I thought the Tamils were mainly Hindu (over 85%), with Muslims accounting for about 5%.
That said the Tamil Tigers were one of the most violent terrorist groups. They invented the modern application of suicide bombing. The first prominent suicide bombing was the assassination of Rajiv Ghandi by a member of the LTTE Black Tigers (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Rajiv_Gandhi and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide_bombing#Modern_occurrences). Problem is that both sides have committed atrocities against the Sinhalese people. At the end of the LTTE they were kidnapping civilians and using them as shields against the Sinhalese army. They also attacked civilians fleeing the fighting in the final stages of hte war, killing upwards of 2000 or 3000 civilians according to independent witnesses. On Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 11:45 AM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]> wrote: > > The Tamil (Muslim) minority in Sri Lanka probably wouldn't concur > since they are being wiped out by the Sinhalese (Buddhist) majority. > There have been plenty of other violent acts committed by buddhists in > Laos and Thailand and China. But yes, on the whole, I would agree that > Buddhism seems to produce proportionally less violence than the other > large scale religions. > > On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 8:17 PM, Scott Stewart > <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I guess I should rephrase, I've never heard of a Buddhist Terrorist.. >> I don't know of any other major religion that can say that >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Maureen [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Friday, February 26, 2010 10:58 PM >> To: cf-community >> Subject: Re: WTF?!?! >> >> >> There were Buddhist monks who set themselves on fire to protest the >> Vietnam war. That's pretty extreme. The media being what it is, the >> extremists are going to get the coverage. It's up to those of us who >> aren't extreme to reclaim our faith, and when the media covers the >> extremists by using the name of our faith, to speak up and say "those >> people do not act or speak in my name". I love Jesus. I'm just not >> fond of some of his fan clubs. >> >> On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 6:18 PM, Scott Stewart >> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> It brings up a broader issue, there are thousands of people of faith, who >>> quietly practice and truly adhere to the tenants of their particular >> faith, >>> yet the extremists (Christian, muslim and others, although I don't think >>> I've ever heard of a Buddhist extremist) seem to get all the attention >> thus >>> souring the reputation of faithful at large,. >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Maureen [mailto:[email protected]] >>> Sent: Friday, February 26, 2010 8:42 PM >>> To: cf-community >>> Subject: Re: WTF?!?! >>> >>> >>> And just to clarify, I am not saying the Mullah was right in his >>> views, only that those in the US who are using this to attack people >>> of Muslim faith should clean up their own back yard first. >>> >>> On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 5:21 PM, Scott Stewart >>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> The thing that got me about the original article is that the Mullah in >>>> question seems to advocate consummating the marriage, which in the US >>> would >>>> probably get him shot, and buried head down in an unmarked grave facing >> as >>>> far away from Mecca as he could get. >>>> >>>> He's an extremist, but like most extremists he has a loud mouth and will >>> say >>>> almost anything to get attention... >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:312757 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
