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The social movement publicly, but non-verbally, opposed the Russian Hare Krishnas
January 25, 2011 members of the "Movement of Resistance to the Killing of Children" as a sign of disagreement with the decision of the Leninsky District Court of Tomsk, which did not agree to recognize extremist text "Bhagavad Gita" and comments to it, handed over to the Russian Hare Krishnas a humanitarian aid in the form of a batch of beef stew.
The organizers of this mocking action consider it continuation of the initiative of Muslims and Christians who opposed distribution of sacred food by Hindus.
The participants of the action argued their position: “ Some time ago, near the building of the Russian embassy in India, a group of extremists carried out an action of burning the national flag of the Russian Federation. This shameful act was one of the components of the pressure campaign to a Russian court that considered a claim for recognition as extremist material book Bhagavad Gita As It Is . < ... > The answer to this was the proposal by representatives of a number of Russian Muslim organizations a peace initiative to collect and send starving India humanitarian aid in the form of stewed beef. It is also a kind repayment of a debt (in exchange for the idolatrous food distributed by the Hare Krishnas - prasada) and a sign of the unwillingness of Russians to import spiritual traditions alien to our country. < … > With today's action, we want to support the humanitarian initiative of Russian Muslims and draw public attention to the problem pressure on the judicial authorities of Russia by foreign religious extremists and their accomplices ".
January 31, 2012 in an interview with journalists Interfax Andrey Balzhirov, head of the traditional Buddhist sangha (communities) of Russia, commented on this situation. In his opinion, the action “does not meet the principles of good neighborly relations and does not promotes interreligious peace." IN the same A. Balzhirov is convinced that it was not worth allocating land for the construction of a Hare Krishna temple before the Buddhist one is built. « The decision of the Moscow authorities of 2010 on the allocation hare Krishnas of almost two hectares of land in the capital for the implementation of their construction project requires additional public attention ,” he is convinced.
Please note that on January 16, 2012, Impressed by the aforementioned trial in Tomsk, Mufti Mukhammedgali Khuzin proposed to “eliminate Krishnaites from right field of the country.
Sources
- Orthodox and Muslims collect forbidden food for Hindus // Regions.Ru. 2012. January 27.
- In the Buddhist community of the Russian Federation oppose the construction of the Hare Krishna temple in Moscow // Interfax-religion. 2012. January 31.