• non-contemporary Buddhist text states that Pushyamitra cruelly persecuted Buddhists. While some scholars believe he did persecute Buddhists based on the Buddhist accounts...
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    motivation behind his alleged persecution of Buddhists. Others have expressed skepticism about the Buddhist claims of persecution by Pushyamitra. Étienne Lamotte...
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    18.7% of Malaysia's population being Buddhist, although some estimates put that figure at 21.6% when combining estimates of numbers of Buddhists with figures...
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  • Korean government estimated the number of religious believers in 2002 to be 12,000 Protestants, 10,000 Buddhists and 800 Catholics, while estimates by...
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    Buddhism in China Four Buddhist Persecutions in China Persecution of Buddhists Langdarma, a Tibetan king who initiated persecutions against Buddhism in the same...
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  • The Four Buddhist Persecutions in China (Chinese: 三武一宗法難) were the wholesale suppression of Buddhism carried out on four occasions from the 5th through...
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    Xian) Silk Road transmission of Buddhism Tiantai Persecution of Buddhists in the People's Republic of China Timeline of Buddhism Water and Land Ritual...
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    Chinese were from Parthia and other kingdoms linked with present-day Iran. Buddhists were persecuted during the Sasanid rule in the vast territory they ruled...
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    affirmed this statement, but this did not placate the Buddhists. In one meeting, Diệm labeled the Buddhists "damn fools" for demanding something that according...
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    100 as of 2010. The Baháʼí Faith originated in Iran, and it represents the largest religious minority in that country. The persecution of Buddhists has been...
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