Urgent Petition to Save the Bhagavad-gita from Being Banned in Russia

Published: Sun, 12/18/11

Dear Readers,
Please accept my blessings.
All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
This is an urgent request for you to sign a petition
to save the Bhagavad-gita from being banned in Russia.

Please sign this petition as soon as you can, time is
short before the case comes up, and please feel free to
share this link with your whole list of email contacts.

http://www.petitions24.com/gita

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

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

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 MinistryÕs 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 PersecutorÕs 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 yourvote. This is very important - otherwise
it will be cancelled.

And please share this link to your friends.

Sincerely,

Sankarshan Das Adhkari