Will the peaceful Buddist majority of Thailand now be massacred after the Islamic Miliatry coup?

Question

Arrests and crackdown have already occured.

There are times in history, when pragmatic Buddists, put aside smiplistic ideas of humanity, and fought off the Islamic hordes. Todays Buddist, simply gets beheaded by the Islamist, and Muslims wisely recognized that in Thailand, even though they are a minority, can easily overrun the pacifict Buddist.

Their coup was bloodless...Buddist put up no fight. The Islamist insurgency of South Thailand, who have been beheading Buddists monks for sport, is rejoicing over their victory.

Naturally, the US has condemed the Islamic Military coup...but like last month, when Muslims savaged Somolia and sacked the country, theres not much they can do.

Its a great tragedy cause I respect buddism...Im agnostic but respect it nonethless. On the other hand, I loathe the self righteous ignorance hatefilled disease which the horrific warlord invented long ago...ohhh...sorry....not being pc...sorrrry.

Answer 1

um...have you SEEN what the taliban did to the ancient Buddhist statues on the side of a mountain? THEY blew it up! And as you said, these insurgents behead people for sport! So America will have football, and Thailand will have their cross-dressers and beheadings. Run people, RUN

Answer 2

Not all Buddhists follow the non-violent path, however. A Buddhist monk, Phra Kittiwutthi of the Phra Chittipalwon College in Thailand, is noted for his extreme right-wing views. He said that it was not a breech of the first precept to kill communists. He said that if Thailand were in danger of a communist takeover, he would take up arms to protect Buddhism. Sulak Sivaraksa, a Thai peace activist, reports in his book, "Seeds of Peace" that Phra Kittiwutthi has since modified his stance by declaring "to kill communism or communist ideology is not a sin". Sulak adds that the monk confessed that his nationalist feelings were more important than his Buddhist practice and that he would be willing to abandon his yellow robes to take up arms against communist invaders from Laos, Cambodia or Vietnam. By doing so, he said, he would be preserving the monarchy, the nation and the Buddhist religion.

In contrast to the views of Phra Kittiwutthi, Sulak Sivaraksa reports that the Vietnamese monk, Thich Nhat Hanh is of the view that 'preserving Buddhism does not mean that we should sacrifice people's lives in order to safeguard the Buddhist hierarchy, monasteries or rituals. Even if Buddhism as such were extinguished, when human lives are preserved and when human dignity and freedom are cultivated towards peace and loving kindness, Buddhism can be reborn in the hearts of human beings.
The Buddha's teaching was that Bhikkus should advise rulers to guide them on the correct path and not to behave violently.

Answer 3

I seriously doubt that we will hear an outcry from Muslims over this. Instead, they'll kill nuns for something the Pope said. Another religion with screwed up priorities.

Answer 4

Well, we'll have to wait and the out coming of this to see whether if Islam really about tolerance

Answer 5

I surely hope not! I have a good friend in Thailand, who is Buddhist/atheist.

I hope he's ok.