[Buddha-l] Zizek: expert on Buddhism and what "we" think

[jkirk]

On Fri, October 12, 2007 1:47 am, jkirk wrote:
>
> <snipped>
> I never found anything that claimed that Tibetans went on pogroms 
> against people of other religions, though. Perhaps someone more 
> acquainted with Tibetan history could add to this?
>
> Joanna K.
>
Not pogroms, perhaps, but there seems to be some kind of a problem these
days between Tibetans and Muslims:

http://www.rfa.org/english/news/2007/08/22/tibet_muslim/

--
Margaret Gouin
PhD Candidate
Centre for Buddhist Studies
Department of Theology and Religious Studies University of Bristol (UK)
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Interesting.
However, this quarrel had nothing to do with religion, but with bad or
unhealthy food in a Muslim restaurant. Seems the mainly Tibetan populace had
been annoyed with this restaurant for some time. In this instance, trashing
the mosque could be read as a politically rather than religiously motivated
act, the mosque being the local Hui's main identity symbol. One wonders also
if the local Muslims are currying favor with the rulers against the
Tibetans. 
Joanna K.
 

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