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SOUNDING BOARD
Tuesday, October 08, 2002
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Religious repression in Asia
Featuring!!! Burma, Vietnam, North Korea and Laos - Asia's valedictorians for religious repression.
"Totalitarian and authoritarian regimes are defined by the high degree to which they seek to control thought and expression, especially dissent. Such regimes tend to regard some or all religious groups as enemies of the state because of the religion's content, the fact that the very practice of religion threatens the dominant ideology (often by diverting the loyalties of adherents toward an authority beyond the state), the ethnic character of the religious group or groups, or a mixture of all three. When one or more of these elements is present, the result often is the suppression of religion by the regime." (International Religious Freedom Report for 2002)
Wow. Asian countries dominate the first category. How come I'm not surprised? Wait, I missed one country. Oh yeah, How could I ever miss this one. Last but not the least --- China. Oh no, don't blame me. It's on the report, read it.
posted by Allan at 11:50 PM (GMT+8)
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