NBCC demands due apology, not mere rectification
Dimapur, June 12 (MExN): “Jesus Christ is Lord and Savior of the Christians and not a demon as was printed in the class IX text book in Gujarat,” the NBCC said today strongly objecting to official clarifications that it was a printing error. “The Nagaland Baptist Church Council (NBCC) which is the apex body of the Baptist in Nagaland has taken serious note of what the officials have remarked that referring to Jesus as haivan (demon) was printing error and that it will be corrected,” the Council stated in a press note.
Though the authority has tried to pacify the error as printing mistake, it has hurt the sentiment of the minority Christians in the country, it added.
The NBCC further argued that explanation came short of apology to the community
“It is not enough to verbally state that it is an error because for millions of Christian, Jesus is Lord and Savior, it said.
In such a time when religious minorities are pinned to the wall, such error is uncalled for, and an insensitive act on the part of the Gujarat Education Department, it added.
Maintaining that Christians do not even write Jesus with a small "j" out of reverence, the NBCC said that calling Jesus as a ‘demon (haivaan)’ is not only a mistake, but “an insult.”
In this connection, taking serious note of the official clarification as “big error,” the apex body urged the department to apologize to the Christian community.”
As assured by the Gujarat State Education Minister, Bhupendrasinh Chudasama, the NBCC said that the error should not only be corrected but “due apology must also be tendered to the Christian community in the country.
“Educate the students in the country that we must learn to respect and honor the beliefs of each religion whether they be major or minor,” it added.
