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Christian group files police complaint against Kareena Kapoor for hurting religious sentiments

The complaint concerns the title of Kapoor's new book, Pregnancy Bible.

15 Jul, 2021

Members of the Christian community in Maharashtra, India have filed a police complaint against Kareena Kapoor Khan over the title of her new book — Pregnancy Bible. The community has taken offence to the inclusion of the word "bible" in the title and accused Kapoor of hurting religious sentiments.

According to Times of India, Alpha Omega Christian Mahasangh President Ashish Shinde submitted a police complaint over the book against Kapoor and two others on Wednesday.

Kapoor launched her book Pregnancy Bible on June 9. The actor had taken to Instagram to announce the launch. Calling the book her "third child", she made the announcement soon after she gave birth to her second son with actor Saif Ali Khan in February.

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"This book is a very personal account of what I experienced both physically and emotionally through both my pregnancies," she stated on Instagram.

"This has been quite the journey… both my pregnancies and writing my Pregnancy Bible. There were good days and bad days; some days I was raring to go to work and others where I struggled to get out of bed." said Kapoor.

A police officer confirmed to the Times of India that the complaint had been registered but no FIR has been filed yet. The injured party filed the complaint in the wrong city. The complaint was filed in Beed but have been advised to file it in Mumbai, where the book is being printed.

Comments

hussain Jul 15, 2021 05:43pm

they have a point, why call it a bible

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Ahsan Gul Jul 15, 2021 05:50pm

She has violated christen’s community religious sentiments. This book must be banned. Sincerely

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Say no to political correctness Jul 15, 2021 05:51pm

Love Jihad seems to be showing its fruits.

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Zubair Rahmani Jul 15, 2021 06:52pm

PR stunt for both of them. Such FIR are quashed within a week. Done to give free PR to book as well as religious NGO. Shame.

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Chrís Dăn Jul 15, 2021 07:31pm

Once upon a time,India used to be a secular country.

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Babar Jul 15, 2021 07:31pm

Indeed it is disrespectful to Christians. Imagine if she would have named it Pregnancy Ahadith or Pregnancy Gita. The uproar amongst the Muslims and the Hindus would have been insane. Atleast the Christians are being peaceful and not issuing a fatwa on her :)

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Ali Qureshi Jul 15, 2021 07:47pm

You don't need a pregnancy book from a celebrity. Just call it "Pregnancy for Dummies".

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NYS Jul 15, 2021 07:53pm

Christian community has the valid point in order to take action awake late and complaint city is wrong

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Siddhartha Jul 15, 2021 09:32pm

@Chrís Dăn It is still there. See how a little unknown group is protesting?

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Multani Jul 15, 2021 10:57pm

India has failed miserably as a secular country. Modi has destroyed the secular fabric of society. Kareena like other Indians hates other religious communities and believes in akand Bharat.

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Ns Jul 15, 2021 11:21pm

I actually wanna read this book.

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Ns Jul 15, 2021 11:21pm

@hussain who cares!

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Corruption fighter Jul 15, 2021 11:43pm

@Chrís Dăn: India, like all ambitious countries before it, is in the grip of fast money. Sue anybody for a few bucks!

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Rock Solid Jul 16, 2021 12:13am

Now, how much freedom of expression Christians have in Pakistan? Wait, what is freedom of expression???

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Dube Jul 16, 2021 02:16am

@Siddhartha Whoever told you this is secularism? The Congress' farcical & cynical use of secularism is starting to hurt the very cause of secularism itself. This is nothing but theatrics by attention-seeking groups.

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Sanju Jul 16, 2021 02:17am

@hussain there are many books available in market that claim to be bible of something or other. Can all those be banned?

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Alih Kazmi Jul 16, 2021 03:39am

@Siddhartha You should see how RSS protests.

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Jak Jul 16, 2021 04:34am

@Babar People need to learn how not to get offended. This whole cottage industry of "religious sentiments being hurt" is another form of fascism.

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Jasper Jul 16, 2021 12:03pm

Agree with the Christian group. Could have literally called it anything else. Why risk hurting the religious sentiments of Christian community? Maybe, she wanted to be in the limelight with this antic.

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tasfiya Jul 16, 2021 03:03pm

@Jasper Why risk hurting the sentiments of Christian community? Why risk this? What kind of question is that? Maybe you can try asking this question during other situations too. You might find your answer. Like: "Why risk hurting the sentiments of the female community?" "Why risk hurting the sentiments of religious minority communities?" "Why risk hurting the sentiments of the LGBT community?"

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LgbtqX Jul 16, 2021 04:51pm

She going to enlighten the world about pregnancy.

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MA Jul 20, 2021 02:42pm

The name of the book must be changed. It does hurt religiouse centiment.

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Hnmirza Jul 20, 2021 07:53pm

This is precisely why one should understand the nuances of a language. The word" Bible" indicates any book, reference work, periodical, etc., accepted as authoritative, informative, or reliable. There are several books published bearing that title, for instance, " The birdwatchers Bible", or " The Carpenter's Bible" etc . And these are available all over the world and particularly in countries having a predominant Christian population. Because they understand the implications of that word, "Bible", no one has a problem with it. People just need to learn, grow up and get past their preconceived prejudices.

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