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Tilman Hausherr
Born1965
 Germany
Occupationsoftware developer, writer
NationalityGerman
Genrecomputer programming, cult critic
SubjectScientology, Relational database management system
Website
http://www.xenu.de/
Screenshot of Hausherr's Xenu's Link Sleuth

Template:ScientologySeries Tilman Hausherr is a German citizen born 1965 and living in Berlin, Germany. He is a software developer and the author of the software Xenu's Link Sleuth, but he is best known for his criticism of Scientology.

Scientology critic

He has been described as a "critic of Scientology", an "anti cult-figure", and an "anti-cultist" . Hausherr maintains a website with material related to Scientology, including the the Scientology celebrities FAQ, as well as the FAQ: Scientology in Germany (2001), which was cited as a reference by Salon.

In 1998, Scientology sent a letter to Hausherr, telling him to remove altered Scientology images from his Web site. Parody alterations included changing the Scientology "S" to a dollar sign, as well as elongating the nose of the president, which was a comparison to Pinocchio, a liar. In the course of the dispute Compuserve - hosting the pages and altered images - blocked his website for TOS violation. Hausherr had maintained that the altering of the images showed that this was a fair use parody.

Tech sector

Aside from his work at a branch of Siemens AG Hausherr has contributed to the magazine Berliner Dialog, published until 2005 by the non-profit organization Dialog Zentrum Berlin e.V..

Sources credit Hausherr for coining the term "Sporgery" in the Usenet newsgroup alt.religion.scientology, to which he is a regular contributor.

Hausherr's Xenu's Link Sleuth software was called the "fastest link-checking software" by PC Magazine.

References

  1. Tilman Hausherr's "Zauber FAQ" of 21 June 1995
  2. Kent, Stephen A. (2003). "Scientology and the European Human Rights Debate: A Reply to Leisa Goodman, J. Gordon Melton, and the European Rehabilitation Project Force Study". Marburg Journal of Religion. 8 (1). {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
  3. Hexham, Irving (1999). ""Verfassungsfeindlich": Church, State, And New Religions In Germany". Nova Religio. 2 (2): 208–227. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help); Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
  4. Cowan, Douglas E. (2002). "Cult Apology: A Modest (Typological) Proposal" (PDF). {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help); Unknown parameter |booktitle= ignored (help)
  5. Hudson, David., Scientology's "Holocaust" : Is Hollywood on the wrong side in Germany's "Church" vs. state furor?, Salon, February 25, 1997.

    Although the organization has lost many cases, it has won a few. (Several of the landmark cases are outlined in Tilman Hausherr's "FAQ: Scientology in Germany".)

  6. ^ Macavinta, Courtney (January 29, 1998). "Scientologists in trademark disputes" (in English). CNET News. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  7. Zehnder, Matthias W. (1998). "Extremismus im Internet" (in german). Birkhäuser Verlag. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  8. Hartwig, Renate (2002). Die Schattenspieler (3rd ed.). Direct Verlag. p. 194/195. ISBN 3935264021. {{cite book}}: Check |isbn= value: checksum (help)
  9. Berliner Dialog 1/2000
  10. Berliner Dialog Article by Tilman Hausherr, "Helnwein und Scientology"
  11. Berliner Dialog all existing issues 1995-2005
  12. Attack of the Robotic Poets, ZDNet, by Kevin Poulsen, May 06, 1999.
  13. "70 assists for a winning site.(WEB BUILDER'S TOOLKIT)", PC Magazine, April 23, 2002.

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