Moscow: Undeterred by a Siberian court's rejection of their plea seeking a ban on a translated version of the Bhagavad Gita, Russian prosecutors are planning to file an appeal against the verdict on the holy book dubbed by them as "extremist literature".
Prosecutors in the Siberian city of Tomsk argue that the Russian translation of "Bhagavad Gita As It Is" promotes "social discord" and hatred towards non-believers, an issue which caused anger among believers around the world and forced New Delhi to take up the matter with Moscow.
The text is a combination of the Gita, one of Hinduism's holiest scriptures, and commentary by A C Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, founder of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, that is commonly known as ISKCON.
His comments came when asked about reports in the Russian media that prosecutors in Tomsk were filing an appeal against the court's ruling.
Prosecutors in Tomsk insisted that the Russian translation of the book should be banned as "extremist literature" and were filing an appeal against an earlier court ruling not to ban the book, a court spokeswoman was quoted as saying by Ria Novosti.
Prior to the December 28 ruling, External Affairs Minister S M Krishna had summoned the Russian Ambassador in New Delhi, Alexander Kadakin, and told him that Moscow should provide all possible help to resolve the issue.
Kadakin had assured Krishna that the Russian Government would do all it can within its power.
Prosecutors in the Siberian city of Tomsk argue that the Russian translation of "Bhagavad Gita As It Is" promotes "social discord" and hatred towards non-believers, an issue which caused anger among believers around the world and forced New Delhi to take up the matter with Moscow.
The text is a combination of the Gita, one of Hinduism's holiest scriptures, and commentary by A C Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, founder of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, that is commonly known as ISKCON.
His comments came when asked about reports in the Russian media that prosecutors in Tomsk were filing an appeal against the court's ruling.
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Prosecutors in Tomsk insisted that the Russian translation of the book should be banned as "extremist literature" and were filing an appeal against an earlier court ruling not to ban the book, a court spokeswoman was quoted as saying by Ria Novosti.
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Prior to the December 28 ruling, External Affairs Minister S M Krishna had summoned the Russian Ambassador in New Delhi, Alexander Kadakin, and told him that Moscow should provide all possible help to resolve the issue.
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Kadakin had assured Krishna that the Russian Government would do all it can within its power.
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