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THE BAN AND THE INDICTMENT
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His Majesty every copy wherever found of the "book in -
.Sindhi entitled "Satyarth Prakash", written by Swami :
'Dayanand Saraswati and published by Professor Tara
Chand D. Gojra, M.A. on behalf of the Pratinidhi Sabha,
Sind, Karachi, and all other documents containing
copies, reprints or translations of or extracts from Chapter
XIV of the said book on the grounds that in the said
chapter the author
"(I) ridicules some of the religious beliefs of the Muslims ;
"(2) misrepresents and reviles the teachings of the Quran ;
"(3) attacks and •ridicules the authoritative value and
character of the Quran ;
"(4) attacks and belittles the authority of Prophet
Mohammed ; and
"(5) generally contains matter calculated to hurt and
which hurts the religious susceptibilities of Muslims.
"By order of the Government of Sind,
(Sd.) A. P. Lemesurier,
for
Chief Secretary to Government."
We have no intention or desire to discuss here the legal
merits or demerits of the above Notification. Such a discus-
sion more properly falls within the province of experts who
are well versed with the deeper technicalities of law and
jurisprudence. Not merely that : such a discussion is not
•called for in a consideration of this kind, which is primarily
intended to supply information and suggest lines of con-
sideration which are morally warranted and tenable to the
Tmembers of the general public, who are for
a
most consider-
able part lay minds that may not be able to grasp correctly