Freedom of expression - Secular Theocracy Versus Liberal Democracy

Freedom of expression - Secular Theocracy Versus Liberal Democracy

Infobox Book
name = Freedom of expression
title_orig =
translator =


image_caption =
author = Sita Ram Goel
Arun Shourie
Koenraad Elst
Ram Swarup
illustrator =
cover_artist =
country = India
language = English
series =
subject =
genre =
publisher = Voice of India
release_date = 1998
english_release_date =
media_type =
pages =
isbn = ISBN 81-85990-55-7
preceded_by =
followed_by =

"Freedom of expression - Secular Theocracy Versus Liberal Democracy" is a book edited by Sita Ram Goel and which he published under his Voice of India imprint in 1998. The book contains previously published official documents of court cases and newspaper articles.

The book is about censorship and Freedom of Expression in India. It criticizes the banning of books and the what he considers to be the banning of criticism of certain religions in India.

Secularism and Theocracy

In the first part of the book, the banning of books, particularly of Ram Swarup's "Understanding Islam through Hadis", is discussed.

Sita Ram Goel discusses the concept of Indian secularism. He makes the claim that the term "Indian Secularism" was borrowed by India's first Prime Minister, Nehru, from Western political parlance, who, he says, "perverted it" to mean "the opposite of what it meant" in the West.

Secularism in the West was a revolt against the closed creed of Christianity and had meant a freeing of the State from the clutches of the Church. But according to Goel, Nehru "turned Secularism in India into a poisonous slogan for the use of a Muslim-Communist Christian combine which he had forged in order to keep the national majority down." The term became "a euphemism for Hindu-baiting".

Liberal Democracy

The second part of the book is called "Liberal Democracy" and contains twelve reviews of Ibn Warraq's book "Why I Am Not A Muslim". Most of these reviews were originally published in the West.

See also

*Freedom of Expression
*Ibn Warraq


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем решить контрольную работу

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Sita Ram Goel — Sītā Rām Goyal Born 1921 Haryana Died 2003 Occupation writer and publisher Nationality In …   Wikipedia

  • Understanding Islam through Hadis — Infobox Book name = Understanding Islam through Hadis title orig = translator = image caption = author = Ram Swarup illustrator = cover artist = country = India language = English series = subject = genre = publisher = release date = 1982 english …   Wikipedia

  • The Satanic Verses controversy — refers to the controversy surrounding Salman Rushdie s novel The Satanic Verses . In particular it involves the novel s alleged blasphemy or unbelief; the 1989 fatwa issued by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini ordering Muslims to kill Rushdie; and the… …   Wikipedia

  • Arun Shourie — at Horasis Global India Business Meeting 2009[1] …   Wikipedia

  • The Calcutta Quran Petition —   …   Wikipedia

  • Sita Ram Goel — (सीता राम गोयल) (1921 2003) était un écrivain et éditeur. Il est né en 1921 en Haryana et il a étudié l histoire à Delhi University. En tant qu étudiant, il était un activiste social, et a travaillé pour un ashram de Harijan dans son village. Il… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Sita Ram Goel — (1921 2003), autor y editor indio. Nació en 1921 en Haryana. Estudió historia en la universidad de Delhi. Escribió muchos libros. En algunos trabajos criticó el comunismo, el Islam y el cristianismo. Obra Hindu Society under Siege (1981, revised… …   Wikipedia Español

  • education — /ej oo kay sheuhn/, n. 1. the act or process of imparting or acquiring general knowledge, developing the powers of reasoning and judgment, and generally of preparing oneself or others intellectually for mature life. 2. the act or process of… …   Universalium

  • Criticism of religion — Part of a series on Irreligion …   Wikipedia

  • Religious violence — The Crusades were a series of a military campaigns fought mainly between Christian Europe and Muslims. Shown here is a battle scene from the First Crusade. Religious violence is a term that covers all phenomena where religion, in any of its forms …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”