
Protesters burn Bangladesh Buddhist temples... Picture of allegedly desecrated Quran on Facebook blamed for burning of Buddhist homes and places of worship.
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Sure there is a solution, the Islamic one - surrender, capitulate. Most of the leaders of Muslim countries have been advocating that the Western notion of 'freedom of speech' is too free and just a cover for anti-Islamic propaganda. Therefore, the West should give up our nasty, politically incorrect, irritant - freedom of speech.Huseng wrote:Thanks for sharing.
I don't think there is much of a solution available unfortunately, unless the military stepped in to guard these communities, but then Bangladesh is a barely functioning country.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-19780692" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;Buddhists in the area, in south-east Bangladesh, said their possessions were stolen before their homes were destroyed.
"Before they set fire to my home, they looted everything," said resident Sumoto Barua.
"They took our possessions, money, gold and even computers. Then they torched the house. I am now living under open sky."
One partiular religion.dharmagoat wrote:Angry young men acting out their dissatisfaction. Religion is the backdrop.
I like Rev. Danny Fisher for example but I wonder why he decries the exact same type of events in Burma and posts numerous facebook posts and articles about them, but the only story he posts about Bangladesh,when such major atrocities are happening against practitioners of the dharma, is about a fight between the Prime Minister and the manager of Grameen Bank.Army soldiers, paramilitary border guards and police were deployed on Monday, and the government has banned all public gatherings in the troubled areas near the southern border with Burma, said Lieutenant Colonel Jaed Hossain, a military commander who was helping to install tents for displaced Buddhists.
Very well put.PadmaVonSamba wrote:History is the constant flow of change and change is painful, and within every culture where change occurs rapidly there are those who desperately hold on to things and try to prevent change while there are others who embrace change. It is easy to see that the Arab/Muslim world is currently undergoing big changes, trying to retain its traditions while at the same time being part of the modern world.
Whenever changes happen culturally and politically, there are always people on both the traditionalist side and the evolving side grasping for power and trying to be the ones who get the most followers, the most support and the most power. So, for example, in the Arabic/Muslim scenario you have hardcore Qu'ranists, probably some marxists, some moderate reformers, and even within a large group such as the Muslim Brotherhood, you are going to have rivaling factions. This is what you always see everywhere. In the "Occupy" movement, in the leftist and the rightists. Even in religions. Human behavior is very predictable that way. So, you are going to have those who say "follow us, we are going to take on the United States" and you have others who say "follow us, we are going to take on the blasphemers" and so on.
And depending very much, but not always, on the demographics of the audience, you are going to find certain movements attracting large numbers of people or sometimes small numbers of people who want to commit very big acts, such as burning down towns.
It is really very sad, but from a Buddhist view of suffering it is also not too surprising.
In many ways, I think Buddhism is a philosophy of life based on the study of human motivation. The Buddha looked at why people...all beings...do the things they do, and why they suffer, because they want to realize some fixed concept they have of happiness in a constantly changing and dependently-arising environment.
it is sad that so many people get caught in the crossfire.
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Hint: Political correctness (and fear). We see plenty of it here in EU. If a bunch of young angry muslims beat up some white folks, it is called "cultural differences". If some school, office, etc. does not want to put up islamimc non-sense, for exapmle when one professor would not interrupt his lecture for a muslim students who wanted to make prayers, then it is called "racism and islamofobia". I guess this is where the above attitude might come from.JKhedrup wrote: I like Rev. Danny Fisher for example but I wonder why he decries the exact same type of events in Burma and posts numerous facebook posts and articles about them, but the only story he posts about Bangladesh,when such major atrocities are happening against practitioners of the dharma, is about a fight between the Prime Minister and the manager of Grameen Bank.
As Buddhists we have to stand against all oppression, including that in Burma. But then to remain silent when the very existence of the Dharma is known to be under threat, and not criticize the atrocities against our Buddhist brothers and sisters seems odd. But maybe he has more equanimity than I.
You make very good points.JKhedrup wrote:This double standard that I am seeing is what bothers me the most. Oppression and violence should always be called out. To speak in some instances and not in others is disingenuous. What you mention in your post is very much what I experienced while a university student. Every other people/religion was open to critical examination, except one.
I also feel this does a disservice to Muslims, many of whom suffer oppression at the hands of their own people because of the political correctness of the rest of the world.
I don't know if that piece will be allowed by moderators, I censored some with [...] and did not post the image, but you can get the gist or click the link. Islam is a totalitarian system that encourages violence, that demands to dominate every second of life, posing as a religion. The difference between Islamic sects are juridical, not religious. Thus its adherents will not accept criticism, satire or attacks without violence and bloodshed in return. But other faiths closer to the Western conception of a religion(unlike Islam) -- have no such problems. This is why you likely never heard of this cartoon by The Onion desecrating figures of four major faiths, till I posted it. But when someone does something similar with Islam you often hear about explosions of violence, pogroms, and many murders -- even if you avoid the media.The Onion wrote: No One Murdered Because Of This Image Sept. 13, 2012
WASHINGTON—Following the publication of the image above, in which the most cherished figures from multiple religious faiths were depicted engaging in a lascivious sex act of considerable depravity, no one was murdered, beaten, or had their lives threatened, sources reported Thursday. The image of the Hebrew prophet Moses high-fiving Jesus Christ as both ... vigorously masturbated by Ganesha, all while the Hindu deity ... penetrates Buddha ..., reportedly went online at 6:45 p.m. EDT, after which not a single bomb threat was made against the organization responsible, nor did the person who created the cartoon go home fearing for his life in any way. Though some members of the Jewish, Christian, Hindu, and Buddhist faiths were reportedly offended by the image, sources confirmed that upon seeing it, they simply shook their heads, rolled their eyes, and continued on with their day.
Out of the park.JKhedrup wrote:This double standard that I am seeing is what bothers me the most. Oppression and violence should always be called out. To speak in some instances and not in others is disingenuous. What you mention in your post is very much what I experienced while a university student. Every other people/religion was open to critical examination, except one.
I also feel this does a disservice to Muslims, many of whom suffer oppression at the hands of their own people because of the political correctness of the rest of the world.
While there is not a lot I could disagree with in this rather generalized statement,Thrasymachus wrote:
Islam is a totalitarian system that encourages violence, that demands to dominate every second of life, posing as a religion. The difference between Islamic sects are juridical, not religious. Thus its adherents will not accept criticism, satire or attacks without violence and bloodshed in return. But other faiths closer to the Western conception of a religion(unlike Islam) -- have no such problems. This is why you likely never heard of this cartoon by The Onion desecrating figures of four major faiths, till I posted it. But when someone does something similar with Islam you often hear about explosions of violence, pogroms, and many murders -- even if you avoid the media.
Yes, obviously.Thrasymachus wrote:I didn't see any demonstrable knowledge about Islam in that text-bomb by Padma, so obviously I stopped reading.
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