Word: buddhists
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...sushi in a chic interior fashioned from concrete and laminated beechwood. Afterward, they have a healthy choice of postprandial entertainment on the doorstep, much of it with an ethnic feel. At the Indian-inspired KAIKO CLUB, tel: (43-1) 479 88 49, revelers dance to house music beside Buddhist statuary and beneath a massive golden chandelier; over at BOW 4, tel: (43-1) 310 55 82, the techno is as loud as the Moroccan-themed surroundings. When your ears start ringing, go for a nightcap at the blissfully laid-back SHIRAZ, tel: (43-664) 335 55 55 - a favorite...
...follows any Religion concentrator. Your peers and even your parents will wonder what you’ll do with your degree in the field of religion. Prepare answers ahead of time, but rest assured that plenty of graduates from this concentration opt for careers beyond the nunnery or local Buddhist monastery. All religion concentrators choose a particular track, whether it be a religion (Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, etc.) or an area (East Asia, Modern West, etc.). The courses you take do not necessarily come from your focus; the whole department is essentially a free-for-all when it comes to plans...
...Since January 2004, more than 1,700 people have been killed in an increasingly deadly conflict in Thailand's south, which comprises three provinces where the populations are predominantly Malay and Muslim, not Thai and Buddhist. Most victims of the attacks?bombings, drive-by shootings, beheadings?are somehow tied to officialdom: soldiers, policemen, local politicians and teachers in government schools. But Muslims with links to the military have also been targeted. Enhanced security measures have failed to halt the violence, and the 20,000 troops now in the area are struggling just to protect themselves. It isn't clear...
...Catholicism. Anything falling outside those groups was officially shunned. Even those adhering to "approved" religions have to register to worship in churches and temples approved by the state. But those rules are becoming harder to enforce. These days, Chinese flock to everything from mystical Taoist sects to huge, prosperous Buddhist temples and spiritually based exercise and meditation systems...
Vacationing in the Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan last week, I received the question people inevitably ask when they hear I live in China: Do the Chinese really eat dogs? The answer to this question - as I told my worried Bhutanese guide, who like many in the staunchly Buddhist country considers canines to be only slightly below humans in the karmic heirarchy - was yes, but. Yes, Chinese, particularly in the south, do have a taste for fresh dog meat. But in recent years, urban pet ownership has skyrocketed, as yuppies (or Chuppies, as they're locally dubbed) find a poodle...