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Originally Posted by Bigfella
Persecution was a 2 way street Sniper. Buddhist kingdoms persecuted Hindu ones, Hindu ones persecuted Buddhist ones, Buddhist persecuted Buddhist & different Muslim kingdoms fought both of the above.
The destruction of temples at Ayutthaya, for example, was done to Thai Buddhists by Burmese ones. Similar story for the ancient Khmer capotiol north of Phnom Penh, trashed by Thais.
people on these threads actually use crimes committed by Ba'athist & other avowedly secular regimes as proof of Islam's general nastiness).
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Thanks, I'll study this some more. I was only familiar with the Shaoulin of Henan. They were called upon frequently to battle warlords or solve certain problems for the provincial governor. I guess it could be used as example that extremism could be looked at regionally. Some good, some bad. It looks as if they are all capable of nastiness sooner or later. I have to say I am particularly amused when they kill each other. Something I really have no problem with.