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muriel_volestrangler

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6. In Sri Lanka too; the Dalai Lama condemned it
Sat May 25, 2013, 08:17 AM
May 2013

though he doesn't, of course, have any authority over Buddhists in either country, so it's still up to them to decide if leading murderous attacks is a good thing for Buddhist monks to do.

Myanmar, which was earlier known as Burma, has been wracked by sectarian violence that has killed hundreds and displaced more than 135,000 over the past year, while Sri Lankan Buddhist groups have recently attacked Muslim businesses.

"Killing people in the name of religion is really very sad, unthinkable, very sad," the Nobel Peace laureate said. "Nowadays even Buddhists now involved, in Burma and Sri Lanka also. Buddhist monks ... destroy Muslim mosques or Muslim families. Really very sad."
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Sri Lanka, which is dominated by a Buddhist majority, has also been hit by rising instances of hate speech against Muslims and attacks on Muslim-owned businesses.

Groups led by Buddhist monks have spread allegations that the small Muslim minority was dominating business there and trying to take over the country by increasing its birthrate and secretly sterilizing Buddhists.

http://www.startribune.com/world/206552621.html

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there should be a two child limit everywhere. RILib May 2013 #1
Agreed 100% .. Lenomsky May 2013 #16
no +s RILib May 2013 #18
+1000 smirkymonkey May 2013 #21
You want the government getting involved in reproduction? Ter May 2013 #22
I have not heard about the violence dotymed May 2013 #2
Apparently that goes out the window when overcrowdig and scarcity happen. dixiegrrrrl May 2013 #4
In Sri Lanka too; the Dalai Lama condemned it muriel_volestrangler May 2013 #6
No group of hundreds of millions is a simple monolith. (nt) Posteritatis May 2013 #9
Very wise and compassionate Glorfindel May 2013 #3
You are sailng past the fact DonCoquixote May 2013 #5
It is not that simple. cosmicone May 2013 #7
I'm glad they're not accidentally having multiple wives and children. That would be awkward. Comrade Grumpy May 2013 #14
That is an inconvenient truth... awoke_in_2003 May 2013 #15
Thank God... OneAngryDemocrat May 2013 #12
Legislation meant to restrict what a specific ethnic group can do is *never* compassionate. (nt) Posteritatis May 2013 #8
Am I really seeing DU'ers advocating this? Scootaloo May 2013 #10
We're depressingly comfortable going all paternalistic when it's Them Having Kids, I've noticed Posteritatis May 2013 #17
yes u are Liberal_in_LA May 2013 #23
What wil the conservative Christian Coalition say? OneAngryDemocrat May 2013 #11
That is brazen religious discrimination. Comrade Grumpy May 2013 #13
ethnic cleansing Enrique May 2013 #19
Cheered, in fact, by some of the denser among us. It's depressing. (nt) Posteritatis May 2013 #20
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