Word: hindus
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...good for goodness sakes." It caused a flurry of complaints from believers but was somewhat overshadowed by the postelection excitement over the incoming President (who would later acknowledge the contributions of atheists to the U.S. in his Inaugural speech, saying "We are a nation of Christians and Muslims, Hindus and nonbelievers"). (Watch a video "Tony Blair's New Calling...
...Since the 1980s, at least, the center of Sri Lankan politics has been dominated by Sinhalese Buddhists. Tamil Hindus and Muslims have often gotten the short end of the stick with regard to education, discriminatory language policies, and pogroms and political gerrymandering in their traditional homeland...
...Lankans, whether Tamil Hindus, Sinhalese Buddhist, or Muslims, should not have to choose between multiculturalism and political rights on the one hand and national security and the safety of their children on the other. Before the official end of the war, a promise must be made to address many of the Tamil grievances—short of independence—that fueled the fire in the first place. There cannot simply be a victor’s peace, for that is no peace...
Quick - what's the difference between Methodists and Presbyterians? (Presbyterians believe in double predestination; Methodists that free will can help you get to heaven.) Confused about how Hindus believe the world was created? (So are they; the religion has no single canon and there are many, sometimes conflicting, origin stories.) Why are so many celebrities drawn to Scientology? (A key teaching says personal success can help overcome the human condition...
...made in the Essay "The People's Game" [March 16]. The author parrots propaganda in claiming that Pakistan "was born as ... a refuge for a persecuted minority fleeing the Hindu dominance of India." Never in about 800 years since the first arrival of Muslims in India till independence did Hindus actually dominate. In all this time much of the region was controlled by Muslim rulers and then by the British. Such misconceptions feed into the false binaries that fundamentalists in Pakistan need to survive. Vishv Malhotra, Blackmans Bay, Australia...