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COMBATING BIGOTRY & HATE
A teenage boy in India is taking on A&E executives Nancy Dubuc and Paul Buccieri in a grassroots campaign against bigotry, hate and inciting violence. After seeing on-air previews of Leah Remini’s reality TV show that spreads hate about the Church of Scientology, New Delhi teenager Ram Sharma said he was “sick of” Remini’s bigoted rants.
COMBATING BIGOTRY & HATE
STAND national director Bari Berger issued a statement of solidarity with the Interfaith Coalition and the mosque and encouraged all Minnesota Scientologists to help in any way possible. “This attack and any attack against any religion is deplorable and perpetrated by a godless individual. All religions standing together can overcome hate.”
COMBATING BIGOTRY & HATE
Court Orders Hungarian Tabloid Ripost to Publish Correction of False Statement Against Scientologist
This is a landmark decision in securing honesty from media outlets and ensuring that they do not get away with falsely labeling individuals innocent of wrongdoing.
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
STAND is mindful that Hungarian Scientologists have also faced religious discrimination and have been subject to hate speech. STAND sincerely hopes that this atmosphere of religious and racial tolerance will expand and reach into all sectors of this country thereby helping to establish a new cultural renaissance from which all can benefit.
COMBATING BIGOTRY & HATE
Scientologists Taking Action Against Discrimination (STAND) appreciates that the German federal government has taken upon itself to more forcefully curtail hate speech on digital platforms, as reported in the New York Times.
SCIENTOLOGY RELIGION
The prestigious Center for Studies on New Religions (CESNUR) held its 2017 annual conference at the Van Leer Jerusalem Institute of the historic city of Jerusalem, Israel, between 2 - 6 July. It was attended by 100 of the world’s leading religious academics.
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Six of every 10 Americans say they know virtually nothing about Sikhism , the world’s fifth largest religion. Hence, the National Sikh Campaign (NSC) launched this year to educate the American population on what it means to be a Sikh and that “Sikh values are American values.
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
While a few media outlets fed on the tragedy and sensation in the wake of the devastating Grenfell Towers fire, at least one news organization—the Financial Times—chose to highlight the uplifting side of the story, one of cooperation not conflict.
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
STAND is pleased to announce that Reza Aslan, host of the bigoted “Believer” series on CNN, has just been let go by the network. His discriminatory show came and went in a single season; it will not be missed.
