Buddhist 'People Of Color Sanghas', Diversity Efforts Address Conflicts About ...
This article is a part of Faith Shift, a Huffington Post series on how changes in demographics, culture, politics and theology are transforming religion in America.www.huffingtonpost.com
Stacie Laughton, Transgender New Hampshire Representative, Discusses ...
Perhaps the most remarkable aspect about Stacie Laughton's history-making win on election night was actually how unremarkable the race itself was when it came to the fact of her gender identity. "The campaign was pleasant," said .... A British writer ...www.huffingtonpost.com
Ethnic Cleansing of the Rohingyas of Myanmar Part 3
(PHILADELPHIA, PA) - The UN and other international human rights groups have called the Rohingya Muslims, and rightly so, the worst persecuted people in our planet.www.salem-news.com
Buddhist, Hindu make history in new Congress
Ami Bera, a California doctor who was raised Hindu but now identifies as a Unitarian Universalist, according to the Hindu American Foundation, narrowly leads the race for California's 7th congressional district. The 31-year-old Gabbard was born in ...www.washingtonpost.com
Rakhine crisis: Restricted humanitarian access and risk of radicalisation
Whilst the earlier unrest in June involved Rakhine Buddhists and Rohingya Muslims (who are stateless and lack any citizenship rights), many of those targeted in last week's attacks belonged to the Muslim Kaman minority, a recognised national group ...www.aljazeera.com
Myanmar's Rohingya Problem
Anti-Rohingya racism has, to a certain extent, been ginned up by the military government; however, the government is building on a long-standing tradition of Buddhist/Burmese chauvinismâ€"fueled in part by Burmese resentment at the Rohingyan role as an ...www.pacificfreepress.com
Letter: 'Greater good' concept lost
As a political Independent, I don't have a party horse in any political race. I don't vote for ... Neither do I vote for blacks, browns, reds, whites or yellows nor for Christians, Jews, Buddhists, Muslims or those who have not yet learned enough to ...theadvocate.com
Hooked on Bombay
"It's always been a place where you find Hindus, Muslims, Christians, including Catholics from Goa and Protestants from south India, many Parsis and Buddhists. You can find ... "We're supposed to be this peaceful, non-violent, vegetarian race. Are you ...www.ft.com
An Engineer's Story: The meaning of real happiness
Buddhism defines it as "ultimate freedom from suffering". Hinduism (ref Gita) says True Happiness, is Moksha i.e. ... Before I could realize, my race with the materialistic happiness started with my teenage. Suddenly happiness in small things disappeared.hillpost.in
Police force now guardian of the faith?
Sa Tombs: So now the PDRM (Royal Malaysian Police) are playing the race game. Malay officers protect Islam, Indian officers protect Hinduism, Chinese officers protect Buddhism, etc. What kind of idiots run the PRDM? If that's the case, there are no ...www.malaysiakini.com
Ten firsts from the 2012 election
In Wisconsin, Democratic representative Tammy Baldwin became the first openly gay US senator when she defeated former governor Tommy Thompson in a hotly contested race. The two candidates spent about $65m on the campaign, making the contest the ...www.guardian.co.uk
The raison d'être of Obama Going to Burma
Many a Myanmar Buddhist harbors an extreme frightening sentiment of Hitler's Final Solution as a model for protecting racial and ethnic purity of people or peoples considered indigenous to the land. The end result is ethnic cleansing still going on in ...www.asiantribune.com
Affirmative Action and the 'Critical Mass' of Diversity in Religious Studies ...
Bollinger, allowing university admissions officers to consider race and ethnicity when admitting students. The goal of these affirmative action practices was to achieve a "critical mass of diversity," which, the University of ... Of course, in the ...www.huffingtonpost.com
Nazi Buddha Statue Shows Inconsistencies, Most Likely Fake
A Buddha statuette that has been steeped in mystery since first coming to light late last month, has finally had its truths uncovered.www.redorbit.com
World Of Warcraft: Mists Of Pandaria
Blizzard Entertainment has once again updated their World of Warcraft MMO, adding another continent to quest in, a new race (Pandarens) and a new class (Monk) to play, and a new level cap of 90. Mists of Pandaria ... The Pandaren culture is a cultural ...www.insidemacgames.com
Yogesh Varhade on the grim reality of modern slavery
Yogesh Varhade: The Indo-Aryan race from Middle Asia invaded India about 3500-4000 years ago (as per Indologists) by hook or by crook.communities.washingtontimes.com
Religion briefs for the week of Nov. 15
At the same time, she became involved in studying the Torah and is inspired by the teachings of Torah, as well as by Buddhism. She found these ancient wisdom traditions deepen our understanding of ourselves through a spiritual connection. .... with the ...www.wickedlocal.com
Give Full Force and Effect to the Separation of Powers & Unity in Diversity
One could wonder whether article 9 of the 1978 Constitution which gives special protection to Buddhism had interfered with that stability.groundviews.org
Eden Lane, Transgender Broadcast Journalist, Discusses Her Career, Being A ...
LOOK: President Obama Is NOT Impressed8k · Barbara Bush Tells People To Get Over Obama's Reelection7k · Barber Wins House Race1k · Alito Takes On Critics5k · Kelley Made Multiple White House Visits3k · Go to Politics. More in ..... A British writer ...www.huffingtonpost.com
The 101 strangest records on Spotify: David Hykes & the Harmonic Choir ...
A keen traveller, Hykes was particularly drawn to Mongolian Khöömii, or "throat singing", practised within tantric Tibetan Buddhism; this LP was the first of his own variations on that ancient art form. There are no words, no instruments, no chants and ...www.guardian.co.uk
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