Why are there Christian and Islamic extreme fundamentalists but not Buddhist and Hindu?

Answer 1

Examine the words extreme and fundamentalist. Then look at the understanding of extremes in the Buddhist and Hindu religeons for your answer. There ARE however, DEVOUT practitioners of the Hindu and Buddhist faiths. But also we know, as in the tao, the yin and the yang are both extremes, and life is full of both, in every existence.

Answer 2

Because Buddhists do not believe in any gods but rather a message of love and peace from within. I am not sure of Hindu beliefs other than that they believe in numerous gods/goddesses, etc. but Hindus still believe (if memory serves correctly) that if there is for instance a Tsunami, that it is a punishment from the god of the sea. However, Hindu's do not believe that they have the corner on truth and therefore find no need to try and get converts.

Judaism, Christianity and Islam are based on fear when taken literally. No matter how much anyone tries to sugar-coat the bible, the bible when taken literally says that God will hurt and torture humankind for non-compliance be it temporal or eternal punishment. Fear causes people to act irrationally and that is why there are fundy Muslims and Christian extremists. The reason that Jews are not trying to gain converts is because they believe that they are Gods chosen people and that they have no business interferring with the beliefs of others. The Jews are not commanded to go into the world and make converts unlike Muslims and Christians.

Answer 3

Actually there are both. Buddhist extremists in Sri Lanka make life very difficult for christians down there, and a hindu extremist party (BJP) was running India until the last election.

UPDATE:

Respect for religious freedom by the Government varied. There was no improvement in the status of religious freedom. There was an increase in attacks on Christian churches by Buddhist extremists and in societal tension due to ongoing allegations of forced conversions and debate on anti-conversion legislation. In October 2004, the Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU) party formally proposed a constitutional amendment that would declare Buddhism as the state religion, and on May 6, 2005, despite the Supreme Court's ruling that some sections of the bill were unconstitutional, the JHU presented for its second reading to Parliament a bill that would criminalize conversions.

http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2005/51622.htm

The central Government is led by a coalition called the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), which has pledged to respect the country's traditions of secular government and religious tolerance. However, the leading party in the coalition is the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), a Hindu nationalist party with links to Hindu extremist groups that have been implicated in violent acts against Christians and Muslims.

http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2003/24470.htm

Answer 4

I believe that you are mistaken. There are extremists in every group ever created.

It's just a matter of percentages. I'll give you the benefit of the doubt and agree that there might be a higher percentage of Christian and Islamic fundamentalists.

My perception of the Buddhist and Hindu religions is that they are more spiritual and individualistic. For them, it's about how the individual can learn how to be both serene and happy.

Answer 5

If you mean large, violent sects in the present day, I'd certainly take Christians off the list.

I would also ask most Muslims whether the terrorists we hear about are representative of the religion as a whole. I would imagine they do not believe such terrorists are! So that leaves us without Islamic extremists too, just people who have hijacked and distorted the religion.

Religion doesn't kill people. Ideology doesn't kill people. PEOPLE kill people.

Answer 6

A bomb planted by Hindu's Murdered a large number of Muslim's in India last week.

I would call those murderers fundamentalists.

Answer 7

Why am I the only Subgenius fundamentalist here?
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Answer 8

Because they are based on Spirituality instead of competing and egoistic Theories of Islam and Christianity.

Answer 9

because hinduism allows ppl to actully use their brains than rather borrow philosophies.. n buddhism is just a religion started by a hindu on the hindu guidelines [gautama buddha, originally known as siddhartha]..

"The Bricklayer", for ur kind info, police have found links of da bomb blasts to pakistan-backed terrorists.. now i never knew pakistan started liking hindus so much..

Answer 10

there is extremists in all beliefs. Thich Nhat Hanh tried to unite all the Buddhist sects and was deported