[Alex Murphy]

The Buddhist Jogye Order’s Committee for Religion and Peace said in its Jan. 17 statement that Hwang Woo-yeo’s recent remark that the number of Protestant Supreme Court judges was decreasing shows the government’s and ruling party’s religious bias.

Local Buddhist groups have been protesting against the government’s alleged preference for Protestantism and bias against Buddhism since President Lee Myung-bak, a Methodist, assumed office in 2008.

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“Antibuddhabias”

[fishtank]

Islam: the religion of peace.

Hinduism: the other religion of peace.

Buddhism: the other, other religion of peace.