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Christians angry over Christ's picture,
Facebook post
Monday January 21, 2013 09:27:32 PM,
IANS
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Pune: Christian groups
in the state Monday took umbrage at a 2013 calendar showing Jesus
Christ holding a cigarette and a beer and urged the Maharashtra
government to initiate action.
The Catholic Secular Forum (CSF) and other groups said their
religious sentiments have been "insulted".
"This blasphemous picture has been printed in December and around
30,000 of these offensive copies have already been circulated in
the market," CSF president Joseph Dias told IANS.
Tanaji D. Lonkar, a former Shiv Sena municipal corporator,
purportedly published a calendar with the "offensive" picture of
Jesus Christ.
Lawyers Vikram E. Amolik and Pankaj K. Bhandari have filed private
criminal complaints regarding the calendar before a Pune court and
the matter is expected to come up for hearing soon, Dias added.
Lonkar has sought to dissociate himself from the issue, saying
that the printer had downloaded the image from internet. Lonkar
said he has withdrawn the calendar.
Dias added that over the past few months, tribal Christians in
Palghar region of Thane and in Raigad district had been attacked
by local radical elements.
"Despite several complaints, nothing has been done, creating a
feeling of insecurity among Christians. When two girls posted on
Facebook on late Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray's death, the
government took immediate action as it was a political issue,"
Dias said.
He threatened an agitation unless the state government acted
immediately and brought the culprits to book.
In another instance, a post on social networking website Facebook
showing Mother Mary ordering Christ to "clean up" has angered the
community.
In the post, Mother Mary is depicted saying: "Jesus! Look at this
mess! Clean up your room now!"
"When there were objections to the post, the author apologised,
but in a very nasty manner using the 'F' word, which made it even
worse," CSF president Joseph Dias told IANS.
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