Seek immediate action against those who hurt religious sentiments
Members of the Christian community led by several pastors took out a protest march here on Tuesday condemning the re-launch of the book “Christa Parichay’, which claims that Jesus was a Tamil Brahmin.
Staging the protest under the aegis of Hubballi Taluka Pastors and Christian Leaders’ Association, the protestors marched from the Basel Mission Church to Kittur Chennamma Circle and subsequently to Mini Vidhana Soudha.
They held placards with messages saying they would not tolerate those who attack the Christian faith and also attempts to discriminate between religious heads and faiths. There were also few placards which said that the author of the book did not know what he was he doing and an appeal to Jesus to pardon him.
The protestors alleged that through the re-launch of the book, which was first published in 1946, a deliberate attempt was being made to divide the communities living harmoniously within country.
They said that through the re-launch of the book, an attack was being made on the religious beliefs of the Christians and an attempt was being made to divide society.
The book “Christa Parichay’ written by Ganesh Savarkar, first published in 1946 and translated into English, claims that Jesus was a Tamil Brahmin and that Christianity was a sect of Hinduism. The book was re-launched at the Swatantryaveer Savarkar National Memorial in Dadar last Friday on the death anniversary of RSS ideologue V.D. Savarkar, amid threats of protests by Christian organisations.
President of the Association Pastor Sunil J. Mahade, Vice-President Daniel Koti, Secretary Herbert H.R., Joint Secretary Sunil M. Kirby, Treasurer Edward Goudar, Rev. Anthony R., Rev. Sudhakar Rao and others led the protest march. They then submitted a memorandum addressed to the Chief Minister seeking immediate action against those who hurt religious sentiments.
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