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| June 21, 2010 | Hindus urge European Union, Malta President for equality of religions in Malta | |
Nevada (US): Hindus have approached various bodies of European Union, Council of Europe, European Parliament, European and Malta Ombudsman, Malta President and other government
offices, and even Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Malta urging them to 'ensure that Malta treats all religions and denominations equally in front of the law'. Bhavna
Shinde of Forum for Hindu Awakening, in a communiqué to these organizations today,
wrote: Malta Criminal Code reportedly makes one liable to imprisonment up to 6
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 3 months. Please investigate it and ensure that Malta treats all religions
and denominations 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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