a:18:{s:8:"theTitle";s:34:"Muslim Indians who followed Buddha";s:12:"thePermalink";s:68:"https://www.islamicity.org/82869/muslim-indians-who-followed-buddha/";s:13:"theAuthorName";s:14:"Aslam Abdullah";s:12:"theThumbnail";s:74:"https://media.islamicity.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/islam-buddhism.jpg";s:6:"isWhat";s:7:"article";s:7:"theIcon";s:0:"";s:8:"theEmbed";s:0:"";s:11:"theCategory";s:26:"Articles|/explore/articles";s:6:"theTag";s:26:"buddhism|/explore/buddhism";s:7:"theDate";s:11:"May 14 2023";s:11:"theDate_ORG";s:37:"May 13, 2023 {wpcf-soft-date engaged}";s:9:"theAuthor";s:22:"Aslam Abdullah|/source";s:5:"theID";i:82869;s:14:"theReadingTime";s:6:"4 min.";s:10:"theExcerpt";s:103:"Muslim Indians followed Buddha to reject inequalities promoted by Brahmanism
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a:18:{s:8:"theTitle";s:62:"Terror Unleashed on a Peaceful Day and Worshipers in Sri Lanka";s:12:"thePermalink";s:105:"https://www.islamicity.org/19413/terror-unleashed-on-a-peaceful-day-and-peaceful-worshipers-in-sri-lanka/";s:13:"theAuthorName";s:14:"Aslam Abdullah";s:12:"theThumbnail";s:74:"http://media.islamicity.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/blue-water-lily.png";s:6:"isWhat";s:7:"article";s:7:"theIcon";s:0:"";s:8:"theEmbed";s:0:"";s:11:"theCategory";s:26:"Articles|/explore/articles";s:6:"theTag";s:26:"buddhism|/explore/buddhism";s:7:"theDate";s:11:"Apr 23 2019";s:11:"theDate_ORG";s:39:"April 22, 2019 {wpcf-soft-date engaged}";s:9:"theAuthor";s:22:"Aslam Abdullah|/source";s:5:"theID";i:19413;s:14:"theReadingTime";s:7:"10 min.";s:10:"theExcerpt";s:103:"On one of the most sacred and significant days in Christian history, in a Buddhist dominated state o...";s:12:"theTitle_ORG";s:62:"Terror Unleashed on a Peaceful Day and Worshipers in Sri Lanka";s:25:"processRelatedFacetsTitle";s:0:"";s:15:"whereItCameFrom";s:0:"";}
a:18:{s:8:"theTitle";s:56:"The Rohingya People:: The Most Suffering People on Earth";s:12:"thePermalink";s:87:"https://www.islamicity.org/5693/the-rohingya-people-the-most-suffering-people-on-earth/";s:13:"theAuthorName";s:14:"Habib Siddiqui";s:12:"theThumbnail";s:90:"http://www.islamicity.org/global/images/photo/IC-Articles/RohingyaChildren54__1000x665.JPG";s:6:"isWhat";s:7:"article";s:7:"theIcon";s:0:"";s:8:"theEmbed";s:0:"";s:11:"theCategory";s:26:"Articles|/explore/articles";s:6:"theTag";s:26:"buddhism|/explore/buddhism";s:7:"theDate";s:11:"Jan 29 2014";s:11:"theDate_ORG";s:41:"January 28, 2014 {wpcf-soft-date engaged}";s:9:"theAuthor";s:22:"Habib Siddiqui|/source";s:5:"theID";i:5693;s:14:"theReadingTime";s:7:"16 min.";s:10:"theExcerpt";s:243:"What is worse, the international NGOs, esp. from the Muslim countries, continue to be barred from helping out the Muslim victims. In the face of reported protests from the Rakhine Buddhist community, the OIC could not even open an office ... ";s:12:"theTitle_ORG";s:56:"The Rohingya People:: The Most Suffering People on Earth";s:25:"processRelatedFacetsTitle";s:0:"";s:15:"whereItCameFrom";s:0:"";}
a:18:{s:8:"theTitle";s:63:"The Rohingyas of Myanmar - Does Anyone Care about their plight?";s:12:"thePermalink";s:93:"https://www.islamicity.org/5687/the-rohingyas-of-myanmar-does-anyone-care-about-their-plight/";s:13:"theAuthorName";s:14:"Habib Siddiqui";s:12:"theThumbnail";s:83:"http://www.islamicity.org/global/images/photo/IC-Articles/Rohingyart64__680x450.JPG";s:6:"isWhat";s:7:"article";s:7:"theIcon";s:0:"";s:8:"theEmbed";s:0:"";s:11:"theCategory";s:26:"Articles|/explore/articles";s:6:"theTag";s:26:"buddhism|/explore/buddhism";s:7:"theDate";s:11:"Jan 23 2014";s:11:"theDate_ORG";s:41:"January 22, 2014 {wpcf-soft-date engaged}";s:9:"theAuthor";s:22:"Habib Siddiqui|/source";s:5:"theID";i:5687;s:14:"theReadingTime";s:6:"8 min.";s:10:"theExcerpt";s:180:"Classification: People are classified into "us" and "other", the first stage towards sociocide and colonization. In Myanmar, Muslims are seen as the 'other' and therefore inferior.";s:12:"theTitle_ORG";s:63:"The Rohingyas of Myanmar - Does Anyone Care about their plight?";s:25:"processRelatedFacetsTitle";s:0:"";s:15:"whereItCameFrom";s:0:"";}
a:18:{s:8:"theTitle";s:39:"Time for Soft Talk with Myanmar is Over";s:12:"thePermalink";s:72:"https://www.islamicity.org/5595/time-for-soft-talk-with-myanmar-is-over/";s:13:"theAuthorName";s:14:"Habib Siddiqui";s:12:"theThumbnail";s:82:"http://www.islamicity.org/global/images/photo/IC-Articles/rohingya556__768x512.JPG";s:6:"isWhat";s:7:"article";s:7:"theIcon";s:0:"";s:8:"theEmbed";s:0:"";s:11:"theCategory";s:26:"Articles|/explore/articles";s:6:"theTag";s:26:"buddhism|/explore/buddhism";s:7:"theDate";s:11:"Nov 27 2013";s:11:"theDate_ORG";s:42:"November 26, 2013 {wpcf-soft-date engaged}";s:9:"theAuthor";s:22:"Habib Siddiqui|/source";s:5:"theID";i:5595;s:14:"theReadingTime";s:7:"13 min.";s:10:"theExcerpt";s:247:"Last year, the Buddhist government similarly did not allow the fact finding missions from international agencies, including the OIC, to tour the ethnically cleansed territories. It also did not allow opening up an OIC office in the Rakhine state. ";s:12:"theTitle_ORG";s:39:"Time for Soft Talk with Myanmar is Over";s:25:"processRelatedFacetsTitle";s:0:"";s:15:"whereItCameFrom";s:0:"";}
a:18:{s:8:"theTitle";s:35:"U.S. Congressional Hearing on Burma";s:12:"thePermalink";s:67:"https://www.islamicity.org/5502/u-s-congressional-hearing-on-burma/";s:13:"theAuthorName";s:14:"Habib Siddiqui";s:12:"theThumbnail";s:84:"http://www.islamicity.org/global/images/photo/IC-Articles/myanmar-Obama__600x359.JPG";s:6:"isWhat";s:7:"article";s:7:"theIcon";s:0:"";s:8:"theEmbed";s:0:"";s:11:"theCategory";s:26:"Articles|/explore/articles";s:6:"theTag";s:26:"buddhism|/explore/buddhism";s:7:"theDate";s:10:"Oct 3 2013";s:11:"theDate_ORG";s:40:"October 2, 2013 {wpcf-soft-date engaged}";s:9:"theAuthor";s:22:"Habib Siddiqui|/source";s:5:"theID";i:5502;s:14:"theReadingTime";s:7:"30 min.";s:10:"theExcerpt";s:282:"People, especially the minorities - ethnic and religious - are discriminated in every strata of the society - from local levels to federal state of the government administration. As a matter of fact the situation of the minority Muslims have become much worse than any time before. ";s:12:"theTitle_ORG";s:35:"U.S. Congressional Hearing on Burma";s:25:"processRelatedFacetsTitle";s:0:"";s:15:"whereItCameFrom";s:0:"";}
a:18:{s:8:"theTitle";s:36:"Wirathu - The Face of Myanmar Terror";s:12:"thePermalink";s:67:"https://www.islamicity.org/5304/wirathu-the-face-of-myanmar-terror/";s:13:"theAuthorName";s:14:"Habib Siddiqui";s:12:"theThumbnail";s:81:"http://www.islamicity.org/global/images/photo/IC-Articles/wirathu332__600x449.JPG";s:6:"isWhat";s:7:"article";s:7:"theIcon";s:0:"";s:8:"theEmbed";s:0:"";s:11:"theCategory";s:26:"Articles|/explore/articles";s:6:"theTag";s:24:"bhikkhu|/explore/bhikkhu";s:7:"theDate";s:10:"Jul 3 2013";s:11:"theDate_ORG";s:37:"July 2, 2013 {wpcf-soft-date engaged}";s:9:"theAuthor";s:22:"Habib Siddiqui|/source";s:5:"theID";i:5304;s:14:"theReadingTime";s:7:"18 min.";s:10:"theExcerpt";s:261:"Naturally, Wirathu's fascist movement is working: 969 stickers and signs are proliferating everywhere like mushroom - often accompanied by violence. Anti-Muslim mobs in Bago Region, close to Yangon, erupted after traveling monks preached about the 969 movement.";s:12:"theTitle_ORG";s:36:"Wirathu - The Face of Myanmar Terror";s:25:"processRelatedFacetsTitle";s:0:"";s:15:"whereItCameFrom";s:0:"";}
a:18:{s:8:"theTitle";s:35:"The Never-ending Pogroms in Myanmar";s:12:"thePermalink";s:68:"https://www.islamicity.org/5201/the-never-ending-pogroms-in-myanmar/";s:13:"theAuthorName";s:14:"Habib Siddiqui";s:12:"theThumbnail";s:87:"http://www.islamicity.org/global/images/photo/IC-Articles/Rohingya-muslim-__650x345.JPG";s:6:"isWhat";s:7:"article";s:7:"theIcon";s:0:"";s:8:"theEmbed";s:0:"";s:11:"theCategory";s:26:"Articles|/explore/articles";s:6:"theTag";s:24:"bhikkhu|/explore/bhikkhu";s:7:"theDate";s:11:"Mar 27 2013";s:11:"theDate_ORG";s:39:"March 26, 2013 {wpcf-soft-date engaged}";s:9:"theAuthor";s:22:"Habib Siddiqui|/source";s:5:"theID";i:5201;s:14:"theReadingTime";s:7:"12 min.";s:10:"theExcerpt";s:284:"The Buddhist monks in Myanmar with very few exceptions have essentially become not only the collaborators of the quasi-military regime that runs the country but also the vanguards of a new Myanmarism in which people who are different are increasingly marginalized and/or dehumanized. ";s:12:"theTitle_ORG";s:35:"The Never-ending Pogroms in Myanmar";s:25:"processRelatedFacetsTitle";s:0:"";s:15:"whereItCameFrom";s:0:"";}
a:18:{s:8:"theTitle";s:31:"The Rohingya Question - Part 1";s:12:"thePermalink";s:61:"https://www.islamicity.org/7915/the-rohingya-question-part-1/";s:13:"theAuthorName";s:14:"Habib Siddiqui";s:12:"theThumbnail";s:0:"";s:6:"isWhat";s:7:"article";s:7:"theIcon";s:0:"";s:8:"theEmbed";s:0:"";s:11:"theCategory";s:26:"Articles|/explore/articles";s:6:"theTag";s:26:"buddhism|/explore/buddhism";s:7:"theDate";s:11:"Dec 29 2012";s:11:"theDate_ORG";s:42:"December 29, 2012 {wpcf-soft-date engaged}";s:9:"theAuthor";s:22:"Habib Siddiqui|/source";s:5:"theID";i:7915;s:14:"theReadingTime";s:7:"60 min.";s:10:"theExcerpt";s:260:"To many Burmese and Rakhine Buddhists of today-s Myanmar the existence of the non-Buddhist Rohingya people is mostly seen as a direct result of Indian, or more particularly, Bengali immigration during the post-1826 era of British occupation of the territories.";s:12:"theTitle_ORG";s:31:"The Rohingya Question - Part 1";s:25:"processRelatedFacetsTitle";s:0:"";s:15:"whereItCameFrom";s:0:"";}
a:18:{s:8:"theTitle";s:37:"Buddhist Terrorism - no longer a myth";s:12:"thePermalink";s:68:"https://www.islamicity.org/8582/buddhist-terrorism-no-longer-a-myth/";s:13:"theAuthorName";s:14:"Habib Siddiqui";s:12:"theThumbnail";s:0:"";s:6:"isWhat";s:7:"article";s:7:"theIcon";s:0:"";s:8:"theEmbed";s:0:"";s:11:"theCategory";s:26:"Articles|/explore/articles";s:6:"theTag";s:24:"bhikkhu|/explore/bhikkhu";s:7:"theDate";s:11:"Oct 29 2012";s:11:"theDate_ORG";s:41:"October 29, 2012 {wpcf-soft-date engaged}";s:9:"theAuthor";s:22:"Habib Siddiqui|/source";s:5:"theID";i:8582;s:14:"theReadingTime";s:7:"21 min.";s:10:"theExcerpt";s:223:"Thanks to the smiling image of the Dalai Lama, for decades the West took little notice of Buddhist terrorism that has terrorized millions of people in the South and Southeast Asia where a sizable Buddhist population lives. ";s:12:"theTitle_ORG";s:37:"Buddhist Terrorism - no longer a myth";s:25:"processRelatedFacetsTitle";s:0:"";s:15:"whereItCameFrom";s:0:"";}
a:18:{s:8:"theTitle";s:40:"Myanmar Government Can't Hide its Crimes";s:12:"thePermalink";s:72:"https://www.islamicity.org/4935/myanmar-government-cant-hide-its-crimes/";s:13:"theAuthorName";s:14:"Habib Siddiqui";s:12:"theThumbnail";s:0:"";s:6:"isWhat";s:7:"article";s:7:"theIcon";s:0:"";s:8:"theEmbed";s:0:"";s:11:"theCategory";s:26:"Articles|/explore/articles";s:6:"theTag";s:26:"buddhism|/explore/buddhism";s:7:"theDate";s:11:"Aug 27 2012";s:11:"theDate_ORG";s:40:"August 27, 2012 {wpcf-soft-date engaged}";s:9:"theAuthor";s:22:"Habib Siddiqui|/source";s:5:"theID";i:4935;s:14:"theReadingTime";s:7:"17 min.";s:10:"theExcerpt";s:298:"When the members of the state-run riot police (Lon Htin) selectively shoots to kill members of the Rohingya community when they had gathered for a funeral service and being provoked by a hostile rock-throwing, stick and knife-wielding Rakhine crowd, no one is fooled by such government explanation.";s:12:"theTitle_ORG";s:40:"Myanmar Government Can't Hide its Crimes";s:25:"processRelatedFacetsTitle";s:0:"";s:15:"whereItCameFrom";s:0:"";}
a:18:{s:8:"theTitle";s:49:"Mr. Win's Win-Win formula is a recipe for Fascism";s:12:"thePermalink";s:80:"https://www.islamicity.org/4813/mr-wins-win-win-formula-is-a-recipe-for-fascism/";s:13:"theAuthorName";s:14:"Habib Siddiqui";s:12:"theThumbnail";s:0:"";s:6:"isWhat";s:7:"article";s:7:"theIcon";s:0:"";s:8:"theEmbed";s:0:"";s:11:"theCategory";s:26:"Articles|/explore/articles";s:6:"theTag";s:30:"bangladesh|/explore/bangladesh";s:7:"theDate";s:11:"Jul 23 2012";s:11:"theDate_ORG";s:38:"July 23, 2012 {wpcf-soft-date engaged}";s:9:"theAuthor";s:22:"Habib Siddiqui|/source";s:5:"theID";i:4813;s:14:"theReadingTime";s:7:"16 min.";s:10:"theExcerpt";s:166:"It is they who have often led the campaign for expulsion of the Rohingya population or to engage in genocide or to institute an apartheid system against the Rohingya.";s:12:"theTitle_ORG";s:49:"Mr. Win's Win-Win formula is a recipe for Fascism";s:25:"processRelatedFacetsTitle";s:0:"";s:15:"whereItCameFrom";s:0:"";}
a:18:{s:8:"theTitle";s:11:"20,000 Days";s:12:"thePermalink";s:43:"https://www.islamicity.org/7862/20000-days/";s:13:"theAuthorName";s:17:"Robert C. Koehler";s:12:"theThumbnail";s:0:"";s:6:"isWhat";s:7:"article";s:7:"theIcon";s:0:"";s:8:"theEmbed";s:0:"";s:11:"theCategory";s:26:"Articles|/explore/articles";s:6:"theTag";s:26:"buddhism|/explore/buddhism";s:7:"theDate";s:11:"Jun 17 2011";s:11:"theDate_ORG";s:13:"June 17, 2011";s:9:"theAuthor";s:25:"Robert C. Koehler|/source";s:5:"theID";i:7862;s:14:"theReadingTime";s:6:"6 min.";s:10:"theExcerpt";s:289:"Actually, what I use to numb my brain is computer solitaire, and I foresaw an evening given over to it. Filler time in the great gray same old, same old. Joie de vivre? What's that? I was as locked into my routine as my commuter train was locked onto its tracks. Metal on metal: the grind.";s:12:"theTitle_ORG";s:11:"20,000 Days";s:25:"processRelatedFacetsTitle";s:0:"";s:15:"whereItCameFrom";s:0:"";}
a:18:{s:8:"theTitle";s:40:"Emerging Light in Seventh Century Arabia";s:12:"thePermalink";s:73:"https://www.islamicity.org/7763/emerging-light-in-seventh-century-arabia/";s:13:"theAuthorName";s:13:"Javeed Akhter";s:12:"theThumbnail";s:91:"http://www.islamicity.org/global/images/photo/IC-Articles/footprints-in-sandIC__600x345.JPG";s:6:"isWhat";s:7:"article";s:7:"theIcon";s:0:"";s:8:"theEmbed";s:0:"";s:11:"theCategory";s:26:"Articles|/explore/articles";s:6:"theTag";s:26:"buddhism|/explore/buddhism";s:7:"theDate";s:11:"Jul 21 2009";s:11:"theDate_ORG";s:39:"March 24, 2008 {wpcf-soft-date engaged}";s:9:"theAuthor";s:21:"Javeed Akhter|/source";s:5:"theID";i:7763;s:14:"theReadingTime";s:7:"14 min.";s:10:"theExcerpt";s:90:"The seventh century appears to have been a time of world wide moral confusion and decay ..";s:12:"theTitle_ORG";s:40:"Emerging Light in Seventh Century Arabia";s:25:"processRelatedFacetsTitle";s:0:"";s:15:"whereItCameFrom";s:0:"";}
a:18:{s:8:"theTitle";s:30:"Rohingya: The Forgotten People";s:12:"thePermalink";s:62:"https://www.islamicity.org/2698/rohingya-the-forgotten-people/";s:13:"theAuthorName";s:14:"Habib Siddiqui";s:12:"theThumbnail";s:0:"";s:6:"isWhat";s:7:"article";s:7:"theIcon";s:0:"";s:8:"theEmbed";s:0:"";s:11:"theCategory";s:26:"Articles|/explore/articles";s:6:"theTag";s:26:"buddhism|/explore/buddhism";s:7:"theDate";s:11:"Aug 22 2005";s:11:"theDate_ORG";s:15:"August 22, 2005";s:9:"theAuthor";s:22:"Habib Siddiqui|/source";s:5:"theID";i:2698;s:14:"theReadingTime";s:7:"24 min.";s:10:"theExcerpt";s:171:"An often-practiced devious way to grab someone's land is to deny his right to that property. The most glaring example of such a crime can be seen in Burma (now Myanmar) ..";s:12:"theTitle_ORG";s:30:"Rohingya: The Forgotten People";s:25:"processRelatedFacetsTitle";s:0:"";s:15:"whereItCameFrom";s:0:"";}
a:18:{s:8:"theTitle";s:27:"Religion marred by violence";s:12:"thePermalink";s:60:"https://www.islamicity.org/2631/religion-marred-by-violence/";s:13:"theAuthorName";s:9:"Tom Regan";s:12:"theThumbnail";s:0:"";s:6:"isWhat";s:7:"article";s:7:"theIcon";s:0:"";s:8:"theEmbed";s:0:"";s:11:"theCategory";s:26:"Articles|/explore/articles";s:6:"theTag";s:32:"afghanistan|/explore/afghanistan";s:7:"theDate";s:11:"May 26 2005";s:11:"theDate_ORG";s:12:"May 26, 2005";s:9:"theAuthor";s:17:"Tom Regan|/source";s:5:"theID";i:2631;s:14:"theReadingTime";s:6:"9 min.";s:10:"theExcerpt";s:112:"Organized religion has been, by and large, a positive force in the world. And that's the way we want it to be ..";s:12:"theTitle_ORG";s:27:"Religion marred by violence";s:25:"processRelatedFacetsTitle";s:0:"";s:15:"whereItCameFrom";s:0:"";}
a:18:{s:8:"theTitle";s:14:"Is God neutral";s:12:"thePermalink";s:47:"https://www.islamicity.org/1654/is-god-neutral/";s:13:"theAuthorName";s:14:"David Harrison";s:12:"theThumbnail";s:0:"";s:6:"isWhat";s:7:"article";s:7:"theIcon";s:0:"";s:8:"theEmbed";s:0:"";s:11:"theCategory";s:26:"Articles|/explore/articles";s:6:"theTag";s:32:"afghanistan|/explore/afghanistan";s:7:"theDate";s:11:"Dec 21 2001";s:11:"theDate_ORG";s:17:"December 21, 2001";s:9:"theAuthor";s:22:"David Harrison|/source";s:5:"theID";i:1654;s:14:"theReadingTime";s:6:"6 min.";s:10:"theExcerpt";s:326:"Ever since Sept. 11, some American religious leaders have been outspoken in calling for a peaceful response and respect for civil liberties. Their perspectives contrast sharply with President Bush's bellicose invocations of religious rhetoric, as in his Sept. 20 address to Congress when he declared that "God is not neutral."";s:12:"theTitle_ORG";s:14:"Is God neutral";s:25:"processRelatedFacetsTitle";s:0:"";s:15:"whereItCameFrom";s:0:"";}
a:18:{s:8:"theTitle";s:59:"Afghanistan's Buddhas: But Little Said About Dying Children";s:12:"thePermalink";s:90:"https://www.islamicity.org/1010/afghanistans-buddhas-but-little-said-about-dying-children/";s:13:"theAuthorName";s:15:"Haroon Siddiqui";s:12:"theThumbnail";s:0:"";s:6:"isWhat";s:7:"article";s:7:"theIcon";s:0:"";s:8:"theEmbed";s:0:"";s:11:"theCategory";s:26:"Articles|/explore/articles";s:6:"theTag";s:32:"afghanistan|/explore/afghanistan";s:7:"theDate";s:11:"Mar 30 2001";s:11:"theDate_ORG";s:14:"March 30, 2001";s:9:"theAuthor";s:23:"Haroon Siddiqui|/source";s:5:"theID";i:1010;s:14:"theReadingTime";s:6:"8 min.";s:10:"theExcerpt";s:253:"So it wasn't theology, after all, that made the Taliban smash the Buddhas of Bamiyan, but rather rage at the world for offering money and expertise to save the statues but not for the people dying daily throughout drought-stricken Afghanistan. ";s:12:"theTitle_ORG";s:59:"Afghanistan's Buddhas: But Little Said About Dying Children";s:25:"processRelatedFacetsTitle";s:0:"";s:15:"whereItCameFrom";s:0:"";}
a:18:{s:8:"theTitle";s:36:"What Would Budha Say to the Taliban?";s:12:"thePermalink";s:68:"https://www.islamicity.org/7569/what-would-budha-say-to-the-taliban/";s:13:"theAuthorName";s:11:"Enver Masud";s:12:"theThumbnail";s:0:"";s:6:"isWhat";s:7:"article";s:7:"theIcon";s:0:"";s:8:"theEmbed";s:0:"";s:11:"theCategory";s:26:"Articles|/explore/articles";s:6:"theTag";s:32:"afghanistan|/explore/afghanistan";s:7:"theDate";s:11:"Mar 18 2001";s:11:"theDate_ORG";s:14:"March 18, 2001";s:9:"theAuthor";s:19:"Enver Masud|/source";s:5:"theID";i:7569;s:14:"theReadingTime";s:6:"5 min.";s:10:"theExcerpt";s:188:"The Taliban's destruction of the statues of Buddha at Bamiyan, Afgahnistan, have provoked near universal condemnation. One voice, however, has not been heard--that of Buddha himself. ";s:12:"theTitle_ORG";s:36:"What Would Budha Say to the Taliban?";s:25:"processRelatedFacetsTitle";s:0:"";s:15:"whereItCameFrom";s:0:"";}
a:18:{s:8:"theTitle";s:61:"Statues, The Propaganda Machine, and The Ummah: The Day After";s:12:"thePermalink";s:90:"https://www.islamicity.org/966/statues-the-propaganda-machine-and-the-ummah-the-day-after/";s:13:"theAuthorName";s:11:"Khalid Baig";s:12:"theThumbnail";s:0:"";s:6:"isWhat";s:7:"article";s:7:"theIcon";s:0:"";s:8:"theEmbed";s:0:"";s:11:"theCategory";s:26:"Articles|/explore/articles";s:6:"theTag";s:32:"afghanistan|/explore/afghanistan";s:7:"theDate";s:11:"Mar 17 2001";s:11:"theDate_ORG";s:14:"March 17, 2001";s:9:"theAuthor";s:19:"Khalid Baig|/source";s:5:"theID";i:966;s:14:"theReadingTime";s:7:"17 min.";s:10:"theExcerpt";s:606:"In 1998 a CNN team interviewed Osama bin Ladin in Afghanistan. Syed Rahmatullah Hashimi, Afghanistan's young roving ambassador, who was visiting the US when the statue crisis erupted, was there during the interview. The cameras were rolling as they talked about a variety of subjects for almost three hours. "Then they raised a question regarding sanctions against Iraq." At one point Osama said, "If all the Americans and all the Britons support killing the Iraqi civilians through the application of sanctions, then they deserve the same. In that case, the American and the Briton must also be killed." ";s:12:"theTitle_ORG";s:61:"Statues, The Propaganda Machine, and The Ummah: The Day After";s:25:"processRelatedFacetsTitle";s:0:"";s:15:"whereItCameFrom";s:0:"";}
a:18:{s:8:"theTitle";s:54:"Palestinian Uprisings: The Birth of a Second Intifada";s:12:"thePermalink";s:84:"https://www.islamicity.org/609/palestinian-uprisings-the-birth-of-a-second-intifada/";s:13:"theAuthorName";s:12:"Ramzy Baroud";s:12:"theThumbnail";s:0:"";s:6:"isWhat";s:7:"article";s:7:"theIcon";s:0:"";s:8:"theEmbed";s:0:"";s:11:"theCategory";s:26:"Articles|/explore/articles";s:6:"theTag";s:26:"buddhism|/explore/buddhism";s:7:"theDate";s:11:"May 25 2000";s:11:"theDate_ORG";s:12:"May 25, 2000";s:9:"theAuthor";s:20:"Ramzy Baroud|/source";s:5:"theID";i:609;s:14:"theReadingTime";s:6:"6 min.";s:10:"theExcerpt";s:325:" Past Palestinian uprisings have, to a great extent, maintained an unmistakable identity, leaving behind many lessons to be learned and conclusions to be drawn. One of their unique qualities is their spontaneous origin, which quickly develops into a more sophisticated structure, with clear visions and precise demands ";s:12:"theTitle_ORG";s:54:"Palestinian Uprisings: The Birth of a Second Intifada";s:25:"processRelatedFacetsTitle";s:0:"";s:15:"whereItCameFrom";s:0:"";}
a:18:{s:8:"theTitle";s:47:"Palestinian Democracy and the Crucial Challenge";s:12:"thePermalink";s:79:"https://www.islamicity.org/454/palestinian-democracy-and-the-crucial-challenge/";s:13:"theAuthorName";s:12:"Ramzy Baroud";s:12:"theThumbnail";s:0:"";s:6:"isWhat";s:7:"article";s:7:"theIcon";s:0:"";s:8:"theEmbed";s:0:"";s:11:"theCategory";s:26:"Articles|/explore/articles";s:6:"theTag";s:26:"buddhism|/explore/buddhism";s:7:"theDate";s:10:"Dec 7 1999";s:11:"theDate_ORG";s:16:"December 7, 1999";s:9:"theAuthor";s:20:"Ramzy Baroud|/source";s:5:"theID";i:454;s:14:"theReadingTime";s:6:"5 min.";s:10:"theExcerpt";s:206:"The recent flap over the distribution of a leaflet critical of Yasser Arafat and his Palestinian Authority was nothing less than a practical test of democracy in Palestine. It was a test that the PA failed.";s:12:"theTitle_ORG";s:47:"Palestinian Democracy and the Crucial Challenge";s:25:"processRelatedFacetsTitle";s:0:"";s:15:"whereItCameFrom";s:0:"";}