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Scientology has been shut down in Greece, indicted in Spain, its activities restricted in Russia, rebuffed by Sweden's highest court, expelled from college campuses in Norway, convicted of crimes in Canada and denied status as a charitable organization or a religion in most European countries.
Scientology status by country; A. Scientology in Australia; B. ... Scientology in the United States This page was last edited on 5 February 2016, at 03:31 (UTC). ...
The legal status of Scientology or Scientology-related organizations differs between jurisdictions. [31] [32] [388] Scientology was legally recognized as a tax-exempt religion in Australia, [33] Portugal, [389] and Spain. [390] Scientology was granted tax-exempt status in the United States in 1993.
In 2011, SonntagsZeitung reported that support for Scientology in Switzerland had experienced a steady decline from 3,000 registered members in 1990 to 1,000 members and the organization was said to be facing extinction in the country. A Church of Scientology spokesperson rejected the figures claiming that the organization had 5,000 "passive ...
Operation Snow White was a criminal conspiracy during the 1970s to purge unfavorable records about Scientology and L. Ron Hubbard from 136 government agencies, foreign embassies and consulates, as well as private organizations critical of Scientology, in more than 30 countries.
After being recognized as a tax-exempt religious organization in 1957, Scientology's tax-exempt status was lost in a 1967 IRS audit. [5] As part of the effort to regain tax exemption during the late 1970s, Scientologists repeatedly infiltrated the IRS, copying large numbers of documents and at one point placing an electronic bugging device in an IRS conference room. [5]
March: The Italian Supreme Court upholds Scientology's religious status in Italy while reaffirming that Narconon is a non-tax-exempt for-profit business. [53] Scientology ministers are granted the right to perform marriages in South Africa. [54]
The worldwide network of Church of Scientology organizations consists of numerous entities and corporations, located in the United States as well as in other countries.All these organizations are interrelated and connected through an internal hierarchy called the "Command Channels of Scientology". [1]