Religion Of Peacers Burn Buddhist Temples And Homes
Islam, over and over, shows itself to be a religion of violence, intolerance, and hate, with Muslims acting in violent, intolerant, hateful ways -- as commanded by the Quran. The AP reports that thousands of Bangladeshi Muslims responded to a photo of a burned Quran posted on Facebook, using it as impetus to set fires to at least 10 Buddhist temples and 40 homes:
The rioters blamed the photo on a local Buddhist boy, though it was not immediately clear if the boy actually posted the photo.Bangladesh's popular English-language Daily Star newspaper quoted the boy as saying that the photo was mistakenly tagged on his Facebook profile. The newspaper reported that soon after the violence broke out, the boy's Facebook account was closed and police escorted him and his mother to safety.
Joinul Bari, chief government administrator in Cox's Bazar district, said authorities detained the boy's parents and were investigating.
Buddhists make up less than 1 percent of Muslim-majority Bangladesh's 150 million people.
Any country with a Muslim majority is a dangerous place to be for anyone non-Muslim who'd like to retain their life and any civil liberties.
I'm still wondering if there actually *is* an offending facebook post or they just heard about it. I suspect most of them don't even have a computer. Someone just jumped up and said, "the Quran has been mocked" and they grabbed torches and pitchforks.
Hal 10000 at October 4, 2012 8:25 AM
Bangladesh and Afghanistan both used to be bastions of Buddhist thought with beautiful Greco-Buddhist artwork.
Imagine if in that region all we had were a bunch of Buddhists.
(BTW Buddhists do have nasty traditions too-but damn most buddhist countries are nice places for a woman to visit ya know?)
Purplepen at October 4, 2012 11:54 PM
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