Da Vinci Code banned in Sri Lanka

NDTV: "Sri Lanka has banned screenings of The Da Vinci Code in theaters and local television channels following an appeal by the country's Catholic Bishops Conference, a state-run daily said. President Mahinda Rajapaksa ordered the ban on the film on Wednesday, the Daily News reported.

Christians, mostly Roman Catholics, account for about 7.5 per cent of Sri Lanka's population of nearly 19 million people, which is predominantly Buddhist. There will be no ban on the sale of the book, the daily said.

Many Christians have expressed outrage at the movie's theory that Jesus married Mary Magdalene and had an offspring, and that the Vatican and conservative Catholic group Opus Dei tried to cover it up."