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Several Hindu temples were attacked in the riots of 1983 in Colombo and South of Sri Lanka. While not acting on religious beliefs, the Sri Lankan air force air raided Hindu and Christian shrines during the Sri Lankan Civil War , with the belief that LTTE rebels had taken shelter there, with the Navaly church bombing being one notable ...
The Catholic Church opposes active euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide on the grounds that life is a gift from God and should not be prematurely shortened. However, the church allows dying people to refuse extraordinary treatments that would minimally prolong life without hope of recovery, [5] a form of passive euthanasia.
A BBC Religions article from 2009 cites Lipner's "Hindu Ethics: Purity, Abortion, and Euthanasia" (1989) and states that if the mother's life is at risk, Hinduism permits abortion. [17] The general value system of Hinduism teaches that the correct course of action in any given situation is the one that causes the least harm to those involved.
Muslims view life as a gift from Allah to humans. In Islamic law, preserving life is one of the five essential objectives. [37] [38] [39] Islamic teachings emphasize that life in this world is temporary and is a period of testing, an abode of trials and tribulations and that true life is the hereafter, where humans are rewarded or punished by ...
Hinduism is one of Sri Lanka's oldest religions, with temples dating back over 2,000 years. [2] As of 2011 [update] , Hindus made up 12.6% of the Sri Lankan population. [ 3 ] They are almost exclusively Tamils , except for small immigrant communities from India and Pakistan (including the Sindhis , Telugus and Malayalis ).
Temple of the Tooth in Kandy, Sri Lanka.. Sri Lanka is officially a Buddhist country, while Sri Lankans practice a variety of religions.As of the 2012 census, 70.2% of Sri Lankans were Buddhists, 12.6% were Hindus, 9.7% were Muslims (mainly Sunni), 7.4% were Christians (mostly Catholics).
COLOMBO (Reuters) -Sri Lanka's lawmakers on Wednesday passed a bill to regulate online content, the speaker of the parliament announced, a law which opposition politicians and activists allege ...
Under Dutch law, euthanasia and assisted suicide can only be performed by doctors, and that is only legal in cases of "hopeless and unbearable" suffering. In practice, this means that it is limited to those with serious and incurable medical conditions (including mental illness ) and in considerable suffering like pain, hypoxia or exhaustion.