Buddhists: Non Violent Protest? Not A Chance!

[ChillDoubt]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-21977640

Didn't realise this was such a problem in Sri Lanka.

Imagine the outrage and world headlines if something similar happened here!?

[emmie]

iggy, perhaps you actually watched the video..

[FredPuli43]

Yes, ChillDoubt, if a stone throwing mob in Britain attacked a clothes depot owned by a Muslim and gave the reason or excuse that they did so because they think halal meat is wrong and that Islam in the country encourages extremism, there ought to be 'outrage'. But this happened a long way away, involved one business, and appears to be a local version of religious of racial hatred . Still it did make a BBC online item.

Nice of someone to blame the Muslims for it though. That's a bit too close to blaming the Jews for getting themselves gassed; the Nazis had plenty of reasons why Jews deserved it. Being secretly out to control the world, and already having gone too far in achieving that ambition, was one

[emmie]

this is obviously not an isolated incident, and it's not unheard of for Muslims to kill one another, or am i imagining that...

[FredPuli43]

Certainly not unheard of for Muslims to kill one another, by design, em10. That's what happens when there's a civil war or uprising in a country which is nearly 100 per cent Muslim; Muslims kill Muslims.

What other examples do you have, and do they account for many deaths?

[emmie]

i was referring to the clashes that have occurred between the Buddhists and Muslims, from my previous link.

[emmie]

2012 Rakhine State Riots

A house being burned during the riots
Location Rakhine State, Myanmar
Date 8 June 2012 (UTC+06:30)
Attack type Religious
Deaths June: 88[1][2][3]
October: at least 80[4]

The 2012 Rakhine State riots are a series of ongoing conflicts primarily between ethnic Rakhine Buddhists and Rohingya Muslims in northern Rakhine State, Myanmar, though by October Muslims of all ethnicities had begun to be targeted.[5][6] The riots came after weeks of sectarian disputes and have been condemned by most people on both sides of the conflict.[7] The immediate cause of the riots was unclear, with many commentators citing the rape and murder of a Rakhine woman and the following killing of ten Burmese Muslims by ethnic Rakhine as the main cause. The Myanmar government responded by imposing curfews and by deploying troops in the regions. On 10 June, state of emergency was declared in Rakhine, allowing military to participate in administration of the region.[8][9] As of 22 August, officially there had been 88 casualties – 57 Muslims and 31 Buddhists.[1] An estimated 90,000 people have been displaced by the violence.[10][11] About 2,528 houses were burned, and of those, 1,336 belonged to Rohingyas and 1,192 belonged to Rakhines.[12] The Burmese army and police were accused of playing a leading role in targeting Rohingyas through mass arrests and arbitrary violence.