tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36009958.post8957307648903173542..comments2023-11-09T14:15:40.111+02:00Comments on Fatima and Ahmed's Son: World Silent As Muslim Massacre Goes On In MyanmarRidwanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16758153484699728802noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36009958.post-88016905003985422682012-07-22T11:12:00.162+02:002012-07-22T11:12:00.162+02:00Hi Bill:
I will send you the FB link as soon as i...Hi Bill:<br /><br />I will send you the FB link as soon as it is up - my fellow blogger is still working on getting details sorted as of this writing.<br /><br />I have noted your contact details and would rather not put it up just to be safe.<br /><br />I am going to send you an email too.<br /><br />Peace,<br />RidwanRidwanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16758153484699728802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36009958.post-66882414452166046872012-07-21T22:34:27.491+02:002012-07-21T22:34:27.491+02:00Hi Bill:
Great to hear from you despite the serio...Hi Bill:<br /><br />Great to hear from you despite the seriousness of your comment.<br /><br />You raise excellent points and I share your thinking.<br /><br />It was just a few months ago that the plight of Rohingya was brought to my attention by a fellow blogger.<br /><br />In fact it was around the time when Aung San Suu Kyi was being released.<br /><br />I celebrated her release but I am very saddened by her reluctance to confront the Burmese government's persecution of Rohingya Muslims.<br /><br />In her recent tour through Europe she could have raised awareness of the problem and drawn more committed souls to finding a just solution.<br /><br />But her neglect is not unique. Bangladesh and Thailand have taken to evicting fleeing Rohingya leaving them essentially stateless.<br /><br />Just last night I was wondering if the Dalai Lama has said anything about the behavior of the Buddhists who are waging a war against the Rohingya.<br /><br />It just seems so hard to understand or rather accept that any group of Buddhists could engage in acts of violent ethnic/religious cleansing.<br /><br />But it is so and you are right that there is an immediate need to address the violence.<br /><br />In recent days I have been interacting with a fellow blogger who is putting together a FaceBook page in support of the Rohingya.<br /><br />It is the small start but like your idea of calling on Buddhist bloggers.<br /><br />Thanks kindly Bill.<br /><br />Peace to you,<br />RidwanRidwanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16758153484699728802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36009958.post-22371854129856852072012-07-21T16:47:28.184+02:002012-07-21T16:47:28.184+02:00I regret that I was unaware of this until I read y...I regret that I was unaware of this until I read your piece. I continue to be glad I subscribe to your blog.<br /><br />I'm a white American Buddhist, and I see it through that lens. We know the white obsession with notions of purity, etc. Well, lots of white people start practicing Buddhism in part because of this popular myth--among white American Buddhists, that yes, other religious practices wage religious wars, but not us. The Buddha taught differently.<br /><br />Obviously, wrong. I'd had a few good historical examples of Buddhist "holy wars" but this is more on point.<br /><br />I have to think. Diplomatic relations with Myanmar are so bad that writing my Congressperson will surely have no effect. I will write some of the Buddhist blogger types, as small as it seems.<br /><br />There's all kinds of "Free Tibet" language that goes on in the US, particularly with hip, white Buddhists. We can have that discussion, but it would seem it would be more immediately important as Buddhists to put some energy into freeing Burmese Muslims from other Buddhists.Billhttp://freeandeasywandering.com/noreply@blogger.com