Has any work been published about Hindu - Muslim religion in Guyana, regarding Domestic Violence and Suicide.

What reference is made about suicide in either religion.

Some Christians see suicide as not being admitted to heaven, do Muslims and Hindus feel the same way.

Islam prohibits suicide.

Julie many of the bombers are like you, they are men but dressed and behave like women.

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Come on guys its Sunday morning....

This is a serious issue for some people who are interested in some non-political/non-race/non-religion good happening in Guyana..

Hi Chief and Julie....how you doin...

The Skeldon market is as bright as ever. I was there two weeks ago. I can still smell the sweetness of the pineapples..

I come home to snow on me driveway.

Tola, First, we ought to define heaven.

Dr Harold Persaud has done work among Indians in Guyana re suicide, but cant be sure whether he has published in journals etc.

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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Chief:
Julie many of the bombers are like you, they are men but dressed and behave like women.

This is a personal attack. You would not like the retaliation.



Julie is correct Chief. be a man and remove your comments and say you are sorry.

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Julie is correct Chief. be a man and remove your comments and say you are sorry.

Morning!
u on the rampage early today...like u got a day off

I don't know if there are any articles published about suicide but I think all religion denounces suicide and considers it a sin to commit suicide.

Two questions are cogent here, apart from Tolas. Definition of heaven and suicide. WE are limited by our western ideas (even if we are hindus). Moksha and heaven are not the same. How can we talk to a hindu when we have a christian view of "heaven"> Similarly, if one does not have to believe in a god and that living is a good thing, and that the body and soul represents a lower union, and that the best is separation so that our soul might attain its true spirituality, does such a desire and the means to accomplish it qualify as suicide? I am referring to sallekhana..condemned by many as suicidal fasting by the jains (originally starting within hinduism). I have a problem with this view...without condoning the practise on a personal level.
For those who might in the spirit of polemic refer to hindu 'suttee" might I point out 1. it is not suicide 2. it never was a pervasive practise 3. it is past, and that aberrant practices within a religion do not define that religion nor should be used to say "the religion permits..."

Tola: sometimes economic/emotional dysfunction relegates religous outlook to nothing, often making the survey on the criteria of religion problematic. A muslim woman who has been raped, or is in an abusive relationship: I honestly DON"T think (I could be wrong, of course), after she has prayed to God and not felt any response, thinks of the religious view any longer. She just thinks death is better. Same for a hindu, a christian....the phil. is a largely r/c nation...yet, look at the amount of suicides.

i see a lot of threads on hindu/muslim?

are u guys trying to tear that unity apart?

Krish: get you cutlish and let the two of us go chop up those who would incite to sectarian violence.

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Originally posted by dara shikoh:
Krish: get you cutlish and let the two of us go chop up those who would incite to sectarian violence.

the more i read with the lil time i have. i am noticing that people on gni are hell bent on destroying a relationship that has bin forged since 1838.

i guess i should disown my first cousins, neigbah, frens

Bhai, settle down. Jansher's question was a research thing, and Tola's I don't see as different. The incidence of suicide amongst guyanese is a matter of concern...and when one sees the rise of religiosity (well, public if not private)..one might be tempted to ask certain questions. Which is why I said that religion is often not a factor..especially among guyanese.
U know as well as I do that 90% of the people arguing against each other's religion are functionally illiterate in their own religion and their polemic reflects insecurity with what they have.
That being said, I am not taking shots at any on GNI..some of those with whom I have had spirited discussions have a health disregard for religion in general....so were not being bigoted...

i am not accusing anyone in particular. i am just noticing a trend from quite a few to destroy a unity.

Religions denounce suicide. Hindus and Muslims and Christians are brothers who through unity can forge a better world.