Gujarat Police Arrest Christian Priest for Throwing Ganesha Icon

[Guest guest]

As I read my e-mail (mostly deleting some 500 #$%^!*&

spams) at Bryant College while awaiting Amma's devi

bhava later tonight, I found this from the Hindu Press

International listserv.. I hope they throw the book at

him!!!

 

Keval

 

 

Gujarat Police Arrest Christian Priest for Throwing

Ganesha Icon

 

http://www.deccan.com/national/

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AHMEDABAD, GUJARAT, July 21, 2003: Gujarat police

arrested a Christian priest from Junagadh on charges

of "offending another's religion," officials said

here. A complaint was registered against Reverend

Suresh Thaker who runs the Grace Ministry of India, an

orphanage at Talala in Gir region of the district,

alleging he threw a statue of a Deity belonging to a

former employee, Veraval circle police inspector S. V.

 

Rathore said. Offending another's religion is a

serious offence, and a case has been registered

against the priest under various sections of

the IPC, Rathore said. Talala police said the

complainant Gopal Patel, former driver of the

orphanage, had alleged the priest had flung a

Ganesh icon.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Keval,

The effectiveness of such a punishment would depend,

of course, on which book was chosen. The Bhagavad

Gita would have quite a different effect than, say,

the unabridged Mahabharata.

 

That being said, someone wbo could throw an object

held sacred by millions of people is probably in need

of a great deal of love and compassion.

 

Jai Maa

--Aravind

 

P.S. Please tell us about the Devi Bhava!

 

--- Mike Brooker <patria1818 wrote:

> As I read my e-mail (mostly deleting some 500

> #$%^!*&

> spams) at Bryant College while awaiting Amma's devi

> bhava later tonight, I found this from the Hindu

> Press

> International listserv.. I hope they throw the book

> at

> him!!!

>

> Keval

>

>

> Gujarat Police Arrest Christian Priest for Throwing

> Ganesha Icon

>

> http://www.deccan.com/national/

>

default.shtml#Priest%20in%20soup%20over%20Ganesh%20idol

>

> AHMEDABAD, GUJARAT, July 21, 2003: Gujarat police

> arrested a Christian priest from Junagadh on charges

> of "offending another's religion," officials said

> here. A complaint was registered against Reverend

> Suresh Thaker who runs the Grace Ministry of India,

> an

> orphanage at Talala in Gir region of the district,

> alleging he threw a statue of a Deity belonging to a

> former employee, Veraval circle police inspector S.

> V.

>

> Rathore said. Offending another's religion is a

> serious offence, and a case has been registered

> against the priest under various sections of

> the IPC, Rathore said. Talala police said the

> complainant Gopal Patel, former driver of the

> orphanage, had alleged the priest had flung a

> Ganesh icon.

>

>

>

>

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