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Many adherents of Buddhism have experienced religious persecution because of their adherence to the Buddhist practice, including unwarranted arrests, imprisonment, beating, torture, and/or execution. The term also may be used in reference to the confiscation or destruction of property, temples, monasteries, centers of learning, meditation centers, historical sites, or the incitement of hatred towards Buddhists.[citation needed]

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Persecution of Buddhists

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death. The first persecution of Buddhists in India took place in the 2nd century BC by King Pushyamitra Shunga. A non-contemporary Buddhist text states that...

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Pushyamitra Shunga

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motivation behind his alleged persecution of Buddhists. Others have expressed skepticism about the Buddhist claims of persecution by Pushyamitra. Étienne Lamotte...

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Korean government estimated the number of religious believers in 2002 to be 12,000 Protestants, 10,000 Buddhists and 800 Catholics, while estimates by...

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affirmed this statement, but this did not placate the Buddhists. In one meeting, Diệm labeled the Buddhists "damn fools" for demanding something that according...

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Four Buddhist Persecutions in China

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The Four Buddhist Persecutions in China (Chinese: 三武一宗法難) were the wholesale suppression of Buddhism carried out on four occasions from the 5th through...

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Buddhism in Iran

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Chinese were from Parthia and other kingdoms linked with present-day Iran. Buddhists were persecuted during the Sasanid rule in the vast territory they ruled...

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Marathi Buddhists

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Marathi Buddhists (Marāṭhī Bauddha) are Buddhists of Marathi ethnic and linguistic identity. The religious community resides in the Indian state of Maharashtra...

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deteriorating." [3].[dead link] The persecution of Buddhists has been a widespread phenomenon throughout the history of Buddhism, a phenomenon which continues...

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cultural heritage; and the ongoing persecution of high Buddhist lamas as well as Buddhist nuns and monks. The persecution initiated in 1999 by Jiang Zemin...

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Taiping Rebellion

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Rebellion began in the southern province of Guangxi when local officials launched a campaign of religious persecution against the God Worshipping Society....

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is a series of ongoing persecutions and killings of the Muslim Rohingya people by the military of Myanmar. The genocide has consisted of two phases to...

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Persecution of Christians

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The persecution of Christians can be historically traced from the first century of the Christian era to the present day. Christian missionaries and converts...

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second persecution of Buddhists in China. This persecution continues until he is succeeded by his son Emperor Xuan. The Second Council of Tours is held. It...

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Arakan massacres in 1942

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raids from British-controlled areas, massacring scores of Buddhists and causing many Buddhists to flee to southern Arakan. Aye Chan, a historian at Kanda...

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