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The controversial Bhagavad Gita extremism trial

In June 2011, the Prosecutor's Office initiated a case to declare "Bhagavad Gita As It Is" extremist, following the inspection of the Tomsk Society for Krishna Consciousness.

According to Tomsk University experts cited by the local prosecutor's office, the dogmata described in the book incites religious hatred, humiliates the dignity of people on the basis of sex, race, nationality, language, origin and attitude toward religion.

The book was written by founder of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. It was translated into more than 60 languages.

Holy case: Hindu text under prosecutor's pressure

The situation surrounding the Russian version of “Bhagavad Gita”, a sacred text of Hindus, has evoked an international uproar. The Prosecutor’s Office in Siberia seeks to declare the book and its commentary extremist.

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Prosecutors won't contest court refusal to declare 'Bhagavad Gita As It Is' extremist

The Tomsk Region Prosecutor's Office will not appeal the court's decision to refuse to declare extremist "Bhagavad Gita As It Is," a translation and commentary of the original Bhagavad Gita Hindu scripture.

14:36 29.05.2012

Bhagavad Gita to be judged by scholars, not judges - ombudsman

It is up to scholars, rather than judges, to examine texts like "Bhagavad Gita As It Is," Russian translation and commentary of the Bhagavad Gita Hindu scripture, Human Rights Commissioner Vladimir Lukin said.

11:14 11.04.2012

Bhagavad Gita extremism case turned down

The Tomsk Regional Court has dismissed the appeal filed by the Prosecutor's Office seeking declaration of the Russian translation and commentary of the Hindu scripture extremist.

10:10 21.03.2012

"Bhagavad Gita As It Is" extremism case appealed

The Tomsk Region Court started hearing on Tuesday an appeal by the Prosecutor's Office against the trial court refusal to declare "Bhagavad Gita As It Is" an extremist book.

13:06 20.03.2012

Scholars to set up independent expert commission on extremism

Participants of the Bhagavad Gita in History and Modern Society academic conference proposed to set up an independent board of scholars to evaluate various texts for signs of extremism.

12:08 27.02.2012

Bhagavad Gita case perplex scientists

Experts and scientists gathering at the all-Russian conference "Bhagavad Gita in history and modern society" at the Tomsk University said they were perplexed over the prosecutor's office's lawsuit seeking to declare "Bhagavad Gita as It Is" commentary extremist.

11:48 24.02.2012

Prosecutors' suit against сommentary on Bhagavad Gita reasonable - expert

Head of the Justice Ministry's religion expert council Alexander Dvorkin holds that the Tomsk prosecutor's office has good reasons to declare сommentary on Bhagavad Gita extremist.

11:54 21.02.2012

Bhagavad Gita case misunderstood by society - prosecutor's office

First Deputy Prosecutor General Alexander Buksman told journalists on Thursday that people misunderstand the prosecutor's office's claim to declare the Russian version of "Bhagavad Gita As It Is" an extremist text.

12:21 16.02.2012

Appeal in Bhagavad Gita case to be heard in March

The Tomsk Regional Court will hear on March 6 the local prosecutor's office's appeal against the first-instance court's refusal to declare a Russian version of the "Bhagavad Gita As It Is" Hindu scripture an extremist text.

16:05 14.02.2012

Prosecutor's office appeals adverse judgment in Bhagavad Gita case

The Prosecutor's Office has appealed the court's refusal to declare a Russian version of the "Bhagavad Gita As It Is" Hindu scripture an extremist text.

15:41 01.02.2012

Prosecutors appeal Bhagavad Gita extremism ruling dismissal

Prosecutors in Russia’s Siberian city of Tomsk have insisted that a Russian translation of the book on a Hindu scripture called "Bhagavad-Gita As It Is" should be banned as extremist literature, filing an appeal against an earlier court ruling not to ban the book.

16:16 26.01.2012

Court drops extremism charges against "Bhagavad Gita as It is"

A Tomsk district court has held against a local prosecutor's office in its petition to declare the Russian version of "the Bhagavad Gita as It is" Hindu poem with commentary an extremist text.

16:04 28.12.2011

Extremism trial against Bhagavad Gita - absurd bordering on a bizarre, Indian ambassador

Indian ambassador to Russia Ajai Malhotra said the trial held by a Tomsk court over the extremism of the Russian version of "the Bhagavad Gita as It is "is absurd bordering on a bizarre".

18:36 23.12.2011