An Orthodox Jewish community has provoked widespread religious debate after setting fire to Christian texts in the Israeli city of Ohr Yehuda.The books were copies of the New Testament distributed by Christian missionaries, reported Israeli daily Maariv on Tuesday.
According to the daily, several residents complained and town's deputy mayor, Uzi Aharon, drove around the neighbourhood with a loudspeaker urging people to hand the texts to Jewish religious students.
They reportedly collected the texts and later burned them in a bonfire.
In an interview with Israeli Army Radio, Aharon said that he indeed called on the community to get rid of the missionary texts but denied any involvement in the book burning.
Christian Bibles incorporate the Hebrew Bible or the Torah into its canon under the name of Old Testament. The also worship from the New Testament which contains the teachings of Jesus Christ.
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