Russian court dismisses case seeking Gita ban
Wednesday March 21, 2012 09:34:10 AM,
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New Delhi:
A court in Russia has dismissed a case that sought a ban on the
Bhagwad Gita.
Hindus in Russia Wednesday won the case when Tomsk city court in
Siberia dismissed the plea from state prosecutors.
The court rejected the appeal against a Dec 27 verdict given by a
lower court in Tomsk.
"We have won the case. The court has dismissed the state
prosecutors' appeal," an elated Sadhu Priya Das, a devotee of the
ISKCON (International Society for Krishna Consciousness) in Russia
told IANS over phone from Tomsk.
The case relates to Tomsk state prosecutor's filing a petition in
June 2011 seeking a ban on a Russian translation of "Bhagwat Gita
As It Is" written by A.C. Bhaktived Swami Prabhupada, founder of
ISKCON, claiming that it was "extremist" in nature and spread
"social discord".
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