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Lessons on Buddhist extremism, nationalism and violence from Sri Lanka

In Sri Lanka and other Buddhist-majority countries, adherents to Buddhism have both justified and engaged in out-group violence.

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When a temple in southern Laos was a major Hindu pilgrimage centre

Vat Phou, which is near the Mekong River, was built before the advent of the Khmer Empire and predates Angkor Wat.

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