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To: PAR35

Ah, the "peaceful Christians". Aside from all that tripe from BosNews.com or AsiaNews.it, here's the Christian version of violence. Of course, your sources wouldn't dare publish this. And need I start about the innumerable murders and rapes committed by Christian militants in the north-east of India? I hope not. :


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Violence halts The Da Vinci Code Screening in H'bad (India)
Times of India ^

HYDERABAD: The screening of controversial Hollywood movie "The Da Vinci Code" was suspended at a theatre here after a group of Christians, protesting against the release of the film, ransacked the theatre.

The movie was to be released at Prasad Imax following a direction by the Andhra Pradesh High Court, quashing the state government's order to ban its screening.

However, dozens of activists under the banner of the Christian United Front raided the theatre and damaged the property extensively forcing the management to suspend the film's screening.

The protesters, who were carrying banners and placards describing the film as "Devil's Code", barged in to the theatre located near the Hussain Sagar lake in the heart of the city even as hundreds of people eager to watch the movie were standing in queues for the tickets of the first show of the movie.

Police said the mob shattered the glass panes and damaged furniture and ticket counters. The protesters also raised slogans against the court's order lifting the ban imposed by the state government on the film

Prasad Imax was the only theatre in the state, where the film was scheduled to be released on Friday.

The court, on petitions by the film's distributors, Wednesday quashed the June 1 government order banning the screening of the movie in the state. The movie was to be released in the state on June 2.

The government move came following protests by various Christian and Muslim groups that said the movie would hurt religious sentiments. The government, in its order, contended that the film might lead to law and order problems.

Following the court order, the distributors had announced plans to release the English and Hindi versions of the movie next week.

The movie, based on Dan Brown's bestseller with the same title, remains banned in several Indian states.



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75 posted on 07/02/2006 9:22:26 PM PDT by CarrotAndStick (The articles posted by me needn't necessarily reflect my opinion.)
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To: CarrotAndStick

You are able to make your point with evidence and without name calling, a skill that you should share with another poster on this thread.

Have a pleasant day.


79 posted on 07/03/2006 2:45:40 AM PDT by PAR35
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