Religious Desecration - Fiji

August 2005
Fiji's 2000 coup divided the island along racial and religious lines. Now there are concerns politicians are stirring up religious animosities for political gain.

Since 2000, there's been a large increase in religious desecrations. Most of the attacks target Hindu temples where Indo-Fijians worship. Now many Hindus are starting to lose patience. "I hope it doesn't develop to a stage where communities confront each other," confides the Prime Minister. He fears the attacks could destabilise the fragile calm.

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[tuikalavo]

@SV

that is not a nice comment, Indo-Fijians have helped us build our country. I have a lot of friends from high school and college who are Indo-Fijians, any native Fijian living in Fiji who tells anyone he HATES Indo-Fijians or has no Indo-Fijian friends is a LIAR...the only time I hear about this Indo Fijian vs native Fijian bullshit is when politicians and the media stir crap to manipulate the masses.

[tuikalavo]

I'm a native Fijian and I do not condone this disgraceful act...whoever is attacking this temples should be thrown into jail.

[godschild0811]

@sungod221

Aryan's were a race of people who settled india, the dravidians were also a group of people. Dravid religions did vary but similar to the variation of Jainism, Hinduism and Buddhism today.

recent studies have shown that hinduism was directly influenced by the dravidian religions. The dravid religions followed the Rig Veda for the most part.

Also no these religions were not tribal religions, they existed on a wide scale.

[sungod221]

@godschild0811

Aryan is a language, not a race (Buddhism and Jainism are also Aryan based relgiions). I still have yet to hear from you what Dravidian religions were. There are tribal religions but they are Mundas. Are you speaking of Tribal religions?

[godschild0811]

@sungod221

oh realy? i suppose then there were no such people as aryans either?

just because you might not have heard of something doesn't mean it simply did not exist.

the philosophy and beliefs you are talking about were religions that pre-dated modern hinduism. Although can't be accurately described as a mixture of these because of hinduism being Veda centric.

[sungod221]

@godschild0811

There is no such thing as Dravidianism. Hinduism is the religion of India that is a mixture of South.North Indian philosophy and beliefs.

[godschild0811]

@sungod221

mixture of two what?

[sungod221]

@Lilzoify

Yes Lizofy. You're right!

[sungod221]

@EliteBusJr

Hindus believe in Oness of God. We are the oldest recorded religion to do so. Hindus believe that artistic represenations of God as just as valid as verbal/literary represenations.

You have your cross, Jesus, and many Prophets, and you eat the bread and drink the wine that represents the body and blood of Jesus, and you still don't get it.

[sungod221]

@22871987

The Christians in India? Yes ofcourse and that is wrong but you're missing the fundamental key here. Hinduism as a religion accepts all people and religions. We do not differentiate between any religion and do not ask anyone to conver. Christians on the other hand (although not as agressive as Muslims) live to preach and convert others and indirectly demonize other faiths.

Get out of here with you're bullshit

[sungod221]

@godschild0811

Bull shit. Hinduism is a mixture of the two.

[Caeseur]

thank you religion for dividing us