid to outlaw Scientology may fail because Germany's domestic intelligence service is unlikely to have gathered enough evidence against it to back court action against the sect. [cite web | title = Controversial Cult: German Parties Reject Bid to Ban Scientology| url = http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,498836,00.html| work = Spiegel Online| publisher =Der Spiegel | date =2007-08-08 | accessdate = 2007-08-28 | language = | quote = ]In 2007 Caberta called
Tom Cruise an enemy of the constitution [ [http://www.tagesspiegel.de/berlin/Tom-Cruise;art270,2384001 Tagesspiegel, German newspaper, September 21, 2007] , "] .Criticism of Caberta
In 2000, Scientology filed a criminal complaint (Strafanzeige) against Caberta for alleged bribery after she received a private loan of 75,000 dollars from
Bob Minton . Penal investigations against her were dropped upon her payment of a 7,500 Euro fine. [ [http://www.abendblatt.de/daten/2002/06/27/40396.html Hamburger Abendblatt (German newspaper), Penal Fine for Caberta, 27 June 2002] ]Bibliography
*cite book
last = Caberta
first = Ursula
title = Scientology greift an
publisher = Econ Verlag
edition = Paperback
language = German
year = 1997
month =
isbn = 978-3430182492("engl. "Scientology attacks")
*cite book
last = Caberta
first = Ursula
title = Schwarzbuch Scientology
publisher = Gütersloher Verlagshaus
edition = Paperback
language = German
year = 2007
month = August
isbn = 978-3579069746("engl. "The Black Book of Scientology") [ [http://img.mittelbayerische.de/bdb/625000/625060/Detail327.jpgMittelbayerische newspaper, 7 August 2007, photo Ursula Caberta presents book] ]
*cite book
last = Caberta
first = Ursula
title = Kindheit bei Scientology: Verboten
publisher = Gütersloher Verlagshaus
edition = Paperback
language = German
year = 2008
month = May
isbn = 978-3579069814("engl. "Childhood in Scientology: Forbidden")References
External links
* [http://www.hamburg.de/ag-scientology/ Homepage] , "Hamburg Scientology Task Force" de icon
In the media
*cite web | first = Jack R. | last = Payton | title = Scientology and Germany: Falling back into the past | url = http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/sptimes/access/22783722.html?dids=22783722:22783722&FMT=FT&FMTS=ABS:FT | work = | publisher =
St. Petersburg Times | date =1996-12-22 | accessdate = 2007-10-02
*cite web | first = Ayla Jean | last = Yackley | title = Scientology in the Machine | url = http://www.wired.com/techbiz/media/news/2000/03/35054 | work = | publisher = Wired | date =2000-03-19 | accessdate = 2007-10-02
*cite web | first = Marcus | last = Bösch | title = Scientology Targets Europe Amid Fresh Calls for Ban in Germany | url = http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,2730936,00.html | work = | publisher =Deutsche Welle | date =2007-08-09 | accessdate = 2007-10-03
*cite web | first = Stephanie | last = Kirchner | title = Cruise Film Gets German OK | url = http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1662534,00.html | work = | publisher = TIME Magazine | date =2007-09-17 | accessdate = 2007-10-03
*cite web | first = Roger | last = Friedman | title = Actor Who Left Scientology Touring Germany | url = http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,416386,00.html | work = | publisher =Fox News | date =2008-09-04 | accessdate = 2008-09-04
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