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| July 14, 2010 | Hindus approach Malta's Archbishop to bring religious equality before law | |
Nevada (US):Hindus have contacted Malta's Roman Catholic Archbishop Monsignor Paul Cremona urging him to use his good offices to ensure that Malta treats all religions equally in front of the law. Bhavna Shinde of Forum for Hindu Awakening, in a communiqué to Archbishop
Cremona, wrote: Malta Criminal Code reportedly makes one liable to imprisonment
up to six months for publicly vilifying 'Roman Catholic Apostolic Religion', while
committing such an act against 'any cult tolerated by law' makes one liable to
imprisonment only up to three months. As you very well know, equality is the fundamental
tenet of Judeo-Christian faith of which Catholicism is a significant part. As
the Archbishop of Malta and President of Maltese Episcopal Conference of Roman
Catholic Church, your words are highly valued by Malta leaders and citizens. Please
use your good offices to ensure that Malta treats all religions including Hinduism
equally in front of the law. Meanwhile, in the recent past, acclaimed Hindu statesman
Rajan Zed and Rabbi Jonathan B. Freirich, prominent Jewish leader in Nevada and
California in USA, in a statement on this issue, said that it seemed to imply
that except Roman Catholic, other religions and denominations including Hinduism
and Judaism were just one of the cults in the eyes of Malta. Rajan Zed, who is
president of Universal Society of Hinduism, and Rabbi Freirich, argued that it
was perturbing to note that a country of Europe, which prided itself for its human
rights initiatives, apparently treated crimes against religious sentiment of "other"
religions/denominations as less serious than against majority religion and described
religions/denominations other than majority religion as cults. Maltese islands
were first settled reportedly in 5,200 BCE. Few European countries have such concentrated
architecture, history, and beaches in so small an area as Malta. |
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