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Posted: 05/09/2009 at 2:01pm
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Queen's Trinity Cross Medal Scrapped... Because It's 'Too Christian'
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The old Trinity Cross (left) is replaced with the Order of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago (right), which has removed any Christian symbols. | The London Daily Mail
LONDON, UK - A medal personally established by the Queen is being withdrawn after it was deemed offensive to Muslims and Hindus. It has been awarded to 62 distinguished residents of the former colony of Trinidad and Tobago over more than 40 years, including cricketers Brian Lara and Garfield Sobers, novelist V.S. Naipaul and many diplomats and politicians.
In the judgment, Lord Hope of Craighead said that the Trinity Cross was 'perceived by Hindus and Muslims living in Trinidad and Tobago as an overtly Christian symbol both in name and substance' and as such breached the islands' constitution of 1976.
It will be replaced with the Order of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago - a circular medal featuring a sun, stars, water and a map of the islands.
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Edited by News Editor on 05/09/2009 at 2:03pm
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Topic: Queen’s Trinity Cross Medal Scrapped... Because It’s ’Too Christian’
