Tibet as talking point

A Tibetan friend mischievously told me: “The Chinese are lucky, Buddha is more compassionate than Allah”. This was not meant as judgment on a particular religion, but rather to illustrate

Dalai Lama calls for religious tolerance

As the Dalai Lama continued his five-day tour of Germany on Sunday, Kurt Beck, leader of the country’s Social Democratic Party criticized a federal cabinet member’s decision to meet with