Freedom of expression: Secular theocracy versus liberal democracy

Recommended By: Shailendra Raj Mehta
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Contents


Preface vii
Section I: Secular Theocracy
1 The Case of Inder Sain Sharma 3
2 The Case of Sita Ram Goel 10
3 The Case of Surya Kant Bali 33
4 The Case of Sachchidanand Sakshi 36
5 The Case of Sadhvi Ritambhara 39
6 Islam Imposes an Emergency on India 47
7 Statement of Intellectuals and Writers in Protest against the arrest of Sita Ram Goel 56
8 Arrest of Sita Ram Goel resented 59
9 Editor's arrest over Islamic study flayed 61
10 Fomenting Reaction by Arun Shourie 63
11 The Point we always Evade by Arun Shourie 70
12 Swords to sell a god by Ram Swarup 79
13 Statement by Indian intellectuals on Syed Shahabuddhin's attempt to make the authorities impose a ban on the book, Hindu View of Christianity and Islam by Ram Swarup 86
14 How should we respond? by Arun Shourie 89
15 Ban this Book by Koenraad Elst 96
Section II: Liberal Democracy
16 Courageous author puts his life on the line 113
17 Standing Up to Scrutinize Islam 118
18 Roll Over, Rushdie 126
19 Goes for the Jugular 131
20 Turning away from Mecca 133
21 Was Mohammed a liar? 137
22 A Religion Incompatible with Human Rights 145
23 Demystifying Islam 154
24 The Problem is not Islamic Fundamentalism but Islam Itself 156
25 The Koranic View of Government 159
26 Islam is religious fascism 163
27 Far more dangerous than Nazism 169
28 Perspective: Ex-defender of the faith 174