Indian Christians want 'Da Vinci' banned, offer bounty for author's head

[Julius Civitatus]

My oh my, the fundies are losing it with this movie:

http://www.eni.ch/articles/display.shtml?06-0391

Some Indians want 'Da Vinci' banned, one offers bounty for author's head

New Delhi (ENI). Some Indian Christians are so incensed with the fictional blockbuster "The Da Vinci Code" they want the government to ban it and one Roman Catholic has offered a bounty of US$25 000 on the head of author Dan Brown, leaving other members of the faithful embarrassed by the reaction.

The Mumbai Catholic Council has threatened to stop the screening of the movie if the government fails to ban the recently released movie of the book. Another group called the Catholic Social Forum has said if the shows go ahead it will launch a death fast from 12 May.

Nicolas Almeida, a Catholic and former Mumbai municipal councillor, offered a reward of 1.1 million rupees ($25 000) for the head of author Brown, leading a Catholic journalist to compare Almeida to the Taliban. (...)

The irony of it all!