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It’s one of the more purely religious conflicts out there, for most of its history. https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2017/0928/Is-Rohingya-crisis-changin
by QAPereo 9y ago
It’s one of the more purely religious conflicts out there, for most of its history.
https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2017/0928/Is-Rohingya-crisis-changing-West-s-romanticized-view-of-Buddhism https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2017/0928/Is-Rohingya...
- fjsolwmv 9y agoIt's an ethnic conflict. In conservative societies, there is little difference between religion and ethnicity.
- ringaroundthetx 9y agoan adjective and distinction which changes what, exactly?
- pcr0 9y agoReligion is at least somewhat of a personal choice. You can't change your ethnicity. It's the difference between hating people for exercising their freedom of religion vs hating people for being born.
- ringaroundthetx 9y agoI see
- QAPereo 9y agoFreedom of religion is extremely notional in much of the world. How do you propose that 99.99% of Rohingya would realistically have the freedom to explore and choose a religion other than their own? Not to mention that their ethnicity is only really debated by the majority who have traditionally treated them like dirt, and are now driving them out. Not to mention that Judaism already sets a fine precedent for the massive gray area between ethnicity and religion, just for a familiar example.