Bhagavad-gita court case in Russia, pass it on urgent and sign the petition

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From: Chandrashekhar M A <chandr...@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, Dec 18, 2011 at 3:30 PM
Subject: Fwd: Bhagavad-gita court case in Russia, pass it on urgent
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From: mukesh kumar <mukeshb...@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, Dec 18, 2011 at 11:47 AM
Subject: Bhagavad-gita court case in Russia, pass it on urgent
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Pleasssssssssseeeee..
Take 3 minutes to read this below. Its very very important..

Tomorrow there is a court case in Bhagavat Gita, where some opponents wants to ban Bhagavat Gita in Russia. If this law is passed, it will be a great set back to many people, & people will loose an opportunity to receive this great transcendental knowledge which has been transforming 1000s of souls... So Please please do this favor..

Go to the below link & sign your petition which will be presented to the court tomorrow to show world wide opposition of this..
http://www.petitions24.com/gita

It does not matter if we are Christian/Muslim/Hindu.. Its a holy book which helps people to lead a life of proper humanity & principles..


Thank you a lot in advance..


PS: After you put your email-id & sign this petition, you will be getting an email in your mail box, where you have to click a link provided as a confirmation.. Please dont miss this step... It does not take more than 3 mins..

Regards,
Mukesh

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From: shra1 reddy <shra1...@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, Dec 17, 2011 at 11:13 AM
Subject: Fwd: Bhagavad-gita court case in Russia, pass it on urgent

The Russian government is trying to  ban Bhagavad Gita As It Is (a
undisguised step towards resuming persecution of vaishnave devotees)
Please  pass this on to your mailing lists and take time to sign a
petition of protest and confirm your vote as indicated by HH Bhakti
Vijnana Swami. Kali Yuga's agents are on a roll, it seems.

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Today we received the testimony of the experts from Kemerovo State University. As it should have been expected, it is highly negative.

We uploaded the petition. It is self-explanatory, and formulated in such a way that not only ISKCON devotees can vote. Please feel free to share this link.

http://www.petitions24.com/gita

Please find below the text of the petition. On the site it is both in Russian and English.

Bhagavad-gita As It Is, one of the most respected holy scriptures of the world today, is under the threat of being banned in Russia.

The court proceedings will resume in Siberian city Tomsk, Russia, on Monday 19th. The persecutors in Tomsk suggest that the widely distributed book translated and commented upon by A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada should
be included in the Justice Ministry's list of banned extremist literature.

Bhagavad-gita As It Is is translated in more than 80 languages. Over 100 million copies of this book was distributed to date all over the world!
Millions of people in the world today consider it as the main book in their life.

The persecutors with great determination and vigor are pushing through this absurd case. During the first three court hearings, the testimony of the Tomsk experts upon which the persecutors built their case for the court was recognized as «inadequate». However, the Persecutor's office ordered the new testimony. Noteworthy, that the testimony was requested not from the well-known experts of Hinduism from Moscow, but from some unknown experts from Kemerovo State University. This move clearly suggests that the court decision is already predestined. This practice brings to memory the Middle Age Inquisition, Witch hunting, burning of books and the persecution of the dissidents during Soviet period of Russian history.

Tomsk Ombudsperson, eminent scholars of Hinduism, the members of the Public Chamber of Russian Federation, representatives of Indian community in Russia, and people belonging to different religious denominations in Russia
have already expressed their perplexity and outrage caused by the activities of Tomsk persecutors.

We demand to stop the court over the Holy Scripture! These initiatives of the Tomsk Persecutor’s Office offend the religious sentiments of all the followers of Hinduism and bring disgrace to the country of Russia.

Once you sign the petition - you will receive e-mail asking you to confirm your vote. This is very important - otherwise it will be canceled.

And please share this link to your friends.


Your servant
Bhakti Vijnana Goswami

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Yours sincerely,
V.Shravan Kumar,
B.Tech(IIT KGP),
M.Tech(IIT KGP),
Senior Research Fellow(IISc Bengalure).

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Chandrashekar M A
Asst. Professor
Computer Science Dept
Srinivas School of Engineering
Mukka, Surathkal