Express Tribune: By Aakar Patel.
On May 27, 1953, the Tamil reformer EV Ramaswami Naickersmashed an idol of Lord Ganesha in public at the Town Hall maidanin Tiruchirapalli. Naicker, who was angered by Hinduism’s caste system, made a speech announcing his intention to do this before breaking the idol. Veerabadran Chettiar, an offended Hindu, filed a case under two laws.
Section 295: Whoever destroys, damages or defiles any place of worship, or any object held sacred by any class of persons with the intention of thereby insulting the religion of any class of persons or with the knowledge that any class of persons is likely to consider such destruction, damage or defilement as an insult to their religion, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to two years,
Section 295-A: Whoever, with deliberate and malicious intention of outraging the religious feelings of any class of citizens of India, by words, either spoken or written, or by signs or by visible representations or otherwise, insults or attempts to insult the religion or the religious beliefs of that class, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years, or with fine, or with both.
The Tiruchirapalli magistrate dismissed the petition.
Categories: Asia, Faith, India, Law and Religion, Politics
In so called Islamic Repulic of Pakistan dozens of Mosques of Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat and also the christian Churches has been razed to ground by the claiments of love of the Syyedul Murselin, Rahmatul-Lil-Aalemin,Hazrat Mohammad-e-Mstafa Salle Alaa Wa Allehi Wa Wassalam, who used to give clear orders to his generals fighting agaisnt the Kuffar,not to damage their Worship Places. Under which islamic canon they are doing this? Why 295 is being used only against the Non Muslims/or againt whom they think they are not Muslims. Why non of them has yet been tried and punished?