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Why are Buddhist monks attacking Muslims?
inbluevtDate: Thursday, 2013/05/02, 5:43 PM | Message # 1 |   DMCA |   
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Of all the moral precepts instilled in Buddhist monks the promise not to kill comes first, and the principle of non-violence is arguably more central to Buddhism than any other major religion. So why have monks been using hate speech against Muslims and joining mobs that have left dozens dead?

This is happening in two countries separated by well over 1,000 miles of Indian Ocean - Burma and Sri Lanka. It is puzzling because neither country is facing an Islamist militant threat. Muslims in both places
are a generally peaceable and small minority.

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