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Before Taliban: Genealogies of the Afghan Jihad

Book by David B. Edwards; University of California Press, 2002

Subjects:

Afghanistan--History--Saur Revolution, 1978, Afghanistan--History--Soviet Occupation, 1979-1989

Collections: History, Entire Library

...of women. See also Bacon 1980 1966 . 46 In the 1970s prior to the revolution, far more scholarly works were published on Buddhism in ancient Afghanistan than on Islam in contemporary Afghanistan. Robert Canfield 1973 wrote a paper on Shi a/Ismaili relations...
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A Nation of Religions: The Politics of Pluralism in Multireligious America

Book by Stephen Prothero; University of North Carolina Press, 2006

Subjects:

Religion And Politics--United States, Religious Pluralism--United States, United States--Religion

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...Singh, i4, 72 Soka Gakkai International. See Buddhism South Africa, 46, 53 South Asians, 50, 72...symbol, 69, 72 TablighiJamaat, 29, 35, 36 6 Taliban, 43, 132 Tantric Buddhism, 94, 95, 96, 97, 99 Taoism. See Daoism
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Futurizing the Jews: Alternative Futures for Meaningful Jewish Existence in the 21st Century

Book by Tsvi Bisk, Moshe Dror; Praeger, 2003

Subjects:

Arab-Israeli Conflict, Israel--Forecasting, Jews--History, Judaism--Forecasting, Twenty-First Century--Forecasts, Zionism--History

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

...over Kashmir. Bin Laden mentioned Kashmir before Palestine in his video speeches. The Taliban regime revealed their rad- ical Islamic contempt for Buddhism and Hinduism in blowing up the giant statues of Buddha in Afghanistan and requiring the...
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Islam in Southeast Asia: Political, Social and Strategic Challenges for the 21st Century

Book by K. S. Nathan, Mohammad Hashim Kamali; Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 2005

Subjects:

Islam And Politics--Southeast Asia, Islam And State--Southeast Asia, Islam--21st Century, Islam--Southeast Asia--History, September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001--Influence, Terrorism--Religious Aspects--Islam

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...traditionalism, 10 0 national ideology, 10 0 Royal family, 50 Shiism, 9 Sultan of, 254 Buddhism, 110 0 spread, 105 Bush, George, xiii resentment of, 333 and Taliban, xii terrorism, war on, 301, 333, 350 caliphate, 8, 279 Righteous Caliphate...
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God's Rule: The Politics of World Religions

Book by Jacob Neusner; Georgetown University Press, 2003

Subjects:

Religion And Politics

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...159 al-Tahtawi, Rifaah Rafi, 173 Taliban, 1, 177 Tang Dynasty, 214 4 Taoism...132 Tertullian, 52, 97 Theravada Buddhism, 244, 254n54 Thirteen Classics (shisanjing...7, 215, 218-28, 231 1 Tibetan Buddhism, 251n2 Tillich, Paul, 128 Timothy...

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Between Cult and Culture: Bamiyan, Islamic Iconoclasm, and the Museum

Journal article by Finbarr Barry Flood; The Art Bulletin, Vol. 84, 2002

Subjects:

Bamiyan Afghanistan, Buddhism, Culture, Historic artifacts, Islam, Museums, Religious icons, Taliban-Afghanistan

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...it were animate. Reports of Taliban officials reproving the statue...images of the Buddhas before the Taliban had attacked them. It has...leanings and was opposed to Buddhism, is said to have destroyed...Kabul after the advent of the Taliban.100 Although the act invoked...
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Notes on Church-state Affairs

Journal article by David W. Hendon, James M. Kennedy; Journal of Church and State, Vol. 39, 1997

Subjects:

Afghanistan, Church & state, Civil war, Islam, Politics, Religion, Taliban-Afghanistan

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

...continued in parts of Afghanistan. The strict Muslim group called Taliban controls most of the country, but resistance forces survive...Orthodox Church enjoys a favored position while Christianity, Buddhism, Judaism, and Islam are considered "traditional" religions...
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Asian Shades of Spirituality: Implications for Multicultural School Counseling

Journal article by Fred J. Hanna, Alan Green; Professional School Counseling, Vol. 7, 2004

Subjects:

Asia, Buddhism, Counselor education, Hinduism, Islam, Multiculturalism & pluralism, School counseling, Spirituality, Students

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, Entire Library

...Specifically, we describe and discuss Hinduism, Buddhism, and Islam. At the end of each section we provide...and fully supported the efforts of the counselor. BUDDHISM Buddhism was founded by Gautama Siddhartha, who became known...
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Pluralism, Postmodernity, and Religious Liberty: The Abiding Necessity of Free Speech and Religious Convictions in the Public Square

Journal article by Peter A. Lillback; Journal of Ecumenical Studies, Vol. 44, 2009

Subjects:

Church and state--Management, Interfaith relations--Management, Penn, William--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Postmodernism--Analysis, Religions--Management, Religions--Relations, Religious tolerance--Demographic aspects, Theologians--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...of religious toleration in Buddhism. Ninan Koshy wrote: "Twenty...ago King Ashoka, patron of Buddhism, recommended to his subjects...tortures adherents of Islam, Buddhism and Christianity. Cuba monitors...and ministers. Afghanistans Taliban government has horrified the...
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Fanaticism: A Major Obstacle in the Muslim Christian Dialogue. the Case of Twentieth Century Islamic Fundamentalism

Journal article by Roberto Marin-Guzman; Arab Studies Quarterly (ASQ), Vol. 25, 2003

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...of the country, removed the Taliban from power. These actions...intolerance, and disrespect of the Taliban for other religions were exemplified...Medieval Islam did not consider Buddhism a revealed religion, and based...other justifications, the Taliban attacked the statues. (68...

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As Taliban Re-emerge in Afghanistan, Musharraf and Karzai Visit White House

Magazine article by M. M. Ali; The Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, Vol. 25, December 2006

Subjects:

Congressional elections, Nuclear weapons, Public television, Racial discrimination, Religious conversion, States, Terrorism

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...withdrawal of troops in 2001. "The Taliban were defeated...and it...elders to identify and destroy Taliban fighters in the border area...500-pound bombs on a known Taliban hideout in Helmands Khod Valley...thousands of Dalits converting to Buddhism and Christianity. To prevent...
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A People Forged in War: They Are the World's Largest Tribal Culture and the Dominant Ethnic Group in Afghanistan, but They Have a Reputation in the West as Fearsome Warriors from Whom the Taliban Emerged. but the Pashtun People Have a Long and Enigmatic History, a Complex Society and Strong Beliefs

Magazine article by Jules Stewart; Geographical, Vol. 83, March 2011

Subjects:

Afghanistan--Military aspects, Pashtuns--Military aspects, Pushtuns--Military aspects

Collections: History, Entire Library

...insurgency but with a tribe. Taliban and Pashtun are one and the...historical context in which the Taliban emerged in 1994, although...Pakhtunkhwa). The fact that most Taliban fighters operate within ten...century later and propagated Buddhism; and the Huns followed in...
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Around the World

Magazine article; Church & State, Vol. 54, April 2001

Subjects:

Afghanistan--Antiquities, Buddhas--Monuments, statues, etc., Buddhism--Crimes against, Jehovah's Witnesses--Laws, regulations, etc., Religion--Russia, Russia--Religion, Taliban--Social policy

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

AROUND THE WORLD Afghanistans Taliban Destroys Ancient Buddhist, Statues Afghanistans Taliban, which strictly enforces an Islamic theocracy...be the worlds largest standing Buddha. The Taliban, which interprets Islam to forbid idolatry...
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An Irreplaceable Loss to the World

Magazine article by Pat Lancaster; The Middle East, April 2001

Subjects:

Afghanistan--Antiquities, Arab countries--Social aspects, Art dealers--Management, Buddhism--History, Buddhist antiquities--Political aspects, Gautama Buddha--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Islam--Doctrines, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York--Management, Middle East--Politics and government, Religious articles--Political aspects, Religious institutions--Political aspects, Statues--Political aspects, Taliban--Social policy

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...denied he was a god. Yet the Taliban is sworn to obliterate every...styled supreme leader of the Taliban, hailed the destruction of...most senior leader in Tibetan Buddhism, who expressed his dismay...horrified by the actions of the Taliban", explained an Iraqi-born...
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Theoterrorism as Statecraft

Magazine article by I. K. Shukla; The Humanist, Vol. 61, May 2001

Subjects:

Afghan foreign relations--United States, India--Religious aspects, Taliban--Religious aspects, Terrorism--Religious aspects, United States, United States foreign relations--Afghanistan

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...is the original of the idiom the Taliban now uses. Like the Talibs committed...should the VHP be knight errant for Buddhism when it destroyed the newly built...rectified," in their eyes. The Taliban has only concluded the demolition...

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GOLDEN WONDERS; Thanks to the Courage of a Handful of Afghan Officials at the National Museum in Kabul, a Hoard of Treasures Was Saved from Taliban Destruction and Is Now on Show in London, Bringing Cultural Clues of Life before Political Borders Were Drawn EXHIBITION OF THE WEEK

Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), March 10, 2011

Subjects:

British Museum, Opium trade

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...of Treasures Was Saved from Taliban Destruction and Is Now on Show...events, of terrorism and the Taliban, of corruption and poppy crops...the country, together with Buddhism and faint relics of Greek mythology...destroyed by an iconoclastic Taliban practising a narrow Islamic...
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A BREATH OF FRESH AIR; He's Slashed Public Spending (Including His Own Salary), Axed Pointless Council Non-Jobs and Banned the Word 'Diversity'. Why Can't Dave and Gordon Learn a Few Lessons from Britain's Most Gloriously Un-PC Supermayor? SATURDAY ESSAY

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), August 29, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...them understand other faiths. A non-practising Anglican, he says he is attracted by certain tenets of Buddhism and believes the Taliban could teach us a thing or two about family values. Who says we have the moral right to tell Afghan society...
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Seeking Relief from Pop-Culture

Newspaper article by Diana West; The Washington Times, December 21, 2001

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...docu-shocker "Inside the Taliban." The bestial stadium executions...perfection, the narrator said, the Taliban banned entertainment - music...looking at our retro-topia? A Taliban idyll was not exactly what...verboten, so is 6th century Buddhism, along with Renaissance art...
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Police Hold Islamic Terrorist Suspects after Bomb Attack; World at a Glance

Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), December 2, 2005

Subjects:

Police, Police officers, Terrorists

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...on the bomber. Flight aborted after Taliban note . AN America West Airbus jet made...note in the planes bathroom that said: "Taliban is Here." The plane was flying from...leaves at the Nanzenji temple of the Rinzai Buddhism sect in the city of Kyoto yesterday Dead...
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Fall Film Guide

Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), September 14, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Filmmaker Doris Dorrie turns her attention to Buddhism and that age-old saying, "You are...explain the guiding principles of Zen Buddhism as they apply to the preparation of food...to America, then later returns to his Taliban-ruled homeland to rescue the best friend...

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Afghanistan

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...reconstruction since the end of Taliban rule; pack animals are an...tribes (notably the Saka). Buddhism was introduced from the east...fundamentalist students, the Taliban, emerged as an increasingly...force. In early 1996, as the Taliban continued its attempt to gain...
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Russia

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Other religions include various Christian churches, Lamaist Buddhism, Judaism, and tribal religions. Partly in reaction to proselytizing...Afghanistan, providing aid in the aftermath of the overthrow of the Taliban. Russia did, however, resist the idea of resorting to military...
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Bamian

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...and central Asia. By the 7th cent. the town was a center of Buddhism; the Chinese pilgrims Fa Hsien and Hsuan-tsang traveled...plaster. The statues were destroyed, however, in 2001 by the Taliban , which considered them idolatrous. The area also has grottoes...

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