Equality Brawling

We just recently posted about a rumble held in a convent in which nuns and priests were battling, along with laypersons, over control of the convent. It was quite a spirited religious exchange by all accounts, with two people treated for stab wounds and two others arrested. Lest anyone think we are singling out any particular religious group over their odd habits, we'd like to bring attention to this item from the Daily Mail. Two groups of Cambodian (Buddhist) monks, duking it out in a full-fledged riot in the streets. With photos.

Two opposing groups of Buddhist monks clashed in the streets of the Cambodian capital during a protest to demand religious freedom for their colleagues living across the border in southern Vietnam.

Some 50 monks marched through Phnom Penh to voice their grievances over the alleged mistreatment by Vietnamese authorities against Cambodian Buddhist monks in the country.

(One thing to keep in mind in both of these cases is that the trigger points had nothing whatsoever to do with religion. Politics of various kinds were the flash points.)

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  By BlogDog, Saturday, 21 April , 2007 @ 8:05 am

  They are the Buddhist equivalent of Christian Soldiers: Stupa Troopers.

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