The Calcutta Quran Petition
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The Calcutta Quran Petition (Bengali
: कलकत्ता कुरान याचिका) is a book by Sita Ram Goel
and Chandmal Chopra, and published by Goel under his Voice of India
imprint. The first edition was published in 1986, the second in 1987 and the third in 1999.
The subject matter of this book is censorship
, the banning of books and the Quran.
Bengali language
Bengali or Bangla is an eastern Indo-Aryan language. It is native to the region of eastern South Asia known as Bengal, which comprises present day Bangladesh, the Indian state of West Bengal, and parts of the Indian states of Tripura and Assam. It is written with the Bengali script...
: कलकत्ता कुरान याचिका) is a book by Sita Ram Goel
Sita Ram Goel
Sita Ram Goel , writer and publisher in late twentieth century. He had Marxist leanings during the 1940s, but later became an outspoken anti-communist that also spoke negatively about Islam and Christianity...
and Chandmal Chopra, and published by Goel under his Voice of India
Voice of India
Voice of India is a New Delhi publishing house, supportive of Hindu nationalist sentiment and political ideology. It was founded by Ram Swarup in 1983 and later joined by Sita Ram Goel, who themselves published extensively under the label...
imprint. The first edition was published in 1986, the second in 1987 and the third in 1999.
The subject matter of this book is censorship
Censorship
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, the banning of books and the Quran.
Further reading
- Elst, Koenraad, Ayodhya and After: Issues Before Hindu Society (1991)
- Freedom of expression - Secular Theocracy Versus Liberal Democracy (1998, edited by Sita Ram Goel)