Haqeeqat (book)
Encyclopedia
Haqeeqat is the Hindi
translation of a controversial book by a Kerala
, India
-based Christian
evangelist
M.G. Mathew. It was translated by Daniel Nathaniel, associated with Emmanuel Mission International (EMI). The book is widely regarded as an anti-Hindu
book.
The Government of Rajasthan
received complaints that the book ridiculed Hindu
and Jain deities and beliefs. After examining the contents of the book, the government decided to ban it, as it felt that the book could incite communal
violence.
EMI's founder, Archbishop M.A. Thomas, and his son, the Rev. Dr. Samuel Thomas, went into hiding as the police searched for them. Joseph D'souza, president of All India Christian Council
(AICC) has stated that "They [Bharatiya Janata Party, the party ruling Rajasthan] have declared that they would make tribal areas of Rajasthan Christian-free and are working hard on it."
Hopegivers International, one of the largest Christian ministries in India, has approached the US State Department, US senators, and Christian friends in Washington DC, after Dr. Samuel Thomas’s arrest on March 16.
The book was written as an answer to the book A Bunch of Thoughts, authored by M. S. Golwalkar, the late leader of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh
.
Kanchan Gupta
has condemned the book as an "anti-Hindu diatribe". He says:
Hindi
Standard Hindi, or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi, also known as Manak Hindi , High Hindi, Nagari Hindi, and Literary Hindi, is a standardized and sanskritized register of the Hindustani language derived from the Khariboli dialect of Delhi...
translation of a controversial book by a Kerala
Kerala
or Keralam is an Indian state located on the Malabar coast of south-west India. It was created on 1 November 1956 by the States Reorganisation Act by combining various Malayalam speaking regions....
, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
-based Christian
Christian
A Christian is a person who adheres to Christianity, an Abrahamic, monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth as recorded in the Canonical gospels and the letters of the New Testament...
evangelist
Evangelism
Evangelism refers to the practice of relaying information about a particular set of beliefs to others who do not hold those beliefs. The term is often used in reference to Christianity....
M.G. Mathew. It was translated by Daniel Nathaniel, associated with Emmanuel Mission International (EMI). The book is widely regarded as an anti-Hindu
Anti-Hindu
Anti-Hindu prejudice is a negative perception or religious intolerance against the practice and practitioners of Hinduism. Anti-Hindu sentiments have been expressed by Muslims in Pakistan, Bangladesh, leading to significant persecution of Hindus in those regions, such as the 1971 Bangladesh...
book.
The Government of Rajasthan
Rajasthan
Rājasthān the land of Rajasthanis, , is the largest state of the Republic of India by area. It is located in the northwest of India. It encompasses most of the area of the large, inhospitable Great Indian Desert , which has an edge paralleling the Sutlej-Indus river valley along its border with...
received complaints that the book ridiculed Hindu
Hindu
Hindu refers to an identity associated with the philosophical, religious and cultural systems that are indigenous to the Indian subcontinent. As used in the Constitution of India, the word "Hindu" is also attributed to all persons professing any Indian religion...
and Jain deities and beliefs. After examining the contents of the book, the government decided to ban it, as it felt that the book could incite communal
Communalism (South Asia)
This article deals with the use of the word communalism in South Asia, as a name for a force separating different communities based on some form of social or sectarian discrimination...
violence.
EMI's founder, Archbishop M.A. Thomas, and his son, the Rev. Dr. Samuel Thomas, went into hiding as the police searched for them. Joseph D'souza, president of All India Christian Council
All India Christian Council
The All India Christian Council is a nation-wide alliance of Christian denominations, mission agencies, institutions, federations and Christian lay leaders....
(AICC) has stated that "They [Bharatiya Janata Party, the party ruling Rajasthan] have declared that they would make tribal areas of Rajasthan Christian-free and are working hard on it."
Hopegivers International, one of the largest Christian ministries in India, has approached the US State Department, US senators, and Christian friends in Washington DC, after Dr. Samuel Thomas’s arrest on March 16.
The book was written as an answer to the book A Bunch of Thoughts, authored by M. S. Golwalkar, the late leader of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh or National Patriotic Organization), also known the Sangh, is a right-wing Hindu nationalist, paramilitary, volunteer, and allegedly militant organization for Hindu males in India...
.
Kanchan Gupta
Kanchan Gupta
Kanchan Gupta is an Indian journalist, political analyst, and activist.-Journalist and columnist:Born to East Bengali refugee parents, Kanchan Gupta was raised in Jamshedpur and Patna where he attended missionary schools...
has condemned the book as an "anti-Hindu diatribe". He says:
External links
- Abusing freedom, falsifying gods Kanchan Gupta, Pioneer, 25 March 2006
- After green doves, it's white pigeons!! - V SUNDARAM