Joseph’s severed hand was surgically reattached within hours of the attack, but his life was never the same. “The church is not ready to interfere in the right of any individual to write any kind of book. While the man is unnamed in the book, Joseph gave him the name Muhammed in the question paper. “However, a high-level meeting of church authorities in Kerala was held and thereafter, everybody changed their stands. The treatment by my college and the church was worse than the punishment meted out by the fundamentalists.” In 2015, the incident received legal closure.

Source: Huffington Post February 12, 2020 02:48 UTC