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Agree with you on this
Even I still belong under the Theravada Buddhist tradition I would say I am no longer that bound to doctrines as I used to be
Some people do fight over religion, because they don't see that there can be more than one true answer within religions
Why would Buddhists fight Hindus? If a Buddhist fight someone he or she has not understood the dharma...people fight, even to death, over doctrine?
In our modern times, people still fight to the death over religion
Examples of which are:
Source: Religious war - Wikipedia
Religious conflict in the modern period
Israeli–Palestinian conflict
The Israeli–Palestinian conflict can be viewed primarily as an ethnic conflict between two parties where one party is most often portrayed as a singular ethno-religious group consisting only of the Jewish majority and ignores non-Jewish minority Israeli citizens who at varying levels support a Zionist state, especially the Druze and Circassians who for example volunteer in higher numbers for IDF combat service and are represented in the Israeli parliament in greater percentages than Israeli Jews are[42][43] as well as Israeli Arabs, Samaritans,[44] various other Christians, and Negev Bedouin;[45] the other party is sometimes presented as an ethnic group which is multi-religious (although most numerously consisting of Muslims, then Christians, then other religious groups up to and including Samaritans and even Jews). Yet despite the multi-religious composition of both of the parties in the conflict, elements on both sides often view it as a religious war between Jews and Muslims. In 1929, religious tensions between Muslim and Jewish Palestinians over Jews praying at the Wailing Wall led to the 1929 Palestine riots[46] including the Hebron and Safed ethnic cleansings of Jews.
Pakistan and India
The All India Muslim League (AIML) was formed in Dhaka in 1906 by Muslims who were suspicious of the Hindu-majority Indian National Congress. They complained that Muslim members did not have the same rights as Hindu members. A number of different scenarios were proposed at various times.This was fuelled by the British policy of "Divide and Rule", which they tried to bring upon every political situation. Among the first to make the demand for a separate state was the writer/philosopher Allama Iqbal, who, in his presidential address to the 1930 convention of the Muslim League said that a separate nation for Muslims was essential in an otherwise Hindu-dominated subcontinent.
Abyssinia – Somalia
Abyssinian–Adal war broke out in the Horn of Africa after the arrival of the Portuguese Empire in the region.
The Abyssinian–Adal war was a military conflict between the Abyssinians and the Adal Sultanate from 1529 until 1559. The Imam Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi (nicknamed Gurey in Somali and Gragn in Amharic (ግራኝ Graññ), both meaning "the left-handed") came close to extinguishing the ancient realm of Abyssinia, and forcibly converting all of its surviving subjects to Islam. The intervention of the European Cristóvão da Gama, son of the famous navigator Vasco da Gama, attempted to help to prevent this outcome, but he was killed by al-Ghazi. However, both polities exhausted their resources and manpower in this conflict, allowing the northward migration of the Oromo into their present homelands to the north and west of Addis Ababa.[55] Many historians trace the origins of hostility between Somalia and Ethiopia to this war.[56] Some historians also argue that this conflict proved, through their use on both sides, the value of firearms such as the matchlock musket, cannons, and the arquebus over traditional weapons.[57]
Nigerian conflict
In the 1980s, serious outbreaks between Christians and Muslims occurred in Kafanchan in southern Kaduna State in a border area between the two religions.
Buddhist uprising
In a country where the Buddhist majority was estimated to be between 70 and 90 percent, Diem ruled with a strong religious bias. As a member of the Catholic Vietnamese minority, he pursued pro-Catholic policies that antagonized many Buddhists.
Chinese conflict
Some Hui criticize Uyghur separatism, and generally do not want to get involved in conflicts in other countries over Islam for fear of being perceived as radical.[73] Hui and Uyghur live apart from each other, praying separately and attending different mosques.[74]
Lebanese Civil War
There is no consensus among scholars on what triggered the Lebanese Civil War. However, the militarization of the Palestinian refugee population, with the arrival of the PLO guerrilla forces did spark an arms race amongst the different Lebanese political factions. However the conflict played out along three religious lines, Sunni Muslim, Christian Lebanese and Shiite Muslim, Druze are considered among Shiite Muslims.
Yugoslav Wars
The Croatian War (1991–95) and Bosnian War (1992–95), have been viewed of as religious wars between the Orthodox, Catholic and Muslim populations of former Yugoslavia, that is, Serbs, Croats and Bosniaks.[75][76] Traditional religious symbols were used during the wars.[77] Notably, foreign Muslim volunteers came to Bosnia to wage jihad ("jihad" doesn’t mean "holy war", it means "struggle"), and were thus known as "Bosnian mujahideen".
Sudanese Civil War
The Second Sudanese Civil War from 1983 to 2005 have describe the conflict as an ethnoreligious one where the Muslim central government's pursuits to impose sharia law on non-Muslim southerners led to violence, and eventually to the civil war. The war resulted in the independence of South Sudan six years after the war ended. Sudan is Muslim and South Sudan is Christian.[78][79][80][81]
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I believe Buddhist and Hindus have an on-going religious war of their own right now and I do believe they are not part of the Abrahamic religions.
Now what can be learned from this?
The problem is not about religion but man's attitude toward his neighbor.
Remove the religion aspect and people would still find another reason to kill over
Racism, money, greed, or just the fun of it.
I send you a package with compassion when i survive your missile attackYou got us. I was just in the process of polishing up the warhead I've been working on so I can attach it to a cruise missile and launch it in the direction of Norway.
That @Amanaki guy has me fed up with his pacifism and religious tolerance! Those dang peaceful Buddhists!!
Why would Buddhists fight Hindus? If a Buddhist fight someone he or she has not understood the dharma
A practicing Buddhist should not fight anyoneSometimes these doctrines are just good as printed on its paper.
But do people practice?
Really practice?
Why would Buddhist fight Hindus? should be rephrased to
Why would Buddhist fight Muslims?
I'm sure you heard in the news what happening around the world
If not then probably you should watch some videos below
Discussion is good, but never arguing harshly toward others. And of someone get angry at us we are advised to show them compassion and love and kindness.
Fighting is because Gross misunderstanding spiritual side of mentioned religions, at some point non-spiritual elements converted understanding into 'Santa Claus" mode.
That is an interesting question.
You got us. I was just in the process of polishing up the warhead I've been working on so I can attach it to a cruise missile and launch it in the direction of Norway.
That @Amanaki guy has me fed up with his pacifism and religious tolerance! Those dang peaceful Buddhists!!
It goes back much further, as a matter of fact. And it is complicated by a very well consolidated narrative that Islaam is targeted by dangeous people and apparently always was, and therefore has an unavoidable need to defend itself. Often preemptively, or in submission to the judgement of the Qur'an or of some "religious" authority.
