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en-wikipedia-org-1085		Buddhism and violence - Wikipedia			.html	text/html	14473	1714	71	Extremist Buddhist leaders justify their attacks on the places of worship of minorities by arguing that Sri Lanka is the promised land of the Sinhalese Buddhists to safeguard Buddhism.[152][153] The recently formed Buddhist extremist group, the Bodu Bala Sena (BBS), or Buddhist Power Force, founded by Buddhist monks in 2012, has been accused of inciting the anti-Muslim riots that killed 4 Muslims and injured 80 in 2014.[154] The leader of the BBS, in linking the government's military victory over the LTTE to the ancient Buddhist king conquest of Tamil king Elara, said that Tamils have been taught a lesson twice and warned other minorities of the same fate if they tried to challenge Sinhalese Buddhist culture.[142] The BBS has been compared to the Taliban, accused of spreading extremism and communal hatred against Muslims[155] and has been described as an "ethno-religious fascist movement".[156] Buddhist monks have also protested against UN Human Rights Council resolution that called for an inquiry into humanitarian abuses and possible war crimes during the civil war.[157] The BBS has received criticism and opposition from other Buddhist clergy and politicians.	./cache/en-wikipedia-org-1085.html	./txt/en-wikipedia-org-1085.txt