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From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanal_Edamaruku https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanal_Edamaruku "In March 2012, Edamaruku investigated a report that a crucifi

From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanal_Edamaruku https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanal_Edamaruku "In March 2012, Edamaruku investigated a report that a crucifix at Our Lady of Velankanni church in Mumbai was dripping water from the feet. His research indicated that the dripping was caused by capillary action from a clogged drain. In April 2012 the Catholic Church in Mumbai filed a complaint under Section 295(A) of the Indian Penal Code in several police stations around the city." If you are Catholic, please write to the Mumbai Archdiocese to withdraw the complaint : http://www.archdioceseofbombay.org/ http://www.archdioceseofbombay.org/ EDIT: Hmmm, more digging reveals a different story. From http://thehumanist.com/march-april-2013/blasphemy-free-speech-and-rationalisman-interview-withsanal-edamaruku/ http://thehumanist.com/march-april-2013/blasphemy-free-speec... "Catholic leaders even disputed the scientific validity of capillary action. In the face of our documentation, they later found it prudent to modify their position, ignoring the facts and customizing it as a political weapon." "However, the auxiliary bishop of Mumbai made official statements in the press saying that he publicly “rejoiced” and praised the “courageous” Catholic laity leaders who had filed police complaints against me." But from here : https://youtu.be/TfJ6_ftih0s https://youtu.be/TfJ6_ftih0s, it looks like he made disparaging remarks against the church and goaded people to raise cases against him

denzil_correa 10y ago
> In April 2012 the Catholic Church in Mumbai filed a complaint under Section 295(A) of the Indian Penal Code in several police stations around the city. I would like source that the Catholic Church filed the complaint. The Wikipedia article leads to a source from the OP's article. Here is what the source says > In the following weeks, three police stations in Mumbai took up blasphemy cases filed against him by Catholic groups under the notorious Section 295a of India's colonial-era penal code. Apparently, they are some Catholic groups and not the Catholic Church. However, the real culprit here is the Catholic Secular Form (CSF) > the Catholic Secular Forum (CSF), one of the groups that made the initial complaint, still insists it will press for prosecution should he ever return. That said, the Catholic Church are not absolved of their blame either. The church wanted an apology - case drop barter solution > Cardinal Oswald Gracias of Mumbai tried to broker a solution by calling upon Edamaruku to apologise and on Catholic groups to drop their case in return. In any case, the Catholic Church does not seem to have made the complaint. However, one should still write to the Catholic Church to urge the groups like CSF to unconditionally withdraw their complaints.
- AlgorithmicTime 10y ago
  I don't see why he should apologize for discovering that the water was clogged drain water.
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ramgorur 10y ago
just saw the video, I saw nothing disparaging in his remarks, he just explained the fact, moreover, according to his statement, that particular church setups these sort of contraptions time to time, clearly to attract fools, it's very evident what is the incentive behind such schemes. the thing is that everyone knows these churches, mazars, and temples are lucrative business institutions, especially in south asia, and they've been going on like hundreds of years. he just stated a simple and plain truth, all blasphemy laws must be outlawed.

denzil_correa 10y ago

> In April 2012 the Catholic Church in Mumbai filed a complaint under Section 295(A) of the Indian Penal Code in several police stations around the city. I would like source that the Catholic Church filed the complaint. The Wikipedia article leads to a source from the OP's article. Here is what the source says > In the following weeks, three police stations in Mumbai took up blasphemy cases filed against him by Catholic groups under the notorious Section 295a of India's colonial-era penal code. Apparently, they are some Catholic groups and not the Catholic Church. However, the real culprit here is the Catholic Secular Form (CSF) > the Catholic Secular Forum (CSF), one of the groups that made the initial complaint, still insists it will press for prosecution should he ever return. That said, the Catholic Church are not absolved of their blame either. The church wanted an apology - case drop barter solution > Cardinal Oswald Gracias of Mumbai tried to broker a solution by calling upon Edamaruku to apologise and on Catholic groups to drop their case in return. In any case, the Catholic Church does not seem to have made the complaint. However, one should still write to the Catholic Church to urge the groups like CSF to unconditionally withdraw their complaints.

AlgorithmicTime 10y ago
I don't see why he should apologize for discovering that the water was clogged drain water.

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ramgorur 10y ago

just saw the video, I saw nothing disparaging in his remarks, he just explained the fact, moreover, according to his statement, that particular church setups these sort of contraptions time to time, clearly to attract fools, it's very evident what is the incentive behind such schemes. the thing is that everyone knows these churches, mazars, and temples are lucrative business institutions, especially in south asia, and they've been going on like hundreds of years. he just stated a simple and plain truth, all blasphemy laws must be outlawed.