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Sabha condemns damaging of religious idol

September 28, 2021 3:54 pm

Sarju Prasad

The Sanatan Dharm Pratinidhi Sabha has condemned the damaging and destruction of a sacred deity in Lautoka two days ago.

President, Sarju Prasad says this act of sacrilege cannot be condoned or tolerated in our society from anyone be it a person of any religion.

Prasad believes this act was committed by someone who may have converted to another religion.

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A video is being circulated on social media, which shows a man damaging Hindu God Hanuman’s idol.

The man later loaded the broken pieces of the idol in a carrier.

Prasad says all perpetrators of this sort must know or ought to know that most major religions worship deity in one form or another.

“Even if such an act was committed by a person in a private property and authorized by that person (by whom the deity was installed) – I would have thought that that person would have asked a person of Sanatan faith or those who are devotees of Hanuman ji to take that deity away and install in somewhere else. But to do such a shameful act is beyond tolerance.”

Prasad adds Fiji is a secular state and everyone has the freedom to follow and practice their own religion, as long as it does not infringe on anyone’s right, religion or faith.

He is calling on the government and religious leaders to take the act of sacrilege as an attack on humanity.

The Fiji Police Force says they have not received any reports or complaints on the matter yet.