Sanal Edamaruku

Sanal Edamaruku (* 1955 in Thodupuzha, Kerala ) is an Indian civil rights. He is the founder of Rationalist International and president of the Indian Rationalist Association. He is regarded as a committed atheist.

Life

Sanal Edamaruku is the son of Joseph Edamarukus. At 15, he worked in the International Rationalist Association and later was editor of their house organ Modern Freethinker. He earned his master's degree in 1997 in Political Science ( Political Science ) from the University of Kerala and later in International Studies at Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi. His writings deal critically with the widespread superstition in India.

TV appearance

For quite a stir in 2008 made ​​a television appearance Edamarukus, in which he challenged a tantrik to kill him with magic. When this failed, the tantrik expressed the belief, Edamaruku was under the protection of a powerful God. Then replied Edamaruku, he was an atheist.

Prosecution for blasphemy

In April 2012 Edamaruku said that the Catholic Church in Mumbai had filed a complaint in several police stations against him for " hurting religious sentiments ". Edamaruku had previously shown that the miracle of Jesus was dripping in Mumbai due to a leaking drain pipe.