is now widely known story of the seven Trappist monks of the monastery of Thibhirine in Algeria, in 1996 were seized by an armed group, who qualified as Group islamisa armed, and subsequently murdered. The film by Xavier Beauvois, Des hommes et des Dieux [ Men of God] has been devoted to this tragedy (which still has a dark side) and many have been given this opportunity to further learn about them.
escapes, however, the general focus on another tragedy that is consumed during this period in southern Thailand, where Islamist insurgents, who wish to restore the ancient sultanate of Pattani, are waging a ruthless war against the Buddhist community, without the central government is able to put an end to this massacre. Consisting of 320,000 people in 2004, today the Buddhist community in the south has been reduced to less than 100000 and the NGO Human Rights Watch denounces 11,000 acts of violence, about 500 deaths, including 30 monks and 200 teachers, 8,000 wounded.
it not time to break this silence?
(News from the daily Le Figaro )
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