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so how does it influence culture and individual lives? for laypeople, are there some buddhist rituals typically done? shrines to be visited? calendar based festivals? what about monasteries. are they in operation? as a sidenote, i had a couple of fantastic buddhist friends from ladakh...

i am interested to learn more about the role of buddhism in chinese society from the chinese members. ps: i am named after the buddha and am something of a fan :)

the average chinese opinion on india counts for jack doesn't it. ultimately its the power centres which decide whether compete or co-operate dominates.

i don't have a case to make apart from 2 simple assertions. 1) i personally don't believe majority of american muslims repudiate all the contentious parts of sharia. (i don't believe the majority of any muslim population anywhere repudiate this in principle) 2) no one else should be expected...

i think you missed the crucial point that desiring islamic laws contra UNDHR is not just an issue of label but rather the faith. i think there is a need for american muslims to repudiate such law explicitly. i may me be misinformed, but apparently only 2 out of a 100 or so organizations...

to me the case of the mosque is clear cut. american law works inside america and the mosque is legal. however, legal discrimination largely exists in muslim majority countries(dictatorships and democracies included) and if the Cairo declaration is the best one can hope for, its not going to...

wasn't this thread about sikh militancy, wherein indian punjab is far more integral to india than balochistan to pakistan or kashmir to either?

i am not so optimisitic about india. i think the mindset of central planning has to go for fast growth, simply because the governance is ridiculously inefficient. all this stupidity about subsidising food in the present by populist and sure to fail measure like right to food makes me...

dude uk has got extremists of all stripes within its borders. reasons might be complex but it would be UK's responsibility to catch people trying to fund/organize militancy in india, of course in co-operation with the indian government.

the sikhs in india have no such issues. manmohan is the PM of the country. not president which is a nominal head but PM who has all the executive power. uk is breeding all kinds of extremists for some reason.

but then why were these deals quoted on flyaway cost earlier and why is the mrca being quoted on flyaway cost now?

University of Minnesota Human Rights Library just read this junk which is the guiding standard for oic countries.

i see that the media warping has occured on the other side too. people in the sub continent now think that all aussies are racists.

i support the mosque and US law. however, institutionalized hypocrisy will not endear.

@muse : please fix this first Cairo Declaration on Human Rights in Islam - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

iranians have a greater intellectual history than the arabian peninsula e.g.

i meant that stealth will become very important in this environment and its much better to have a high low mix of expensive stealth fighters and lighter but cheaper aircraft like f16 / gripen etc rather than go whole hog on more of these bombtrucks which will light up easy on awacs and sam...

don't 270+ 4th gen high rcs aircraft sound like a bad idea for the next 30 years? as radar, awacs and bvraam capabilities improve, these might end up as ineffective. i certainly don't want any more of these in the AF. on topic , i couldn't find anything on the flyaway cost or this deal. bad...

the secularists can imagine at their peril that such laws will never curry favour with the populace.

afaik, punishment for adultery has been a contentious issue in turkey too, for obvious reasons. sharia creep can happen in democracies because constitutions can be amended. complacency over turkey's secularism is misplaced.