25,000 Muslim Rioters Torch 300 Year Old Buddhist Temples

[presence]

furious over a claim about an unflattering photo of the Quran on Facebook

http://www.thecuttingedgenews.com/index.php?article=76276&pageid=17&pagename=News


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http://rt.com/news/buddhist-temples-torched-bangladesh-342/

The group chanted “God is Great” while setting fire to the centuries-old temples.


"I have seen 11 wooden temples, two of them 300 years old, torched by the mob. They looted precious items and Buddha statues from the temples. Shops owned by Buddhists were also looted," local journalist Sunil Barua said.

violence was sparked by a photo posted on Facebook that allegedly insulted Islam.

which they claimed was posted by Uttam Barua, a local Buddhist man
[but]
Barua did not post the photo, and that he was linked to the photo after group called 'Insult Allah' tagged his name on the image.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/09/30/us-bangladesh-temples-idUSBRE88T03I20120930

The protesters said the picture had been posted by a Buddhist and they marched to Buddhist villages and set fire to temples and houses.

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/09/30/rioters-torch-buddhist-temples-in-bangladesh/

The riots later spread to Patia, home to a sizable Buddhist population, outside the southeastern port city of Chittagong, where mobs attacked and vandalised three temples

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog...ims_torch_buddhist_temples_in_bangladesh.html

I can't wait for laws against blasphemy against the prophet are passed. No doubt this sort of thing will be legalized to assuage the perpetually outraged sensibilities of Muslims.

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This may be an alternate image that supposedly sparked the violence:

http://holgerawakens.blogspot.com/

edit to add:

Ok... The Mrs. is concerned that I'm pissing off Islamic Fundamentalists... images are for educational and journalistic purposes only, not to disgrace or promote hate, please don't take offence and riot our home.

If you do take offense...

I ain't buddhist,


presence
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[tod evans]

Geeze,

I wonder if semi-literate old/bald hillbillies with long beards and bad attitudes could get away with targeting groups of people they found offensive?

(The old/bald hillbilly is me)

 

[Drex]

This is getting ridiculous

 

[Origanalist]

Geeze,

I wonder if semi-literate old/bald hillbillies with long beards and bad attitudes could get away with targeting groups of people they found offensive?

(The old/bald hillbilly is me)

Peace be upon you...

 

[Origanalist]

This is getting ridiculous

Seems like I remember a few other events like this.

 

[Brian4Liberty]

A bunch of animals. No reason for US taxpayer dollars to be spent on helping or bombing them though.

 

[pcosmar]

I am wondering how many of those Rioters have Computers and internet,, let alone Facebook accounts.

Sounds like someone went out and souped up a crowd,, deliberately.

the OP posts 25,000,, other news sources say "hundreds"..

I'm betting,,, dozens.

 

[Origanalist]

I am wondering how many of those Rioters have Computers and internet,, let alone Facebook accounts.

Sounds like someone went out and souped up a crowd,, deliberately.

Are you suggesting that these people are being used by someone?????

 

[pcosmar]

Are you suggesting that these people are being used by someone?????

Duh,,well,
Yeah.. that is what I am suggesting.

 

[Acala]

old hat

Muslims have been doing that to Buddhists for a LONG time. Buddhism was born in India but was driven out by the Muslims. A bad situation. But there are few situations, including this one, that cannot be made worse with US intervention.

 

[presence]

Duh,,well,
Yeah.. that is what I am suggesting.

Social Forces or Conspiracy is always the question. Almost seems like multiple independently aligned agents each conspiring in their own right to catalyse underlying social forces. Hard to put your finger on.

 

[presence]

the OP posts 25,000,, other news sources say "hundreds"..

I'm betting,,, dozens.

25,000 was from the RT.com headline

 

[The New Fury]

Here's some more large font open-ended mathematical inference:

25,000 protestors

÷

1,600,000,000 Muslims

X 100

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0.0015625%

 

[presence]

0.0015625%

What's your point?

A monk, a rabbi, a catholic priest, and a mullah enter a bar eat dinner and pay their tab. As they leave the bar blows up behind them.


Nobody is going to pin the joke on the monk.

 

[pcosmar]

25,000 was from the RT.com headline

And the "city" where this happened has a population of just over 50,000 people.

I like RT for their alternative reporting,, but am not inclined to give them a pass either.

 

[tod evans]

25,000 for a visual;

 

[oyarde]

0.0015625%

What's your point?

A monk, a rabbi, a catholic priest, and a mullah enter a bar eat dinner and pay their tab. As they leave the bar blows up behind them.


Nobody is going to pin the joke on the monk.

Are, you sure they ALL paid said tab ??

 

[oyarde]

http://www.thecuttingedgenews.com/index.php?article=76276&pageid=17&pagename=News


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http://rt.com/news/buddhist-temples-torched-bangladesh-342/







http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/09/30/us-bangladesh-temples-idUSBRE88T03I20120930



http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/09/30/rioters-torch-buddhist-temples-in-bangladesh/


http://www.americanthinker.com/blog...ims_torch_buddhist_temples_in_bangladesh.html





?!?!?!?!?!?!?

This may be an alternate image that supposedly sparked the violence:

http://holgerawakens.blogspot.com/

edit to add:

Ok... The Mrs. is concerned that I'm pissing off Islamic Fundamentalists... images are for educational and journalistic purposes only, not to disgrace or promote hate, please don't take offence and riot our home.

If you do take offense...

I ain't buddhist,


presence
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I somehow , doubt, temple burners , know much about , any God....

 

[alucard13mmfmj]

Regardless of the # of people.. an angry mob destroyed and probably hurt innocent people just because something insulting was said about their beliefs. It is a damn shame that 300ish years of cultural history is gone.

Heh... imagine a group of people rioting and burning the constitution because it offends them?

I sometimes wish religion did not exist and it would be one less factor that divides people. We enough problems with people killing each other because of skin color.

 

[James Madison]

Regardless of the # of people.. an angry mob destroyed and probably hurt innocent people just because something insulting was said about their beliefs. It is a damn shame that 300ish years of cultural history is gone.

Heh... imagine a group of people rioting and burning the constitution because it offends them?

I sometimes wish religion did not exist and it would be one less factor that divides people. We enough problems with people killing each other because of skin color.

When man ceases to believe in God, the state, once inclined to act on it, will have sole ownership over the hearts of men. Be careful what you wish for.