Muhammad – Anirudh Burman

Bestseller III: Update on Bestseller spewing anti-Muslim Propaganda

I had written a couple of posts (Bestseller I and Bestseller II) on a High Court judgement banning a book spewing anti-muslim propaganda. In today’s Indian Express, Pratap Bhanu Mehta discusses the judgement in a larger piece on religious freedom and freedom of expression: “…courts have been unduly squeamish about protecting free expression. This squeamishnessContinue reading “Bestseller III: Update on Bestseller spewing anti-Muslim Propaganda”

Bestseller spewing anti-muslim propaganda banned

I recently saw a judgement of the Bombay High Court (RV Bhasin v. State of Maharashtra, January 6, 2010) on censorship of a book. The judgement is important as it deals with our freedom of speech and expression. A book was banned by the government through an official Notification in 2003. Normally, any story aboutContinue reading “Bestseller spewing anti-muslim propaganda banned”