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by omginternets 3874 days ago
No, I absolutely do not. What you are ignoring is that the canonical text of these religions are not equal. Where are the Tibetan suicide bombers?

Ignoring the religious and theological basis for this violence is part of the reason we've been so ineffective in fighting it. Clearly social tensions are part of the problem, but so is the religion itself.

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Aum Shinryko drew upon Tibettan buddhist teachings.

There are plenty of buddhist terrorist attacks, and these can be found with simple web searches.

Tibetan armed struggle also happens, but because it's in China i) Chinese authority hides it ii) Chinese authority uses a too broad definition of terrorism. But there was armed resistance in 2008 in Lhassa.

>There are plenty of buddhist terrorist attacks, and these can be found with simple web searches.

There's a negligible number of buddhist terrorist attacks compared to muslim terrorist attacks.

The position you're defending is absurd and betrays an a priori conclusion on your part.