Buddhism and Islam in Asia: A Long and Complicated History
By Akhilesh Pillalamarri, The Diplomat, October 29, 2017
Demography and history explain troubled attitudes toward Islam in Buddhist-majority Asian regions today.
New Delhi, India -- A cursory glance at world news today may suggest that the fault-line where Buddhism and Islam meet in Asia is increasingly characterized by conflict between the two religions. Of course, in broadest sense, this is not true, as religions are made up of numerous individuals and leaders, who are generally of differing opinions.
Yet, there is an unusually high level of tension between Buddhists and Muslims in regions where the two groups share space, including Rakhine state in Myanmar, southern Thailand, Sri Lanka, and Ladakh, the eastern part of the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir.
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