I am happy that he is taking a stance in favor of tolerence. It makes far more sense to try and find common ground rather then just demonizing others.
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NEW DELHI (AFP) - The Dalai Lama, Tibet's exiled spiritual leader, has warned against portraying Islam as a religion of violence, saying Muslims have been wrongly demonized in the West since the September 11 attacks.
Promoting religious tolerance, the world's most influential Buddhist leader said Sunday that talk of "a clash of civilisations between the West and Muslim world is wrong and dangerous."
Muslim terrorist attacks have distorted people's views of Islam, making them believe it is an extremist faith rather than one based on compassion, the Dalai Lama told a press conference in the Indian capital.
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