Original sentence: Believing in a need for an international body to safeguard the future of the Scientology religion, they formed the International Association of Scientologists (IAS).These include concerted attacks on psychiatry, which the Church of Scientology believes to be a profoundly negative, anti-social force, and organized defense of Scientology's standing as a legitimate religion, which has historically been a source of controversy and court battles, as with recent cases in Germany and France
Edited sentence: Recognizing the need for an international body to safeguard the future of the Scientology religion, they formed.These include concerted attacks on psychiatry, which the Church of Scientology believes to be a profoundly negative, anti-social force; and organized defense of Scientology's standing as a legitimate religion, which has historically been a source of controversy and court battles, as with recent cases in Germany and France.the International Association of Scientologists (IAS)