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veness.However,canany IslamicleaderofficiallystatethatIslamteachesuniversallove,compassionandforgivenessirrespective whethertheotherpersoninmuslimornonmuslimandwhethermenorwomen?Ifso,willSaudiArabia andothermuslimcountrieschangetheirlawstoallownonmuslimtopracticetheirreligioninpublicand withoutfearofbeingbeheaded? EvenifDalaiLamahadintendedhisremarksforthemonks,weneedtoexamineitcarefully.Afterall DalaiLamahadalwaysquotedassaying"Myfollowersshouldnotacceptmyteachingsoutoffaithand devotion,butafterinvestigationandexperimentation.'Again,accordingtoDalaiLamaThesocalled TibetanBuddhism,hasentirelybeenborrowedfromIndia,morepreciselyfromNalanda.However, historyrevealedgenocidehadoccurredatNalandaandsimilarBuddhistuniversities,andtheynolonger exist.Theseweretheearliestuniversitiesintheworld,predatingOxfordandCambridge,notonly devotedtoreligionbutalsotoscienceandmathematics.TheresidentialNalandaUniversityhadupto 30,000studentsbutitwastotallydestroyedandburneddownbyMusliminvadersunderasmallbut barbaricarmyledbyBakhtiyarKhaljiin1193.Theuniversitywassolargethatittookoverthreemonths toburn.InsteadoftakingarmsorconversiontoIslam,theBuddhistsoptedtobeslainbytheinvaders andthousandswereburnedalive.Similarly,Buddhismthatwasonceapredominantreligionincountries asfarasAfghanistan,Maldives,India,Indonesiahavecompletelydisappearedduetorelentlessattacksby barbaricIslamicforcesandthepacifistnatureofBuddhism.Bycomparison,thedamagetoTibetby communistChinawasfarlessthanthoseinflictedbythebarbaricIslamicforces. Buddhismcanonlyexistiftheotherpartyiswillingtoreasonanddiscuss.LikeBakhtiyarKhaljiwho issuedaFatwahtoannihilateBuddhists,accordingtoMuslimSharialaw,Buddhistsarenonbelievers anditisthedutyofallmuslimstokillthem.Thus,allviolenceinMyanmarwereinitiatedbytheMuslims; butwereitnotfortheBuddhistsbeinginthemajorityandwillingtotakearms,theywouldhavesuffered thesamefateastheNalandaUniversity.
Therefore,IamsadtoinformtheesteemedDalaiLama,peryourownguidance,youroffhandedremarks ifintendedtothemonksinMyanmarhavebeentestedandfoundwanting. LETNOTTHEHISTORYOFNALANDAREPEATITSELFAGAIN. Instead,pleasehelpformaninternationalorganizationofpredominantlyBuddhistnationssuchas ASSOCIATIONOFBUDDHISTNATIONS(ABC)orORGANIZATIONOFBUDDHISTNATIONS(OBN) (startingwithSriLanka,Thailand,Cambodia,Laos,Myanmar,Bhutan,JapanandMongolia)notonlyto counterthethreatfromMuslimfundamentalismandotherformsofterrorismbutalsotohaveaunited voiceinworldaffairs.ThequestionregardingChinaandTibetwillneedtobesortedout.Countrieswith lessBuddhistcanbeadmittedonobserverstatus. ALLBUDDHISTMUSTREMEMBERNALANDAANDPLEDGENOMORE