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"In Scientology there is no attempt to change a person's beliefs or to persuade him away from any religion to which he already belongs." [2]

"Scientology is all-denominational in that it opens its membership to people of all faiths." . . . Membership in Scientology does not mean that there is any necessity to leave your current church, synagogue, temple or mosque." [3]

"Scientology respects all religions. Scientology does not conflict with other religions or other religious practices" [4]

Prior to founding Scientology, Hubbard gave a lecture entitled "What's Wrong with This Universe: A Working Package for the Auditor" on December 9, 1952. In it, Hubbard describes some of the "between lives" implants that supposedly occur to us after we die and before we reincarnate. One of these implants, called "The Emanator", is supposedly the origin of Islam. Hubbard claims that The Emanator was the source of the "Mohammedan Lodestone". Hubbard further describes the Prophet Muhammad as a small town booster that mocked up [made up] Islam only because business wasn't good in his hometown. [7]

Further, Muslims respect and love Jesus. See Quran, 3:45, 4:171, 19:16-33, 21:91. Islam teaches that Jesus was a true and genuine messenger of God. See Quran, 61:14. The Quran rebukes those who reject Jesus. See Quran, 2:87, 4:156-158. Muslims believe in the miracles that Jesus performed by God's leave. See Quran, 5:110.

The Quran states:

"Say "We believe in God, and the revelation given to us, and the revelation given to Abraham, Ishmael, Isaac, Jacob and the Tribes, and that given to Moses and Jesus, and that given to (all) prophets from their Lord: We make no distinction between one and another of them, and to Him we are submitters." [9] [10]

In contrast, the Church of Scientology teaches in its secret Class 8 Auditor's [ministerial] class that, like Islam, Christianity is the result of an evil memory "implant" designed to control people. [8] Hubbard goes on to state that there was no Jesus, and that Christianity is based on watching the behavior of madmen. In Class 8, Lecture 10, Hubbard states that the leaders of the Christian Church used brainwashing, invented Christ, and siezed power.

Scientology's admits that its promise that there is no "necessity to leave your current . . . mosque." is a lie. In its application for tax exempt status, the Church of Scientology told the IRS:

"Footnote 6: Although there is no policy or Scriptural mandate expressly requiring Scientologists to renounce other religious beliefs or membership in other churches, as a practical matter Scientologists are expected to and do become fully devoted to Scientology to the exclusion of other faiths. As Scientologists, they are required to look only to Scientology Scriptures for the answers to the fundamental questions of their existence and to seek enlightenment only from Scientology." [11]

• www.entheta.net
• www.xenu.net

References

1. For Hubbard, the ends justified the means. If telling a "white lie" gets people into Scientology (the "desirable result"), then Scientologists should communicate an "acceptable truth".
   • "So PR becomes the technique of Communicating an acceptable truth -- and which will attain the desirable result."
     HCO Policy Letter of 13 August 1970, L. Ron Hubbard
   • "Handling truth is a touchy business ... Tell an acceptable truth."
     The Missing Ingredient, - L. Ron Hubbard, 13 August 1970.
2. What is Scientology?, ©1992, pg. 544.
3. ibid., pg. 544.
4. ibid., pg. 544-545.
5. http://www.ezlink.com/~perry/CoS/Theology, Hubbard Maligns Religion
6. ibid., Scientology and Christianity, Hubbard and the Occult, RealAudio
7. ibid., Hubbard Maligns Islam.
8. ibid., Hubbard Maligns Christianity, RealAudio.
9. Quran, 2:136.
10. Reading the Muslim Mind, pgs. 14-16, 25-30, Hassan Hathout, © 1995.
11. Response to Final Series of IRS Questions Prior to Recognition of Exemption Under Section 501(c)(3) As a Church, October 1, 1993.

Credits

Hubbard Maligns Islam

Hubbard on the Lodestone

"..finds this enormous stone hanging suspended in the middle of a room. This is an incident called the Emanator by the way. ...and this thing is by the way the source of the Mohammedan Lodestone that they have hanging down there,..."

Commentary:

• Hubbard asserts that the stone at Mecca is an artifact of an incident [implant or false memory]. This is consistent with other incidents found in Scientology, for example R6 which is the basis of Christianity.

Hubbard on Mohammed

"...that, eh, when Mohammed decided to be a good small-town booster in ah Kansas, Middle-East, or something of the sort."

Commentary:

• Kansas is a large, flat, semi-arid, sparsely populated state roughly in the center of North America. In this context, Kansas is disparaged as a cultural backwater, seemingly unworthy of notice. By extension, "Kansas, Middle-East" (at least in the United States) characterizes Mohammed as a local personality in an insignificant corner of the world. Hubbard showed disrespect for the founders of nearly all major world religions, so this gratuitous snub is not unexpected.

• Hubbard gratuitously insults Mohammed and Islam in stating that Mohammed began his ministry as "a good small-town booster [advocate]".

Hubbard on Mohammed's Motives

"By the way, the only reason he mocked that thing up, is the trade wasn't good in his hometown. That's right. You read the life of Mohammed."

Commentary:

• Mohammed (Salla Allah Alieh wa salaam) did not mock Islam up for the reason of trade. He comes from one of the wealthiest families in Arabia. He was offered the wealth of his family in exchange for not teaching Islam, but refused.

• As documented in Islamic books, Mohammed taught "Zuhud", an Arabic word which means to denounce all the material things in life and turn towards God "Allah". Even though Mohammed was married to the wealthiest woman in Arabia, he lived the life of the poor, never slept on a cushion, had old and patched clothes, and never complained. Mohammed taught Mulsims to be humble, to respect the elders and be kind to the young.

• Mecca was the pilgrimage place for many of the people at that time and the pilgrimage time then and now is a very good business time so there is and was no reason to mock anything up for business.

• "mockup" refers to the Scientology concept of thetans' ability to fabricate something simply by willing it into being. Used in context, Genesis 1:1 reads, "...In the beginning, God mocked up the heavens and the earth."

• Hubbard gratuitously insults Mohammed (again) by stating that Islam was created in response to business, rather than spiritual motivation. Given Scientology's tendency to over-emphasize monetary gain, Hubbard is the pot calling the kettle black.

Hubbard on the Casbah [sic]

"And he's got a black one and it sort of hung between the ceiling and the floor, I don't know, maybe they call it 'Casbah' or something ... Anyway, anyway, that thing is a mockup of the Emanator!"

Commentary:

• Hubbard shows contempt for Islam by using the incorrect word for the ka'abah, a cubical building in the mosque at Mecca which houses a black stone, believed to be a fragment of Abraham's altar.

• Given the ethnic stereotypes portrayed in 1950s movies such as Casablanca, Hubbard's use of "the Casbah"[sic] is very nearly an ethnic slur. "The Casbah", a poor district of Cairo(?), invokes images of corruption and intrigue, and was sadly one of the few images that Americans had of Middle Eastern culture during the 1950s.

Hubbard on the Roots of Islam

"The Emanator is bright, not black. And so, your volunteer, who insists on a sightseeing trip, goes in and this thing is standing in the middle of the room, and it's going 'wong wong wong wong wong' and he says: "Isn't that pretty?". It sure is, and then he says "Mmmgrmrm ponk" Why, I'll tell you, they cart him from there, and they take him in and they do a transposition of beingness."

Commentary:

• Hubbard claims that in a previous life, people were hypnotized by the Emanator and had a "transposition of beingness" [an implant or false memory]. Mohammed, who had this implant from a previous life, vaguely remembered the Emanator prior to "mocking up" Islam. This is similar to Hubbard's explanation for the origins of Christianity - "through watching the dramatizations of people, picked up some little fragments of R6."

• Hubbard shows further contempt for Islam by describing a religious pilgrimage to Mecca as "a sightseeing trip".

Miscavige on Religions of the Last 2000 Years

"For while you've often heard it said 'we are the only major religion to emerge in this 20th century,' the truth is more than that. In fact, we are the only new religion. Not a reinterpretation of some ancient doctrine, but the only original scriptural voice in the last 2,000 years.", International Scientology News #7, David Miscavige [ecclesiastical leader], March 13, 1998

Commentary:

• Apparently, Miscavige views Islam as just a "reinterpretation" of ancient doctrine and not an original scriptural voice.

• Scientology claims 8 million adherents, but probably has no more than 100,000 active members. Superlatives and hyperbole are common in Scientology publications. Scientology is most certainly not a "major" religion in the sense that Islam is a major religion.

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