OF MOGULS AND KING ASOKA

THIS WAS IN RESPONSE TO AN ARTICLE THAT APPEAR D IN THE CEYLON OBSERVER

Of Moguls and King Asoka

Hameed Abdul Karim

In recent times any article on Buddhism is not without an insult or a vilification of other faiths. It seems that to make Buddhism more authentic other faiths and ethnic groups have to be compared and showed in poor light in comparison to Buddhism.

ISRAEL WHERE 'A' STANDS FOR APARTHEID

                                                              

12 September, 2013

Israel: Where ‘A’ Stands for Apartheid

Hameed Abdul Karim

Supposing Iran imposed strict regulations on its Jewish community telling them there are places in the country they cannot go to, or gives them special coloured number plates for their cars which identifies them as Jews or constructs a ‘barrier’ around their residences restricting their movements and effectively blocking them from accessing other parts of Iran, or make a strict checkpoint system where Jews would have to queue up for hours to get a permit to go to taboo places for legitimate business or to visit a sibling or to take a patient to hospital.