“Muslims protest against book by civil rights activist”
— The Hindu reports: “Crescent over the world – is a boon or the silent Holocaust, authored by Macha Laxmaiah alias Krantikar, a civil rights activist, caused turmoil in the town on Thursday.”
— “Hundreds of Muslim youths staged demonstrations protesting what they called objectionable contents in the book that hurt their beliefs and sentiments.”
— “They said the book contained banned articles from Satanic Verses written by Salman Rushdie and Lajja by Taslima Nasreen, along with some objectionable cartoons drawn by a Danish national.”
— “Police seized 380 books of the first volume and 410 books of the second volume of the publication in raids at different places in the district and arrested the author. Parties were deputed to other places in search of the books already dispatched.”