Friday, September 17, 2004

The book burners of the Maronite Chruch in Lebanon are at it again: "LEBANON: 'DA VINCI CODE' BANNED Deeming it insulting to Christianity, Lebanese authorities have banned the American thriller "The Da Vinci Code." English, French and Arabic copies of the novel, with its depiction of Jesus marrying Mary Magdalene and fathering a child, were pulled off shelves on the orders of the General Security Department after the Catholic Information Center, which speaks for Lebanon's Roman Catholics, recommended that it be banned. "We cannot accept that anyone insult our dignity and beliefs," said the Rev. Abdo Abu Kasm, who heads the center. "Christianity is not about forgiveness to the point of insulting Jesus Christ." (AP)"