Tags: Religion, Izmailovsky District Court, Justice Ministry, Russia, Moscow
MOSCOW
, December 15 (RAPSI) -
Church
of
Scientology
will be scrutinized by religion experts after the Russian Justice Ministry refused to register the statute of the
Church
of
Scientology
in
Moscow
, RAPSI learnt in
Moscow
's Izmailovsky District Court on Monday.
The Justice Ministry found that the statute did not comply with the federal law on freedom of faith. It also indicated that “scientology” is registered as a trademark and is owned by the
Religious
Technology
Center
in the
US
. The ministry therefore filed a motion with the Moscow City Court seeking to ban the
Moscow
branch of the church. The hearings at the Moscow City Court will resume after the issue about the statute is considered by the
Izmailovsky Court
.
Dianetics and Scientology is a religious and philosophic movement established in the
US
in the early 1950s by L. Ron Hubbard.
A resolution passed in 1996 by the lower house of parliament, or the State Duma, classified the
Church
of
Scientology
as a destructive religious organization.
The
Moscow Regional Court
ruled that some of Hubbard’s books be included on the Federal List of Extremist Literature and banned from distribution in
Russia
.
Original Text From:http://rapsinews.com/judicial_news/20141215/272783231.html