Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Buddhists boycott Korean government

jan 17th, 2011

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From: Arvind

While people from some religions clamor to be invited to "inter-faith dialogues," Buddhists in Korea show the way.


The Buddhists have vowed no dialogue until the end of the Lee Myung-bak administration because of the unfair treatment. 
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The Buddhist community has also declared a cut-off in communication with the incumbent administration. Subsequently, it has barred lawmakers of the governing Grand National Party from entering temples in an unbecoming show of revenge. 
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This is not the first time that Buddhists have aired open criticism of the Lee administration in the past three years. The Buddhists got fumed when the head of the Jogye Order had his car searched two years ago. 

The Buddhist community has issued a paper on its position highlighting 100 cases of alleged unfair treatment and regrettable mistakes that have taken place under the Lee administration. 

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